The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Greg Cote gives us the five teams he's watching this tournament and Don't Look Now slowly turns into Lookie Here Right Now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What are the top teams Greg Cote is watching in the tournament?
Dad, this is very exciting. I've been wanting to get to this all show. Dan's still ashamed of that last segment, so he's not back yet. Yeah, should be. You had on your list of topics today top five teams you're watching in the tournament. Yes. It's not your top five teams, but just teams you're interested in watching. Explain this process to us.
Well, I'll be interested in watching five particular teams for a certain reason. I'm going to let you guys figure out what the running theme of this list is. Are they like number five? We can do like a countdown?
Yeah. All right, let's go.
All right, number five. From the first four play-in round, they play tonight, American University, led by third-leading scorer Greg Jones. I see where we're going with this.
Got my eye on them, too.
Number four. The Patriots. Number three seed in the East, Wisconsin, coached by the incomparable Greg Gard. One by a lot. Number three. Nine seed in the South, Creighton, coached by Greg McDermott.
How they divvy up those electoral votes. Kind of one note this bit, but all right.
Number two, eight seed in the Midwest, Gonzaga, led by sixth leading scorer, Ben Gregg. Reaching for that one. And number one, 10 seed in the South region, the New Mexico Lobos, because bows back bows.
Coached by Richard Pitino. Yeah, how about that? He reshaped his career after losing his job over in Minnesota.
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Chapter 2: Why does Greg prefer watching the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament?
No, no, no. There's so many podcasts these days. Like the mayor. I think the mayor of the town or something was on our podcast bragging about the Lobos. I don't know.
Move on. Greg, how much of the NCAA tournament are you actually going to watch?
I'm going to be very honest with you. I start paying real attention when it gets to the Sweet 16. Like, I want the wheat, separate the chaps.
So you don't like the weekend that everybody likes. Right. Because this is the one... Thursday, Friday's it, baby. I mean, this is the one where you just get games, games, games, games, games, games. I know. They slow down after the first weekend.
I don't need that many games, you know? And I think Cinderella is a fallacy in the NCAA. Like, the 16 beating the one...
has happened what three times in history like like i don't rely on that i i want good teams survivors you know when it gets under the sweet 16 certainly in the elite eight that's when i really start dialing in it just i love when there's so many games that you're trying to figure out do i have true tv i don't know where is it it's like oh it's channel 374 it's like i didn't even know that what's on there
Time-honored tradition of seeing impractical jokers promos headed into every break.
Literally, I woke up on my couch at 2 a.m. this morning because I had fallen asleep. Attaboy. And practical jokers on. It was great. What show's that?
It's these four guys.
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Chapter 3: Is women's college basketball gaining more popularity?
Well, now three guys. He'll find out soon enough. Well, no, because they're not going to be on true TV by the time he starts watching.
It's amazing that he doesn't know about it just because of like once a year we all get inundated with impractical Joker's ads.
Maybe he's just watching the women's tournament because that one's on mostly ESPN.
I'll tell you what, and I'm not alone, and it wasn't just Caitlin Clark either or Angel Reese, but last year was the first year that that I personally was as interested or more interested in the women's NCAAs than the men's. I just found it more compelling. The storylines were better. And this year, I was thinking it would fall off the table because Caitlin was gone.
This year, I think the moment, Jessica, what do you think? I think the momentum of the women's game has sustained. I think it's as good as last year.
I'm not a father, but I can attest to that. I read that ESPN women's basketball ratings were up this season, so still climbing, which is something that I said last year when everyone's like, oh, after Kaitlyn Clark goes to WNBA, no one's going to watch anymore, blah, blah, blah. No. It's still interesting. I think this year is going to be great because there's a lot of teams that could win.
There's a lot of stars. Juju Watkins, yes, is a star. Paige Beckers is a star. Hannah Hidalgo, Olivia Miles are stars. Lauren Betts. There's a ton of household names in women's basketball.
Cameron Brink. From where I'm standing. She's in the W, but she is also a star. Good try.
Poor ACL. She's on the comeback tour now, though.
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Chapter 4: What is the 'Don't Look Now' game segment about?
He knows one Duke player.
The story of the tournament is Cooper Flagg. Will he play in the opener? Should they hold him out until the round of 16? How are they going to handle that?
I think women's college basketball is easier to follow. I think they do a better job of marketing their stars. And also, there's fewer teams that have a legit chance to win the championship. And they're actually, I think, fairly covered well.
uh in the sport it's it's unavoidable if you follow sports to know exactly what South Carolina is doing what Juju Watkins is doing what what the top upper echelon of stars are doing in that sport whereas college basketball feels a little bit more random you know the Cooper flags of the world but the teams that have a real chance it's it's you know there's there's just more of them so I for that reason I can kind of tangentially follow women's college basketball much easier than I can follow the men's game
Yeah, and I think the rise in the women's game has been just magnificent in the last few years. I can only speak for myself. There was a time when it was all about the men's tournament for me. I barely paid any attention to the women's tournament. Now I think of them as comparable competitions, every bit as good as each other. So it's go women. It's been great.
Greg, so you're going to not be watching tomorrow. I actually love that. You know why? Don't look now. What? We got... Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Sorry, I shouldn't have said that. I shouldn't have said that. It's time for a new game. Don't look now.
This is where you close your eyes, Dad.
Yeah, Greg, do not look. No peeking.
Yeah, don't look. Love how you had to put down your coffee to not look.
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Chapter 5: How did the 'Looky Here' segment come to be?
Were you hiding in the bathroom?
I was ashamed.
I was sinking into my own shame. Well, Dan, don't look now, but after re-signing T. Higgins and Jamar Chase, Joe Burrow said, we've got the right guys. Wow, what a comment.
What else is he going to say? Great quote. What else is he going to say?
Is it a great quote?
Is it a great quote? Very succinct. Dad, if your eyes are clearly open but just being blocked by a piece of paper, that's looking.
I'm not looking at a piece of paper.
He's not looking, Chris. It's giving me Miami Heat, the power of friendship vibes. I know you have the right guys on offense, but that wasn't the problem.
Yeah, exactly. Don't look now. BG, Brandon Graham officially retires from the Eagles. Wow. 15 years in the NFL. Why can't we look at that? Be respectful, Dan.
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