 Los Angeles studio and hey guys yes welcome to the sweet 16 we made it to 11 seeds a 10 seed even a 15 seed crashing this party it's absolutely March Madness we're breaking down every single sweet 16 game and our experts here handing out their slam dunk upset special see what we did there two of those experts you know he's guys here and with me in studio Dave weaver at e-gross and we've got our guy on the bird Andrew Philip Pony joining us from Pittsburgh and by the way Pony is the one who picked North Carolina to lose outright in the first round during her last show you guys remember that and by the way that was a shot from our Tarheel fan producer by the way you know Pony also has some big winners we're going to get to those a little bit later in this show and as we get rolling guys you all know what to do at home you can take our experts information place your best right from your phone just download the faddle sportsbook app check out all the wages we're talking about on this show and so much more and get this faddle's giving new users and assist to get started just sign up for an account that $5 on the tourney you're going to get $150 in bonus sportsbook credit that's right sign up deposit money bet $5 or more and you'll get that $150 in bonus sportsbook credit alright you guys let's do this and bet these games we're going to get right to it and tip this show off and we're doing that the top season he left in each of the regions we're starting here in the West and here's a look at that region number one seed Gonzaga still alive the Bulldogs were down 10 at the half in their last game rally to beat ninth seeded Memphis by for a great game the Zags take on four seeded Arkansas now who's won their two tournament games by combined nine points Dave and Ed we're going to bet this one Gonzaga is a nine and a half point favorite here Dave which side are you backing in this matchup you guys watch the Arkansas game Saturday yeah I hope you didn't it was ugly Arkansas is 14 for 51 28% from the field when they beat in Mexico State you know what happens if you shoot 20% against Gonzaga you lose by 50 so unless they shoot way better they've got no chance in this matchup another problem I see from Arkansas they're really not that deep no tape out out in the last game four awesome offensive fouls and Gonzaga has drawn 23 and 25 fouls in their last two games they're deeper I just don't think Arkansas can afford to get into that foul trouble they don't have the bench to compete I think late in the second half that is going to become evident and the Zags win by 12 with your permission I need to nerd out for just a second if that's what you always have I always do that okay all right so here we go so Gonzaga is number one in terms of effective field goal shooting and number one in the country and effective field goal shooting defense that's pretty remarkable when you think about it and it's also important when you look at Gonzaga's offense to look at stats that are more predictive than others three point shooting and three point shooting defense is not that predictive from one game to the next but two point shooting and two point shooting defense is predictive and guess what Gonzaga is number one in those categories as well they had their bad game every team is going to have a bad game in the tournament Gonzaga had theirs they don't need to worry about that against Arkansas for the aforementioned reasons I think Gonzaga covers the big number all right you guys you can always nerd out anytime on this show anytime all right now let's get to the south guys where the number one seed was also pushed to the limit last round Arizona won an overtime Wildcats held off ninth seeded TCU's upset bid another great one here Arizona will face fifth seeded Houston who's won both of their games by at least 14 points and pony you're up Arizona giving just one and a half here in this game and give coming to you for your nerdy pick right now what you got here's the thing with Arizona if your strength is not at the point guard position it's everywhere else was say at the two with Benedict Nathrin or at the five with Christian Coloco if those are your strengths then you better be a darn darn good rebounding team and Arizona certainly didn't look the part in that last weekend and now you're going up against the Houston team that yeah they're a mid major but so what they can crash the boards about as well as anybody they're one of the best in the country as far as that's concerned Josh Carlton Kyler Edwards they are studs in that regard in terms of getting additional possessions in case the shooting doesn't happen to be there I think Houston wins this game outright pony I disagree I watched Houston up close in Pittsburgh last week they look phenomenal they're very athletic and long and their issue is that two of their best players yes two of their best players have been out since December Shed Mark and Sasser these are guys that were big contributors to their final four run I think Arizona got the bad game out of their system or what I liked about their game against DCU complimentary scoring we know Matherin's gonna go off Coloco was 12 of 13 this line is just way too small frankly it's disrespectful to a number one seed and one of the trying to fix the win I'm taking the Wildcats all right guys let's move on get right to midwest region the number one seed here still alive as well the Kansas Jayhawks pulled away in the last minute to beat the ninth seeded Creighton by seven in their last game Kansas now gets Providence the four seed hasn't really been tested in this tournament yet but this will certainly be a big one Dave and Pony Jayhawks seven and a