The Next Round (3/31/25) - Hour 2
The Next Round
The Next Round
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🗓️ 31 March 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The Auburn Tigers have advanced to the school’s second Final Four after controlling the Michigan State Spartans start to finish 70-64.
Auburn Basketball will face familiar foe The Florida Gators in the Final Four. Florida Basketball advanced after a furious comeback over Texas Tech Red Raiders, winning 84-79.
What is the legacy of Johni Broome and Bruce Pearl?
Auburn is the overall #1 seed yet now has the longest odds for a championship. Are they now an underdog?
On the other side of the Final Four, the Houston Cougars destroyed the Tennessee Volunteers to advance. Houston Basketball will face the Duke Blue Devils who beat the Alabama Crimson Tide.
For Tennessee Basketball, it is another in a run of teams under Rick Barnes that were close but no net cutting. Is that how we’ll remember Barnes as a coach? Also, are we on Rick Barnes watch?
Alabama Basketball bowed out in the Elite Eight losing by 20 to Duke Basketball. What grade do you give this Alabama Basketball season?
What is the legacy of guard Mark Sears?
What is next for the Crimson Tide?
Did the SEC meet expectations in this tournament, they will have 50% of the Final Four and the National Championship Game?
The KenPom rankings for this Final Four are at a historic level, good or bad for Ken Pomeroy? We explain.
Who is under the most pressure to win a national championship?
What in the world is a torpedo bat and why are the Yankees the only users.
The Braves should, maybe, consider buying some.
Deion Sanders got paid, where Coach Prime ranks among national coaches.
Jeremy Pruitt sues the NCAA for a bundle. Will he get anything?
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| 0:34.7 | Auburn's in the final four. |
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| 1:17.1 | He's going to come in and coach Stanford while they do a search for their next coach. |
| 1:21.5 | They got their coach fired last week. |
| 1:23.4 | Andrew Luck fired their coach as the general manager. |
| 1:26.1 | Which looked weird, by the way. |
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| 1:29.9 | He came in, did a big overview of complaints within the players and the organization, |
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