PMS 2.0 1309 - St. Paddy's March Madness Monday With Darius Butler, Rick Pitino, Greg Sankey, Tom Izzo, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 157 minutes

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On today’s show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about the NCAA Tournament field being set and some of the controversy surrounding which teams got in and which teams didn’t including West Virginia getting snubbed and North Carolina making it with their Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham being the Selection Committee Chair. They also cover Derek Stingley Jr. becoming the highest paid CB in the NFL and resetting the market, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins getting paid, Cooper Kupp and Sam Darnold’s respective deals with the Seahawks, and more. Joining the show to chat about his career, the tournament as a whole, and why coaching in his hometown is so special is the Head Coach of the St. John’s Red Storm, one of the GOAT’s, Rick Pitino. Next, the commissioner of the SEC, Greg Sankey joins the show to chat about his league’s success this year and setting the record with 14 teams getting into the tournament, how he thinks they’ll fare in the tournament, the SEC’s success in sports as a whole, conference realignment, how he’s going to manage being in attendance for so many teams competing, and more. Later, another one of the GOAT’s, Michigan State Head Coach, Tom Izzo to chat about his team this year and what they need to do to cut down the nets, the incident against Michigan on MSU’s Senior Night, his love for football, how things have changed over the course of his time as Head Coach of Michigan State, what he loves about Michigan State, how he would describe his culture, and more. 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, the Thunderdown, on this St. Patty's Madness Monday, March 17, 2025.
0:10.0	This program starts now.
0:13.0	Paddy!
0:15.0	That's right, a lad from Ireland way back in the day who eliminated all the snakes from Ireland. We celebrate the
0:22.0	shit out of him today. Happy St. Patrick's Day to everybody on earth. Obviously, it's a holiday
0:27.7	that is supposed to revolve around having a good time, celebrating life, and maybe having a booze
0:32.5	cocktail or two. Maybe a little green beer, maybe smoke a little green tree, have the time of
0:36.9	your life. And in memory of not only St. Patrick, but your Irish friends who like to enjoy the shit out of life. Now, I'm not saying life is always good for the Irish have done for the United States of America. I think people would have a lot more respect for what the Irish have done and what they've built
0:55.9	and who they fought for and how they fought for
0:58.0	this particular country.
0:59.2	But on this St. Patrick's Day, all we say is cilantro.
1:02.6	And we hope you all get a chance to enjoy life
1:04.8	for a little bit in honor of your Irish brethren.
1:07.9	Now, with that being said, we decided to stay
1:10.8	in the blue collar jeans,
1:12.4	and we have two Italians on today, okay? Two of the greatest Italians in sports history.
1:18.1	Coach Izzo of Michigan State, greatness, icon obviously, for the Spartans. We'll be joining us
1:23.6	in the next hour. And the godfather of New York, Coach Patino of St. John's, Johnnies.
1:29.4	The rise of a red storm on Vice is currently electrifying. He'll be joining us about 19 minutes or
1:34.5	so. And then at 1240, we'll have the commissioner of the SEC, Greg Shanky. Okay, he's got 14 teams
1:41.0	in the tournament. Nobody's pumped. That's a record in the history of the tourney.
1:47.0	How many teams did they have like 10 years ago?
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