1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,880 Greetings, my peeps and welcome to the All Things Basketball Podcast with your boy GD. 2 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:17,200 In this episode, I'll be doing my week 20 and 21 recap, which will include March Madness 3 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:18,200 Guys. 4 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:23,240 I'll talk about the men's brackets as well as the women's brackets and also in the NBA, 5 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:28,320 I'll give you my players for the week for both week 20 and 21. 6 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:40,880 So just sit back, relax and enjoy the show. 7 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:47,440 Okay guys, it's your boy GD back with the All Things Basketball with GD Podcast. 8 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:54,640 And this episode guys, gonna do like a week 20 and week 21 recap. 9 00:00:54,640 --> 00:01:00,600 I wanted to get to you last week, but as I usually say, life was life and a lot was going 10 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:01,600 on. 11 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:06,320 So I'm gonna try and do these couple of episodes here. 12 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:08,960 And yeah, so it'll probably be a two-parter. 13 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:12,320 So let us not delay any further. 14 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:14,640 Let's get right into it. 15 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:21,360 And we're gonna start with March Madness Guys, the men's and the women's bracket. 16 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,440 I will start with the men's. 17 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:28,400 Week now, we're at the sweet 16. 18 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:35,360 And guys, the way it turned out, you have all four number ones still alive. 19 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,240 You have all four number twos alive. 20 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:44,000 Then from there, you got a couple of threes, couple of fours. 21 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:50,520 You got a six, a five, and you got as low as a 11 seed. 22 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,920 And the men's side, I must admit, I didn't watch all that many. 23 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,080 I caught a couple. 24 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:00,840 I caught some of the North Carolina, Michigan game. 25 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,400 I was interested in that one. 26 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:10,680 I peaked in on Purdue, just slaying Utah State. 27 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:16,400 But all in all guys, I've really haven't been watching because I've been all enthralled 28 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,960 with the women's tournament. 29 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,560 I mean, you had some exciting games, guys. 30 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,760 You had some thrillers. 31 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:26,760 You had an overtime. 32 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,600 You had a double overtime. 33 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,720 So you had a few of them that was kind of down to the wire. 34 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,760 Actually, you had a few over times there. 35 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:44,760 But nonetheless, your top seed overall, UConn, taking care of business in both rounds. 36 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:52,320 Now they face actually a team they faced in the finals last season in that San Diego state. 37 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:56,200 So they're facing them in the sweet 16. 38 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,400 So that should be an intriguing match up there. 39 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:07,400 And then also within that East region, you have Iowa State going up against Illinois. 40 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,120 Then in the South region, your number one, see Houston. 41 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,600 They'll be facing the dookies in that one. 42 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:23,560 And then on the other side of that bracket, North Carolina State, the 11 C guys, they 43 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,960 got there by beating a number six in Texas Tech. 44 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:34,600 And then actually a 14 C because Kentucky got knocked out in the first round. 45 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:40,720 Surprisingly enough, that was one of the big upsets in that first round. 46 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:46,120 So North Carolina State, they're in the sweet 16. 47 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:51,160 And then they'll be facing Marquette, who's the two seed. 48 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:59,240 Then we look at the Midwest, Purdue, number one seed there, handily taking care of both 49 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:04,280 of their opponents leading up to the sweet 16. 50 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,280 And they'll face Gonzaga. 51 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:16,200 The five seed, they managed to beat McNeese State and then Kansas to make it to the sweet 52 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:17,920 16. 53 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:23,360 And then on the other side of that bracket, you have Creighton, the three seed facing 54 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:28,680 Tennessee, the two seed and what should be a good match up right there. 55 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:33,920 Creighton coming off of that double overtime win over Oregon. 56 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:41,040 And then in your West bracket, North Carolina, the number one seed there, they took care 57 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,560 of business in their two games, including the one I watched Michigan State. 58 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:50,920 Michigan State gave them a run, but early on, but North Carolina, they stepped on the 59 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,480 gas and took care of business. 60 00:04:53,480 --> 00:05:00,800 They'll face Alabama, a team last year, got all the way to the final four. 61 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:07,120 So they'll face them in the sweet 16 and then on the other side of that bracket, Clemson, 62 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:12,240 the six seed taking on the two seed Arizona. 