On this solo, "Sports Gumbo" episode of The Read Option, Jeff Gimpel rips the NCAA for the discrepancies between the Men's & Women's NCAA Basketball Tournaments (3:28). Then Jeff breaks down the insane first two rounds of March Madness in the men's tournament, & makes the case for Loyola Chicago being the next Gonzaga (13:05). After that, Jeff goes through Mel Kiper's NFL Mock Draft 3.0, and adds his thoughts as we inch closer and closer to the 2021 NFL Draft (38:06). To close out the show, Jeff gives us the "State of the NBA" including: LeBron & LaMelo's injuries, a quick look at the names on the trading block, & honors the legend, Elgin Baylor, who passed away this weekend at the age of 86 (1:05:34).