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Well that's right, you heard the man. It's that time a week. My name is Bernie Frattle. We are come to you live from the tirac dot com studios here in Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio tirect dot com. We'll help you get there. An unmatched selection, fast free shipping, free road has a protection and over ten thousand recommend an installers tyrat dot com the way tire buying should be absolute jam pack show tonight. So much to say, it's so little time. March Madness is here. And in case you missed it, the first round was historically chalky. Even our most casual college basketball fans are looking at their brackets and saying, wow, I'm doing really well this year. The good news is if you pick mostly chalk for your bracket, you didn't have to worry about too many upsets. As a matter of fact, Alabama State, I'm Saint Mary's, North Carolina, Xavier all lost. What does that mean? Mark's just the second time a first four team did advance past the first round since the tournament expanded in twenty eleven. As a matter of fact, twelve in the last thirteen years Prior to this season, at least one first four team got to the Sweet sixteen. Oh did I mention that on Thursday and Friday, double digit underdogs were oh and thirteen, five and eight against the number. Not a single double digit dog one and on Thursday or Friday, first time that's happened in six years. But that's just small potatoes compared to the stuff we really need to get to. He ash for it. You got it, Patino versus Calipari. Sure I wanted it. I'm Italian too, I'm a wop one hundred percent calibrace. And that to me was probably the game of the day, not only for what happened on the floor, but for a side story that I don't think is gonna go away anytime soon. And I'm gonna get to that in just a second, but I want to just say this. I was on a couple of Las Vegas betting panels here recently with our good buddy Bill Krackman, who you here on this network, Jim Fies, the legend Tom Conally right over at one of them was over Dom DeMarco's pizza, and I said three weeks ago that well, I laid out and you heard me say it on this show. At least two of the last three shows, I thought there were only seven teams that could win this thing. Now, I didn't list Saint John's and a couple of people asked me, did you leave out Saint John's. No, I didn't. The thing that bothered me about Saint John's as much as I really like what they have done this year. First of all, they didn't rank in the top seventy and offensive efficiency that was simply going to catch up to them at some point in this tournament. And it's not the Big Geast is not a good conference, but it's not a great conference. The truth of the matter is what would it look like once Saint John's got on the floor with you know, more extreme athleticism and length. And that's what you saw on Saturday. By the way, I'd also mention that when Saint John's was tested by physical teams earlier in the year, they lost to Georgia sixty six sixty three. Had one tweeter tell me that that was a blind age, you know, the squirrel found in his nuts. Okay, sure, just get on the floor and do it then, which Georgia did. And by the way, they lost a Baylor to ninety nine ninety eight, But I digress, And oh, by the way, we're gonna get to the other epic matchup. I thought the Gonzaga Houston matchup was just epic, featuring Mark fu and Kelvin Samson, two of the more renowned coaches in the game who have yet to win a championship. And oh, by the way, Gonzaga will not be going to their tenth straight Sweet sixteen. But again I digress. I want to talk about Saint John's. It's been a fabulous story all year. For the last four months, Rick Patino has been the pop a chili town. He's been riding high the last four months. John Calipari feels like the bastard child, and in one afternoon that changed. And it's funny because a Bart Giamatti once said the games are designed to break your heart, and I think they do. Because as satisfying as Saint John's season was this year, and Rick Patino resurrecting the program while resurrecting his own career, the ending chapter is a Journalist was unimaginably painful. I believe for the Saint John's faithful and anybody who was rooting for them, or had them in their bracket, or had them in the final four, or even winning the darn thing. Of all the ways to lose, you're never gonna like the way you lose. But this was an incredibly bad offensive performance and inability to get the final defensive stops. Going out in the second round is not what's Saint John's fans had Dare I say, because I hate this cliche. They didn't have it on their bingo card. But it wasn't just that. There was a coaching decision made that will follow Rick Patino and the program for a long time. It's going to follow him until they at least get back to this week sixteen fair or unfair five minutes, well, four minutes and fifty six seconds to be exact. That's how long the twenty twenty five Big East Player of the Year sat as Saint John's tried to steal a spot in the Sweet sixteen. Rick Patino pulled the Big East Player of the Year his star wing R. J. Lewis out of the lineup after he made two free throws to cut Arkansas's lead to two points with less than five minutes to play. Now, for you, analytics, walks. With Lewis on the floor, Saturday, Saint John's was plus fourteen. With him off the floor, they were minus five. They trailed by two, and they pulled him. This is a guy who finished his junior season to become the first Gianny's player to average more than nineteen points and seven rebounds in nearly thirty years, and he was put in by a freshman or he was replaced by a freshman named Ruben Pray out of Portugal who'd only been playing seven minutes a game all season. Lewis sat like a bump on a log in front of God and everybody. Only the third player in program history to be named the Conference Players of the Year. He was her leading scorer in half the games this season, but he watched as it was excruciating. Five minutes brought Saint John's season two and in. This was a harsh reality. Now, Rick Patino, for his own reasons, Dean Lewis unplayable down the stretch. There is no game tomorrow, This is no winner go home. This was, for all intents and purposes, a game seven. Again, this was a physical game, not the likes of which Saint John's had to play every night. They saw a Narkentah team with big eyes in the post link athleticism, and yes, Lewis toiled. He was three or seventeen from the floor, and that was, you know, just reflecting. That was just the flashpoint of an already offensively challenged Saint John's teen that looked completely inept on Saturday. But it was the body language he carried, the countenance in his face, and the disposition of a player dying in slow death every second of the worst game of his life, in the biggest game in Saint John's history of all time, a long face, sad eyes. Now Saint John's players approached him, consoling him and trying to implore him to figure it out. Roy Hibbert made an observation in the half that before the half that Lewis wasn't getting back on defense, he was jogging back on defense. And in the postgame press conference, which was very uncomfortable, Rick Pettina did everything he could to avoid saying the obvious. Finally he said, look, he played thirty minutes. That's a long time. The follow up question came played, was he tired, No, he played thirty minutes. I played other people. You know. The answer Roger. He was talking to Newsday's Roger Rubin, who was known Patino for twenty years. He goes, you're asking leading questions. I don't ask me questions. You don't know why I didn't play. I guess we can surmise from that. He sat him because he was three for seventeen and he was over three on threes, so he figured I can't go to the well with him anymore in the last five minutes because he can't shoot today, which, of course the conventional wisdom for all the people like us sitting on the sidelines with no skin in the game, saying, but he's your horse. I mean, is there a chance he might have found lightning in a bottle? In all the while, we're not crediting Arkansas enough for the win, but give it up to Rick Patino. It was a good season. Hostile defense, tough, bruising, physicality, great rebounding. It was a great recipe. But Saint John's defense made up for some harsh truths. His team ranked three hundred and fourteenth in the country in three point shooting in three hundred and forty second and points produced off threes. Not a good offensive team. I said as much and that's what happens. You still got to score more points than the other team. At the end of the day, the Johnnies felt just short of posting a program record thirty second win, and they also haven't been back to this Week sixteen since nineteen ninety nine. It would have been a great way to end the Saturday, but not so much. Gonzaga and Houston. Oh my goodness. Now, I don't have Houston winning the whole thing. I said it weeks ago. I'm riding with Duke. I think they got NBA players and defensively they're pretty scary. So I've got, you know, Duke and Houston in the Final four, with Duke prevailing. But for the first thirty five minutes, if you watch that game, Houston appeared to be honest way to a comfortable win against a very good Mark fu coach Gonzaga team. Again, not one of their greatest teams, but this Gonzaga team was very good. Their key LJ. Cryer, this Houston team, this is the best version of a Houston Kelvin Samson team that I can ever remember. They they can shoot when they need to shoot. Crier's game high thirty points on six and eleven shooting from three point range led everybody in double figures, and he drowned out a very impressive twenty seven point effort from Gonzaga's Graham mic So next up, Houston heads into a potentially tricky Sweet sixteen matchup against Purdue. The games in Indianapolis. Will the venue help? Meanwhile, give it up to Purdue. Check that, give it up to BYU. They flaunted their depth, they showed defensive teeth, never let the highest scoring, tenacious Wisconsin Badgers get up on them. Although BYU did the half survive, did have to survive some furious rallies. But that's what you do. That's what you do. Creating was game against Auburn not enough. Texas Tech is everything I thought they were. They're one of the teams to beat Houston this year, and on and on, and we'll get to Sunday's games later in the show. But March Madness is off and running. And after a very chalky Saturday, we had some excitement and some interesting storylines on on Saturday, and we've now got eight teams who've already punched their ticket, as it were, to the Sweet sixteen. Hey, by the way, be sure to check out Fox Sports Radios YouTube channel. There's a ton of great videos for many of our Fox Sports Radio shows. Just search Fox Sports Radio on YouTube and you see a whole bunch of video highlights from our shows. And to be sure to subscribe so you'll always have instant access to our Fox Sports Radio videos on YouTube. Coming up, Mark Medina, Medina Magic, our Fox Sports Radio NBA and sider Hey Right on cue. Lebron is back and healthy, Luca was back, Ruy Hachimura was back. Oh yeah, Austin Reeves is back healthy and he only lost by thirty one? What happened? Lucy? I'm Bernie Fraddlewor Comedy line from Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio tirek dot com studios. Keep it locked. You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