half point favorites in this one Dave coming to you that number seems a little bit big to me these teams on paper to me are pretty even they both defend the three very well they both hit the glass very well Kansas suits the ball better I'll admit that but to me the key to this game is when you look at Providence's starters all five of them seniors that in this day and age with the transfer portal and go to the NBA early when you have a superstar that's just something you don't see in this tournament pony so five senior starters for this squad and seven and a half points I'll go with the experience they take that paper and rip it up put in a paper shredder there exactly get rid of that okay now what because everything with Kansas up until the tournament is fake it's not real Remy Martin is now healthy for them this was the preseason big 12th player of the year the median coaches thought he was the best player in the league he had a knee injury all season he was Kansas's leading scorer in their first two tournament games guess what that didn't happen all year they basically got a great player a top 10 player in America healthy for the tournament that's why they're going to cover against this big-time fraud Providence Dave 16 wins by single digits take Kansas are you guys let's take this fight to the east the number one and number two seeds are both out so that leaves us here with the third seeded Purdue the top-ranked team left in this bracket now the boiler makers used a 7-0 run to end the game against Texas to win by 10 but the big story in this region is st. Peter's the 15 seed shocking number two seed Kentucky in the first round and beat Murray State in the second round Ed and Dave Purdue giving 12 and a half points can they cover does st. Peter's out of them out of the Mac in Newt in Jersey City New Jersey you know everybody's googling like where st. Peter's at do they keep it close that what do you think I think they can keep it close now one of the reasons why st. Peter's upset Kentucky's because this was actually kind of a small Kentucky team when you think about it and this is an actually a pretty decent defensive team in terms of block rate getting to the free-through line preventing fouls all that stuff st. Peter's is actually pretty good as far as that's concerned now Purdue certainly has the size that I think will prevent this from being an outright upset but in terms of keeping things close I think st. Peter's defense is going to be able to do that and so I'm gonna give the peacocks an opportunity to cover a big number on December the 8th st. Peter's lost to an oh and eight st. Francis team and they were two and five at that point who would have thought here they are three and a half months later winning nine in a row beating Kentucky beating Murray State like you said just amazing where they have come from over that span and they really don't have one guy that dominates every game they've had eight different players throughout the season lead their team in scoring in any game that that's just remarkable so they're deep they are really a team and they've got that anything can happen now mentality which they deserve to have after starting the season as poorly as they did I think they cover all right guys let's keep this thing trucking and that is to look at the top seeds in each region here we had upset picks and breakdowns for the rest of the games on the schedule coming up and a reminder for all of our new users welcome to the fan dual family sign up for an account bet five dollars on the tournament you're gonna get a hundred fifty dollars in bonus sportsbook credit that's right sign up deposit money bet five dollars or more and you'll get that one hundred fifty dollars in bonus sportsbook credit it is the fan dual sportsbook app and of course we had some a huge tournament upsets and for two rounds and picking the right upsets could lead to a big payout now as you know underdogs are plus money so let's get some time now to pick the sweet 16 underdogs that will pull off the upset Dave you're gonna start us off give me an underdog dog that's going to win outright give me my money line money makers here for the sweet 16 pony already said Providence loves to win close games they don't blow teams out they won 16 times by single digits and when you look at their games by four points or less that the margin of either victory or defeat there's seven and one in those games they won three overtime games when this game is close late they will pull it out plus 275 for the upset yeah never mind Providence as those are small wins whatever but I like Iowa state to pull off the upset against Miami and 11 makes the late first up the big 12 has been phenomenal as far as this entire tournament is concerned so I think that matters a good bit also to Iowa state wins with defense and slowing down the overall pace I think that helps them in terms of establishing an identity and it's something that is a little bit difficult to prepare for so I'm not sure Miami is going to be there as far as that's concerned six-year guard Cameron McGusty he's also good at extending possessions as well in case they have a bad shooting night give me the cyclones for the outright upset let me tell you something right now Michigan is going to beat Villanova okay they're punching back here no pun intended sorry Juwan Howard Hunter Dickinson this is a guy that led them to the elite eight last year no one's talking about Michigan's experience they were in the regional final last year Eli Brooks they didn't give up a three pointer in the second half against Tennessee Villanova is not going to wow you athletically they got no NBA players I'm taking