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2012: Virginia (Rd. of 64)
2011: FSU (Sweet 16), Alabama (NIT title game)
2010: FSU (Rd. of 64), USC (no postseason)
2009: Washington State (First Round NIT), Stephen F. Austin (Rd. of 64)
2008: None
2007: Illinois (Rd. of 64), UConn (no postseason)
2006: Iowa (Rd. of 64), Washington State (no postseason), Southern Illinois (Rd. of 64)
2005: Washington State (no postseason), Iowa State (Rd. of 32), Minnesota (Rd. of 64)
2004: None
2003: Oklahoma State (Rd. of 32)

16 teams, 1 Sweet 16, 2 round of 32, 7 first round, 4 no postseason, 1 1st round NIT, one NIT title game

It’s 2013, and all the haters who said we couldn’t make it this far are either eating crow, or dead by the hand Mayans. The reunion of the Walk-Ons is finally here, and we’re talking about all the college hoops that happened while we were gone. Kentucky-Louisville? Yep. Minnesota-Michigan State? YES. Cincinnati, Indiana, Cuse, Pitt, Zags, Illini, and a resurgent UCLA??? YOU BETCHA, AMIGO. Good times abound as we cover a lot of personal and professional ground in this hour. Bless your heart for listening, and happy 2013.

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Today we’re talking about the perils of the Big East, looking forward to the weekend, and exposing my total ignorance of important rock music. Also, what’s the deal with other people named Matt Jones, Ben Swain, and Shane Ryan? Why are they on the Internet? Get those fools outta here.

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Crazy girls, neutral court games, endorsing Kentucky watches, and the weekend in basketball are all discussed in this episode. What did the mechanical frog say? Rivet, rivet. Or Robot, robot.

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Together, we are helping each other come through the arid December lull dividing the lush jungles of November and the cool waters of January. Today we’re talking about the recruitment of Andrew Wiggins, the sexy-ness of the word co-ed, whether we made the right decision podcasting instead of becoming start basketball players, and, of course, Matt’s romantic history with a WWE diva. We also count down the top ten games of the weekend and discuss which of the top teams have the most “upside” as we march toward March. It’s a feel-good episode. In the advent calendar of the Walk-Ons, this episode is the caramel chocolate.

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This is the sick episode. Like Jordan Hulls, we are all heart. Some moxie. Not much gumption, but then, there’s a shortage on.

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Ben is recovering from a cold that leaves his voice more husky than usual, and the Walk-Ons are in rare form while discussing the continued realigment landscape. Matt is convinced Duke and UNC are bound for the SEC or Big Ten, while Shane and Ben aren’t so sure. When they agree to disagree, it’s time to talk about Duke’s win over OSU, who should be no. 1, and Kentucky’s flat play against Notre Dame. There’s also a quick look ahead to the weekend games. In between, we touch on Forrest Gump, Ben’s first date with his current wife, Matt’s best first date ever involving the Counting Crows, the similarity between Valentine’s Day and a Frasier episode, and other verbal shenanigans. It’s a crackler, this ‘un. It should be noted here that Matt is one of the few Americans to pronounce the word “what” correctly.

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It’s a wild and wooly show today, as we invite Galen Clavio from Crimson Cast to join us in the first ever Walk-Ons/Crimson Cast Challenge. The deal is that all four Crimson Casters (a great podcast out of Indiana that airs on Sundays and Wednesdays), pick all 12 ACC/Big 10 games, while the three of us do the same. We recruited a ringer from twitter named Pistol Pat O’Sullivan to be our fourth, and whoever gets the most picks right wins the day. (You can view everybody’s picks on this spreadsheet). We discuss all the ACC home games with Galen- Shane joined Crimson Cast to cover the Big Ten home games on Sunday– and then Matt, Ben, and Shane get down and dirty with UCLA, N.C. State, Duke’s new ranking, Kentucky’s development, Shane’s hipster love for Creighton and Gonzaga, and Sean Woods’ furious approach to life and basketball. Also, Matt’s radio show was hijacked by Islamic terrorists who MAY have been financed or tacitly supported by Rick Pitino. Lots of ground covered, lots of love, lots of emotion. “Buffalo” by The Deloreans is our music once again. There is an Easter Egg at the end of this podcast.

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It’s a big day in Walk-On land as Ben and I sip Angry Orchard ciders and talk to Matt (he’s drinking diet Mountain Dew) about Shabazz Muhammad’s first game, John Thompson III’s coaching ability, Marcus Smart embarrassing Wolfpack Nation in Puerto Rico, and Maryland taking its violence and rage to the Big Ten. Spike, of course, chimes in as our official Pac-12 correspondent, with some strong opinions on Shabazz and UCLA’s potential. We also hit our Bleacher Report quote of the week and Gilbert Gottfried jokes of the day, and Matt shows us a picture of John Calipari eating chicken on a recliner. We take questions and statements from email, twitter, and two listener voicemails, one psychopathic and one very…”South Carolinian.” Matt even brings a sociological perspective when he explains why Maryland fans are the worst. Some questions remain- what’s happening in Matt’s love life? Where is Aruba? Is an assassin coaching Mississippi State? Today’s music is “Buffalo” by The Deloreans, an awesome group out of Louisville.

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What a show. What an amazing show. On the basketball side, Ben and I do some verbal flopping as Matt comes to terms with UK’s loss to Duke. We hit on the Florida-Wisconsin and Kansas-Michigan State games, and then we preview the early season tournaments on Matt’s “Would Go/Would Watch/Will Ignore” scale. On the non-basketball side, we talk about Matt’s love life and how it relates to a pair of missing shoes, we interview coaching legend JOHN WOODEN (he’s concerned that Nerlens Noel might have lice), revisit Hootie & The Blowfish memories, check out AXS.TV’s sick lineup of Dan Rather and JAG, and have a serious discussion about whether it was cool for a newspaper writer to imply that Alex Murphy might transfer. A real sparkplug of a show. The Kathy Griffin of shows, even. Bonus John Wooden footage (soundage?) after the closing song. Time stamps below.

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Time Stamps:

1:00 – Verbal flopping
1:45 – Calipari’s flopping comments
4:45 – Tales of Dickie V
5:40 – Shane & Matt meet in person. Oh GOD.
7:20 – Matt’s relations with the rest of the media (his drinks get sent back)
9:20 – NEW TWITTER ACCOUNT! Ben is psyched for dick pics
11:11 – Shane’s experience with Lil Wayne and his bodyguard
13:25 – The actual game
18:22 – The N&O’s Alex Murphy transferring controversy. Plus, Ben pisses off Ma Murphy
20:29 – How to (not) deal with message board criticism
29:00 – Michigan State – Kansas
31:50 – Matt tells about lifting weights with Aaron Tippin. Here’s the picture.
34:15 – Wisconsin-Florida
35:30 – Previewing the early season tourneys
37:10 – South Carolina debate- good state or bad?
53:30 – What is this AXS.TV? Programming, Dan Rather, JAG
1:01:55 – JOHN WOODEN INTERVIEW
1:08:30 – Listener wonders about Matt’s shoes, and how they play in to this gf issue
1:09:25 – Matt evades
1:12:18 – Bonus Wooden Footage