Clean the Boards Austin Barach

(0:00) Running through non-NBA sports: the NHL, the WNBA, lacrosse, and NCAA baseball
(6:44) Breaking down the storylines and matchups within the NBA Finals: the Luka dilemma, who defends who, the media anointing the best player in the world in recent years, the Mavs' crunch-time offense versus the Celtics' crunch-time offense, the "other guys" in the series, the Porzingis questions, Tatum's growth, etc.
(73:23) Dissecting the media's anti-Celtics agenda including the "easy path" and "haven't been battle-tested" narratives
(82:38) The Kyrie playing Boston piece of it
(87:47) Wrapping up some other storylines, predictions, and closing thoughts

(0:00) Context
(1:00) Celtics fans Bijan, Max, and Austin rant after midnight following the 128-102 loss in Game 3. Big picture and offseason talk included.

(0:00) Contextualizing the episode
(1:00) What Bijan and Austin make of the Boston Celtics
Bulls-Raptors, Cavs-Knicks, Sixers-Nets
The very intriguing Suns-Clippers and Kings-Warriors matchups
West Play-In
Other sports updates: The Masters, the Bruins, UFC, college basketball, and the Red Sox

Contextualizing the episode
Austin and John vent about Texas
Rohit on UCLA
Drew Timme's future
UConn's dominance and theories on it
FAU and SDSU and why Austin likes the Owls and Rohit likes the Aztecs
Big picture talk about parity in the NCAA Tournament
Picking a bracket solely based on hypothetical mascot fights
John's predicament with his mom's bracket
The women's tournament
NBA update
Nonsense

(0:00) Contextualizing the episode
(2:19) Big picture of the bracket and how open this year's tournament is
(5:34) Going through the Alabama/South region
(19:09) Going through the Houston/Midwest region
(29:31) Going through the gauntlet of a Kansas/West region
(38:44) Going through the Purdue/East region
(47:54) Final Four and Championship picks
PART TWO with Luke Fain, starting at (55:54)

(0:00) Contextualizing the episode
(2:12) Damar Hamlin
(24:35) NFL talk: the trending up Bucs, (36:12) the Pats in a win and in situation, (44:40) the 7 seed in the AFC and Brady rumors, (52:48) and the 7 seed in the NFC
(56:08) The struggling Celtics and the surging Nets
(79:11) College basketball updates: Friend of the Program Graham Robinson on House of Highlights, plus the undefeated teams go down, the weird ACC, and more
(86:09) College football: TCU-Georgia for the Championship after awesome Semifinal games
(90:24) PART 2, Steve Cohen: tequila, the acting scene, University of Arizona athletics, talking Boston sports, and more