63 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:19,240 But to be honest, there were some upsets amongst the men that talked about Kentucky being one 64 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:28,680 of them and also a 12 seed Grand Canyon knocking off the five seed St. Mary. 65 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:33,200 Yale actually knocked off a four seed in Auburn. 66 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:37,920 Oh, and also James Madison knocking off Wintz-Conson. 67 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,200 That was a five seed. 68 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:45,280 So pretty much going according to plan. 69 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:54,960 I think I saw that there were only 57 brackets that were alive thus far, which when you look 70 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:59,360 at the grand scheme of things, that's not, that's not a lot. 71 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:08,360 And then the women's, I think you got even less, but it looks like Yukon, if they can 72 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:13,000 take care of business in their region, I see them reaching the final four. 73 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,520 I think it's a final four where you could possibly get all four one seeds. 74 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:21,200 That's how good those teams on the top are. 75 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:22,840 We'll see how it goes. 76 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:31,080 I love how produce plan Zach Edie is playing out of his mind and that team in general. 77 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:35,200 Houston, they've been taking care of business as well. 78 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,560 You got cried over there. 79 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:42,200 Also Jamal Sheed and Emmanuel Sharp. 80 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,320 Houston, they look good. 81 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:45,680 They look good as well. 82 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:52,800 And then North Carolina, of course, you got to start with RJ Davis and then Armando Bacot. 83 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,560 They're big man over there. 84 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:04,800 And for Yukon leading the way is Tristan Newton for them, the senior guard over there, as 85 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:10,960 well as Ken Spencer, also in the backcourt there for the Yukon Huskies. 86 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,480 So the men's side, I will start paying a little closer attention now that they're in the 87 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,240 sweet 16. 88 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:23,320 I'll definitely be taking a glance at those games, that's for sure. 89 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:27,160 And then we'll talk about the women guys. 90 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:33,960 The women's tournament has been as good as advertised to be honest with you. 91 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:38,360 Right now you have all four number one seeds. 92 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,160 That's alive. 93 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:44,000 You have three number two seeds. 94 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:52,000 You have four threes still alive, a couple of fours and then a couple of five. 95 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,440 So nothing lower than a seven seed. 96 00:07:55,440 --> 00:08:00,960 You know, you'll get some people saying, Oh, but for the women, there's not that many 97 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:02,680 upsets. 98 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:09,840 You know, I attribute that to the fact that the committee actually does its job and picks 99 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,320 the right seeds. 100 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:19,440 The four numbers one seeds here, you can't really argue too much against them. 101 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:23,920 All four of them won their respective conferences. 102 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:29,600 Mind you, there's one region that's a killer region, but nonetheless, overall, they get 103 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,200 it right on the men's side. 104 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,320 It seemed like they got the top seeds, right? 105 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:40,400 It was the lower seeds where there was kind of an issue in that regard. 106 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,280 But the women's game is popping right now. 107 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:49,960 And what I attribute it to is the fact that these women, you don't have where they can 108 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:51,600 declare early. 109 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:52,880 They played it four years. 110 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,440 They go to the WNBA. 111 00:08:55,440 --> 00:09:04,920 So you have continuity for the most part outside of the transfer portal being kind of a flying 112 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:11,760 ointment, so to speak, but that's why the women's game is popping right now on the men's side. 113 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:17,960 You got a lot of one and done's maybe a two years and done guy. 114 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,440 And it's just a lot of turnover. 115 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:27,000 Then you have the transfer portal for the men, which is kind of a similar situation of not 116 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,680 worse than the women's. 117 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:36,720 So that kind of opens the door for your upsets when those happen in the men's game. 118 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:42,360 The fact that you have like a blue blood that, you know, it's kind of a revolving door in 119 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:48,400 terms of the kids coming in, declaring early and going to the NBA. 120 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:54,760 Whereas in the women's game, you know, they stay at the school for the most part for the 121 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:56,640 duration of their time. 122 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:02,520 Unless, you know, you have somebody that's disgruntled, maybe somebody in a kind of mid 123 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:07,480 major who wants to transfer over to a big name school. 