Jay Williams calls out Barstool Sports' Dan 'Big Cat' Katz after NCAA Tournament bracket criticism
The 2025 NCAA Tournament has been pretty chalky with the average seed of the dozen remaining teams currently being at 2.5, including all four of the No. 1s and three of the four of the No. 2s still being in. However, that has made Jay Williams look good in how his bracket has played out in the pool.
On ‘Get Up’ on Friday, Williams was breaking down the Sweet 16 with Seth Greenberg before asking for a second. With the pause, he called out Dan ‘Big Cat’ Katz and Barstool Sports for their jokes at his picks back after the field was released on Selection Sunday.
“Can I just say something very quickly? I just want to give Seth and I some credit, you know. Places out there like Barstool, and Big Cat, like my guys. Like, our, our brackets are looking pretty good,” Williams said. “All the trash we got talked to about ones and two seeds and chalk, what are you guys talking about? Looks pretty good. Looks pretty good right now. Just saying.”
Per ESPN’s Tournament Challenge, Williams has a bracket with 74.1% accuracy while Greenberg has one that’s actually at 99.9%. That’s with Williams having three of the four teams that are already in the Elite Eight with the chance to get seven of the eight teams in the Elite Eight after tonight.
Much of the debate this week after the opening rounds of March Madness was about the lack of upsets leading to Cinderella runs in this field. That said, while they make for just as much of a storyline when they happen, Williams prefers that the tournament come down to the best teams playing the best games for a national title.
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“I love it! For me, Cinderella runs are incredible and I appreciate those. But, to have the best representation of college basketball throughout the entire course of the season? You guys have to understand. Seth and I see all these teams. We watch tape a ton,” Williams said. “To see the best representation from the regular season in the Final Four, when the game is most visible, means we’re getting the best end-of-season product and, to me, that turns in and translates into the best games. So it means we’re in a great place if it happens.”
Greenberg agreed just looking at the matchups from last night to tonight in the Sweet 16. The field, while chalky, is providing “good-on-good” in games that’ll be must-see from this weekend through the Final Four in San Antonio.
“I 100% agree with you. Look, the Sweet 16? There’s not a bad game in the Sweet 16. You can pick any one of these games. Tennessee and Kentucky? Great game. We talked about Arizona and Duke? Great game. Texas Tech and Arkansas? Great game. There’s not a game right now that you turn on in the Sweet 16 that’s not going to be an absolute tremendous game,” Greenberg said. “Getting good-on-good? When I coached, I wanted my best five against my second-best five. I want the good-on-good. We’re getting good-on-good in the NCAA Tournament. And you’re going to see the result. The result is going to be in the ratings because you’re going to have people who want to see the best play against the best.”
Not picking any upsets in any of your brackets is pretty boring come time for March Madness. It also just doesn’t mean you’re necessarily going to be wrong in your picks, though, like Williams hasn’t been much towards the end of the NCAA Tournament.