Hour 3: Possible Las Vegas NBA Team Name Power Rankings, plus ESPN’s Andraya Carter

23:49That's, you know, that's hard. I would maybe go LSU or Michigan. Michigan is a tough team. The discipline that they play with offensively, how they play defensively. I mean, they've got three sophomores that are phenomenal scorers. The issue is I don't know if they have the size to compete with Texas. I mean, Texas is such a big team. They can dominate the glass. LSU, their guards are phenomenal. They're so much fun to watch. But, again, Lauren Betts in her size. You have Sienna Betts, who's 6 '4", coming off the bench. But, you know, to me, I would maybe go with, if I had to choose out of the two seats, maybe give Michigan a chance against Texas.

24:34Rich Eisen:Well, I mean, Michigan and UConn played an excellent game, a barn burner early on in the season. UCLA went into Ann Arbor and took care of business there. And Silas Swords is an outstanding basketball player. Yes, Sila's incredible. You know, her freshman year when she came on the scene and played South Carolina and just played with so much confidence, I was like, who is this kid? But it shows that she played a very high level of basketball before she got to college. So she's fun to watch. Mila Holloway, Olivia Olsen, those players to me are very tough. I enjoy watching Michigan play. Yeah, me too.

25:14Rich Eisen:But I'm biased when it comes down to that. I have Andrea Carter here on the Rich Eisen show. So do you have in your bracket all four one seeds advancing? I do. I do have all four one seeds, which hasn't happened that often, as often as people think it has. I want to say one of our researchers told me it's only happened four times, but I do have all of them advancing to the final four. I will say I like Tennessee's bracket. I like the region that they're in. I like their shot of at least redeeming the way that their season ended. I don't have Tennessee all the way to the final four, but I think if they can use what they went through, the gauntlet of a schedule in February, if they can use that to pull together.

26:00And I do think they can win a few games in this tournament, which I was excited when I saw that. Not as an analyst, as a former Lady Vol. Of course. That may be happy.

26:10Rich Eisen:Well, I want to get to something on that before we move on. So who do you have cutting down the nets? I've got Connecticut winning it all. I do. I have them going back to back. That'll be 13 for them, Andrea. I know. And I was, I was actually looking at the numbers. So it's, let me, it's, what was it? 20, 24 final fours, 12 national championships, six undefeated seasons for Gino and Yukon. And I just have all of those going up by one, which is, yeah, it just speaks to the excellence of that program. But when I think about Yukon, And I know a lot of people have talked about how they're not battle tested this season.

26:48I've watched UConn's practices and actually just spent some time here with Brianna Stewart at the Reese's campaign. And she talks about how Gino battle tests them every day. And we were watching UConn shoot around and practice before their game against Louisville. We covered that game and the amount of times that he blew his whistle, made him stop down, made him restart. and the way that the players just handled it and rolled with it. Whatever he said, good or bad, they were like, okay, next play. Okay, let's move on. And they were ready to go, which I feel like is how they handle adversity in the games.

27:22So to me, what Gino puts them through, but also how difficult I imagine Sarah Strong is to game plan against because of her versatility, plus the pieces around her, the shooting of AZ FUD and just everyone really knowing their roles roles and them having such a system on both ends. I have you gone all the way.

27:43Rich Eisen:Andrea Carter here on the Rich Eisen show. Did Gino ever try to recruit you or no? I was recruited to UConn, but Shay Ralph actually recruited me to Connecticut. It's actually a funny story. When she got the job at Vanderbilt, I was covering football at the time. I had a Vanderbilt football game, but I went to watch women's practice and I was talking to Shay Ralph and she I was like, hey, I'm Andrea Carter. And she was like, I remember recruiting you. She was on her way to watch my state championship game when I was in high school. She said she got snowed out. Her flight didn't take off. So she missed the game.

28:22I won the state championship and I committed to Tennessee the next day. And that was a funny story that she told me. But I loved Connecticut and Tennessee were by far the top two schools for me. and ended up going with Tennessee. I committed at a young age. It was the perfect distance from home and had my heart for a while.

28:42Rich Eisen:What's your favorite Pat Summitt story? Favorite is hard, but honestly, the one that just always comes to my mind when I think about Pat. So my first call with Pat, it was the fall of my freshman year, and we had a phone call, and I was so nervous. I had to call her. She couldn't call me just because of recruiting rules. And so I'm so young. And when I used to get nervous, I would start to cry like my eye. I would just get so anxious. So I'm in tears calling Pat on the phone and she answers and I say, Hey, Coach Summit, it's Andrea Carter. And she said, Hey, player Andrea, you can call me Pat.