124 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,040 You have those situations. 125 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:14,760 But for the most part, you have a symmetry there amongst the teams. 126 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:18,960 So if that said, let me talk about the bracket itself. 127 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:26,600 Of course, like I said, your number one seats, South Carolina, Iowa, Texas and USC. 128 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:31,120 Still alive in South Carolina. 129 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:32,840 They'll be heading to Albany. 130 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:37,560 In fact, you have the Albany one region, Albany two region. 131 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:40,480 I'll talk about the Albany two in a minute. 132 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,800 So they'll face Indiana, Indiana squad. 133 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:51,040 That's for the most part, they've had to beat Fairfield in the first round and then Oklahoma 134 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:52,920 in the second round. 135 00:10:52,920 --> 00:11:01,080 They had the luxury of playing in Bluington, Indiana, so that certainly helps matters. 136 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:05,000 So they'll face South Carolina up there in Albany. 137 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:11,360 And on the other side of that bracket, you have the two in the three seat Notre Dame 138 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,800 facing off against Oregon State. 139 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:21,880 Notre Dame, we know have Hannah Hidalgo and she's the fine freshman over there. 140 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:27,600 Really going to get heavy consideration for defensive player of the year. 141 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:35,800 In fact, I see a scenario where she's on the all defensive team amongst the women. 142 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:43,080 So you have a possible collision of South Carolina taken on Notre Dame if they're able 143 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,080 to take care of business. 144 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:49,720 And then we know that both of those teams squared off against each other over there 145 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:51,520 in Paris. 146 00:11:51,520 --> 00:12:00,280 So it will be great to see Dawn Staley going up against the highly respected Niel Ivy over 147 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,680 there for Notre Dame. 148 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:06,520 If form holds, that should be a pretty good matchup. 149 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:11,480 And then on the other side, Albany two, brutal region guys. 150 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:16,200 You have Iowa, they were able to take care of business guys. 151 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:22,000 They be Holy Cross and then they came and played a tough game against West Virginia, 152 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:29,840 but was able to pull it out, of course, led by their mercurial star, Caitlin Clark. 153 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:36,480 They draw number five seed Colorado, a team that they faced before. 154 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:41,240 In fact, last year in the tournament, it was Iowa who knocked out Colorado. 155 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:47,920 So Colorado can exactly revenge here if they're able to pull it off. 156 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:53,800 And then on the other side of that bracket, you have LSU at the three seed, taking on 157 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:59,360 the two C UCLA UCLA led by Lauren Betts. 158 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:01,520 They're terrific player over there. 159 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:08,800 And then LSU, you know, everything begins and ends with Angel Reese, their star there, 160 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,960 the double double queen. 161 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,680 LSU Barbie herself. 162 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:16,200 And then of course that squad is loaded. 163 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:24,200 You got a Nisa Morrow, who's an undersized player who's been playing well in the post. 164 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:29,920 Haley Van Lyft, who she's had her moments, but they're really going to need her to step 165 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,960 up now that they're getting into the later parts of the tournament. 166 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:41,120 Flajie Johnson has been absolutely sensational ever since the SEC tournament she's been on 167 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,360 a tear and she continues to do so. 168 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:49,120 And they're going to need her if they're to survive UCLA in the face. 169 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:55,520 Iowa, they're going to need Flajie to keep Caitlin Clark at bay. 170 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:59,880 Kind of looking ahead there, provided both of those teams take care of business. 171 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:03,960 It's not going to be a walk in the park for either one of them. 172 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:11,680 And then of course you have Kim Mulkey, the coach there and the firestorm that led up 173 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:19,680 to her second round game where she in a press conference made the statement about a Washington 174 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,280 post article that's supposed to come out soon. 175 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,520 She's calling it a hit piece on her. 176 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:35,800 And the reporter for that article is Kent Bab and he supposedly did a similar story 177 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:43,240 on the football coach for LSU Brian Kelly, which Kim Mulkey noted in the press conference. 178 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:51,840 She came out hot and heavy guys saying she's lining up defamation lawyers to hold the Washington 179 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:57,120 post accountable if they do this sort of hit piece on her. 180 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,080 So we'll see what happens. 