Michigan to win this game are you guys along with picking upsets another great way to increase your payout is to parlay several wagers to increase those odds and Fandals giving out a special bracket parlay insurance for games in the sweet 16 and the elite eight here's how it works just place a parlay on the NCAA basketball tournament with at least three legs if exactly one leg loses you'll get a refund in site credit the max refund is $25 per day you must opt in to take advantage of this great offer you can do it right now check out all the details on the Fandals sportsbook app or at sportsbook.fandalduel.com so let's get some three leg parlays for the sweet 16 here go going I'm gonna get our betting experts to place one spread moneyline and total bet for the next round of games guys we did this last week for the first round of games you each had 100 virtual dollars to place those bets we said we'd announce a winner on this show so drum roll please pony we called you out a little bit earlier in the show but you know for picking North Carolina lose but you know we're gonna let that slide I missed that one but you did hit two other bets Richmond plus 10 and a half and the Cal State Fullerton Duke under as well you profit more than $43 on your 100 virtual dollars you get a virtual fist bump from me for those picks you also get to go first for the sweet 16 picks so let's hear your spread moneyline and total wagers pony which got yeah it'll let the producer cut my mic this time these are good winners I'm gonna take $25 I'm good bag to cover against Arkansas drew Timmy's been phenomenal average in 29 points per game this tournament my next pick this is so easy Purdue on the moneyline I'm not getting a big payout but I gotta take them to win with 7 4 and 6 10 up front the slipper doesn't fit any more for st. Peter's they're done and then my $25 total pick is gonna be under Villanova Michigan slow the pace down if you're Michigan to win the game that's what they'll do and that causes the game to go under well I'm gonna keep the Providence trend going here for me and take them on the spread I'm not gonna play them on the moneyline even though I think they will pull off that upset but I'm gonna play it safe $25 on them plus a seven and a half how I'm with you pony how is Arizona only favored by one and a half which means the moneyline here is minus 120 this line should be much bigger than that I'm gonna bet my biggest amount on that $50 on Arizona just to win this game and then let's go to Iowa State Miami absolute brick fest crawl fest slow it down throw up those bricks under $25 on the 133 here is another ring endorsement for Gonzaga having them covering the nine and a half look if Drew Timmy is having an off night which can happen for him Chet Holmgren will come in keep that front court going and don't forget about Andrew Nimhart as well he's also been fantastic from beyond the arc for my moneyline upset another ringing endorsement for the Houston Cougars you guys don't believe in Houston but guess what they are simply phenomenal Fabian White can take over as far shootings concern Kyler Edwards can drive to the rim Houston can score in a number of ways and then for my total I want $25 on the over between North Carolina and UCLA Bruins transition defense leaves something to be desired North Carolina will also pick up the pace a little bit so a lot of possessions a lot of opportunities for some points and those bets are all available right now on the Fandall Sportsbook app you can tailor guys or make your own picks I always say this you gotta do you and remember about Fandall's bracket Parley insurance which gives you up to $25 refund each day if you place at least a three leg wager on the tourney and exactly one leg loses make sure to opt in you can do it right now on the Fandall Sportsbook app and right now I want to bring in another expert to give you some college basketball inside here John Rothstein is the co-host of inside college basketball for CBS Sports and content tent contributor for us here at Fandall here are his thoughts on some of the sweet 16 matchups. Hey Lisa I'm pumped up for this week sweet 16 and I can't wait for the games later in the week if I'm looking to start a parlay I'm going with Villanova over Michigan I know that the Wolverines have a ton of momentum and all American up front in Hunter Dickinson but with that said I still like Villanova the Wildcats are combined 18 and 3 in the last 6 NCAA tournaments and have a bonafide closer in Colin Gillespie if there's one game I'm looking to stay away from it's the battle in the East region between North Carolina and UCLA the Tar Heels have played great basketball the last couple of weeks and have a dynamic quartet with Caleb Love RJ Davis Brady Matic and Armando Bacot but they also are going up against the team in UCLA that returns five starters from last year's team that went to the final four stay away from that one and then finally if there's one upset that I would look at I would look in the bottom right in your bracket and look at Providence beating Kansas Kansas had to really take things down to the wire to be the Creighton team in the round of 32 that was playing without its top rim protector and Ryan Calkrenner and the biggie's freshman of the year in Ryan Nemhart Providence doesn't necessarily have enough on paper to beat Kansas but they do have enough where it matters most in their heart thanks Lisa it's gonna be a great sweet 16 we sleep in May no doubt about it thanks Johnny you can follow John on Twitter at John Rothstein for more college basketball news and notes and see him here more on this show now I want to let you know Fandall is teaming