Well that's right, you heard the man. It's that time a week. My name is Bernie Frattle. We are come to you live from the tirac dot com studios here in Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio tirect dot com. We'll help you get there. An unmatched selection, fast free shipping, free road has a protection and over ten thousand recommend an installers tyrat dot com the way tire buying should be absolute jam pack show tonight. So much to say, it's so little time. March Madness is here. And in case you missed it, the first round was historically chalky. Even our most casual college basketball fans are looking at their brackets and saying, wow, I'm doing really well this year. The good news is if you pick mostly chalk for your bracket, you didn't have to worry about too many upsets. As a matter of fact, Alabama State, I'm Saint Mary's, North Carolina, Xavier all lost. What does that mean? Mark's just the second time a first four team did advance past the first round since the tournament expanded in twenty eleven. As a matter of fact, twelve in the last thirteen years Prior to this season, at least one first four team got to the Sweet sixteen. Oh did I mention that on Thursday and Friday, double digit underdogs were oh and thirteen, five and eight against the number. Not a single double digit dog one and on Thursday or Friday, first time that's happened in six years. But that's just small potatoes compared to the stuff we really need to get to. He ash for it. You got it, Patino versus Calipari. Sure I wanted it. I'm Italian too, I'm a wop one hundred percent calibrace. And that to me was probably the game of the day, not only for what happened on the floor, but for a side story that I don't think is gonna go away anytime soon. And I'm gonna get to that in just a second, but I want to just say this. I was on a couple of Las Vegas betting panels here recently with our good buddy Bill Krackman, who you here on this network, Jim Fies, the legend Tom Conally right over at one of them was over Dom DeMarco's pizza, and I said three weeks ago that well, I laid out and you heard me say it on this show. At least two of the last three shows, I thought there were only seven teams that could win this thing. Now, I didn't list Saint John's and a couple of people asked me, did you leave out Saint John's. No, I didn't. The thing that bothered me about Saint John's as much as I really like what they have done this year. First of all, they didn't rank in the top seventy and offensive efficiency that was simply going to catch up to them at some point in this tournament. And it's not the Big Geast is not a good conference, but it's not a great conference. The truth of the matter is what would it look like once Saint John's got on the floor with you know, more extreme athleticism and length. And that's what you saw on Saturday. By the way, I'd also mention that when Saint John's was tested by physical teams earlier in the year, they lost to Georgia sixty six sixty three. Had one tweeter tell me that that was a blind age, you know, the squirrel found in his nuts. Okay, sure, just get on the floor and do it then, which Georgia did. And by the way, they lost a Baylor to ninety nine ninety eight, But I digress, And oh, by the way, we're gonna get to the other epic matchup. I thought the Gonzaga Houston matchup was just epic, featuring Mark fu and Kelvin Samson, two of the more renowned coaches in the game who have yet to win a championship. And oh, by the way, Gonzaga will not be going to their tenth straight Sweet sixteen. But again I digress. I want to talk about Saint John's. It's been a fabulous story all year. For the last four months, Rick Patino has been the pop a chili town. He's been riding high the last four months. John Calipari feels like the bastard child, and in one afternoon that changed. And it's funny because a Bart Giamatti once said the games are designed to break your heart, and I think they do. Because as satisfying as Saint John's season was this year, and Rick Patino resurrecting the program while resurrecting his own career, the ending chapter is a Journalist was unimaginably painful. I believe for the Saint John's faithful and anybody who was rooting for them, or had them in their bracket, or had them in the final four, or even winning the darn thing. Of all the ways to lose, you're never gonna like the way you lose. But this was an incredibly bad offensive performance and inability to get the final defensive stops. Going out in the second round is not what's Saint John's fans had Dare I say, because I hate this cliche. They didn't have it on their bingo card. But it wasn't just that. There was a coaching decision made that will follow Rick Patino and the program for a long time. It's going to follow him until they at least get back to this week sixteen fair or unfair five minutes, well, four minutes and fifty six seconds to be exact. That's how long the twenty twenty five Big East Player of the Year sat as Saint John's tried to steal a spot in the Sweet sixteen. Rick Patino pulled the Big East Player of the Year his star wing R. J. Lewis out of the lineup after he made two free throws to cut Arkansas's lead to two points with less than five minutes to play. Now, for you, analytics, walks. With Lewis on the floor, Saturday, Saint John's was plus fourteen. With him off the floor, they were minus five. They trailed by two, and they pulled him. This is a guy who finished his junior season to become the first Gianny's player to average more than nineteen points and seven rebounds in nearly thirty years, and he was put in by a freshman or he was replaced by a freshman named Ruben Pray out of Portugal who'd only been playing seven minutes a game all season. Lewis sat like a bump on a log in front of God and everybody. Only the third player in program history to be named the Conference Players of the Year. He was her leading scorer in half the games this season, but he watched as it was excruciating. Five minutes brought Saint John's season two and in. This was a harsh reality. Now, Rick Patino, for his own reasons, Dean Lewis unplayable down the stretch. There is no game tomorrow, This is no winner go home. This was, for all intents and purposes, a game seven. Again, this was a physical game, not the likes of which Saint John's had to play every night. They saw a Narkentah team with big eyes in the post link athleticism, and yes, Lewis toiled. He was three or seventeen from the floor, and that was, you know, just reflecting. That was just the flashpoint of an already offensively challenged Saint John's teen that looked completely inept on Saturday. But it was the body language he carried, the countenance in his face, and the disposition of a player dying in slow death every second of the worst game of his life, in the biggest game in Saint John's history of all time, a long face, sad eyes. Now Saint John's players approached him, consoling him and trying to implore him to figure it out. Roy Hibbert made an observation in the half that before the half that Lewis wasn't getting back on defense, he was jogging back on defense. And in the postgame press conference, which was very uncomfortable, Rick Pettina did everything he could to avoid saying the obvious. Finally he said, look, he played thirty minutes. That's a long time. The follow up question came played, was he tired, No, he played thirty minutes. I played other people. You know. The answer Roger. He was talking to Newsday's Roger Rubin, who was known Patino for twenty years. He goes, you're asking leading questions. I don't ask me questions. You don't know why I didn't play. I guess we can surmise from that. He sat him because he was three for seventeen and he was over three on threes, so he figured I can't go to the well with him anymore in the last five minutes because he can't shoot today, which, of course the conventional wisdom for all the people like us sitting on the sidelines with no skin in the game, saying, but he's your horse. I mean, is there a chance he might have found lightning in a bottle? In all the while, we're not crediting Arkansas enough for the win, but give it up to Rick Patino. It was a good season. Hostile defense, tough, bruising, physicality, great rebounding. It was a great recipe. But Saint John's defense made up for some harsh truths. His team ranked three hundred and fourteenth in the country in three point shooting in three hundred and forty second and points produced off threes. Not a good offensive team. I said as much and that's what happens. You still got to score more points than the other team. At the end of the day, the Johnnies felt just short of posting a program record thirty second win, and they also haven't been back to this Week sixteen since nineteen ninety nine. It would have been a great way to end the Saturday, but not so much. Gonzaga and Houston. Oh my goodness. Now, I don't have Houston winning the whole thing. I said it weeks ago. I'm riding with Duke. I think they got NBA players and defensively they're pretty scary. So I've got, you know, Duke and Houston in the Final four, with Duke prevailing. But for the first thirty five minutes, if you watch that game, Houston appeared to be honest way to a comfortable win against a very good Mark fu coach Gonzaga team. Again, not one of their greatest teams, but this Gonzaga team was very good. Their key LJ. Cryer, this Houston team, this is the best version of a Houston Kelvin Samson team that I can ever remember. They they can shoot when they need to shoot. Crier's game high thirty points on six and eleven shooting from three point range led everybody in double figures, and he drowned out a very impressive twenty seven point effort from Gonzaga's Graham mic So next up, Houston heads into a potentially tricky Sweet sixteen matchup against Purdue. The games in Indianapolis. Will the venue help? Meanwhile, give it up to Purdue. Check that, give it up to BYU. They flaunted their depth, they showed defensive teeth, never let the highest scoring, tenacious Wisconsin Badgers get up on them. Although BYU did the half survive, did have to survive some furious rallies. But that's what you do. That's what you do. Creating was game against Auburn not enough. Texas Tech is everything I thought they were. They're one of the teams to beat Houston this year, and on and on, and we'll get to Sunday's games later in the show. But March Madness is off and running. And after a very chalky Saturday, we had some excitement and some interesting storylines on on Saturday, and we've now got eight teams who've already punched their ticket, as it were, to the Sweet sixteen. Hey, by the way, be sure to check out Fox Sports Radios YouTube channel. There's a ton of great videos for many of our Fox Sports Radio shows. Just search Fox Sports Radio on YouTube and you see a whole bunch of video highlights from our shows. And to be sure to subscribe so you'll always have instant access to our Fox Sports Radio videos on YouTube. Coming up, Mark Medina, Medina Magic, our Fox Sports Radio NBA and sider Hey Right on cue. Lebron is back and healthy, Luca was back, Ruy Hachimura was back. Oh yeah, Austin Reeves is back healthy and he only lost by thirty one? What happened? Lucy? I'm Bernie Fraddlewor Comedy line from Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio tirek dot com studios. Keep it locked. You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

