Are you ready for the madness? Conference tournaments are finished and the field of 68 has been set. So it’s time for March Madness! We’ll talk about the brackets and the Ohio teams that will represent the Buckeye State in 2013. And in football news, we’ll talk about the free agent signings made by the Browns in the past week. Did this improve the team? What needs still must be addressed? It’s GameTime!

Hosts: Mike Kresic, Tom Kresic

Running Time: 43:01

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  Buckeyes with tough wins over Michigan State and Wisconsin over the weekend earned them their 5th Big Ten conference title (most in Big Ten history)

  
  
  
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  Tough to play three games in three days and the effects showed for both teams.

  
  
  
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  OSU’s defense will determine how far they go. But it sure would help to get some offensive contributions from a few guys along the way (Deshaun Thomas, Aaron Craft, Lenzelle Smith, LaQuinton Ross).

  
  
  

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  The field of 68 has been set. It’s time for March Madness!

  
  
  
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  Ohio State, Akron and Cincinnati get their tickets punched

  
  
  
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  Gonzaga, Indiana, Louisville and Kansas are the #1 seeds.

  
  
  
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  Big Ten gets 7 teams in: Indiana, Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois

  
  
  
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  #5 VCU vs #12 Akron is a tough one for the Zips

  
  
  
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  #2 Ohio State vs #15 Iona. Not much to give the Buckeyes trouble in the South region.

  
  
  
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  #7 Creighton vs #10 Cincinnati

  
  
  

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  The team bolstered their front seven on defense in the first few days of free agency.

  
  
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    LB Paul Kruger (BAL)

    
    
    
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    DT Des Bryant (OAK)

    
    
    
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    LB Quentin Groves (ARIZ)

    
    
    
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    TE Gary Barnidge (CAR)

    
    
    
  
  
  
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  Rumored to be interested in:

  
  
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    WAS TE Fred Davis, CHI TE Kellen Davis, ATL CB Brent Grimes.

    
    
    
  
  
  
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  What’s next?

  
  
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    Still no starting CB, WR, FB, S

    
    
    
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    where will the QB to compete with Weeden come from? Draft or veteran backup?

    
    
    
  
  
  

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  Most of the Browns’ own FAs are still unsigned.

  
  
  
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  Team DID re-sign RB Chris Ogbonnaya.

  
  
  
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  Cribbs expected to sign with Arizona.

  
  
  
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  Ben Watson signed for three years with New Orleans.

  
  
  
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  Kaluka Maiava signed with Oakland.

  
  
  
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  News from Banner at the Owners Meetings:

  
  
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    Banner said no new uniforms until 2014, maybe not for a year later. They need 6 months or more for market research.

    
    
    
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    New scoreboard is in the future, but not next year.

    
    
    
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    Team will keep the current playing surface. No need for turf without Chip Kelly, it seems.

    
    
    
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    Team canceling Personal Seat Licenses for season tickets.

    
    
    
  
  
  

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