Which 1-seed has the BEST Road to the Final Four?

Around the Horn

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Frank Isola and the national panelists discuss which 1-seed has the best path to the final four, whether North Carolina should be in the NCAA Men’s Tournament, and which team is most likely to pull off a Cinderella win. Plus, who is the favorite to win it all in the NCAA Women’s Tournament? All that and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's happening again.
0:02.1	Bracket Brain.
0:03.4	That time of year when basketballs, backboards, and buzzer beaders start bursting into view.
0:08.4	You start seeing 12 seats upsetting five seats 24-7.
0:12.5	And tournament sites are showing up at every turn.
0:15.3	There's only one thing to do when bracket brain hits.
0:18.3	Download the ESPN Tournament Challenge app and fill out your men's bracket
0:22.2	by tapping into the number one bracket game. Your bracket brain will thank you, presented by Allstate.
0:32.1	Welcome to March, gang. We got your number one seeds. We got your Cinderella's, your snubbed, your dreamiest matchups.
0:39.7	And, of course, all the best or worst picks.
0:42.7	Also, does a committee chair need to explain why his own school was the last team in the tournament?
0:49.6	We have an around the horn investigation.
0:52.2	That's why we got actual journalists here today.
0:55.0	How about that?
0:58.0	What a concept, Frankie.
0:59.0	Look at that.
1:00.0	I'm here because I was on the outside looking in, but I got in.
1:04.0	I was a bubble guy, to hope.
1:06.0	All right, let's start with the number one season.
1:09.0	Everybody pay attention because there's going to be a test.
1:11.4	Overall number one, Auburn gets the south. Their two seed is Michigan State, the Tom Izzo's.
1:18.7	Duke won the ACC without Cooper Flag, which gets them the number one in the east, along with Bama, Wisconsin, and Arizona.
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