181 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:07,520 I reserve the right to not say much because I haven't seen the article, but it doesn't 182 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,600 sound good. 183 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,040 It just doesn't sound good. 184 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:16,120 So we'll see what's in that article in the days to come. 185 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:22,680 So you have that kind of hanging over LSU, but we'll see how that situation plays out 186 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,400 throughout the rest of this tournament. 187 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:30,080 And then on the Portland region, that's your next region there. 188 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:37,880 You have USC as the top team over there, of course, led by their freshman, Juju Watkins, 189 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:41,560 who's looking sensational in these tournaments here. 190 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:45,440 She doesn't look like a wide-eyed freshman at all. 191 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,080 She's locked in. 192 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,080 She's loaded. 193 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:49,080 She's ready. 194 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:55,760 And they're in the final four for the first time since 1994, I'm told. 195 00:15:55,760 --> 00:16:02,040 And that's when they had a player named Lisa Leslie and the coach over there was Cheryl 196 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:03,040 Miller. 197 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:09,160 So you're talking about way back when guys 30 years to be exact. 198 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:14,560 And then they'll be facing off against number five Baylor, who took care of business beating 199 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:21,680 Vytec and also in the first round, they were able to beat Vanderbilt. 200 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:26,120 So Baylor, who has two sensational guards in their back court. 201 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,120 So we'll see what happens. 202 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:33,240 But Juju has been getting help from players like McKenzie Forbes. 203 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:39,000 So as long as she's getting the help, that team's going to be dangerous guys. 204 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:44,520 And then on the other side of that bracket, Yukon, Page Becker's, I tell you what guys, 205 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:48,960 and me and my boy was kind of going back and forth about this. 206 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,320 Page Becker is balling right now. 207 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:59,840 And so much so that her coach pretty much stated so in his post game press conference, 208 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:04,600 saying that she is the best player in the game right now, the way she's playing her 209 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:09,400 efficiency, which she has been very efficient guys. 210 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:15,000 And she has been scoring the ball, rebounding, playing defense. 211 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:20,680 This is the page Becker's that we saw a couple of years ago before the injuries kind of be 212 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:25,800 set her, but now she looks like she's in a groove guys. 213 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:32,720 And they'll be facing off against Duke led by their coach, Kara Lawson, personal favorite 214 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,080 of mine. 215 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:37,520 And that team is locked and loaded over there as well. 216 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:40,720 They were able to knock off the two C Ohio State. 217 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:47,640 So this is not going to be a walk in the park for Gino Ariama and that squad over there. 218 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:52,960 This is one that I'll be very interested to see how this one shakes out. 219 00:17:52,960 --> 00:18:00,480 And then your final region, Texas, number one, Texas quietly has had a fine tournament. 220 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:06,800 They took care of business beating Drexel, then in the next round, beating Alabama, Texas 221 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:15,840 led by their freshman, Madison Booker, who's once again, these freshmen guys, they're not 222 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,120 playing like freshmen. 223 00:18:17,120 --> 00:18:21,360 They're playing like season vets, even over there with South Carolina. 224 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:26,920 You got Malaysia for Wally and she's taking care of business over there. 225 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:32,440 So these freshmen are really playing above their skis and good for them. 226 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:33,440 Good for them. 227 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:40,360 They're great for the game and it just gives you a look into the next three years now because 228 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:42,400 we're almost done with the season here. 229 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:46,840 So three more seasons you're going to get from these ladies and I look so forward to 230 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:47,960 it. 231 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,200 So they will face off against Gonzaga. 232 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:55,200 Gonzaga got there by beating UC Irvine. 233 00:18:55,200 --> 00:19:01,040 And then in a game that I watched, they were able to beat Utah because I wanted to sit 234 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,760 down and watch Alyssa Peely. 235 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,720 Oh man, she is good. 236 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:10,600 She just needed help, but she herself, she went off guys. 237 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:17,200 She's going to be a major problem on the next level when she goes to the W guys. 238 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:18,840 That's how good she is. 239 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:25,720 But Gonzaga was able to take care of business and now they get the one seed in Texas. 240 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,320 Then on the other side of that bracket, you got the two and the three going up against 241 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:37,760 each other, Stanford, who was able to beat Norfolk State and then in a overtime game 242 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:41,160 against Iowa State and Audi Crooks. 