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The Valenti Show

What Would Be Considered A Success For MSU and Michigan In NCAA Tournament?

The Valenti Show

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Mike and Rico debate what they'd consider a success for Michigan State and Michigan basketball in the NCAA Tournament.

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0:00.0

all right three o'clock good to have you with us odyssey dot com rewind you missed anything we're in

0:05.0

our bracket feelings right now we will get to j bicker staff i'm hoping i have time to get to

0:10.9

a little bit of tiger stuff because a couple of really interesting things today as we start to

0:17.6

look towards opening day but we want to go a little bit more with the tournament.

0:21.4

And with that, the senator from Delaware, RICO, you have an angle for the people.

0:26.1

We'll get to your phone calls in a second, please.

0:28.4

Well, Mike, when it comes down to the tournament, and we kind of touched upon it in the first hour, if you missed it, Odyssey Rewind.

0:35.2

But we said that the floor, the minimum that Michigan State should get is the elite eight.

0:40.1

That's the expectation that I had, the expectation that you have.

0:43.6

For Michigan, my expectation for them is you should win that first game.

0:48.7

You should make it to the round of 16.

0:51.7

So I ask the people out there, what is the minimum expectation?

0:56.2

At what point do you say, you know what?

0:58.8

This team has to make it to this point in the tournament in order for this season to be a success.

1:04.1

248, 539, 9, 797.

1:06.3

Because for me, I say the elite eight for MSU, looking at this bracket and everything that's going on in

1:12.0

there, you should be able to beat Bryant and the winner in Mexico Marquette game, a undermanned

1:17.7

Iowa State, and now you prepare for whoever is on that other side from Michigan.

1:23.9

Look, if you're that team that we saw this weekend, you shouldn't be worried about UC San Diego.

1:32.1

You should be able to go out there with your two seven footers, get this thing done and advance to, I think you would have A&M in the following game.

1:42.0

A&M or Yale, yeah.

1:43.1

A&M or Yale.

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