The NCAA Bracket Busters Podcast Series with Weeds and Mack concludes with an episode that looks back at the Final Four results from both the men’s and women’s tournaments. Mark Wiedmer, a member of the Tennessee Sports Writers Hall of Fame, hosts the podcast along with Mack McCarthy, the legendary former men’s basketball coach at UT Chattanooga who led the Mocs to their 1997 appearance in the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 Round. The series from PodTopics Chattanooga is exclusively available through the Chattanoogan.com
In addition to discussing the national semifinals and the NCAA championships that were crowned through the men’s and women’s tournaments, Weeds and Mack broadened their discussion to explore a number of topics related to March Madness and college sports. Listeners will hear Weeds and Mack weigh the pros and cons of tournament expansion as well as the impact of the transfer portal, NIL deals for athletes and the extension of eligibility with the COVID exception.
With Connecticut’s fifth title on the men’s side of the tournament, Weeds and Mack look at the Husky’s program and where it now ranks among the elite in the history of college basketball. Greg Thompson from PodTopics Chattanooga, the producer of Bracket Busters, joins the final portion of the podcast, which asks Weeds and Mack to come up with who they consider as the most outstanding players in the NCAA Men’s tournament during the past 30 years.
The podcast also discusses the departure of Jim Nantz from his role as the lead play-by-play announcer for the tournament, prompting Weeds and Mack to consider which announcer they believe could carry out the assignment of calling the Final Four and The Masters in the same week. At the end of the podcast, the topic turns back to The Masters, with Weeds and Mack giving their predictions on who they believe will win this weekend at Augusta.