 Hey everybody, what's going on? I am Greg Sussman joined today by Davis Maddox sports grid who's here to give us his top three picks between sweet 16 as the madness rolls on what's going on Davis You know not a lot going on. It's been a fantastic couple days of the tournament But pretty much what everyone said there is a lot of upsets There were clearly some miss seedings right loyal to Chicago way too low Earl Roberts I believe that I saw this was the first tournament ever where every double digit seed has won a game other than a 16 seed Which is that's it's pretty good. And yeah, it's been it's been there's been some enjoyable basketball There's been some bad basketball also, but overall it has been pretty enjoyable bad basketball doesn't mean non-enjoyable basketball, let's just leave it at that for the read right that that's that actually crazy that one in every seed Other than 16 it has won a game in this tournament showing you the parody in college basketball Especially in this shortened college basketball COVID season now you mentioned loyal a team that everybody look at their brackets This isn't right. They are better than this and then you go into who they played and maybe they weren't but it's clear the fighting sister genes Shouldn't have been seen as an AC I believe that the Illinois fighting a line. I will definitely agree with you They get back to the sweet 16 Porter Moser has his team on the brink of advancing again You kind of believe that they're going to hear Davis You're in on Loyola Chicago minus six and a half to win in the sweet 16 getting to the elite eight Why do you believe once again? Well, mostly I just believe in Loyola Chicago? I mean they they dispatched one of the top, you know five teams in the country, right? Really without a problem like there was not very much drama in that Illinois Loyola Chicago game They pretty much controlled it the entire time Loyola Chicago is the number nine team in Ken palms ratings right adjusted offense adjust the defense Oregon State is 50th in Ken palms adjusted efficiency stuff and let me just say I watched every second of that Oklahoma State Oregon State game They they could have lost that game, right? They it got to it got to a two-point game in Oklahoma State should have taken a time out You know should have kind of caught their breath and redone their game plan and they didn't and they were launching bad shots And Oregon State has been great through the two games. They played, you know, I'm not trying to take anything away from them I'm not trying to say they don't deserve to be here But to me Loyola Chicago not only can they win this game? I think that pretty much they can match up against anyone other than maybe Gonzaga, right? They their defense is so structured and so good and they have such an organized offense I think that's the thing I like the most about Loyola Chicago is as a college offense They're so organized and they have a plan on every possession So even with the six and a half points, which is a lot in March. I am gonna lay the points I like a lot of what you said there Davis Loyola Chicago They're just a very very organized and well coached team by Porter Moser You saw them in the first round against Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech shot over 55 percent from the field And it didn't feel like it was really close at any point for Loyola And then certainly the case was the same against Illinois with how good that defense was a strong defense a smart offense You're in a good spot. You're right when it came to Oregon State like Oklahoma State went on a run and obviously Oregon State was able to hold them off And it was poor coaching on the part of Mike Boynton with Oklahoma State down to and just letting his team Just miss and miss and miss and play no offense very frustrating for both you and I I would have came to okay state But Loyola Chicago is better coached and they are in a position to once again get by A back 12 team that has played very well that these they certainly deserve to be here as well And it's a lot of point six and a half but the way that this team is playing I think it's slow down Oregon State play their game play smart defense and Regimented offense. They're going to be in a position to once again get back to the elite eight Another surprise in this tournament comes in the form of oral Roberts 15 team beat up Ohio State University and they came back into the same to Florida two days later I watched a lot of this game and looking anyway, right? You have a high score in the land on oral Roberts a team that is a very good three-point shooting team as well They don't play much defense and you saw that against Florida where Florida was really being able to do whatever they wanted And then they would just turn the ball over carelessly and all Roberts made them pay They can do that again, which is why this is an intriguing bet. Yeah, it's super intriguing And I don't think that oral Roberts can win this game, right? I think that the Cinderella story does probably end here, Arkansas is Ken Poms number 15 team oral Roberts is Ken Poms 128 team But I do really like oral Roberts to cover here it's gotten to 11 and a half on the fan dual sports book and You know, what's what's basically the one thing we say about March that can cause upsets and can cause games to be closer if the underdog teams have great guard play and they don't have to be Fighting to get shots off because that's what you see what teams in March is they just do not have a cogent Offensive plan that allows them to