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College Basketball Talk on NBC Sports Podcast

Rob Dauster takes a look at everything happening across college basketball, including a weekly recap of action across the country and each conference, recruiting and a looking ahead to the future of the sport.

Latest Episodes:

Basketball is back! Previewing the Champions Classic Nov 05, 2018

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Basketball is finally back! After months of talking about not basketball, Rob Dauster was joined by CJ Moore of The Athletic on Monday to breakdown the Champions Classic -- Kentucky! Duke! Michigan State! Kansas! -- while also working through some prop bets for the season and some predictions on All-Americans that aren't that teams outside the top 25 poll that should be in there.

OPEN: Power forwards are no longer powerful. They're skilled. The rise of the playmaking four.

11:30: Kansas vs. Michigan State

28:00: Duke vs. Kentucky

47:30: College basketball prop bets!

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SEC Preview Podcast Nov 01, 2018

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Rob Dauster was joined by Scott Phillips to break down everyone in the SEC. A year after the league sent eight teams to the NCAA tournament, they enter the 2018-19 season with three teams in the top ten and as many as nine teams in the mix for an NCAA tournament bid. Can they get there? Will Kentucky win a national title? Can either Auburn or Tennessee repeat as SEC champs? Just how good is Florida, or LSU, or Mississippi State? What happens with Missouri after Jontay Porter's injury?

It's all here:

Open: Alabama

11:40: Arkansas

14:45: Auburn

22:15: Florida

28:40: Georgia

32:10: Kentucky

43:20: LSU

48:40: Mississippi State

54:05: Missouri

58:35: Ole Miss

1:00:05: South Carolina

1:02:10: Tennessee

1:08:35: Texas A&M

1:11:25: Vanderbilt

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Pac-12 Preview Podcast Oct 29, 2018

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Rob Dauster was joined by Raphielle Johnson for the Pac-12 Preview edition of the College Basketball Talk podcast. The two break down the entire conference, going through each team alphabetically while detailing precisely how and why each team will finish where they finish. Is this the year Steve Alford gets fired? Can Washington actually win the league? Will Arizona or USC come out of the FBI's investigation into college basketball better than they were a year ago? What should be make of Bol Bol?

It's all in here. Enjoy.

Open: Arizona

11:30: Arizona State

18:00 Cal

20:25: Colorado

26:45: Oregon

35:10: Oregon State

40:00: Stanford

46:20: UCLA

55:10: USC

1:02:45: Utah

1:06:55: Washington

1:12:30: Washington State

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Guilty on all counts in the college basketball corruption trial Oct 25, 2018

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Big Ten Preview Podcast Oct 18, 2018

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Rob Dauster was joined by Scott Phillips on Thursday morning to dive into everything Big Ten. Can Michigan repeat last season's run to the national title game? What do we make of this Michigan State team after losing Miles Bridges and Jaren Jackson? Is Romeo Langford worth the hype? Is Carsen Edwards? Can Wisconsin get back to their winning ways?

That and more can all be found here:

4:49: Illinois

10:09: Indiana

17:59: Iowa

22:09: Maryland

26:19: Michigan

32:14: Michigan State

41:19: Minnesota

43:54: Nebraska

48:34: Northwestern

52:39: Ohio State

57:04: Penn State

59:49: Purdue

1:05:44: Rutgers

1:08:44: Wisconsin

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Big East Preview Podcast Oct 16, 2018

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On Tuesday, Rob Dauster was joined by Travis Hines to walk through the Big East team by team. Is this Villanova's league to win again? Just how good is St. John's now that Mustapha Heron is eligible? Can Marquette actually get any stops this season? Can Providence, Creighton or Seton Hall sneak into the top five of the league? Where is Xavier in the post-Chris Mack era?

You can get it all here:

9:40: Butler

14:10: Creighton

19:05: DePaul

21:40: Georgetown

27:20: Marquette

35:30: Providence

40:50: Seton Hall

49:55: St. John’s

57:05: Villanova

1:04:55: Xavier

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Big 12 Preview Podcast Oct 11, 2018

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Rob Dauster was joined on Thursday morning by Travis Hines to walk through each and every team in the Big 12, breaking down what they lost, what they bring back and who has a chance to take down Kansas and win the league. (Hint: It's probably no one.) Is Kansas State really worth being a borderline top ten team? What happens to Press Virginia now that Jevon Carter is gone? Is TCU for real? Will Kansas have this season wiped from the record books.

It's all in here.

OPEN: Baylor

9:33: Iowa State

14:55: Kansas

22:53: Kansas State

31:33: Oklahoma

33:53: Oklahoma State

36:24: TCU

41:38: Texas

47:05: Texas Tech

52:05: West Virginia

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AAC Preview Podcast, the NCAA corruption trial Oct 05, 2018

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Rob Dauster was joined by Travis Hines on Thursday to talk through the American Athletic Conference and to provide a preview of the teams in that league. In addition to talking about the likes of Memphis and UConn, the two spent the open of the show on the trial that has engulfed the basketball world and whether or not it will ever live up to the disastrous potential that the investigation had when it was first revealed more than a year ago.

OPEN: So let’s talk about this trial and its ramifications.

23:15: The bottom of the AAC

25:25: Memphis

31:30: Temple

34:15: UConn

41:00: Wichita State

43:40: SMU

46:15: Houston

49:45: Cincinnati

53:30: UCF

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ACC Preview Podcast Oct 01, 2018

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Rob Dauster was joined on Monday morning by Scott Phillips to roll through the College Basketball Talk ACC preview podcast. Just how good will Duke’s freshmen end up being? Can Virginia overcome the demons of the worst tourney loss of all-time? Why is Theo Pinson a bigger loss for North Carolina than Joel Berry II? Which of the mass of teams in the middle of the league can get to a Final Four?

It’s all here.

Open: Boston College

7:12: Clemson

11:57: Duke

20:42: Florida State

26:27: Georgia Tech

29:27: Louisville

33:57: Miami

38:47: NC State

43:57: UNC

50:12: Notre Dame

53:27: Pitt

54:57: Syracuse

1:03:37: Virginia

1:09:27: Virginia Tech

1:12:25: Wake Forest

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Preseason Top 25, All-American teams Sep 25, 2018

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As the NBCSports.com College Basketball Talk podcast returns, Rob Dauster was joined by Raphielle Johnson to breakdown the NBC Sports preseason top 25 and the preseason All-American teams that were released this week.

Here is a full rundown of today's podcast:

OPEN: Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and Gonzaga are the clear-cut preseason top four.

19:30: Which top ten team is the most likely to be a bust?

22:30: What should we do with Loyola-Chicago heading into 2018-19?

25:15: Washington vs. Oregon as the Pac-12’s best.

30:00: Which team outside the top 25 will get to the Final Four?

32:05: R.J. Barrett vs. Carsen Edwards for Preseason Player of the Year and Zion Williamson vs. Tyus Battle for 1st team All-America.

39:40: Kentucky is No. 2 but doesn’t have a player on our 1st, 2nd or 3rd team All-America.

43:30: Who are the National Player of the Year sleepers?

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