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All right, we are back on the Bernie Fradtle Show, Fox Sports Radio Comedy live from the tirerac dot com studios here in Las Vegas. Without further ado, it's that time. Mark Medina Medina Magic. Our Fox Sports Radio NBA guru comes to you every Saturday night at this time on the Bernie Frattle Show. Never a shortage of topics. Mark, I must start by asking, since you were there, did you get the license number of that truck that hit the former Staples Center tonight?

All right, we are back on the Bernie Fradtle Show, Fox Sports Radio Comedy live from the tirerac dot com studios here in Las Vegas. Without further ado, it's that time. Mark Medina Medina Magic. Our Fox Sports Radio NBA guru comes to you every Saturday night at this time on the Bernie Frattle Show. Never a shortage of topics. Mark, I must start by asking, since you were there, did you get the license number of that truck that hit the former Staples Center tonight?

I did not get the license number, but I will. In the locker room, when Lebron James was talking about his return and burning a lot to unpack with his return, he was asked point blank that it feels confident at the going entry that sideline for him for eight games is behind him, and he said this, I just take it day by day. I can't worry about what can happen in the future. In other words, Father time is still knocking on his door and this might not be the end of it.

I did not get the license number, but I will. In the locker room, when Lebron James was talking about his return and burning a lot to unpack with his return, he was asked point blank that it feels confident at the going entry that sideline for him for eight games is behind him, and he said this, I just take it day by day. I can't worry about what can happen in the future. In other words, Father time is still knocking on his door and this might not be the end of it.

Well, let's go back a week, because I always end every segment by what will the news cycle bring? And credit to you, Mark, because we thought the Lakers we're heading into a daunting week. But you thought they could go three and two, and they did. They started out three and zero, and the irony is you're playing with I think I think they had smush Parker and four guys with black socks and wristwatches and wing tips shoes and looked impressive in the middle of the week. Tonight, they have their full compliments Saturday, and they lose by thirty one. Look, I have a saying that's baseball, But can you listen? Every time I think the Lakers really might really make a run, at least maybe the conference finaler beyond something like this happens, which is very sobering. Mark talked to us, really, would the real Lakers please stand out? What are you see?

Well, let's go back a week, because I always end every segment by what will the news cycle bring? And credit to you, Mark, because we thought the Lakers we're heading into a daunting week. But you thought they could go three and two, and they did. They started out three and zero, and the irony is you're playing with I think I think they had smush Parker and four guys with black socks and wristwatches and wing tips shoes and looked impressive in the middle of the week. Tonight, they have their full compliments Saturday, and they lose by thirty one. Look, I have a saying that's baseball, But can you listen? Every time I think the Lakers really might really make a run, at least maybe the conference finaler beyond something like this happens, which is very sobering. Mark talked to us, really, would the real Lakers please stand out? What are you see?

Well, Bernie, I mean, we've seen Smash Parker play and it's night and day between what he showed and what Luca Dodgson showed. So obviously obviously the Lakers and miss Lebron James, but Luca is a generational star. Austin Reeves is a pointing out of his mind, and you know, Jackson Hay is all of a sudden, you're thinking Anthony Davis who So I think they have the all hands on deck approach. Now in the short term, what you saw against the Bulls is one Lebron James and really Actchama, really rusty after coming off their injuries. But it's also this complicated problem that obviously they want a full roster back, but how do they integrate and find the right roster combinationations while still playing with the sense of urgency when they didn't have them. And I think where the Lakers are wrestling with that is the current circumstances, is that I think that there is some level of what JJ Reddick has said, Grace that they deserve because they've had a very pressed schedule, playing six games in eight days. The game Monday against s Antonio was a makeup game because that game was postponed due to the wildfires in LA two months ago, and so it was already compressed schedule with a lot of national TV games being shown post Super Bowl. So that's all well in Dandy, but that only means that the Lakers will only lay an egg in Tonight's game against the Bulls. Moving forward, they don't have any margin for error starting Monday in Orlando because the standings race is so slim. I mean, the Lakers right now they're in fourth place, but that could very well change. I mean, they're only two and a half games behind Houston for the two seed, but they're only I think two and a half games over Golden State for the sixth seeds, and JJ Reddick has told me a few weeks ago he is not playing too much important on seating as long as they avoid the playing tournament. But as it stands now, they only have a three game cushion over the Clippers for the seventh season. Web gaining at Bernie is you know, I think tonight's game, yes, they can have a bulligin, but it can only be that because every game is going to make a huge difference when it comes to the playoff ramifications.

Well, Bernie, I mean, we've seen Smash Parker play and it's night and day between what he showed and what Luca Dodgson showed. So obviously obviously the Lakers and miss Lebron James, but Luca is a generational star. Austin Reeves is a pointing out of his mind, and you know, Jackson Hay is all of a sudden, you're thinking Anthony Davis who So I think they have the all hands on deck approach. Now in the short term, what you saw against the Bulls is one Lebron James and really Actchama, really rusty after coming off their injuries. But it's also this complicated problem that obviously they want a full roster back, but how do they integrate and find the right roster combinationations while still playing with the sense of urgency when they didn't have them. And I think where the Lakers are wrestling with that is the current circumstances, is that I think that there is some level of what JJ Reddick has said, Grace that they deserve because they've had a very pressed schedule, playing six games in eight days. The game Monday against s Antonio was a makeup game because that game was postponed due to the wildfires in LA two months ago, and so it was already compressed schedule with a lot of national TV games being shown post Super Bowl. So that's all well in Dandy, but that only means that the Lakers will only lay an egg in Tonight's game against the Bulls. Moving forward, they don't have any margin for error starting Monday in Orlando because the standings race is so slim. I mean, the Lakers right now they're in fourth place, but that could very well change. I mean, they're only two and a half games behind Houston for the two seed, but they're only I think two and a half games over Golden State for the sixth seeds, and JJ Reddick has told me a few weeks ago he is not playing too much important on seating as long as they avoid the playing tournament. But as it stands now, they only have a three game cushion over the Clippers for the seventh season. Web gaining at Bernie is you know, I think tonight's game, yes, they can have a bulligin, but it can only be that because every game is going to make a huge difference when it comes to the playoff ramifications.

Talking with Mark Medina Medina Magic Fox Sports Radio NBA guru. You hear him every Saturday night at this time on the Bernie Frattle Show. Mark, there's one matchup I'm really looking forward to. I can't guarantee that it comes to pass, but I am really hoping that at some point in the playoffs the Lakers square off against the Warriors. Have you noticed, Mark? Since the All Star Break, Warriors are thirteen and three, their point differential is plus one sixty, their turnover differentials plus forty three. They're averaging one hundred and twenty one points a game on giving up one oh seven. I could go on and on, but all these are net rankings that are first or second in the league since the All Star Break. Now Steve Steph Curry hurts his tallbone Thursday night. You can get to that in a second. But if both teams are at full strength and the Lakers got on the floor with the Warriors in a best of seven, without overthinking it, how much you lean toward.

Talking with Mark Medina Medina Magic Fox Sports Radio NBA guru. You hear him every Saturday night at this time on the Bernie Frattle Show. Mark, there's one matchup I'm really looking forward to. I can't guarantee that it comes to pass, but I am really hoping that at some point in the playoffs the Lakers square off against the Warriors. Have you noticed, Mark? Since the All Star Break, Warriors are thirteen and three, their point differential is plus one sixty, their turnover differentials plus forty three. They're averaging one hundred and twenty one points a game on giving up one oh seven. I could go on and on, but all these are net rankings that are first or second in the league since the All Star Break. Now Steve Steph Curry hurts his tallbone Thursday night. You can get to that in a second. But if both teams are at full strength and the Lakers got on the floor with the Warriors in a best of seven, without overthinking it, how much you lean toward.

Well, it would be a tough one. Either team could have their case that could go either way, but assuming full health, I would go with the Warriors. You know, I have been impressed with how the Lakers have played up until tonight's game against the Bulls because they've played at such an elite level defensively, just going all out on effort. Jack said Hayes, all of a sudden looks like a really serviceable center, and J. J. Rennick has made good use of small ball combinations. But I think the reality is this, Draymond Green's now entered the Defensive Player of the Year Award conversation with Evan Mobley and Jaron Jackson Junior. And there's more continuity on that end with the Warriors. You added Steph Curry, he's getting you threees. Jimmy Butler, he's getting you free throws, clutch midrange shots. They have what it takes to make a kind of championship run. Now, I don't give the Warriors the heavy favor to win the championship. I still think it's going to be between Boston, Cleveland, Oklahoma City, and Denver. But the Warriors are the real deal. And I know that Draymond Green wasn't happy with the loss today in Atlanta because of the same reasons why the Lakers feel concerned. You know, there's only so much partner feir with these standings. But the Warriors have been really good without Steph Curry. And while there isn't necessarily a timetable on when he comes back, you know, I've been told that you know the pelvic area that you know they have again an MRI from right there was a confusion, no structural damage.

Well, it would be a tough one. Either team could have their case that could go either way, but assuming full health, I would go with the Warriors. You know, I have been impressed with how the Lakers have played up until tonight's game against the Bulls because they've played at such an elite level defensively, just going all out on effort. Jack said Hayes, all of a sudden looks like a really serviceable center, and J. J. Rennick has made good use of small ball combinations. But I think the reality is this, Draymond Green's now entered the Defensive Player of the Year Award conversation with Evan Mobley and Jaron Jackson Junior. And there's more continuity on that end with the Warriors. You added Steph Curry, he's getting you threees. Jimmy Butler, he's getting you free throws, clutch midrange shots. They have what it takes to make a kind of championship run. Now, I don't give the Warriors the heavy favor to win the championship. I still think it's going to be between Boston, Cleveland, Oklahoma City, and Denver. But the Warriors are the real deal. And I know that Draymond Green wasn't happy with the loss today in Atlanta because of the same reasons why the Lakers feel concerned. You know, there's only so much partner feir with these standings. But the Warriors have been really good without Steph Curry. And while there isn't necessarily a timetable on when he comes back, you know, I've been told that you know the pelvic area that you know they have again an MRI from right there was a confusion, no structural damage.

So he's going to be reevaluated on Monday.

So he's going to be reevaluated on Monday.

Doesn't mean he's going to return as early as Tuesday's game in Miami, but there is a chance that he can return while the Warriors are still on the road next week in Miami, New Orleans, in the following week in San Antonio, Memphis, and LA.

Doesn't mean he's going to return as early as Tuesday's game in Miami, but there is a chance that he can return while the Warriors are still on the road next week in Miami, New Orleans, in the following week in San Antonio, Memphis, and LA.

Yeah. Ok so you basically answered that question. Steph Curry did land very hard and so you know it's a weight bearing injury, but you don't see any potential situation where that could be debilitating As it gets towards the playoffs, I want to see both teams at full strength.

Yeah. Ok so you basically answered that question. Steph Curry did land very hard and so you know it's a weight bearing injury, but you don't see any potential situation where that could be debilitating As it gets towards the playoffs, I want to see both teams at full strength.

Frankly, yeah, and no, there's optimism. I mean, obviously we don't know when step Curry is going to come back, but doesn't seem like there's a high level concern on severity of it. He's going to come back at some point. With the Lakers, it's all kind of up in the air. I mentioned to you about Lebron talking about his going injury and he's going to have to take it day by day. But really at Chama, he's another player that just came back tonight. He had been out for the last three weeks with a knee injury, and he estimated that he's only at about seventy five eighty percent. Now that's better than zero percent, but he made it clear that he doesn't think he'll ever be able to get it fully healthy until the offseason. And look, it starts with Lebron, James and Luka Dodvich, but the Lakers need to have roster death. They need to have good wing defenders, they need to have guys that can run up on the floor and get easy baskets. And really, ha Chama checks all those boxes.

Frankly, yeah, and no, there's optimism. I mean, obviously we don't know when step Curry is going to come back, but doesn't seem like there's a high level concern on severity of it. He's going to come back at some point. With the Lakers, it's all kind of up in the air. I mentioned to you about Lebron talking about his going injury and he's going to have to take it day by day. But really at Chama, he's another player that just came back tonight. He had been out for the last three weeks with a knee injury, and he estimated that he's only at about seventy five eighty percent. Now that's better than zero percent, but he made it clear that he doesn't think he'll ever be able to get it fully healthy until the offseason. And look, it starts with Lebron, James and Luka Dodvich, but the Lakers need to have roster death. They need to have good wing defenders, they need to have guys that can run up on the floor and get easy baskets. And really, ha Chama checks all those boxes.

I agree with all that last thing on the Lakers. They're the only team in the top six, meaning that if the season of today they wouldn't be in the playing tournament that has an under five hundred record on the road. Everybody else, Memphis, Golden State, Denver, Houston, obviously Oklahoma City, they're all over five hundred on the road. Can you glean anything from that?

I agree with all that last thing on the Lakers. They're the only team in the top six, meaning that if the season of today they wouldn't be in the playing tournament that has an under five hundred record on the road. Everybody else, Memphis, Golden State, Denver, Houston, obviously Oklahoma City, they're all over five hundred on the road. Can you glean anything from that?

Yeah, it's a really interesting stat I mean, I think, you know, as it pertains the Lakers, a lot of it has to do with they played a lot more road games in the game of the season before the Luca Dogics trade. They're just a dramatically different team before the trade deadline, as we've seen. So I think that, you know, the law of averages will weigh itself out. I think that they're capable of winning on the road. I mean, you may recall these past two years, the Lakers basically had to fight through their life post trade deadline just to make the play in tournament, and so they have players that are experienced with that, with Lebron James really action more they have Jared Vanderbilt, so I think if they're e clipped.

Yeah, it's a really interesting stat I mean, I think, you know, as it pertains the Lakers, a lot of it has to do with they played a lot more road games in the game of the season before the Luca Dogics trade. They're just a dramatically different team before the trade deadline, as we've seen. So I think that, you know, the law of averages will weigh itself out. I think that they're capable of winning on the road. I mean, you may recall these past two years, the Lakers basically had to fight through their life post trade deadline just to make the play in tournament, and so they have players that are experienced with that, with Lebron James really action more they have Jared Vanderbilt, so I think if they're e clipped.

To do that.

To do that.

But it is obviously a testament that all those other teams have won on the road, because the bottom line is, if you're going to make a championship runs, you have to win the road games. It's I need to think, Okay, you're going to win every single home game, because that literally has never happened in the history of the NBA playoffs.

But it is obviously a testament that all those other teams have won on the road, because the bottom line is, if you're going to make a championship runs, you have to win the road games. It's I need to think, Okay, you're going to win every single home game, because that literally has never happened in the history of the NBA playoffs.

Mark, you mentioned the Clippers a second ago. Don't look now, They've won fight by combined ninety three points. They've won eight of their last nine, right on schedule to get the Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday night and what may or may not be an acid test. Can you trust that the Clippers, now with a healthy Kawhi and James Harden company might finally reach whatever ceiling they have?

Mark, you mentioned the Clippers a second ago. Don't look now, They've won fight by combined ninety three points. They've won eight of their last nine, right on schedule to get the Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday night and what may or may not be an acid test. Can you trust that the Clippers, now with a healthy Kawhi and James Harden company might finally reach whatever ceiling they have?

Well, they very well could. I mean, the Clippers are always going to have a chance of Kawhi Leonards on the floor, and so far, so good, he's out of the minutes restrictions. Ever since he came back, there haven't been any signs of stepback. You obviously never wish this on anyone, but you know, you just have to be aware that his injury history speaks for itself. But yeah, on paper, they're a great team and James Harden, he's still playing an all Star caliber level. I think that the thing that has really kept the Clippers to be a competitive team even with all these overlapping injuries. They have great role players that ful filled positional needs. And when you're looking at this current Cloppers roster, there's a little bit of comity there. Of he'sa Zubot's longest tenured Clipper right now the team, Norman how great bench player now having a starters role this season, and ty Lou heack of a coach ironically, he's been out these last Torutch of games because of issues with his back. But Brian Shaw, he's a very well respected coach. He's had a lot of extensive experience both as a head coach and assistant coach, and he's very close to Tyleru, so it's not surprising that they've had success under him.

Well, they very well could. I mean, the Clippers are always going to have a chance of Kawhi Leonards on the floor, and so far, so good, he's out of the minutes restrictions. Ever since he came back, there haven't been any signs of stepback. You obviously never wish this on anyone, but you know, you just have to be aware that his injury history speaks for itself. But yeah, on paper, they're a great team and James Harden, he's still playing an all Star caliber level. I think that the thing that has really kept the Clippers to be a competitive team even with all these overlapping injuries. They have great role players that ful filled positional needs. And when you're looking at this current Cloppers roster, there's a little bit of comity there. Of he'sa Zubot's longest tenured Clipper right now the team, Norman how great bench player now having a starters role this season, and ty Lou heack of a coach ironically, he's been out these last Torutch of games because of issues with his back. But Brian Shaw, he's a very well respected coach. He's had a lot of extensive experience both as a head coach and assistant coach, and he's very close to Tyleru, so it's not surprising that they've had success under him.

Well, certainly, the Clippers are peaking at the right time and they're getting offensive production across the board with the you know, by the players you just mentioned, And so the question is this Can you trust this? Or is this light at the end of the summage. It's another oncoming train because I think it would be actually be good for basketball because he both LA teams make noise in the playoffs.

Well, certainly, the Clippers are peaking at the right time and they're getting offensive production across the board with the you know, by the players you just mentioned, And so the question is this Can you trust this? Or is this light at the end of the summage. It's another oncoming train because I think it would be actually be good for basketball because he both LA teams make noise in the playoffs.

Yeah, I think do I trust that? Yes, they're a great team. I think it's this that you can't ever discount injury history because he's with Kawhi and James Harden. But I think even if they're a healthy roster, what they're saying themselves up for is likely facing either the Oklahoma City Thunder or the Denver Nuggets in a first round playoff matchup, and assuming there's no major injuries on those teams, I just don't see the Clippers even a full strength of being in them because there's just so much roster depth, so much continuity. You know, I know that the Nuggets they've been vulnerable recently while Nikoli Jokich and Jamal Murray have been out. But you know, I talked with Felipe I Converger, the Nuggets head trainer, earlier this week. Didn't seem to be like it was two cause of a concern the thrust. These are real injuries. They didn't just sit out for the sake of it. They Nikoliok has a pretty good track record of playing games. Jamal Murray not so much because of his ACL injury. But the bottom line is there's a lot of comfort levels within the Nuggets training staff that they're going to be fully healthy once the playoffs start.

Yeah, I think do I trust that? Yes, they're a great team. I think it's this that you can't ever discount injury history because he's with Kawhi and James Harden. But I think even if they're a healthy roster, what they're saying themselves up for is likely facing either the Oklahoma City Thunder or the Denver Nuggets in a first round playoff matchup, and assuming there's no major injuries on those teams, I just don't see the Clippers even a full strength of being in them because there's just so much roster depth, so much continuity. You know, I know that the Nuggets they've been vulnerable recently while Nikoli Jokich and Jamal Murray have been out. But you know, I talked with Felipe I Converger, the Nuggets head trainer, earlier this week. Didn't seem to be like it was two cause of a concern the thrust. These are real injuries. They didn't just sit out for the sake of it. They Nikoliok has a pretty good track record of playing games. Jamal Murray not so much because of his ACL injury. But the bottom line is there's a lot of comfort levels within the Nuggets training staff that they're going to be fully healthy once the playoffs start.

I can't not in this segment without mentioning the venerable Bronnie James, who, by the way, fired back at a heckler last week, and he was pretty clever. Yes he should be. No, he would never fire back in me. No, I hit him with a combination night putting up with that.

I can't not in this segment without mentioning the venerable Bronnie James, who, by the way, fired back at a heckler last week, and he was pretty clever. Yes he should be. No, he would never fire back in me. No, I hit him with a combination night putting up with that.

But well I would.

But well I would.

But I don't just like Bronnie. I like Bronnie. He's a victim of circumstances, as I say on the three studies. But he did he did play the other night because every starter except Jackson Hayes didn't play. And yes they were minus thirty six. But let's keep Bronnie James his due. Seventeen points on a seven to ten, seven to ten field goals right, five or six free throws, by the way, two for two from the line tonight Saturday Night hit five assists. Those are thirty very very productive minutes in an NBA game. So let's be fair here. Is he improving, Is he starting to show some promises put potentially a legitimate NBA player.

But I don't just like Bronnie. I like Bronnie. He's a victim of circumstances, as I say on the three studies. But he did he did play the other night because every starter except Jackson Hayes didn't play. And yes they were minus thirty six. But let's keep Bronnie James his due. Seventeen points on a seven to ten, seven to ten field goals right, five or six free throws, by the way, two for two from the line tonight Saturday Night hit five assists. Those are thirty very very productive minutes in an NBA game. So let's be fair here. Is he improving, Is he starting to show some promises put potentially a legitimate NBA player.

Oh yeah, there's no doubt he's improving.

Oh yeah, there's no doubt he's improving.

I think the.

I think the.

Challenge with brawny James and frankly is a lot of topics to the state of the world these days is there's a lot of lack of perspective and overreaction on both sides. He didn't play a lot at USC his freshman season because of the cardiac arrestsco but even when accounting for that, he wasn't seen as NBA ready. But when he was drafted fifty to fifth, you know, the feeling I got talking to different scouts was that he didn't have a defined skill set. No one really knew if he was a traditional point guard or a shooting guard. They did like his defense and attitude, and so the feeling was as long as he's playing mostly in the G League, you know, he could obviously develop and expedite his growth, but there weren't a lot of people that thought.

Challenge with brawny James and frankly is a lot of topics to the state of the world these days is there's a lot of lack of perspective and overreaction on both sides. He didn't play a lot at USC his freshman season because of the cardiac arrestsco but even when accounting for that, he wasn't seen as NBA ready. But when he was drafted fifty to fifth, you know, the feeling I got talking to different scouts was that he didn't have a defined skill set. No one really knew if he was a traditional point guard or a shooting guard. They did like his defense and attitude, and so the feeling was as long as he's playing mostly in the G League, you know, he could obviously develop and expedite his growth, but there weren't a lot of people that thought.

He's ready for the NBA.

He's ready for the NBA.

At the beginning of the season.

At the beginning of the season.

Now, yeah, we've seen that he can play in spot minutes and he's continuing to get better. But I do think we have to keep in mind that that Milwaukee game, it was impressive, relatively speaking, encouraging, but you hit the nail on the head. He was playing because half the roster was hurt, and so I think that there's this overreaction that can paint this as some sort of redemption story, as if he was proving people wrong, when in reality it was almost always the same. He entered the NBA not being fully ready. He to a man, did all the right things as far as his work habit, attitude, didn't try to, you know, lean on you know, the fact that Lebron is his dad is, and he's sort of feeling that he's entitled anything, and he just kept playing.

Now, yeah, we've seen that he can play in spot minutes and he's continuing to get better. But I do think we have to keep in mind that that Milwaukee game, it was impressive, relatively speaking, encouraging, but you hit the nail on the head. He was playing because half the roster was hurt, and so I think that there's this overreaction that can paint this as some sort of redemption story, as if he was proving people wrong, when in reality it was almost always the same. He entered the NBA not being fully ready. He to a man, did all the right things as far as his work habit, attitude, didn't try to, you know, lean on you know, the fact that Lebron is his dad is, and he's sort of feeling that he's entitled anything, and he just kept playing.

In the work.

In the work.

And so where he's at now, you know, he's capable of playing minute starring mop up duty, and he's capable of playing in the G League. And I think that moving forward, there's always going to be a want for players of his caliber to be on an NBA team that are at the end of the rotation, because they're good practice players. They'll compete and they're always willing to improve. Now what that means as far as his future and what his trajectory is too hard to say. But the reality is in the NBA, as much as there is a need to be talented, hard work often can chip away at different deficiencies. So from that standpoint, he's doing the right things and he'll always overachieve because of that.

And so where he's at now, you know, he's capable of playing minute starring mop up duty, and he's capable of playing in the G League. And I think that moving forward, there's always going to be a want for players of his caliber to be on an NBA team that are at the end of the rotation, because they're good practice players. They'll compete and they're always willing to improve. Now what that means as far as his future and what his trajectory is too hard to say. But the reality is in the NBA, as much as there is a need to be talented, hard work often can chip away at different deficiencies. So from that standpoint, he's doing the right things and he'll always overachieve because of that.

I will always maintain my objectivity about Brownie. She's helling personal with me. He even hit a three pointer over Nicole Jokin Friday night. If people were paying attention. They lost that game, of course to the Nuggets. The Lakers did, but that was the game where there was a stoppage in play and some heckler I don't know what the details were, yelled at Bronnie, who was in the bench area, and he said something about him and his father, and Bronnie looked back at the heckler and there's a video apparently, I haven't seen the video. He just says, hey, your chain fake. That was pretty good. I thought that was not pretty good. I thought that was really good. So give it up to Brownie. Maybe he's finally arrived. I'm a million miles away from being convinced you'll ever be an NBA player. But if you score seventeen in an NBA game, Okay, we got to talk about it, right, that's got to be fair, right, Yeah.

I will always maintain my objectivity about Brownie. She's helling personal with me. He even hit a three pointer over Nicole Jokin Friday night. If people were paying attention. They lost that game, of course to the Nuggets. The Lakers did, but that was the game where there was a stoppage in play and some heckler I don't know what the details were, yelled at Bronnie, who was in the bench area, and he said something about him and his father, and Bronnie looked back at the heckler and there's a video apparently, I haven't seen the video. He just says, hey, your chain fake. That was pretty good. I thought that was not pretty good. I thought that was really good. So give it up to Brownie. Maybe he's finally arrived. I'm a million miles away from being convinced you'll ever be an NBA player. But if you score seventeen in an NBA game, Okay, we got to talk about it, right, that's got to be fair, right, Yeah.

Look, I mean, I'm sure knowing how Brownie is, he obviously has bigger aspirations of this, but I think he has proven that he could be a player that is a twelfth, fifteenth man on the loss because a lot of times when organizations are valuating and evaluating players that are going to be in their slot, they're evaluating are they good practice players? And will they not complain and be a pain of that, you know one, because they're probably not going to be playing a lot now. Obviously, Bronny again, I presume he has bigger aspirations, but the fact you know that is in of its in and of its itself something that you can tigue your horn about because he wasn't projected to at least have that kind of rotation as a twelve to fifteenth person at the beginning of the season.

Look, I mean, I'm sure knowing how Brownie is, he obviously has bigger aspirations of this, but I think he has proven that he could be a player that is a twelfth, fifteenth man on the loss because a lot of times when organizations are valuating and evaluating players that are going to be in their slot, they're evaluating are they good practice players? And will they not complain and be a pain of that, you know one, because they're probably not going to be playing a lot now. Obviously, Bronny again, I presume he has bigger aspirations, but the fact you know that is in of its in and of its itself something that you can tigue your horn about because he wasn't projected to at least have that kind of rotation as a twelve to fifteenth person at the beginning of the season.

I will say this, one of the things I think Brownie has proved proven is that the spotlight, as it were, the spotlight is not too big for him. No, I don't think he's any good but the spotlight Snope. He conducts himself like a professional. He truly conducts himself like a consonan professional, and he's trying to make the best of his opportunity. And I think there's something to be said for that. Mark, a great store, great stuff is always once again, I'll say it again. Can't wait to see what the new cycle brings us before next Saturday.

I will say this, one of the things I think Brownie has proved proven is that the spotlight, as it were, the spotlight is not too big for him. No, I don't think he's any good but the spotlight Snope. He conducts himself like a professional. He truly conducts himself like a consonan professional, and he's trying to make the best of his opportunity. And I think there's something to be said for that. Mark, a great store, great stuff is always once again, I'll say it again. Can't wait to see what the new cycle brings us before next Saturday.

I presume it'll all be interested in my friends.

I presume it'll all be interested in my friends.

Thanks so much, Mark, appreciate you, Bud, thank you. Has Mark Madeina Medina magic every Saturday night on the Bernie Fradles Show Fox Sports Radio. He's our Fox Sports Radio NBA guru. Hey, we are twenty one minutes away. Get your fingers ready to dial up eight seven seven six three six nine eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox the midnight hours here from where I sit. In twenty one minutes, it will be twelve midnight literally perhaps literally where you sit, certainly figuratively the midnight hour. You got the last word. The callers have been nothing shorter phenomenal expect So tonight we have four great topics which I will set up in just a second. So get those fingers ready as we are just about twenty minutes away from the midnight hour. Hey, Tractor Supply knows that a winning season takes practice, teamwork, and a can do attitude. Thankfully, when you have a neighbor like Tractor Supply, teamwork comes easy. Whether you're caring for pets, chickens or a few acres. Our team members will help you succeed season after season. Tractor Supply for Life out here, and be sure to check out the Tractors Supply Fox Sports Radio Bracket Challenge at Fox Sports Radio dot com. See how our hosts are doing with their picks and who the top ranked listeners are. So listener with the best bracket at Fox Sports Radio dot Com we'll win a twenty five hundred dollars gift card Detractor Supply. My Bernie Friddle. We're coming to your line from Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio Tirack dot com studios. Keep it locked. You listening to the Bernie Fraddle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

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So I attributed to the nil and transfer portal. The rich kid richer. If you're a mid major kid and all of a sudden, someone's going off your five hundred grand to go play at a power five school, you're going or perhaps you want a bigger platform that's the way I see it. How do you see it? How do you like the tournament so far? I'm still enjoying it. I just think it looks different. Let's get your thoughts all right. At the NFL a couple of potential rule changes. Someone wants to ban the push touch. I'm looking at you, Green Bay zero and three against Philly since twenty twenty two. You called the ban the play because you don't like it. Well, I say, nope, not up in the ear. You want to ban a play that one team has taken the time to master, simply could because you struggle to stop it. Come on, man, I ain't going for that, but you might want it banned. You might not see it as a football play. Now, A lot of folks look one of the best things about the midnight hour. I think our best conversations are the ones where people disagree, simple as that the other playoff rule that's gonna be discussed, or check that the other NFL rule no more? Five hundred ish NFC South champs hosting teams with significantly better records. Now. This proposal, not surprisingly came from my beloved Detroit Lions, who are covered pre and post from ninety eight to two thousand and eight, they finished one loss away from the number five seed despite having a fifteen to two record. I gotta vote ya on this one. He would know. Back in twenty ten to seven to nine, Seattle Seahawks gave birth to Beast Motors. They stuffed New Orleans. It can happen, but division battles would still remain important. But this would reward teams who perform better and harder divisions. So if you have a better play season record, you'll get preferential treatment with your seeding over a team who might have won their division, even though they have a lesser record than you. And Bannon a touch push, I'm against it. What are your thoughts? What are your thoughts on those two rules? All right? On the third topic, I want to give my good buddy Dan Bayer, you hear them all around the network a lot of credit on this one. I thought was very clever. Talked about Bronnie james seventeen point performance the other night. The problem is, yes, it was in an NBA game. You score seventeen points in an NBA game, that's noteworthy, even if your minus thirty six, even if you get blown out, even if they're essentially meaningless. He scored seventeen points in an NBA game, but might that have been a lot more meaningful? This was Dan Stott. If you'd scored, say twenty seven points in a March Madness game, I would say, what if he even scored just seventeen points in a March Madness game. Let's say you were watching Bronnie James the USC Trojans score seventeen points in a March Madness game. Might you have found that to be more significant than just scoring seventeen points in a meaningless NBA game. The fourth topic Dion Sanders. I love Deon Sanders. So we are in that time frame now where many colleges are having spring football practice. Some have already completed it, some are just starting. You get the picture. I mean, there's one hundred and forty Division one college football teams. Dion, by the way, many schools are scrapping their spring game. Dion not only is going to have his spring game, he's managing to get it televised. And oh, by the way, Dion has come up with a new fangled idea, why don't we have a spring game against other schools? Hmmm? Is it a head scratcher. Is it a good idea? What do you think about Dan's idea? Would you watch, say, Colorado play Illinois in a a in a spring game. It's got my attention. I don't know, you know, if I'm gonna if it's gonna be appointment viewing, but it's got my attention. I've heard worse ideas, But give it up to Dion for typically thinking outside the box. Now again, we've also got the rant if you would like to call in eight seven, seven, nine, nine, sixty six, three, sixty ninth, it just gets something off your chest. But I kind of I like to lead the witness, as it were, for these topics. So March Madness, it's underway. Eight teams have already punched their ticket to the Sweet sixteen. And you've got a situation where you are seeing no buzzer beaters, no real upsets. You had a couple five twelves, big whoopedie damn do Okay, it's not like it used to be. You're not seeing Mercer beating Duke, et cetera. And I my theory is that nil and the transfer portal has created this landscape, the richer getting richer, simple as that the chasm between the mid majors in the great schools. You know, Member B while he's a Big twelve school, they're no longer than the whack like they were thirty years ago. All right, so do you get my point? The NFL rule changes ban the toush push. Green Bay wants it. I say, no, you want to ban a play just because you haven't mastered it and they have. Philly has Nope, not up in here. And how about wins determined playoff seating versus whether or not you won the NFC South with a lousier record than the Detroit Lions. I like that rule change. We stive had passes. Give my credit to give credit to my guy, Dan Byer Bronnie James. He had seventeen points in an NBA game. That's something I've never had him scoring seventeen points in an NBA game, But he did it. But it might it have been more significant and memorable had Brownie's James scored seventeen points in March Madness say playing for us. He finally, Dion Sanders still coaching in Colorado, and I'm glad Dion is not only going to have his spring football game, he managed to get it televised, and Brownie had our check. Pronni Jesus Dion had an idea, why don't we have maybe spring football games against other schools. He's kind of got my attention. So there you have it. March Man, it's NFL real changes, Brownie James seventeen point meaningless game in the NBA, and Deon Sanders plus the rant you know what to do eight seven seven nine nine six six three sixty nine eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox, let's hear from you. Let's have some more fun in the midnight hour. From where I sit. In six minutes, it is twelve midnight on the dot. Literally, you're listening to the Bernie Fradle Show. It's the midnight hour. Keep it locked, Fox Sports Radio.