up with visible to help you win money just by watching March Madness and answering some questions about the games it's the call your shot pick them contest presented by visible and it's free to enter just go to Fandall dot com slash free slash hub to lock in your answers for the sweet 16 before the tournament begins those games coming up on Thursday if you get a certain number of questions right you'll 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and a half point favorite here so a pony which double digit seed do you like in this matchup I like Iowa State what a story only two wins last year this is gonna be a de facto home court advantage game for them with it being in Chicago and they held Wisconsin to 223 point shooting in their last win so I think they continue it they keep it going they're gonna cover all right let's get to the south where another double digit seed is looking to make the elite eight here we've got 11 seated Michigan taken on Villanova the Wolverines upset Tennessee in the last round second seeded Nova's won both of their games by at least 10 points at a Michigan is getting the Wolverines that covered that number what is that 10 yes how are you playing this game so Michigan is a challenge because they have a lot of length Musa Diabate six foot 11 Hunter Dickinson seven foot one Caleb Houston six foot eight they use their size offensively and not only that they are willing to shoot from beyond the arc and so any one of those bigs could very well be dangerous in terms of shooting the basketball and also driving to the rim as you would expect Villanova they're good at not fouling and so if they get beat down low then they get beat down low that's what happens certainly Villanova you think about them you think about their elite three-point shooting but it's possible in that it may not be there in a matchup like this especially with some creative defenses is that Michigan might throw out there so to me at plus five I think the Wolverines can cover that there you go Michigan getting five you can better right now the Fandalsports book app as we now switch our focus to the east it feels weird to call North Carolina Cinderella right but the Tar Heels are an eight seed they were underdogs against top seeded Baylor before pulling off that upset Carolina now faces UCLA whose beat St. Mary's by a by 16 in that last round now pony the Tar Heels are getting two and a half are you picking against them again tell me how you're playing this game yeah I mean this is my guarantee I'll wear one of those Carolina Ram had mascot things on the air and a baby blue sweater if they make the final four it's not happening they're gonna lose this game UCLA so balanced for players and double figures against St. Mary's and their star Jaime Hawkins had an ankle injury but Nick Cronin says he's good to go he's so clutch UCLA is gonna win this game big bye bye North Carolina all right let's get to the West here no major upsets in this part of the bracket we have all chalk so a traditional two versus three matchup here with Duke taken on Texas Tech both teams were tested in that last round pulling out late victories guys two good teams going at it so it makes sense that this is a very close spread in this one Duke is getting one Dave how are you betting it yeah up the boys demands end of the road for coach K this will be his final game as Texas Tech will take them out a by getting to the free for the line often B by not turning the ball over because Duke won't cause that many turnovers against his team and Texas Tech just so physical they are gonna pound this Duke team that has three freshmen that inexperience will be the factor late in this game Texas Tech with the win it's so hard I'm not gonna sing it not gonna do it that is a look at all the games in the sweet 16 but we have plenty more coming up including our guys giving their updated final four picks and also who's cutting down those nets in New Orleans but first I want to tell you how you can win part of a $20,000 weekly prize pool plus $10,000 more bonus prizes just by picking winners for this year's tournament games and it is free to enter GMC is teaming up with Fandle for the first ever free to play GMC mountain climber contest all you have to do is log on to fandle.com slash free slash contest slash GMC before the men sweet 16 games tip off and then just pick the winners of each matchup the more you get right the higher 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All right there are 16 teams left competing for the national championship that means the odds to make the final four have changed for all of the teams that are still here in this tournament so let's bring the guys back in here and put the final four futures on the board here yeah guys a few upsets impacted some of your picks so now you get another chance here to update your final four choices Dave start us off I'm gonna start pretty chalky here with what's Gonzaga getting through their bracket we've said that from the beginning and they haven't won their game by that big of a margin yet but Drew Timmy it's just been huge in those second halves he'll continue to get them there so that's a little bit chalky but pony get that hat out get that jersey out North Carolina is going to the final four do you realize they're the only team in the tournament with three different scores at average 15 or more points nobody else can claim that they got enough talent to get there and then let's go to Arizona I mean here's another pretty chalky pick but so deep to Bellis Coloco Matherin and they can shoot the three as well there's there's some chalk and then end it with Providence I've been going with them