29:21and just sort of immediately brought me, you know, brought herself down to my level and just was like, call me Pat and just made it so comfortable when I was already more nervous than you could ever imagine to talk to her on the phone. She also gave me her autograph when I was young. She was at a tournament recruiting and my teammates forced me to go say hi to her. And she was just so kind and wasn't recruiting me at the time. Probably didn't even know who I was, But those things to me stand out when I just think about Pat and, you know, obviously Pat, Deja Charles, Furlough. We miss them both so much.

29:59And yeah, that was that was great. I have a lot of good memories with her, but they're more the person that she was than the coach that she was. And I'm very thankful for that.

30:10Rich Eisen:What do you think she would think of the state of the women's game today, Andrea? You know, that's hard to say. I think I would hope that she would like the competitiveness and, you know, the skill across the board and how talented these women are and how much these women are being paid and moving the needle and how brands are investing in the women's game. You know, she did so much to grow the women's game. No doubt. And I think the amount of eyes and attention that these women get, rightfully so, for how talented and good that they are, I think that that would be something she would be really proud of because it's something that she helped build.

30:54Rich Eisen:Would she have a podcast now? Probably, probably. The Pat Summit show? Something like that. Okay. I never know. You already mentioned Breonna Stewart's name. Tyrese Halliburton, Richard Jefferson also. So the I guess the starting for for the everything happens for a Reese's March Madness campaign. What's this about? Yeah, you know, the idea behind it is there's no perfect brackets like every bracket bus. And this year, this season, if you're you fill out a bracket and your bracket bus, you can send in your busted bracket into Reese's with the hashtag for Reese's sweeps. and you have the chance to win Reese's, which is great, but also a chance to win tickets to the men's or women's Final Four in Championship game.

31:47So just the idea that there's no perfect brackets, fill yours out to the best of your ability. It can be heartbreaking when your bracket busts, but there's also a little bit of a reward if your bracket busts this season, thanks to Reese's.

32:00Rich Eisen:Could you imagine you want to win this Reese's prize and it's the first time your bracket doesn't bust? That would really suck. You know what I mean? Of all the years to get a perfect bracket. My goodness. And so every back, every bracket busts for a Reese's dot com is how you can enter for this competition. Right. You you got a men's bracket you want to talk about here, Andrea. I do. I have a men's bracket. That one sometimes because I, you know, I cover the women's tournament and I dive so deep and truly thinking about the teams. I know I cover men's college basketball all season long up until tournament time.

32:39And then I get to solely focus on the women. But for me, sometimes with the men's bracket, I like to go with my heart. Like that's where I think about, you know, we could potentially get Patino against Coach Cal or this superstar freshman against this superstar freshman. And so my bracket, I'm obviously like Tennessee is going to go all the way. I have a little more fun with my men's bracket with my heart, going with my gut, going with big storylines that we would all love to see. So that's that's really how I fill out my men's bracket.

33:09Rich Eisen:If I'm being completely honest, I would just love UConn to play UCLA in the round of 32 just to see if both guys, both coaches get ejected by yelling at each other. You know what I mean? That's the type of stuff I'm talking about. Good TV. You know what I mean? Hurley and Cronin. Maybe they eject each other. Yes. That might be the most... I don't want to say the word emotional, but I don't think either of them would mind that because they're so passionate and fired up. That would be the matchup. So you have Tennessee winning it all? Cutting down the nets in the men's bracket? Yeah, I do. Go Vols, baby.

33:49Okay.

33:50Rich Eisen:Well, I hope you don't mind me saying since that's Michigan's. They're in Michigan's. Both the men and women are in Michigan's side of the bracket. Yeah. What is it with this? Pitting us against each other. We actually should. Do you want to have a little side moment? Maybe we can involve Reese's in a little side bet between me and you. I just don't. I'm up for that. Absolutely. On the women's side, though, you've got to go into Ann Arbor and come out with that win. that's the difference on that front um and then on the other front you've got to make the elite eight for that to take on my school if that if i remember correctly we could potentially see virginia we being tennessee if i'm thinking about the bracket right who tennessee could potentially have to go through and that's sweet 16 would be virginia tennessee if it's chalk chalk um now actually that's around a 32 if it's chalk um if it's chalk if it if you you know go non-chalk there you'd probably have to take on either iowa state or kentucky yeah after that to make the elite eight to take on michigan so listen i know this is the first time you've been on this show so i'm sorry to do this but it's school pride here uh with tennessee having to go into ann arbor to take on the women and tennessee having to get through all of that to take on Michigan in the Elite Eight, based on your campaign for coming on here, I think you might have the better chance of having a busted bracket than me and getting the Reese's, if you don't mind me saying, Andrea.

