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CHALLENGE. BUT, BEFORE YOU DO THAT A MERE
COUPLE HOURS TO FINALIZE YOUR
BRACKETS WE HAVE TO IN ON HOW TO
FILL IT UP.
SPORTS ANALYST AND FORMER FOUR
YEAR UVA STARTER TED JEFFRIES IS
JOINING ME LIVE.
I BROUGHT MY BRACKET.
DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU SAY I WILL
MAKE SOME CHANGES.
TED: LET'S JUST FACE IT.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THE NCAA
TOURNAMENT BACK.
TOURNAMENT BACK. THIS IS THE BEST 30 DAYS AND
SPORTS IN MY OPINION.
I'M EXCITED.
I'M EXCITED. ELLEN: CAN YOU START WITH SOME
LOCAL TEAMS?
LOCAL TEAMS? GEORGETOWN AND MARYLAND ARE IN.
WILL THEY GET OUT OF THE FIRST
ROUND?
ROUND?
ROUND? TED: I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE
TOUGH FOR BOTH TEAMS.
GEORGETOWN WON 8- 10 GAMES
COMING IN INCLUDING THE BIG EAST
CHAMPIONSHIP.
CHAMPIONSHIP. BUT IT IS GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR
THEM IF THEY CAN'T GET
CONSISTENT PLAY FROM THEIR POST
PLAYERS AND THEIR PERIMETER
PLAYERS.
PLAYERS.
PLAYERS. THIS IS THE INSPIRATIONAL, KIND
OF PICK FOR THE TERM UP BECAUSE
OF WHAT JOHN THOMPSON, THE LATE
JOHN THOMPSON AND PATRICK YOU
AND HAVE MEANT TO GEORGETOWN.
-- AND PATRICK EWING HAVE MEANT
TO GEORGETOWN.
TO GEORGETOWN. THEY WILL NEED EVERYTHING TO GET
PAST THIS COLORADO TEAM.
ELLEN: I THINK I HAVE THEM
WINNING TWICE.
WINNING TWICE. I MIGHT RETHINK GEORGETOWN.
AND I HAVE MARYLAND WINNING,
TOO.
TOO.
TOO. TED:
TOO. TED: SO, MARYLAND.
THEY HAVE BEEN AN ENIGMA.
THEY HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT
COMING DOWN THE STRETCH.
THEY SWEPT MICHIGAN STATE.
BUT THEN THEY LOSE IN BETWEEN
THOSE TWO GAMES TO NORTHWESTERN
AND PENN STATE.
THEY COME LIMPING INTO THE
TOURNAMENT.
TOURNAMENT. AND RIGHT NOW THE KEY FOR THEM
AS THEY HAVE TO GET CONSISTENT
PLAY FROM THEIR PERIMETER
PLAYERS.
PLAYERS.
PLAYERS. THEY HAVE TO SHOOT BETTER THAN
3 35% FROM THE THREE-POINT LINE.
CONSIDERING THEY DO EVERYTHING
ELSE RIGHT.
ELSE RIGHT. ELLEN: I AM GOING TO KEEP THEM
IN THERE FOR HOMETOWN SUPPORT.
WHAT ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS?
I FEEL LIKE IT IS AN OPPONENT TO
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. KANSAS AND VIRGINIA ARE FACING
BIG CHALLENGES WITH CONTACT
TRACING AND TRYING TO GET READY
FOR THE TOURNAMENT.
TED: ABSOLUTELY.
TED: ABSOLUTELY. UVA HAS BEEN PROBABLY -- THE
WORST THIS YEAR.
THEY HAVE NOT PRACTICED SINCE
THEY HAD TO PULL OUT OF THE ACC
TOURNAMENT.
TOURNAMENT. THEIR FIRST PRACTICE WILL BE
FRIDAY WHEN THEY GET INTO
INDIANAPOLIS.
INDIANAPOLIS. THAT'S A LOT OF RUS TO SHAKE
OFF.