from the very beginning of this show when they win this game in beat Kansas they play a 10 or an 11 seat so that the path is there if they could win this sweet 16 game they'll win the next game as well absolute shocker for my pick coming out of the West give me Gonzaga that up tempo style that they play is really really difficult to recreate in practice and I feel like Gonzaga they will wear you down at some point even if it is in the second half as for the East I like UCLA here let's take it close to home in our LA studio shall we ruin defense will get pesky they will force turnovers certainly the transition offense leaves a little to be desired but I feel like that defense is why UCLA will make it to the final four again in the South I am taking Houston at two to one in large part because they can score in so many different ways they also rebound really well and they're one of the best teams in America at second chance opportunities so they get additional possessions and eventually score off of them and then finally in the Midwest I have chalk rock chalk give me Kansas at minus 200 offense can finish around the rim Ochaibachi we're not talking about him enough is one of the great players in college basketball this season well I'm gonna start in the West with the story everybody wants and that's coach K to make it to another final four ban Charo 19 points against Michigan State he's their best player needs to be their best player they're gonna be good to get back to that and then you've got Mark Williams blocking 10 shots so far in this tournament the ACC defensive player the year love him at four to one next up UCLA I'm still waiting for Johnny Juzang who led UCLA to the final four to break out of his slump I think it happens in the sweet 16 I like UCLA next up Arizona again so disrespected a small line against Houston they've got all kinds of NBA players probably four on their roster I'm taking them in my sleeper we saw it last year with an 11 seed Iowa they Isaiah Brockington remember that name six to one they're going to the final four and all right you guys let's get right to the same drill here for the national championship pick we're gonna go around the horn get each of your picks you see the NCAA championship right there on your screen Dave who are you going with to cut down the nets in at New Orleans going with Arizona they're gonna have to play really big when they match up against Gonzaga in the final but they have the big men to be able to do that Christian Coloco can go up with two big from Gonzaga and get the job done matchups matter in the NCAA tournament and Kansas has the easiest path to get to the final four they could face an upstart in the elite eight and I think Providence is actually an easier game for them among all the favorites to have an opportunity to make it to the next level I feel like that Kansas at five to one has the fewest number of challenges to make it all the way to the end and you are addicted to the big 12 and you are obsessed with sucking up to Lisa and that's why you're making that pick I'm going with UCLA all that experience I just feel like they've got so many options higher like her Campbell such a good point guard and I love the value at 15 to 1 beware of the fog guys all right so we have the championship picks now let's take a closer look at the odds for the player who will be named at the tournament's most outstanding player here to Gonzaga players the top two favorites right now Dave who's winning this award well if you like Arizona you would have to think it's gonna be a matter of but it's not it's gonna be Christian Coloco shot blocking and his scoring has really improved as well pony I am a believer in the big 12 and I'm a believer in kissing up to Lisa so it's Ochaibachi for Kansas we barely talked about Purdue I just think the value for Ivy and they can get there I'm not predicting it but if they do he'll be the MOP he's a great player I'm taking all the love I'm just gonna just all right here I'm handing out the love to before we go I wanted to remind you of a fun offer for fandal casino players 21 and older in New Jersey Pennsylvania Michigan Connecticut and West Virginia the casino five on five is here and you can score up to $25 in casino sites credit here is how it works place a bet of $5 or more on the NCAA tournament you're gonna get a $5 credit in your casino account it is as easy as that you can do that a total of five times during the tournament only one eligible bet is allowed per day so make sure to come back each round and each day and match up to continue to claim more it is the fandal casino app always love have new with us that is a wrap here let the March madness continue for a Dave Ed and pony I'm Lisa Kearney thanks for hanging with us here on fandal sports books more ways to win this is the tournament edition guys I will be back here next week to get you ready for the next round of games that show will stream on fandal platforms on Wednesday 11 30 a.m. Eastern time airing on TV G on linear TV as the lingo is here in TV at the same time as well again that's 11 30 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday fandal platforms as well as TV G we're gonna see you right back here enjoy the sweet 16 got games you guys got some awesome hoops ahead of us given what we had in the first two rounds so I'm pretty psyched for for what we're about to get here in the sweet 16 we've got some gentlemen's wagers to with Providence and Kansas so yeah and pony talking back yeah get that get that stuff ready for you get that stuff ready for the next show next week we'll see you guys right back here at our LA studio enjoy the games good luck with your bet