35:26In that, then I'd still win, although my Tennessee heart would be broken. I'd get more orange and more reward with Reese's. So at least there's orange involved for me, no matter what takes place.

35:41Rich Eisen:Just know this, that if these matchups happen, you'll hear from me. We have the same representation, so I know where to find you. And just know that if you're bracket bus for Reese's, you get Reese's and you also get to sing Rocky Top for me. So there we go. Okay. So you have to sing the Victors and Reese's for me, right? Is that what you got to do? There we go. Okay. I like it. This is for both the men and women? Is that what you're saying? Correct. Yeah. Let's do it. I look forward to the next time you're on the show, which is probably on Monday, what it looks like. Start researching the lyrics for Rocky Top.

36:22I'll send them to you, actually. I'll have Ryan get Rocky Top to you.

36:27Rich Eisen:Sounds good. I look forward to that. In the meantime, I appreciate you coming on here and chopping it up. Thanks, Andrea. Thanks for having me. Andrea Carter right here on The Rich Eisen Show, getting set to sing the victors while eating a Reese's. Well, there ain't no phone calls on Rocky Top, from what I'm told.

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38:01Rich Eisen:Back here on the Rich Eisen Show, everybody. 844-204-RICH is the number to dial right here on the program. Let's take another phone call here. David in Ohio wants to chime in. What's up, David? Hey, what's up, Rich? I got a comment on the Masters dinner that Rory came up with. I think he's missing one important meal, and that's Rory, macaroni and cheese. Hey, I like it. macaroni and cheese okay i like it wow macaroni okay okay but i i just thank you david it's it's a very bermanism way of looking at it i like it how about our friend there he goes how about our friend austin saying it's gonna be a six-figure dinner that's a six-figure dinner i mean that guy would know 70k just for the wine alone that is somebody uh sent out somebody sent out on on our feed as well a bubble watson had basically he had he had caesar salad chicken and a dessert and that's it that's really simple that's weak i don't know if that's true or not you never know what's what's real or not anymore but i'll find it you know yeah bubble watson uh in 2013 caesar salad grilled chicken breast green beans mashed potatoes mac and cheese cornbread right away cake That's it.

39:26Rich Eisen:Done. Confetti cake. That's you. That's me. What would be your menu? Oh, I have no idea. What do you mean? I just came up with one off the top of my head. You said it was just like Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods kept it super basic with cheeseburgers and I think tenders. But got to do a steak. Got to do some sort of fish option for those who don't do the red meat. I love a Caesar salad. I love chicken parm. Got to go cake and ice cream for dessert. Let's go. You know what pops up every now and then in my timeline was the interview, I guess, Tiger Woods did with Curtis Strange from when he was like a teenager.

40:01Rich Eisen:And Curtis like scoffed at his notion for wanting to win every tournament. Like sort of like, that's cute, young man, but welcome to the tour. You have a lot to learn. And then, oh my God, then he schools everybody. I think that was before maybe his first start. Is that one of the most freezing cold interviews that can ever be repeated? He basically laughed at Tiger. Yeah, for saying, look, I'm going to try to win every week. And Tiger's like, I come from a place where I want to win every week. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, and he basically said some second place is not bad every now and then. He goes, you know what?

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41:12Rich Eisen:Terms and conditions apply. Let's go back to the phone lines. Blake in Michigan. That's line two, Mikey. Line two. What's up, Blake? Hey, how's it going, guys? What up, man? What's happening? Cracking. Hey, I wanted to talk about the Miami-Ohio Redhawks. Nice. And I got good news for you. I don't think you're going to have to sing Rocky Top. I think they win tonight. I think that they beat Tennessee in the first round. I got them in the Sweet 16. I was curious what your guys' thoughts were on Miami. Going from the first four to the Sweet 16, that's a very Syracuse thing to do, as we keep on pointing out, right?

41:47Rich Eisen:Didn't they do that one year? We did do that one year, yeah. It doesn't happen too often. um they got a chip for sure i would listen blake i i would hope so i i really would you know um i'm up from action number one number two um boy are they they're they're gonna have a lot looking at them just like the you know with all due respect the james madison um entry into the college football playoffs right you know what i mean absolutely like where everyone's looking at, like, what are you doing here? What are you going to do with your opportunity when there's some supposed blue blood sitting there waiting, you know?

