Do You Celebrate St. Patrick's Day? + March Madness

Reese and Alex discuss the NC State asketball, the First Four and more.

The NCAA First Four takes place this week and officially begins the 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The games are played tonight and tomorrow night at the University of Dayton Arena and feature eight teams competing for four spots in the main 64-team bracket. Tonight, the UMBC Retrievers men's basketball play the Howard Bison men's basketball, and the winner will move on to face the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball. Then the Texas Longhorns men's basketball take on the NC State Wolfpack men's basketball. Tomorrow night, the Prairie View A&M Panthers men's basketball face the Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball then later that night, the Miami RedHawks men's basketball face the SMU Mustangs men's basketball, with the winner advancing to play the Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball in the next round. The winners of these games will advance to the main tournament bracket and continue their March Madness run when the Round of 64 begins later in the week. Did NC State earn their positioning in the NCAA Tournament First Four? Should they have been a higher seed or missed the tournament altogether?

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