consistently get shots off that leads to turnovers turnovers lead to easy points for the Posing team, you know, so on and so forth, but with open or an ace miss oral Roberts can just get shots off pretty much every time down The floor they're not always great shots. They're not always gonna go in obviously But I think 11 and a half is a really big number, you know, even if Arkansas gets to 85 I think that that's gonna be well in the range for oral Roberts cover So I'm not I'm not taking oral Roberts on the money line, but I am taking them to cover here at 11 and a half They've hung in there with those excellent guards against Ohio State get getting past them and doing the same to Florida Two games where they probably should have won or shouldn't be there, but the guard play got them there And again that three-point shooting was good enough I'm not saying they're gonna win outright, but against Arkansas. We could see it another battle. They've already beaten one SEC team We see if they can do it again. You're coming up this weekend Finally this one this one hurts to talk about Davis That's that's the Alabama clears inside cruise inside are favored here in this one number two seed in their region They're five and a half point favorites. I watched them up close last night against Maryland And it was just it was just a disaster man. They played Just bombs away on offense and you knew they would they're not a very big team But if they make their shots in just you control that pace going downhill They're going to be very very tough for anybody to beat and that's what they did certainly against Maryland After struggling in that opening half against Iona they came out Really cold and then got their group back in the second half against Maryland at no point where they called it was never a game And if they shoot like this It's going to be a hard time for any team to knock them out Yeah, Alabama is just a fearsome defense They are third in the country in adjusted defensive efficiency So pretty much going into every game against Alabama one. They're like eight deep with athletes They can run out five guys. I said the other day on on in-game live I was like, it's like, you know, the it's like the Warriors, right? Where they have five guys who are all the same height and pretty much all the same athletic intensity They're just gonna make it miserable on you to score So in games where they're actually hitting shots and they're not turning the ball over and not playing sloppy on offense He's just like what do you what can you do? And I actually think that if I was gonna bet one future right now, you know, I would not bet Gonzaga I think Alabama would be the team that would give Gonzaga a lot of trouble in that potential final four matchup Because that defense is just so good. I I believe in them here again Five and a half points were trending more towards the spot where that's a more reasonable line You're not that worried about the backdoor at five and a half I mean, maybe, you know, maybe maybe you just take the money line Mine is 235 on the fan dual sports book pretty reasonable But I'm a big Alabama backer, you know taking them to go deep in all my brackets that bet on them on the money line in all these games And I I think that they can handle business here against UCLA But then again, I mean these Pac-12 teams are they the conference of champions or they are they the best? College basketball conference ever, you know, who could say at this point The Pac-12 has just been dominant during this postseason run with Oregon State and UCLA and USC and Oregon all in the 216 and some of them will certainly make the elite a everyone talk about Oregon as a team is going to give you Gonzaga a lot of Trouble if they meet in the elite eight that will be a fun one to watch But when it comes to the Alabama Crimson side, they are a dominant basketball team on both sides of the court I really like Nate Oates as well It was going to get himself paid even more this offseason this Alabama team at five at five and a half point favorites Well worth it here probably against UCLA That's gonna do it for us here the Fandal hurry up Davis has been a blast. Let's do it again next week Yeah, let's so let's get back to it next week. We'll have more great matchups I hope that we have Alabama going through and it just it would be great, you know in the year of craziness Let's just get Gonzaga out of here. Let's just get them out. Let's get just nothing but upsets and pure craziness in the Termin, that's what the people want. I don't know man I kind of want the undefeated team having an opportunity to do it during the COVID year Which we haven't seen in over almost close to 40 years here the 36 years give or take Before I let you go though, I do want to ask speaking of madness It's madness over on the golf course here this week as well. Who is your pick in the match play championship? Come on. We're taking Rory long golf course difficult golf course, you know Well, and Rory he's got the mental edge because he doesn't care about anything these days He always is you know He's speaking like a Buddhist monk when he's getting asked questions by you know the PGA to our media So I think that his mental game is in the right spot. It's time for Rory to grab a W Mental game strong physical game always strong Rory and the tide those are the picks here this week from Davis Mattick Thank you so much for watching. We'll be back tomorrow with another edition of the hurry up So we'll see you then for Davis Mattick. I'm Greg Sospin. Have a wonderful evening