The Fundamentally Sound Podcast

Reags gets together with Clem for this episode to have a therapy session about their beloved New York Knicks. The season is over, but as everyone knows it's officially Knicks SZN as they attempt to find a new head coach, have a star going through a torn ACL injury and have a top-10 pick in the upcoming draft.

This episode goes all over the place. The guys talk about the Jeff Hornacek firing and what they made of his era before getting into potential candidates for the open position. There's a trip down memory lane as they talk about the 90s teams and the Allan Houston free agency signing. 

After that they talk about the draft and who they'd like to see the Knicks pick before talking themselves into getting Kawhi Leonard. It's truly off the rails as there is depression, tears, laughter and flat out therapy.

Villanova has won the 2018 national championship with a 79-62 victory over Michigan, which of course means we had to recap it right away. Reags was joined by Ben Brust for the episode to talk about the game, but more importantly Villanova as a whole. This is now the second title in three years to go with 4 Big East titles in five years. 

The story was obviously Donte DiVincenzo going off for 31 points as the sixth man. Brust and Reags talk about his performance, Jalen Brunson's career through three years at Villanova and the development of the other players on the squad. They also get into the historical standpoint of this team when we heard all along there wasn't a scary team in the country.

The Final Four is set as we know Loyola Chicago, Michigan, Villanova and Kansas will all be heading to the Final Four. The first two weeks of the NCAA Tournament have been highly entertaining with a bunch of close games and obvious upsets.

So with that said, there's a massive show here as Reags is joined by four guests - one associated with each school - to talk about the Final Four. He is joined by former Villanova player Ryan Arcidiacono, former Michigan player Zack Novak, Scott Phillips of NBC Sports and NBC Sports Chicago and Chris Stone of Sporting News to recap the Elite Eight games, talk about their respective teams and preview the Final Four games.

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Reags is joined in this episode with former Wisconsin guard Ben Brust to recap the absolutely wild start to the NCAA Tournament. It started with upsets to Arizona and Wichita State before we saw a No. 16 team beat a No. 1 seed for the first time. Then there were crazy comebacks in Nashville that took out both Cincinnati schools. Oh, there was also Syracuse shocking Michigan State and impressive victories by Duke, Villanova and Kentucky. 

They recap all the crazy events to get you caught up. With how wild college basketball has been all season, was this something that we could have saw coming? Finally, they talk about the 16 teams left and what matchups they are looking forward to in the second weekend. 

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Reags is joined by SB Nation's Mike Rutherford on Selection Sunday to breakdown the bracket. The two get started with general takeaways with the bracket, but of course there's the ultimate question. Would you rather watch that bracket reveal show every year or Jennifer Hudson's version of One Shining Moment? 

After that they go into game breakdowns. Who are the teams that they think can pull off upsets or make a deep run? What are the best conspiracy theories out there? What teams got snubbed/didn't deserve to get in? They naturally get off the rails talking about a new tournament idea for some of the worst teams in the country. 

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A big time preview show today as Reags is joined by Sam Vecenie of the Athletic, Bearcat Journal's Chad Brendel and Aaron Torres of the Athletic and KSR. It's conference tournament week, so what else would they all be talking about besides previewing the tournaments this week. 

Vecenie starts the show to talk about the Pac-12. Is Arizona State really in danger of missing the NCAA Tournament? Who is the one team that you should keep an eye on as a possible bubble team that we aren't talking about and what to make of Arizona. After that, Brendel joins the show to talk about the Cincinnati/Wichita State game from Sunday before getting into the AAC Tournament. Who would be matchups in the NCAA Tournament that Wichita/Cincinnati would and wouldn't want to see? Finally, Aaron joins Reags to talk about the SEC Tournament, which is arguably the most wide open conference tournament this year. Plus, will Michael Porter Jr., actually play? 

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Reags is joined this episode by ESPN's Fran Fraschilla to talk about the Big 12 and preview the Big 12 Tournament. However, the show starts with Xavier assistant coach Travis Steele to talk about the Big East. Steele talks about the depth of the Big East and how tough it was to go from celebrating at home after the win over Providence to play DePaul for the outright Big East title. Along with that Steele talks about what makes Villanova so good and how Xavier goes about recruiting with that in mind. 

After that Reags and Fran talk about the Big 12 and if there's a legit chance that nine teams could get into the NCAA Tournament. Because it's the Big 12 there's of course Trae Young and Oklahoma talk. Who is the real Trae Young? Is it the one we saw to start the year or is it the one from the last five weeks? They also discuss West Virginia's inconsistency and what makes Chris Beard so special at Texas Tech. 

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Former Wisconsin guard and current Big 10 Network analyst Ben Brust joins Reags for this episode to preview the Big 10 Tournament. This year it's obviously a week earlier than normal out at Madison Square Garden. What do the guys think of that and how would they set up the venues for the future?

They then get into taking a look at odds and if any value plays stand out. From there they spend some time talking a lot about Michigan vs Nebraska. That's set up to be the most intriguing quarterfinal game if Michigan beats Iowa. Can Nebraska be the fifth team in the NCAA Tournament and just how many games do they need to win to feel comfortable? Then there's a discussion about whether this tournament will be chalk or crazy.

Finally, predictions!

Reags is joined by 247's Brian Snow for this episode. Right before they recorded, Snow and the rest of the crew at 247 published a story reporting essentially that the timeline didn't match up from the ESPN report that Sean Miller discussed a $100,000 payment for Deandre Ayton with Christian Dawkins. 

After that they get into what's going on around the country with games on the court. Who are their title contenders? Who is the top seed that is most matchup dependent when it comes to the NCAA Tournament?

Reags is joined this episode by current Chicago Bulls and former Villanova guard Ryan Arcidiacono to talk about his career and time at Villanova. Arcidiacono is a current two-way player and talks about what the life is like to be a part of two different locker rooms and how tough it can be travel wise to play multiple games in a matter of days. He also shares an absolutely hilarious story involving him, DeMarcus Cousins, a possible nickname and fouling. Ryan opens up about the differences in the college game and the NBA game. 

After that he talks about his time at Villanova and what the moment was like leading up to the final play to win the 2016 National Championship. He talks about how Jay Wright has turned Villanova into a national title contender nearly every year and if he saw the signs of Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges being stars back when they were freshmen.