SVPod: Scott Van Pelt and Stanford Steve are here to react to the 2026 NCAA Tournament March Madness bracket.
Scott Van Pelt and Stanford Steve are here to react to the 2026 NCAA Tournament March Madness bracket. Steve gives his UNFILTERED thoughts on all the issues with the bracket. Duke's draw is TOUGH, and Steve is giving his Blue Devils NO CHANCE of reaching Indy. A potential Florida-Vandy rematch isn't ideal, and a road game in the Elite 8?? Plus, will chalk indeed fly? Is it Arizona's year? Which upsets does SVP like the most? Plus, a solution to the flopping problem, reaction to Bam Adebayo's 83-point game and an in-depth breakdown of Cam Young's Players Championship victory. Finally, thoughts on the nasty front taking over the east coast, Steve needs tickets to the Women's Final Four, an all-time SVP golf tactic and Steve's admission to grand theft auto. | SVPod Appoximate Time Codes/Topics (0:00) Intro (0:34) Bracket reaction (5:12) Should Miami (OH) have to play in Dayton? (7:37) Conference championship reactions (9:17) Steve’s issues with the bracket (10:42) Should Purdue be a 2-seed? (13:32) More bracket reaction (23:42) Bracketologists nailed it (25:57) The 6-line is LOADED (26:30) Watch out for USF (31:30) UCLA with a BIG road trip ahead (34:20) Which teams can play spoiler? (39:23) Ark-Wisc could be a banger (42:15) ALL the pressure is on Arizona (45:00) Reaction to Bam’s 83 piece (46:45) This year’s freshman class has been GREAT49:10 Final bracket thoughts (55:10) Women’s bracket is a JOKE (57:55) Anybody got tix to Women’s Final Four? (59:08) This weather is CRAZY (1:02:41) More conf champ reactions (1:10:10) First rd. spread thoughts (1:13:00) Does flopping get rewarded too much? (1:16:25) ‘All Carry’ by Geno is out soon! (1:18:40) Players Championship reaction (1:32:30) Dopplegangers? (1:35:35) The art of the Texas handshake (1:39:55) SVP’s all-time golf tactic (1:42:50) Steve’s oldest got a cell… (1:45:20) Teenage stories (1:49:00) Who wins it all? (1:49:35) Thanks for watching Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices