March Madness starts TODAY with some of the best games coming to Hartford!

There's a lot of excitement over the match-up between No. 5 seed Marquette's Marcus Howard and No. 12 seed Murray State's Ja Morant. I'm just sayin' that a No. 5 seed has beat a No. 12 seed 67% of the time.

Last year's winner, Villanova, also starts in Hartford. And Florida State will play the University of Vermont. Okay, Vermont may not win but they have a great mascot and they tell you why you should root for them. 

As is our custom, a comedian and a political commentator join us to share their bracket strategy. Since there are 9.2 quintillion possible outcomes for a bracket -- that's 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 -- we think their chances are pretty good. 

This hour, we talk mascots, vasectomy rates during March Madness, Wofford, the XL Center's deterioration and, hopefully, something about basketball.

*It's probably our 10th one of these. Other options include its being our ninth one of these. Also our eighth one of these. But probably it's our 10th.

GUESTS: 
Julia Pistell - Writer, podcaster, and comedian.; she's the host of the podcast Literary Disco and Managing Director at Sea Tea Improv (@echochorus)
Bill Curry - Political commentator, two-time Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut, and former White House advisor in the Clinton Administration (@BillCurryct)
Nayef Samrat - President of Wofford College (@WoffordTerriers)
Frankie Graziano - Reporter at Connecticut Public Radio (@FrankieGrazie6)

Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.

Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

March Madness starts TODAY with some of the best games coming to Hartford!
There's a lot of excitement over the match-up between No. 5 seed Marquette's Marcus Howard and No. 12 seed Murray State's Ja Morant. I'm just sayin' that a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/march-madness-statistics-3126162">No. 5 seed has beat a No. 12 seed 67% of the time</a>.
Last year's winner, Villanova, also starts in Hartford. And Florida State will play the University of Vermont. Okay, Vermont may not win but they have a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/life/2019/03/18/what-is-a-catamount-uvm-mascot-university-vermont-ncaa-basketball/3200955002/">great mascot</a>&nbsp;and they tell you&nbsp;<a href="https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/sports/college/2019/03/18/uvm-basketball-5-reasons-root-catamounts-ncaa-tournament/3201802002/">why&nbsp;</a>you should root for them.&nbsp;
As is our custom, a comedian and a political commentator join us to share their bracket strategy. Since there are 9.2 quintillion possible outcomes for a bracket -- that's 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 -- we think their chances are pretty good.&nbsp;
This hour, we talk mascots, vasectomy rates during March Madness, Wofford, the XL Center's deterioration and, hopefully, something about basketball.
*It's probably our 10th one of these. Other options include its being our ninth one of these. Also our eighth one of these. But probably it's our 10th.
GUESTS:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Julia Pistell&nbsp;- Writer, podcaster, and comedian.; she's the host of the podcast&nbsp;<a href="https://www.literarydisco.com/">Literary Disco</a>&nbsp;and Managing Director at&nbsp;<a href="https://seateaimprov.com/">Sea Tea Improv</a>&nbsp;(<a href="https://twitter.com/echochorus?lang=en">@echochorus</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/BillCurryct">Bill Curry</a>&nbsp;- Political commentator, two-time Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut, and former White House advisor in the Clinton Administration (<a href="https://twitter.com/BillCurryct">@BillCurryct</a>)</li>
<li>Nayef Samrat&nbsp;- President of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wofford.edu/">Wofford College</a>&nbsp;(<a href="https://twitter.com/woffordterriers?lang=en">@WoffordTerriers</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wnpr.org/people/frankie-graziano">Frankie Graziano</a>&nbsp;- Reporter at Connecticut Public Radio (<a href="https://twitter.com/frankiegrazie6?lang=en">@FrankieGrazie6</a>)</li>
</ul>
Join the conversation on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ColinMcShow/">Facebook</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/wnprcolin">Twitter</a>.
Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

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