St. John’s! Acuff’s Rise & More Tournament Thoughts w/ Jim Jackson, Plus Hunter Pence Talks Baseball!

The Ryen Russillo Show

Barstool Sports

Sports, Football

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Ryen opens with some NCAA tournament thoughts, including he and Kyle’s Johnnies in the Sweet Sixteen, Florida going down, Michigan and Arizona looking great, and whether it’s crazy that Acuff could be the best player in the draft. Then, CBB analyst Jim Jackson joins to go more in-depth on the tournament, including a Sweet Sixteen preview. Next, World Series champion Hunter Pence stops by to talk baseball, his career, and who can dethrone the Dodgers. Finally, Kyle and Ceruti join for some listener-submitted Life Advice, including being made fun of for using a spoon and getting invited to a beach trip without your girlfriend. TOURNAMENT TALK (1:17) St. John’s! (5:09) Florida goes down (8:00) UConn tops UCLA (12:46) Could Acuff be the best player in the draft? (16:11) Love for Iowa State (17:04) Purdue & Nebraska advance JIM JACKSON (22:03) Ohio State guy watching Michigan/Michigan State (29:12) Michigan State vs. UConn (32:05) Michigan over Duke & Arizona? (35:51) Acuff’s ceiling (42:18) Purdue vs. Texas (46:38) Duke vs. St. John’s (51:10) Iowa vs. Nebraska (52:46) Illinois vs. Houston (55:21) His freshman year vs. UNLV (56:54) What to make of this Clippers season HUNTER PENCE (1:00:20) Start of the MLB season (1:02:58) When did he know he could play in the bigs? (1:07:40) In awe of playing with Bumgarner (1:10:15) How can the Dodgers be beat? (1:13:28) Who can dethrone the Dodgers? (1:17:40) How good pitchers have gotten LIFE ADVICE (1:29:20) _ _ _ _ _ GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 1-800-GAMBLER or 1-800-MY-RESET, (800) 327-5050 or visit gamblinghelplinema.org (MA). Call 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY). Please Gamble Responsibly. 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org (CT), or visit www.mdgamblinghelp.org (MD), 1-800-981-0023 (PR). 21+ and present in most states. (18+ DC/KY/NH/PR/WY). Void in ONT. Eligibility restrictions apply. On behalf of Boot Hill Casino (KS). Pass-thru of per wager tax may apply in IL. Opt-in req. 1 Token per customer, valid only for min. $5 pregame NBA player prop bets w/ min. odds of -200 or longer. Tokens are single-use and expire at the start of the final of NBA game each day when offered. Must select token BEFORE placing bet. Customers who place bet w/ Token and pick day’s PRA stat leader will receive equal share of $2,000,000, issued as a non-withdrawable Bonus Bet that expires in 7 days (168 hours). Stake removed from payout. Terms: sportsbook.draftkings.com/promos. Sponsored by DK. _ _ _ _ _ Learn more at https://microsoft.com/m365copilot _ _ _ _ _

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0:23.8	We are stacked for you today.
0:25.1	I'll recap the entire tournament.
0:27.2	I won't get to every single game, but some of the stuff that I love.
0:29.6	And we're going to do more with Jim Jackson.
0:30.9	And we've got some baseball preview, Hunter Pants, a couple of World Series under his belt.
0:34.6	And he's part of the Netflix crew launching opening day for
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2:03.6	What I don't get to here, we'll get to later with Jim Jackson.
2:06.5	I'm just going to run through a bunch of the things that I love from the weekend.
2:10.2	And of course, we start with the Johnny's.
2:11.5	St. Johns beats Kansas.
2:16.7	First sweet 16 for St. John since 1999.
2:17.9	I could tell this story for 10 minutes.
2:20.2	I will not do that, but I remember where I was in 99.
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