Hireback of the Bernie Fraddle Show, Fox Sports Radio. Come to your live arot the Tarrack dot com studios. We are fourteen minutes away from the midnight hour. Dial them up eight seven, seven, nine to nine on Fox eight seven seven nine nine six six three six nine. Let's set up the topics. I'll give you four suggestions, and there's also the rant, and if there's something you just would like to get off your chest, we're here for you. Callers have been fantastic. Let's start with march Man. This is there's a decidedly different look. You're not seeing the buzzer beaters, you're not seeing the upsets, you're not seeing the mid majors you heard me see earlier Alabama State, mont Saint Mary's, North Carolina, Xavier all lost. What's that mean? Second time in fifteen years? The first fourteen didn't invest advance past the first round since the tournament expanded in twenty eleven to the playing games. Prior to that, twelve of the last thirteen years one of them got to the sweet sixteen. So I attributed to the nil and transfer portal. The rich kid richer. If you're a mid major kid and all of a sudden, someone's going off your five hundred grand to go play at a power five school, you're going or perhaps you want a bigger platform that's the way I see it. How do you see it? How do you like the tournament so far? I'm still enjoying it. I just think it looks different. Let's get your thoughts all right. At the NFL a couple of potential rule changes. Someone wants to ban the push touch. I'm looking at you, Green Bay zero and three against Philly since twenty twenty two. You called the ban the play because you don't like it. Well, I say, nope, not up in the ear. You want to ban a play that one team has taken the time to master, simply could because you struggle to stop it. Come on, man, I ain't going for that, but you might want it banned. You might not see it as a football play. Now, A lot of folks look one of the best things about the midnight hour. I think our best conversations are the ones where people disagree, simple as that the other playoff rule that's gonna be discussed, or check that the other NFL rule no more? Five hundred ish NFC South champs hosting teams with significantly better records. Now. This proposal, not surprisingly came from my beloved Detroit Lions, who are covered pre and post from ninety eight to two thousand and eight, they finished one loss away from the number five seed despite having a fifteen to two record. I gotta vote ya on this one. He would know. Back in twenty ten to seven to nine, Seattle Seahawks gave birth to Beast Motors. They stuffed New Orleans. It can happen, but division battles would still remain important. But this would reward teams who perform better and harder divisions. So if you have a better play season record, you'll get preferential treatment with your seeding over a team who might have won their division, even though they have a lesser record than you. And Bannon a touch push, I'm against it. What are your thoughts? What are your thoughts on those two rules? All right? On the third topic, I want to give my good buddy Dan Bayer, you hear them all around the network a lot of credit on this one. I thought was very clever. Talked about Bronnie james seventeen point performance the other night. The problem is, yes, it was in an NBA game. You score seventeen points in an NBA game, that's noteworthy, even if your minus thirty six, even if you get blown out, even if they're essentially meaningless. He scored seventeen points in an NBA game, but might that have been a lot more meaningful? This was Dan Stott. If you'd scored, say twenty seven points in a March Madness game, I would say, what if he even scored just seventeen points in a March Madness game. Let's say you were watching Bronnie James the USC Trojans score seventeen points in a March Madness game. Might you have found that to be more significant than just scoring seventeen points in a meaningless NBA game. The fourth topic Dion Sanders. I love Deon Sanders. So we are in that time frame now where many colleges are having spring football practice. Some have already completed it, some are just starting. You get the picture. I mean, there's one hundred and forty Division one college football teams. Dion, by the way, many schools are scrapping their spring game. Dion not only is going to have his spring game, he's managing to get it televised. And oh, by the way, Dion has come up with a new fangled idea, why don't we have a spring game against other schools? Hmmm? Is it a head scratcher. Is it a good idea? What do you think about Dan's idea? Would you watch, say, Colorado play Illinois in a a in a spring game. It's got my attention. I don't know, you know, if I'm gonna if it's gonna be appointment viewing, but it's got my attention. I've heard worse ideas, But give it up to Dion for typically thinking outside the box. Now again, we've also got the rant if you would like to call in eight seven, seven, nine, nine, sixty six, three, sixty ninth, it just gets something off your chest. But I kind of I like to lead the witness, as it were, for these topics. So March Madness, it's underway. Eight teams have already punched their ticket to the Sweet sixteen. And you've got a situation where you are seeing no buzzer beaters, no real upsets. You had a couple five twelves, big whoopedie damn do Okay, it's not like it used to be. You're not seeing Mercer beating Duke, et cetera. And I my theory is that nil and the transfer portal has created this landscape, the richer getting richer, simple as that the chasm between the mid majors in the great schools. You know, Member B while he's a Big twelve school, they're no longer than the whack like they were thirty years ago. All right, so do you get my point? The NFL rule changes ban the toush push. Green Bay wants it. I say, no, you want to ban a play just because you haven't mastered it and they have. Philly has Nope, not up in here. And how about wins determined playoff seating versus whether or not you won the NFC South with a lousier record than the Detroit Lions. I like that rule change. We stive had passes. Give my credit to give credit to my guy, Dan Byer Bronnie James. He had seventeen points in an NBA game. That's something I've never had him scoring seventeen points in an NBA game, But he did it. But it might it have been more significant and memorable had Brownie's James scored seventeen points in March Madness say playing for us. He finally, Dion Sanders still coaching in Colorado, and I'm glad Dion is not only going to have his spring football game, he managed to get it televised, and Brownie had our check. Pronni Jesus Dion had an idea, why don't we have maybe spring football games against other schools. He's kind of got my attention. So there you have it. March Man, it's NFL real changes, Brownie James seventeen point meaningless game in the NBA, and Deon Sanders plus the rant you know what to do eight seven seven nine nine six six three sixty nine eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox, let's hear from you. Let's have some more fun in the midnight hour. From where I sit. In six minutes, it is twelve midnight on the dot. Literally, you're listening to the Bernie Fradle Show. It's the midnight hour. Keep it locked, Fox Sports Radio.

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Well, that's right, you heard the man Bernie Fradle Show, keeps Roland right along. My name is Bernie Friday. Are comingy line from the Tarrat dot com studios here in Las Vegas. Fox Sports Radio. Tyrack dot com will help you get there and then matched selection fans, free shipping for your road, answer protection and over ten thousand recommended installers. Tirect dot com. The way tire buying should be eight seven, seven, nine to nine on Fox eight seven seven nine nine six six three six to nine. Very simple. It's a mint hour, so we got so you could rent talk about whatever you want. But to lead the witness, I want to talk a little March madness if you should like to opine no upsets really a couple of twelve fives one to eleven six, big deal. I attributed to the nil and transfer portal, NFL rules changes, toush push and best record versus conference or division championship. Who should get treatment or treatment for the playoffs? Brianni James scores seventeen points. My guy Dan Byer thought would have been a lot more meaningful had those seventeen company any any March Madness game. And then finally Dione Sanders in his spring football idea, we go out to Massachusetts where Jim joins us and starts us off. Jim, good to hear from you. You've got the floor.

Well, that's right, you heard the man Bernie Fradle Show, keeps Roland right along. My name is Bernie Friday. Are comingy line from the Tarrat dot com studios here in Las Vegas. Fox Sports Radio. Tyrack dot com will help you get there and then matched selection fans, free shipping for your road, answer protection and over ten thousand recommended installers. Tirect dot com. The way tire buying should be eight seven, seven, nine to nine on Fox eight seven seven nine nine six six three six to nine. Very simple. It's a mint hour, so we got so you could rent talk about whatever you want. But to lead the witness, I want to talk a little March madness if you should like to opine no upsets really a couple of twelve fives one to eleven six, big deal. I attributed to the nil and transfer portal, NFL rules changes, toush push and best record versus conference or division championship. Who should get treatment or treatment for the playoffs? Brianni James scores seventeen points. My guy Dan Byer thought would have been a lot more meaningful had those seventeen company any any March Madness game. And then finally Dione Sanders in his spring football idea, we go out to Massachusetts where Jim joins us and starts us off. Jim, good to hear from you. You've got the floor.

Hey, Bernie, how's it going? As far as Matchman just goes, I'm old school Berninge back with Isla Maguire where he says the NCAA tournament isn't about winning. It's just about surviving. And you know it started off pretty good. I mean, look what happened to Saint John's. But you know it's going good. I like the way it's going. And you know, you can't prepare for those games. I mean, coaches, when they know who they're going to play, they can maybe within a few hours get takes on the other team of videos or something like that. But you really can't prepare. And that's what's so best about the tournament. You know, you can't scout, you can't do anything. You just got to go out there and play because you don't know who you're playing.

Hey, Bernie, how's it going? As far as Matchman just goes, I'm old school Berninge back with Isla Maguire where he says the NCAA tournament isn't about winning. It's just about surviving. And you know it started off pretty good. I mean, look what happened to Saint John's. But you know it's going good. I like the way it's going. And you know, you can't prepare for those games. I mean, coaches, when they know who they're going to play, they can maybe within a few hours get takes on the other team of videos or something like that. But you really can't prepare. And that's what's so best about the tournament. You know, you can't scout, you can't do anything. You just got to go out there and play because you don't know who you're playing.

You know, go ahead, no, go ahead, No, you got the floor, man, I wanted to see.

You know, go ahead, no, go ahead, No, you got the floor, man, I wanted to see.

The other thing about the lake is my god. The other night I turned on the game, I think they were playing Denver. In the crowds that they were winning in the last two minutes of the game, that in the crowdstted yellow Brownie. I don't know what what's in the water out there or something, but that poor kid, I mean, because I don't think he's going anywhere. I don't think he's an NBA player. And you know, the NBA as a whole. You know, they're down what fifty three percent viewership. I'm just the old school.

The other thing about the lake is my god. The other night I turned on the game, I think they were playing Denver. In the crowds that they were winning in the last two minutes of the game, that in the crowdstted yellow Brownie. I don't know what what's in the water out there or something, but that poor kid, I mean, because I don't think he's going anywhere. I don't think he's an NBA player. And you know, the NBA as a whole. You know, they're down what fifty three percent viewership. I'm just the old school.

I like the old.

I like the old.

NBA when there were rivalries and there's post up play. Now it's just running gun like. You know, you don't have to pay go see that. Just go to your local uh you know, your local park and why to play on the toier, you know, on.