But Alabama and Texas, to me, both have Final Four talent. I would never say never. Virginia is in the midst of contact tracing and quarantining right now. Sorry we could not verify that email address. It really is a great story. I know I went to Baylor, I went to Texas, I went to Kentucky, but I also did games from Charlotte. Ill give you one other 5-12 game. Hes been a big scorer for them and he can be a little bit streaky, but when he has a good game they have a good game, and I like him. However, I think Alabama and Texas talent is at another level. Cade Cunningham was locked in pic.twitter.com/Y4FiOh3tXl, Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 13, 2021. I say it all the time, but this isnt a four-out-of-seven like the NBA or the NHL this is one game. After graduating from the University of Western Ontario where he dabbled in broadcasting, doing radio calls for the schools hockey and football teams a 22-year-old Shulman Theyre so good offensively. No, I like the traditional way because a team like Gonzaga has earned the right to play out west and have an arena full of Gonzaga fans, but theyre not going to have that this year. I think theyre great. Alabama plays fast, shoots threes, are tough to prepare for, and Texas has great talent great length up front and incredibly experienced guards. And, listen, its always a great tournament we know that and I hope the 68 teams that are there are able to compete and that a champion will be crowned because I still think itll be a great tournament. So I think thats a really tough second-round matchup for Illinois, and if they get through that then theyre going to play either Oklahoma State or Tennessee, and Oklahoma State is the one school where Im hearing more than any other that they were under-seeded. Dan Shulman is one of the most well-known sportscasters in the world. Listen, its going to be cool to have games in Mackey Arena, in Assembly Hall, in Hinkle Fieldhouse thats really cool but its different this year. ET and the Round of 64 starting in earnest Friday, its time for an annual tradition: our conversation on all things March Madness with Dan Shulman. You can shut down Timme, and [Jalen] Suggs, whos going to be a top three or four pick, can just take over. We talked to the veteran broadcaster about every region of the NCAA tournament, his players to watch, and who he sees going all the way. The first three or four weeks of the season I went down to the U.S., and I did about seven or eight games. They just went toe-to-toe with Illinois in the Big Ten championship game and took them to overtime and that was without Kyle Young, one of their key players up front. He currently serves as the voice of MLB on ESPN Radio, along with working with Dick Vitale on Saturday Primetime college basketball games, a duty he will add for the 2007 season. 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