Despite losing to Oregon in the Pac-12 Tournament final, the Washington men’s basketball team earned its first NCAA tournament berth in eight years as an at-large and will face Utah State in the opening round. We react and offer a first look at the matchup with the Aggies.

DOWNLOAD/STREAM THE FABULOUS PELTONCAST
View on iTunes | View on Stitcher

Links
– Peltoncast Group on ESPN Men’s Tournament Challenge
– Kenpom.com

It’s tourney time. We set the finals of our search for Seattle’s best ramen, offer an update on Taco Time’s Menu Madness and preview whether UW men’s hoops can avoid selection show drama by winning the Pac-12 Tournament.

Contents

Intro – Menu Madness update
4:00 – Ramen bracket: Ooink vs. Tokyo-Ya with the Axiomatician
26:30 – Seattle’s best sandwich intro
32:30 – Roundup: Felix opening day streak to end, Sounders win again
39:30 – Seahawks suffer defections on opening of pre-free agency
56:00 – UW women’s basketball season ends in Pac-12 semifinals
1:01 – Why has Husky men’s hoops struggled the last two weekends?

DOWNLOAD/STREAM THE FABULOUS PELTONCAST NO. 149
View on iTunes | View on Stitcher

Links
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Taco Time Menu Madness
– Jesse (the Axiomatician) on Twitter
– Ooink
– Tokyo-Ya Ramen
– Justin Coleman reports
– Ian Rapoport Davis report
– Rapoport on Frank Clark
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– ESPN Bracketology
– Kenpom.com
– Kenpom Pac-12 Tournament projections

In advance of senior day, we rank a class that led UW men’s basketball to the Pac-12 regular-season title despite an inexplicable loss last Thursday at Cal. Plus our search for Seattle’s best ramen reaches the semifinals with the Famous Cousin Katie.

Contents

Intro – Kevin finally pays his sour-beer debt
11:30 – Ramen bracket: Ramen Danbo vs. Tsukushinbo
30:30 – Quick recap of Kevin’s Boston eating
37:00 – Adam Silver comments on expansion at Sloan Conference
45:00 – Sounders open 2019 with blowout win
48:00 – Seahawks franchise Frank Clark
56:30 – What does losing to Cal mean for the Huskies’ NCAA tournament hopes?

DOWNLOAD/STREAM THE FABULOUS PELTONCAST NO. 148
View on iTunes | View on Stitcher

Links
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Taco Time Menu Madness
– The Famous Cousin Katie on Twitter
– Ramen Danbo
– Tsukushinbo website
– Bon Appetit’s top 10 new restaurants of 2018
– Adam Silver 1-on-1 with Bill Simmons on YouTube
– FiveThirtyEight SPI ratings
– Mike Leach on establishing the run
– NCAA men’s basketball rankings
– ESPN Bracketology
– Kenpom.com

We review Husky men’s basketball clinching at least a share of the Pac-12 men’s basketball regular-season title with two weeks left to play. Before that, we complete our ramen bracket final four by picking between Tsukushinbo and Aloha Ramen.

Contents

Intro – Pouring one out for the Seattle Weekly
5:00 – Tyler Gardner helps us with the last first-round ramen matchup
32:00 – Seattle Burger Month enters final week
34:30 – Roundup: Steve Ballmer on possible Inglewood arena, Yusei Kikuchi debuts for M’s
40:30 – Previewing the Sounders’ 2019 season, which opens Saturday against expansion club FC Cincinnati, and looking back on their inaugural 2009 season
1:00 – No comp picks for Seahawks ahead of combine
1:05 – Can UW men’s hoops assure an NCAA tournament spot ahead of the Pac-12 Tournament?

DOWNLOAD/STREAM THE FABULOUS PELTONCAST NO. 147
View on iTunes | View on Stitcher

Links
– Talkin’ Taco Time: Eric Randall of Tacocat
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Crosscut: Seattle Weekly to cease print publication
– Tyler Gardner on Twitter
– Tsukushinbo website
– Aloha Ramen on Yelp
– Cowboy ramen at Barbecue Smith
– Li’l Woody’s #SeattleBurgerMonth page
– NBA.com: Ballmer unwavering on stadium project
– Yusei Kikuchi strikes out Joey Votto
– Sounders nightfall kit
– NCAA men’s basketball rankings
– ESPN Bracketology
– Kenpom.com

A food-heavy edition resumes our ramen bracket with South End entrants Arashi and Tokyo-ya and reviews what Kevin ate in Charleston as part of his trip to All-Star Weekend, plus a preview of UW men’s hoops hosting Utah and Colorado.

Contents

Intro – A toast to Jack Sikma and other Hall of Fame finalists with Seattle ties
10:00 – Tyee alum Michael Sawyer joins us for the Arashi-Tokyo-ya ramen matchup
40:00 – Kevin’s Charleston (and Charlotte) food diary
1:01 – Roundup: Another Seattle councilmember won’t run for reelection, Sounders play lone home preseason match, UW softball opens season
1:07 – Husky men survive scare at WSU, return home

DOWNLOAD/STREAM THE FABULOUS PELTONCAST NO. 146
View on iTunes | View on Stitcher

Links
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Michael Sawyer on Twitter
– Tyee Wikipedia Page
– Tokyo-ya Ramen
– Arashi ramen
– Li’l Woody’s #SeattleBurgerMonth page
– The soul of barbecue is being reimagined in Charleston
– Kevin’s ESPN+ Hall of Fame case for Jack Sikma
– NCAA men’s basketball rankings
– ESPN Bracketology
– Kenpom.com
– Kevin’s ESPN+ story on projection Zion Williamson

The UW men’s basketball winning streak is over, and so is Tristan’s streak of eating Li’l Woody’s Burger Month burgers. But we forge on with a breakdown of why the Huskies lost plus more instant ramen talk.

Contents

Intro – We’re still snowed in
3:00 – Tough times for veteran Northwest craft brewers
9:00 – More instant ramen talk + instant ramen hacks
15:30 – Li’l Woody’s Burger Month update
19:00 – Seattle Sports Star of the Year recap
23:00 – Markelle Fultz traded
31:00 – Roundup: Investigation clears M’s, Sounders continue preseason, UW football adds to 2019 class
38:30 – What went wrong for the Huskies at ASU and what does it mean?

DOWNLOAD/STREAM THE FABULOUS PELTONCAST NO. 145
View on iTunes | View on Stitcher

Links
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Oregonian: BridgePort shutting down in latest Portland brewery closure
– Katie’s instant ramen photo
– Tristan on his ramen consumption
– Li’l Woody’s #SeattleBurgerMonth page
– Kevin’s grades for the Markelle Fultz trade (ESPN+)
– NCAA men’s basketball rankings
– ESPN Bracketology
– Kenpom.com
– Ken Pomeroy on WSU’s Arizona trip
– The Athletic Seattle: Jayson Jenks on Klay Thompson at WSU