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🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Justin, Rob, and J. Kyle Mann are here for a rookie class check-in. They go through the top rookies and provide some updated comparisons for each of them. They wrap up with some more under-the-radar rookies they've liked watching as well. (0:00) Intro (5:20) Cooper Flagg (17:06) Kon Knueppel (27:57) Dylan Harper (37:41) FanDuel ad break (38:53) Tommy Hilfiger ad break (39:29) V.J. Edgecombe (46:14) Ace Bailey (51:50) Tre Johnson (58:46) Jeremiah Fears and Derik Queen (1:02:25) Egor Demin (1:04:59) Collin Murray-Boyles (1:07:01) Cedric Coward (1:10:40) Under-the-radar rookies Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle Mann Producers: Victoria Valencia and Isaiah Blakely Production Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Social: Isaiah Blakely and Keith Fujimoto The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Explore more at https://tommy.com Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Hilfiger USA | Official Online Site & Store Tommy Hilfiger USA offers modern, sophisticated styles for women and men including apparel, handbags, footwear, underwear, fragrance and home furnishings with free shipping available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to group chat. I am Justin Varyer and joining me, Rob Mahoney, Jay Kyle, man.
0:21.0	And gentlemen, this is March.
0:24.0	We've reached it.
0:25.4	Kyle, this is your time.
0:26.5	How you feeling?
0:28.2	Very good.
0:29.3	I got, I was tweeting about this.
0:31.0	I got sucked into a, I'm just prime prey for these types of things.
0:34.8	But, you know, any kind of highlight reel of, you reel of Bill Raftery saying onions or March Madness buzzer
0:42.5	beaters, it was like midnight last night and I was just sitting there watching them.
0:46.2	So yeah, man, I'm getting, it's in the air.
0:49.0	You can just kind of, you know, smell whatever it is, whatever your way of like getting the sense
0:53.3	for the vibe
0:55.0	I think it's the smell of my own elitism coming out because it's one of those things where
1:02.7	as Kyle is talking about the insane that shit that he is doing at midnight on a Sunday night
1:07.8	which is digging up highlights that I have no reference point for
1:10.9	or interest in. It's like, I think I'm better than that, but obviously I'm not better than that.
1:15.1	I'm just looking at Cian James highlights instead, and I think somehow that makes me superior.
1:20.5	I should make our upcoming NBA draft discussions very robust and thorough. Thank you.
1:26.1	Look, I'm here to do my job.
1:28.3	Here to be a professional.
1:30.8	But, Justin, what's in the air for you?
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