Vegas Red Ticket & Final Four Preview with Michael Calabrese
The Favorites Sports Betting Podcast
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4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The Favorites is back as Stuckey, Kendra Middleton and Brandon Kravitz welcome Action Network college hoops experts and cohost of the Big Bets On Campus Podcast, Michael Calabrese, back to the show. The Final Four of the NCAA Tournament is set with two 1-seeds, a 2-seed and a 3-seed; Arizona, Michigan, UConn and Illinois. The squad discuss those upcoming matchups this weekend and where they're seeing value in the betting marker. But first, a few updates around the NFL including Jalen Hurts changing things up on the field, Kirk Cousins heading to Las Vegas and Puka Nacua working on himself off the field. We're back every Tuesday and Thursday so subscribe, rate and review!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the favorites presented by Draft Kings. |
| 0:12.2 | The Crown is yours. |
| 0:13.8 | I'm your host, Brandon Kravitz, joined by the Queen of the Pod, Ms. Kendra Middleton, |
| 0:17.8 | and the return. |
| 0:19.4 | Wait for it. |
| 0:20.1 | Dramatic effect of Stucky. |
| 0:23.3 | Now, if you missed our NFL draft breakdown, got to nail it, breakdown, go and find |
| 0:27.5 | that in the podcast and video feed, a nice primer for the upcoming NFL draft at the end of |
| 0:32.5 | this month. |
| 0:33.1 | But Stucky, welcome back to the fold. |
| 0:35.6 | We missed you. |
| 0:37.3 | Yeah, it's going to be back. |
| 0:39.7 | It's been a grind of a month, grind of a season, but it's basically coming to an end, |
| 0:45.7 | be able to have some free time for a little bit, read some, sleep some, get out and bike and then before I know it I'll do this a little |
| 1:00.9 | bit even starting next week but it's I won't get fully not fully immersed in |
| 1:09.3 | college football prep for a bit, but we'll start to take a little |
| 1:16.1 | peek there. |
| 1:17.7 | But yeah, it's nice. |
| 1:19.3 | So there's a light at the end of the tunnel because from deep, deep into college football |
| 1:24.3 | prep, which is like July, August, until Monday at the end of the national |
| 1:29.2 | title. |
| 1:30.8 | There's really just no breathing. |
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