243 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:50,200 Guys, we've been talking about the other freshmen, even Michaela Williams for LSU, but we didn't 244 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,640 really talk about Audi Crooks. 245 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,760 Guys, she had a sensational first round game. 246 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:04,080 Up and 40 points and just absolutely dominating on 90% shooting, by the way. 247 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:12,760 But I tell you what, she's a girl who I say once she trains in the off season and so forth 248 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:19,360 and especially with the crop of other freshmen that's come in with her, Iowa State is going 249 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:22,760 to be a major problem in the women's game. 250 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:24,280 Hey, listen. 251 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:29,560 Caitlyn Clark, she's heading to the W. So look like you might have a new sheriff in 252 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:36,720 town in the state of Iowa and it could be these Iowa State psychones guys. 253 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:41,960 So they went toe to toe with Stanford and they end up losing in overtime. 254 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:48,960 Stanford, of course, led by Cameron Brink and Kiki, who had a sensational game actually 255 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:50,840 against Iowa State. 256 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,200 She was sensational guys. 257 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:59,240 They'll face off against North Carolina State, a team that beat Chattanooga and then they 258 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:03,080 knocked off Tennessee to get to the sweet 16. 259 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:08,320 Guys, men and women alive for their respective schools. 260 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:15,080 You have Duke, Yukon, Gonzaga, and there was a fourth team. 261 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:16,640 Oh, North Carolina State. 262 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:17,800 I'm sorry. 263 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:25,160 So those are your four teams that still have men's and women's teams alive in these tournaments. 264 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,160 So kudos to those schools. 265 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:34,760 But guys, we have some exciting basketball ahead as far as the college game and I so 266 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:39,600 look forward to checking that out and giving that a watch. 267 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:45,440 So on that note, guys, that is my report on the college basketball. 268 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:50,280 Let's talk pros guys and as always, we'll do our players of the week. 269 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:56,640 I have them for both week 20 and week 21 for week 20 guys. 270 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:03,320 Jalen Green for the Houston Rockets, one of the hottest teams in the NBA right now. 271 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:08,480 And Jalen, he has been on a tear since has been announced that he's got a baby on the 272 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:09,480 way. 273 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:13,160 He has been playing out of his mind since then, guys. 274 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,760 His team went three and 0 for the week. 275 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,560 They beat the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio. 276 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:23,640 They beat Washington at home and Cleveland at home. 277 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:34,480 He averaged 26.3 points per game, 8.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists shooting it just over 49% 278 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:39,040 from the field, nearly 46% from three. 279 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:43,120 And then of his 13 free throws for the week, he's sunk 10. 280 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:49,000 So pretty good stuff from Jalen Green, a team that I kind of thought you could have buried 281 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:54,200 them for dead after opera and sing on went down with that injury. 282 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,840 But Jalen Green has really carried this ball club. 283 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,640 And like I said, they're one of the hotter teams in the NBA right now. 284 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:07,240 And they're actually on the outside looking in and actually not that far off from being 285 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:08,240 in the play. 286 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,400 I don't know how well they're playing guys. 287 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:16,160 We'll see if this team can make a push and they will have to leave frog golden state 288 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:17,520 to do it. 289 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:18,760 Is it possible? 290 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,800 Perhaps, but we'll see what happens. 291 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:30,320 And then for the East, my guy Jalen Brunson, who had a fantastic week guys, the team went 292 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:35,560 three and 0 beating Philadelphia and then going on their West road trip. 293 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:40,960 They beat Portland and then came back Saturday night and beat the Sacramento Kings and what 294 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,320 was a really competitive game guys. 295 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:53,080 But Jalen Brunson averaging 35.7 points per game, five assists, three rebounds and two 296 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:54,080 steals. 297 00:23:54,080 --> 00:24:01,680 And oh, by the way, on those road wins, he would score 45 and then again, Sacramento 298 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:09,480 42 being the fourth Nick to score over 40 points on back to back games. 299 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:15,200 He joins Patrick Ewan, Bernard King, Carmelo Anthony. 300 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,040 Now that's the kind of company he's keeping guys. 301 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:27,120 And then for the week, he shot 54.3% from the field, 39.3 from three point range. 