It’s rare for a college basketball team to become a dynasty, even in a short time period. The UCONN women’s team has made it look easy, the Florida men’s squad won back-to-back in the mid-2000s, but that success certainly isn’t the norm. However, Villanova and head coach Jay Wright are looking to change that. Well, winning the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years is a good place to start.
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- “Sports News Read Like Real News” offered a flashback to around this time last year to when “A tradition unlike any other” came to an end – the Jim Nantz tie award (2:12).
- The Bridge Question of the Week is: What will you remember most from this year’s NCAA Tournament, and why? Leave a voicemail or text in your answer to 929-BRIDGE7, that’s 929-274-3437, and you’ll make it on the next show.
- “The What??” — Highlighting some of the best soundbites and quotes from the latest week in sports. We’ve got Jim Nantz struggling with pop culture references and hot dog vendors (8:51).
- This week’s guest is Bobby Reagan, who you might also know as Barstool Reags. Bobby covers college basketball for Barstool Sports and is also the co-host of the Fundamentally Sound podcast. It’s always next to impossible to find someone who covers college hoops that wants to talk about it just one day after covering the National Championship game, but Reags was thankfully kind enough to take some of his time to do so. He was also in San Antonio for the Final Four and was able to give some insight about seeing the final three games of the tournament first-hand. We’ll chat about working for Barstool Sports and what some of his responsibilities are with them before diving into the major storylines of the NCAA Tournament, including disappointments, Villanova’s short-term dynasty, who we might see make a run next year, and of course, Sister Jean.
- Follow Reags on Twitter -> @BarstoolReags. The interview starts at the 13:31 mark.
– In the interview, we discuss:
How he ended up covering college basketball for Barstool Sports (14:05), writing for Barstool outside of the office (15:55), getting flack on Twitter (17:12), his podcast Fundamentally Sound (18:09), one of his favorite stories from this year (19:10), Thoughts? (on the tournament as a whole) (20:51), the biggest storyline from the tournament (22:53), Jay Wright and the Wildcats (23:29), the way-too-early rankings for 2019 and Nova’s chance to repeat (26:52), the future of Jay Wright (28:21), if Virginia’s loss to UMBC taints Tony Bennett’s legacy (29:11), changes that should be made to the game (31:14), the most disappointing team from the tournament (33:17), the atmosphere for the Final Four (33:50), a team that might surprise next season (35:25), what he’ll be working on next (36:28) and who wins the Masters (37:19).
- “Five Minutes in the Film Room” with Joe Baress, former star of the prestigious John and Joe Sports Show, breaks down “Black Panther,” which Rotten Tomatoes describes as:A tale following T’Challa, who, after the events of “Captain America: Civil War,” returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to take his place as King. However, when an old enemy reappears on the radar, T’Challa’s mettle as King and Black Panther is tested when he is drawn into a conflict that puts the entire fate of Wakanda and the world at risk (38:18). You can follow Joe on Twitter @dukemich and read his movie reviews, previews and ratings at cupof-joe.com.
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