Brawl Don't Lie

We're just now catching our breath from the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament and EVERYTHING that came with it. We go region by region to discuss the following:
- The upsets! How 'bout Creighton and South Dakota?
- The favorites! South Carolina won ugly, Louisville looked good, UConn flirted with disaster
- The Sweet 16! Are we changing our picks based on what we saw this weekend? (spoiler: not really)
- Then a quick breakdown of the First Four and how the NCAA can fix it going forward

Folks, we have a bracket. We have picks. We have complaints. We have...a dog on Meredith's lap??? We break down the 2022 NCAA Tournament field, including:
- Why Princeton and FGCU's seedings are inexcusable
- Which 1 seeds are most vulnerable
- SURPRISE FINAL FOUR TEAMS???
and more!

It's conference tournament time! We go through each of the Power 5 conference tournaments to talk favorites, implications, and a few surprises that we've already seen. Which bubble teams can punch their tickets? Is there still a battle for 1 seeds? Which one of us is a hoarder? Find out!

Wayyyyy back in November we talked about how we thought each major conference race would shake out. Sure, the favorites were easy to peg, but what about our sleepers? We go back and see how we did before re-hashing the National Player of the Year debate, just for funsies.

At some point (probably the start), this podcast just goes off the rails. Apologies.

You know who we haven't talked enough about this year? The Florida Gators. After a lackluster start, they're beating ranked teams left and right, and have an actual shot at the 2 seed in the SEC Tournament. After that, Russ puts his Bracketology experience to good use and breaks down some resumes of bubble teams, going in-depth on what the committee looks for when fielding the tournament.

The NCAA Women's Basketball Committee revealed on Thursday night the top 16 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, if it began today. There were no major surprises, but we were happy to see Oklahoma break through. We talk about that for a bit before moving on to the real news...CAITLIN CLARK IS FREAKING INSANE. Discussion of The Clark Effect, what it means for college basketball, and who should join her on the first-team All-American list rounds out the pod.

Shoutout Honduras!

Kansas State's Ayoka Lee had herself a weekend. She went out and scored A DAMN NCAA RECORD 61 POINTS in the Wildcats' win over Oklahoma on Sunday. As you'd expect, it left us with a lot to talk about. How did she do it? What makes her so dominant? How will that translate to the WNBA? We talked all things Ayoka Lee before transitioning to Caitlin Clark (ever heard of her?) and why it's good for both sides that the UConn-South Carolina game was canceled.

Shoutout Honduras. 

One small, itty bitty note that came from the NCAA's meetings this week might have a BIG impact on women's college basketball. We break that down before diving into the games themselves....including the Oregon Ducks, Maryland Terrapins, Iowa State Cyclones and more.

BEEFATHON 2022 HAS ARRIVED!

Last week, former Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw took a jab at UConn and the other day, Geno Auriemma responded with a nuclear freaking bomb. We BREAK DOWN THE BEEF on Brawl Don't Lie before moving on the less exciting things, like basketball. Specifically: Nebrasketball, Louisvillesketball, Michigansketball, and Dukesketball.

We didn't expect anything wild to happen in College Basketball over the Christmas/New Year's week but then...No. 1 South Carolina went on the road to a Missouri team that dressed seven players and lost in overtime. We talk about that game and what it manes for the Gamecocks before some quick COVID talk and a look at the middle of the ACC. Then, as Meredith drank her gin, we transitioned to LSU's hot start and parity in the SEC.