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america. the brackets are set. the teams are ready. and tonight, we sit down with a new man in charge thank you so much for coming in and talking with us. charlie baker just went from governor of massachusetts so help me god. to leading the ncaa and dealing with all its issues. you can t make progress on these things without acknowledging their issues and figuring out a way to actually solve and deal with them. here to break down the xs and os of those problems, two hall of fame coaches. i had an unbelievable group of players and coaches over these 47 years. newly-retired syracuse men s coach, jim boeheim, and former notre dame women s coach, mof fit mcgraw, along with a team of experts. this is cnn primetime:inside the madness. good evening. i m chris wallace. well, it s that time of year again when college basketball puts the madness in march. people who don t know a point guard from a pick and roll are missing up to 100 million brackets, tryin ....
In that economic value through and through. guys, i have a couple of minutes left for all of the serious talk, i know that most of our viewers really want help with their brackets. so, let me go from left to right on the screen. that starts with you, kenny. give me a sleeper pick, a high-seeded team that you think might have a chance to go deeper in the tournament than people think. for me, the uconn huskies. i think early in the year they played extremely well. they had an opportunity to be at the top spot. they were playing their best basketball. they kind of fell off through the middle of the season. and towards the end, they just kind of fizzled. but if they could kind of get that energy back that they ve had early in the season, i think that s one of the sleeper teams you could have. jay bilas, you got a long shot special for us? yeah. i would say, chris, that creighton has a great opportunity to do that out of the big east. ....
Worry that when you talk about a player can transfer and then the school or the boosters of the school or the companies around the school pay the money, that in effect a school could buy a better team and that in that sense we could be approaching the end of an era where, for instance, march madness is truly competitive. well, i think march madness will always be competitive because what you have you see it this year, some schools that weren t that good last year became good overnight. and it was because of the transfer portal. and some of the nil probably weighed in there. so, you had some teams get better. i think it hurts the smaller schools the most, the mid majors. because if they get a good player, he wants to play up. and he can benefit from the nil more. and he s played at a higher level. so, i think we ll always have competitive games. we re going to have them this ....
They were a final four favorite, at least i thought they were, at the start of the year. but they ran into some difficulties and had a rough patch the middle of the season. but they ve got a shot blocker in ryan. they ve got an outstanding point guard in ryan nemhard, andrew s younger brother. i wouldn t be surprised to see creighton make a move. jay will, less than a minute left. you have a long shot? you know, they re a three seed but i think they got beat up in the big 12. i love guards when it comes to tournament play. baylor. scott drew and this team has national pedigree, elite guard in adam flagler and two other guards. who can knock down shots and one of the best freshman in the country in keonte george. he ll be a lottery pick. that s a trio of guards that can cause a lot of havoc in the ncaa tournament. kenny and the two jays, sounds like a rock band, thank you guys so much. it s a busy week. we appreciate you re taking the time. coming up, we turn to the ....
Ncaa applied recommended changes to the women s ncaa tournament to more closely mirror the men s side in order to generate same amount of support and enthusiasm. but some critics say there s still not enough. now, it s going to take some time for any potential changes to be made. right now, the ncaa and millions of fans, well, they re focus on march madness. schools from coast to coast have hopes of doing the texas two-step. the women s final four is being played in dallas this year while the men s final four is in houston. chris? coy, thank you. joining me now is charlie baker, who just took over as the new president of the ncaa after serving two terms as the republican governor of massachusetts. governor, welcome. thank you so much for coming in and talking with us. glad to be here. so, you have been in this new job as head of the ncaa for two whole weeks officially. actually a little less, but ....