42:29Absolutely. I think that that offense is just unmatched. I think that they're going to come in firing tonight and make a run. I'm from up here in Upper Michigan. You know, I'm from where Tom Izzo's from. Oh, Iron Mountain. Yeah, I'm in Iron Mountain right now watching the show.

42:47Rich Eisen:Say hi to Mariucci's jersey number for me. Newper. I sure will. I also want to give a quick shout out to my dad. He watches your show every day. It was his birthday yesterday. I'm sure he's going to see this clip and be ecstatic. Nice. Thanks for your time. What's your dad's name? Yeah, what's his name? Mark. Mark? Mark. Happy birthday, Mark. Happy birthday, Mark. Very good. I like it. They're in Iron Mountain, Michigan. And the Upper Peninsula. Yeah. Yeah, if Miami of Ohio does not perform well, it'll be all in on anybody else, like Indiana's of the world. Bruce Pearl will be sitting there angry like somebody's woke.

43:24You know?

43:27Rich Eisen:Let's go back to the phone lines here. Matt in Scranton, Pennsylvania. What's up, Matt? Hey, what's going on, Rich? What's going on, man? Nothing. My question is about the Philadelphia Eagles. So, earlier in the year, you told us to relax. And I'm just wondering, when is it time to stop relaxing? When do we kind of get the pressure is kind of building up, I feel like, you know? Pressure? You won it two years ago. What are you talking about? I understand that. How old, Matt? Matt, hold on a second. You hear what Stoutland said about, like, he wasn't asked about the running game. You hear all the stuff about A.J.

44:04Brown.

44:06Rich Eisen:doesn't matt sound young enough to make our guy jake sound like wilford brimley how old are you young 31 31 okay okay okay listen matt you've seen three superbowls in your lifetime two of them wins you know so i'm not saying that i'm not saying you should settle i bet that's wrong of me to say here but bottom line is you you you're going into this draft knowing that your guy knows how to draft and you go into this summer knowing that your team has a great chance to win a division and catch fire go on a run and win it all again i mean how many thanks to the call matt tell me how many teams are in that position where they know their general manager knows how to draft with the draft choices that they have and be aggressive and smart about being aggressive to win now with a team that can win now.

45:03Rich Eisen:Let's name the teams. Rams. Rams are one of them right off the top of my head. 49ers or another, right? 49ers. Okay. Although, you know, Niners haters will be like, well, aren't they the ones who drafted Trey Lance years ago? Chiefs. Chiefs are another one. but you you think the chiefs can win it all though right uh it seems like they're in that position every year new england's one of them again elway's did a good job the last couple years ravens fans feel this way i think packers i think so right do you cowboys fans feel that way no all right don't believe in the in the grocery shopper and uh don't think you can win it all i I mean, winning it.

45:48Rich Eisen:Okay, got it. Seattle does now. Seattle does. So we've named six teams, right? The Eagles are one of them. Correct? Yep. Chargers? We've got to see it to believe it, right? Yeah, no. Are we saying that they— Where the fans go, like, we have a chance to win it because we've seen it and we know it. And our general manager is going to draft well and supplement everything that we have right now to win it and do it. a literal handful of teams. Maybe you're barely hitting the second hand. Yeah. So Eagles fans, that's why I tell them to relax. I tell them to relax. Let them be miserable. Who cares? I know that's how you feel.

46:30Rich Eisen:I know that's how you feel about it. Lots of us feel like that. But trust the process and know that you've got a chance. You know you can't say that in Philly, Rick. Can it fall? I know. You cannot say that. I shouldn't say that. All right. trust in Howie and also know that the team two years ago won it all two years before that almost won it all and what four or five years before that did win it all are the Bears creeping into that conversation I think Rich don't you think once you know you have the quarterback it kind of just makes you feel understood you know right and I know if the Eagles fans deep down feel like they still don't have the quarterback I know that's crazy I think they believe that, yeah.

47:13Rich Eisen:That wraps up this edition of the Rich Eisen Show. We'll set up the rest of the week for you best we can when we come back on TV. Thanks for listening to the Rich Eisen Show podcast. You can watch and listen to the Rich Eisen Show live weekdays from noon to 3 Eastern on ESPN Radio, Disney Plus, and on the ESPN app. The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast.

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