PMS 2.0 1315 - Sweet 16 Preview, MLB Opening Day, Koa Peat Makes His College Commitment, Seth Greenberg, NCAA Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Wyatt Hendrickson, & Jeff Passan

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 172 minutes

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On today’s show, Pat and the boys preview the Sweet 16 games tonight, chat about MLB Opening Day, and discuss all the biggest news stories happening around the NFL as Russell Wilson had his introductory press conference as a New York Giant. Joining the show to make his college commitment is top 10 basketball recruit in the 2025 class, Koa Peat. Next, long time college basketball coach, 2x ACC coach of the Year, and ESPN College Basketball analyst, Seth Greenberg joins the show to chat about tonight’s Sweet 16 games, which teams he thinks are playing with the most momentum right now, how difficult some of these coaches jobs are with the transfer portal being open while they’re trying to prepare for a tournament game, and some of his best plays for the night. Later, NCAA Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, 3x All-American, and current second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, Wyatt Hendrickson joins the show to chat about his experience winning the National Championship over Gable Steveson, his military commitments, what he’s going to do now, and his mindset going into that final match with Steveson. Later, ESPN MLB Insider Jeff Passan joins the show to chat about about MLB Opening Day, why everyone hates the Dodgers right now, the issues with the Pittsburgh Pirates, his thoughts on the Yankees this year, and why the American League is a toss up this year. 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. We’re off the next two days for the NCAA Tournament. Enjoy all the games, we’ll see you Monday. 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 Thunderdome.
0:05.9	On this Sweet 16 Thursday, March 27, 2025, this program starts now.
0:12.9	Sports.
0:13.8	Our happening all around us, and obviously yesterday we had a LeBronversation that caused conversation around the entire sports world.
0:21.6	And we are incredibly lucky to be the ones that were able to, you know, seemingly showcase the side of LeBron that not a lot of people have ever seen ourselves included.
0:31.6	There's been a lot of reaction. You know, I think a lot of people who said, holy hell, LeBron is a human.
0:35.6	What about the, I think, never really, but he seems
0:39.4	to be a normal dude somehow after having 22 years in the NBA, let alone more than half of his
0:46.3	life being publicized for every single moment he's made, somehow has remained a guy who could
0:52.0	sit down in a room of people he does not know and have a normal
0:56.0	conversation and react in ways that any one of us or any of our friends would be able to
1:01.7	now there is a difference he's six foot nine sure he's 215 pounds he's one of the most
1:09.7	successful sports stars in the history of the world he's one of the most successful sports stars in the history of the world.
1:12.6	He's one of the most popular humans
1:14.4	in the history of the world.
1:17.3	He's one of the most successful
1:18.5	humans. Definitely.
1:20.4	In the history of the world.
1:21.4	For sure.
1:22.6	Came from Section 8 housing all the way to this.
1:25.3	One of the biggest American dream stories
1:26.9	in the history of the world
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