UConn’s Miracle, Weirdest NBA Season Ever, A Scary Playoff Team Draft, and an Iffy Expansion Plan With Zach Lowe

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Join The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Zach Lowe LIVE on Netflix right after Knicks vs. Thunder to react to UConn’s buzzer beater against Duke before diving into a scary playoff team draft (0:32). Then, they discuss the NBA expansion plans and take a deep dive into the weirdest NBA season’s ever (01:01:29). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Zach Lowe Producers: Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, and Chris Wohlers Sam’s Club | Join The Club of Yes And Bundle and Save Book now on Expedia.com The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠⁠⁠ www.rg-help.com⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The It's a bill Simmons podcast presented by the Ringer podcast network where you can find Zach Lowe's podcast,
0:38.8	the Zach Lowe show, Tuesdays Thursdays. You can also find the rewatchables where it is almost
0:44.3	the end of CR month, Zach. We have LA Confidential is going to be the last rewatchables.
0:49.0	We put up on Monday. This was a great basketball weekend. I know you're not a huge college troops guy,
0:55.3	but you are a Connecticut guy. And we had one of the great comebacks of all time. So we're
1:00.4	going to get a whole bunch of NBA stuff. But we had an unbelievable Yukon comeback and game
1:05.9	winner against Duke. And I was thinking like when you have these, when you're down like basically
1:10.6	20 and you're
1:12.1	heading into the second half and we see this scenario with NBA college all the time, it's basically
1:16.5	the two-part comeback followed by some sort of mini miracle is the way it goes down, right? You get,
1:21.9	you go from 20 to like 11, then you're around between 9 and 11 for a while. And then you make that one
1:28.7	last run to get to within 2, 3, but then you still need some help. And they got some help.
1:34.5	So did you see the last play? And did you feel like that was a great UConn player, a terrible
1:39.6	Duke play? First of all, what a delight. This is two years in a row that Duke loses late in the
1:45.0	tournament and just epic fashion. We can all agree anybody but Duke. And just, yes, truly an
1:51.5	insane end to the game. I can't say that I saw a lot of everybody, but I saw the last 30, 40 seconds
1:55.7	of the game. You know, I guess Boozer got a little flack for, what, did he panic?
2:01.5	Couldn't he have just held onto the ball and gotten fouled? That's like kind of an instinctual play, right? Like you think you're being smart by like, oh, we're going to run the clock. I'll just lob it up and crazy to fly. I think it was a great play. Like the steel was great. The pass and pass back was great. Obviously, the shot is an all-time killer shot.
2:17.7	And Dan Hurley, another round for your Yukon Huskies, baby. The pass and pass back was great. Obviously, the shot is an all-time killer shot.
2:17.7	And Dan Hurley, another round for your Yukon Huskies, baby.
2:22.2	It was honestly a great, great, great coaching job.
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