OFF.
OFF. AND
OFF. AND THIS IS A TEAM THAT HAS
GOTTEN OFF TO SLOW STARTS IN THE
NCAA TOURNAMENT.
NCAA TOURNAMENT. OF COURSE, THE LOSS AT UMBC.
COASTAL CAROLINA, ALL SLOW
STARTS.
STARTS.
STARTS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE UMBC
LOSS, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
PULL IT UP.
I STILL HAVE VIRGINIA SHAKING
OFF THE RUST TO WIN AGAINST OHIO
UNIVERSITY.
UNIVERSITY. THIS IS A VERY TALENTED TEAM.
WATCH FOR THE NAME JASON
PRESTON.
PRESTON.
PRESTON. NBC LOTTERY PICK COMING OUT THIS
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. ELLEN: I THINK I HAVE THAT, TOO.
I WANT TO ASK ABOUT SOME OF THE
UPSETS.
UPSETS.
UPSETS. WHAT MAKES THIS TOURNAMENT SO
MUCH FUN AS WHEN A BIG NUMBER,
THREE OR FOUR GETS THROWN OVER
BY A SMALLER TEAM.
WHAT DO YOU THINK BETWEEN NUMBER
FIVE VILLANOVA AND WINTHROP.
TED: WINTER COMES TO THE GAME
AGAINST VILLANOVA WITH ONLY ONE
LOSS BUT THE PROBLEM IS THEY
HAVE NO POWER FIVE CONFERENCE
TEAMS THEY HAVE PLAYED THIS
SEASON.
SEASON.
SEASON. THIS IS THEIR FIRST REAL
CHALLENGE IF YOU ASK ME WHEN
THEY FACE VILLANOVA.
VILLANOVA HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY
ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. BUT THEY LOST COLLIN
GILLESPIE.
GILLESPIE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY
INTERESTING GAME.
INTERESTING GAME. BECAUSE WINTHROP IS AN EXTREMELY
TALENTED TEAM.
TALENTED TEAM. THEY HAVE 11 PLAYERS WITH
DIFFERENT SKILL SETS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A MATCHUP
CHALLENGE FOR VILLANOVA.
BUT VILLANOVA IS EXTREMELY
TOUGH.
TOUGH.
TOUGH. AN
TOUGH. AN INTERESTING GAME TO WATCH.
I STILL HAVE VILLANOVA.
ELLEN: I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. I
THAT. I HAVE VILLANOVA, TOO.
WHAT ABOUT NUMBER SEVEN FLORIDA
VERSUS VIRGINIA TECH?
I LIKE TO GO FOR THE LOCAL
TEAMS.
TEAMS.
TEAMS. BUT I HAVE FLORIDA WINNING THIS
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. TED:
ONE. TED: FLORIDA IS A DANGEROUS
TEAM.
TEAM.
TEAM. BUT
TEAM. BUT THEY HAVE BEEN UP-AND-DOWN
SINCE THE LOSS OF THEIR PLAYER
-- WHO WENT INTO A COMA.
I THINK THAT REALLY ROCKED THIS
TEAM.
TEAM.
TEAM. AND
TEAM. AND HE WAS THE BEST PLAYER.
THEY ARE DANGEROUS WHEN THEY ARE
HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS BUT
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONSISTENT.
VIRGINIA TECH, COACH MIKE YOUNG
HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
NOW IN VIRGINIA TECH THEY HAVE
WINS OVER VILLANOVA AND
VIRGINIA.
VIRGINIA.
VIRGINIA. I HAVE THE UPSET VIRGINIA TECH
PULLING THIS ONE OFF OVER
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. ELLEN: MAYBE THAT WILL BE ONE OF
THE AMENDMENTS.
THE AMENDMENTS. I HAVE MY PEN HERE.
I HEARD YOUR STEP TO THE MIKE
PODCAST SURPASSED 5000
DOWNLOADS.
DOWNLOADS. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AND
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. TED: THANKS SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
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