302 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:32,520 And then of his 24 free throws, he sunk 20 guys. 303 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:37,120 So Jalen Brunson continuing to carry these nicks. 304 00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:43,800 They're trying to get to the third seed half game from Cleveland as of this recording. 305 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:48,520 And they're not too far off from Milwaukee, even for the two seed. 306 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,120 So everything is bunched together guys. 307 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:57,240 You even have the Orlando magic behind them kind of nipping at their heels. 308 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:02,400 These last few games guys, it's put up or shut up guys. 309 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,920 But Jalen Brunson, player of the week for the East in week 20. 310 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:13,000 Week 21, let's start with Anthony Davis, who has been an absolute terror lately. 311 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,360 His team went three and 0 for the week. 312 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:20,320 They beat Atlanta, Philadelphia and then Indiana. 313 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:26,280 And again, that was a thriller, 150 to 145. 314 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,760 A lot of points dropped in that one. 315 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:39,440 Anthony Davis for the week, 27 point C average, 16.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists and two blocks. 316 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:45,320 Shooting it from the field, a blistering 68.6% guys. 317 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:50,920 From the free throw line, he only went 11 times for the week and he made eight of them. 318 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:56,080 Anthony Davis coming up big for the LA Lakers and they need every single bit of it right 319 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:57,240 now. 320 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:04,360 And then for the East, Derek White of the Boston Celtics, who had a pretty good week. 321 00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:06,320 His team went 4 and 0. 322 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:13,520 He averaged 20.3 points per game, nearly nine assists and six and a half rebounds. 323 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:19,360 And he actually recorded a triple double for the week that he did against the Detroit 324 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:20,600 Pistons. 325 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:26,920 He shot it only 41.5% from the field, over 34% from three. 326 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:31,640 And then he only missed two free throws out of 15. 327 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:38,760 But Derek White, the ultimate team player guys, right now he is about third or fourth 328 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,680 in the pecking order over there. 329 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,720 But the guy is getting it done, man. 330 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:49,960 So Derek White for the Boston Celtics, the league leading Boston Celtics, getting the 331 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:50,960 job done. 332 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,480 All right, guys. 333 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,800 So you know what I'm going to do? 334 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,800 I think I'm going to cut it off right here. 335 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:01,760 All right, so that is it for this episode. 336 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,760 I'm going to continue the rest. 337 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:09,600 So I'll give you a part two because we still have injury news, a lot of it. 338 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:17,280 Also guys, I have, of course, fines and suspensions, milestones being reached, extensions being 339 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,520 given and a lot more. 340 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,000 So I'll talk about that on the other side. 341 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:23,360 All right, guys. 342 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:26,480 As always, all things basketball with GD.com. 343 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,040 That's the website. 344 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:32,000 Leave reviews, support this podcast as well. 345 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,440 There's many ways to do that. 346 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:37,880 You'll hear it in the call to action after I speak. 347 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:41,320 And YouTube, I'm there like the video comment on the video. 348 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:48,880 All the podcast platforms, Apple, of course, leave reviews there as well and all that good 349 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:49,880 stuff. 350 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:50,880 All right, guys. 351 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:51,880 So that is it. 352 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,480 And we will talk soon. 353 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:54,480 Take care. 354 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,480 Hello, guys. 355 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:07,480 Thank you so much for following and supporting the All Things Basketball with GD podcast. 356 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:12,400 You can find us at all things basketball with GD.com. 357 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:18,000 Also you can email us that sports dude GD at gmail.com. 358 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:25,760 You can find us on YouTube, All Things Basketball GD like or comment on our videos there. 359 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:33,320 You can follow us on all the socials, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. 360 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:39,120 You can follow me on all podcast platforms, including Spotify and Apple where you can 361 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,000 leave a review. 362 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,520 Support us guys at my donate page on my website. 363 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:50,680 There I have a buy me a coffee button, pay pal button and a Spotify button. 364 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:56,120 Also you can cash out me dollar sign GD that sports dude. 365 00:28:56,120 --> 00:29:05,360 Once again for listening and take care.