PMS 2.0 1308 - NCAA Conference Tournaments in Full Swing, Ian Rapoport, Shams Charania, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 131 minutes

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On today’s show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about all the difference NCAA Conference Tournaments that are underway and how March madness is almost officially here as we’ve already gotten several buzzer beaters and marquee matchups across these tournaments. They also discuss how the NFL world is still awaiting Aaron Rodgers’ decision, and what else is happening around the NFL. Joining the progrum to wrap up all the different free agent signings and where we stand right now with Aaron Rodgers, Cooper Kupp, and a few other players is NFL Network Senior Insider, Ian Rapoport. Later, ESPN Senior NBA Insider, Shams Charania joins the show to chat about the happenings in the NBA including Zion Williamson finally playing to the best of his capabilities, the Warriors and Cavs recent success, the Utah Jazz getting fined by the NBA for what could potentially be considered “tanking,” and Tom Thibodeau’s usage of his starters and if that’s going to change at all after Mikal Bridges recent comments. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. See you tomorrow. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our humble abode.
0:04.6	The Thunderdown on this Feel Good Friday, March 14, 2025.
0:09.8	This program starts now.
0:13.3	Sports!
0:14.1	Our fantastic, and obviously, we're incredibly lucky that we could talk about them every single day.
0:19.2	On this Feel Good Friday, our job is to do one thing.
0:21.6	That is to thrust you into a weekend of March, madness, magic, that is going to be stupendous.
0:26.6	And one weekend that's going to be better than the others.
0:29.6	You know why?
0:30.6	Because it's the next weekend.
0:31.6	The term Friday is one that is supposed to be celebrated.
0:34.6	It's the end of a long work week. Now to the service industry, I know it's just getting started for you guys. We appreciate everything you're about to do. But for all of us, let's
0:41.6	understand that today is supposed to be a great day, especially with the weather being like 71
0:46.0	degrees here in middle of America, with two days ahead of us of great sports, including golf
0:51.9	that's about to show up. Hockey's going to be out there, basketball,
0:55.0	college, and in the NBA. And if you look on ESPN news during the day, during the weekend,
1:00.4	you might see something like tire wrestling or dodgeball. You might be able to go out and get some
1:04.7	fresh air, touch some grass. Let's go and have the greatest weekend of all time. And today,
1:09.7	we're going to try to make sure that is an easier thing to do. We have Ian Rappaport joining us in about nine minutes for the weekly wrap up with Rapsheet and friends. Us being the friends, he being Rapsheet. We cannot wait to chitch out with him. The numbers have been out on how much money has been spent on this first five days of the free agency period. Spoiler, it's over $4.5 billion in contracts.
1:28.9	Whoa. That is so much money. Now, a lot of these contracts, the big number is all fugues.
1:33.0	You know, because potentially in there is you've got to solve a world's mystery and what is it.
1:38.9	You have to do all those things. You have to get to the bottom of it to get any of those money.
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