Eye On College Basketball

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Bronny James cleared; Arkansas saves its November; believe in UNC; No. 4 UConn @ No. 5 Kansas Friday night Dec 01, 2023

Show notes

Loaded Friday show for ya. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander talk about Bronny James return to USC, recap Norlander's trip to Fayetteville, and pick some games for the Final Four And 1.

(00:45) - Bronny James will be making his USC debut soon

(10:05) - Mikey Williams' Memphis future remains TBD

(17:03) - Norlander recaps his Fayetteville trip

(33:16) - Other midweek results, led by Tennessee-UNC

(50:24) - Final Four And 1, Game 1: UConn at Kansas (-2.5)

(54:46) - Final Four And 1, Game 2: Colorado State (-5) vs. Washington

(57:36) - Final Four And 1, Game 3: USC vs. Gonzaga (-4)

(1:00:36) - Final Four And 1, Game 4: Creighton (-2) at Nebraska

(1:03:35) - Other weekend games to know

(1:07:00) - And 1: Marquette (-1) at Wisconsin

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Kentucky should be SEC favorite; Clemson exposes Alabama; Tenn-UNC Duke-Arkansas on tap Wednesday night Nov 29, 2023

Show notes

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander recap Kentucky's shellacking of Miami and preview Duke vs. Arkansas in the ACC/SEC Challenge. Warning: This episode does threaten to go off the rails at least twice.

(01:32) - Kentucky blew the doors off of Miami

(29:13) - Norlander is in Fayetteville for Duke/Arkansas. We've also got Tennessee-North Carolina and Colorado-Colorado State to look forward to Wednesday.

(34:41) - Wednesday and Thursday games to know

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Nova, FAU, Oklahoma biggest weekend winners; inaugural SEC/ACC Challenge gets going with Miami-Kentucky entree Nov 27, 2023

Show notes

Gary and Matt recap a slow-ish weekend that saw FAU and Villanova win big, Oklahoma move to 6-0 and Baylor continue its dominance. They also touch on Louisville almost taking another bad loss, UNC saving some face in the Bahamas, a great Dan Hurley clip and more. Then, the guys preview the Monday and Tuesday slate, led by Miami @ Kentucky on Tuesday night.

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Nova + Memphis thrive, UNC + Arkansas stumble in Bahamas; Purdue takes Maui, will be No. 1; Colorado St’s stunner over Creighton; weekend picks Nov 24, 2023

Show notes

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander help you get out of your Thanksgiving coma with an extra-long ep. Maui recap, Battle 4 Atlantis results and plenty more.

(01:15) - Don't look now: the Memphis Tigers are balling

(21:00) - Purdue is the best team in the country

(35:43) - A bevy of other notable results

(52:55) - Final Four And 1, Game 1: Villanova (-3) vs. Memphis

(55:41) - Final Four And 1, Game 2: Baylor (-3.5) vs. Florida

(1:00:33) - Final Four And 1, Game 3: Iowa State (-6) vs. Virginia Tech

(1:03:55) - Final Four And 1, Game 4: Alabama (-7.5) vs. Ohio State

(1:08:30) - Other games to watch

(1:12:05) - And 1: Texas A&M (-3.5) vs. FAU

🦃🍂🏀 Maui, Maui, Maui; Shaka + Self squabble; UConn closing in on NCAA record; Battle 4 Atlantis, Michigan St-Arizona previews Nov 22, 2023

Show notes

Happy Thanksgiving! We are always thankful for you for subscribing and engaging with the show. This is always a unique episode because of how it lands amid the Maui tournament. Norlander and Parrish cover a ton of ground in 50 minutes.

01:15 - Maui recap: Purdue and Marquette move on to play in Wednesday's title game.

25:55 - UConn is still really good. READ: Here's Norlander's column on it from MSG.

32:45 - Other News & Notes

34:55 - Battle 4 Atlantis Preview and other great basketball matchups on Wednesday and Thursday. Gobble, gobble!

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Uh-ohs: FAU, Maryland, Mizzou, Arkansas; Kentucky’s sizzling shooting; Miami’s top-10; previewing best Maui field EVER Nov 20, 2023

Show notes

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander recap a weekend that saw an FAU loss to Bryant, a UConn smashing of Indiana and a near-win for Louisville ... until Texas snatched it in the last second.

(01:45) - FAU had a BAD loss over the weekend

(15:28) - Is Reed Sheppard Kentucky's best player?

(23:30) - Norlander's nuggets from the weekend

(26:29) - The 1-3 Terps are in trouble

(29:01) - UConn and Texas win in the Empire Classic

(38:09) - Miami wins the Baha-Mar. Top 10?

(39:40) - More buy-game brutality

(41:14) - Preview of the best Maui field in history

(49:28) - Maui Tourney Picks

Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts.

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Weekend picks/preview; teams with 4-0 starts; Ed Cooley wants tougher questions from media; UConn injury news Nov 17, 2023

Show notes

Parrish and Norlander get you ready for Feast Weekend by musing aloud which 4-0 teams will most likely win their conference. And of course, we have the Final Four and One to head into the weekend. Some ridiculousness peppered throughout the ep as usual, too.

01:12 - Which 4-0 team has the best chance of winning its conference?

7:54 - Ed Cooley has a message for young journalists.

23:15 - Final Four and 1 Picks, presented by FanDuel Sportsbook, plus a tour through the other games of the weekend to know, and one power-conference coach taking the bus to a game

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Kansas looks the part, Kentucky’s fun, Duke’s fine, Michigan St’s TBD. Plus: Marquette’s big W, Nova’s worrying L and St. John’s flop Nov 15, 2023

Show notes

No shortage of talking points after the past two days around the sport. Here's how today's show sets up:

(00:45) - Kansas reigns over Kentucky

(12:31) - Duke beats Michigan State

(28:30) - Michigan is 3-0

(35:01) - Villanova: yikes

(43:08) - A few more notable results, led by Marquette over Illinois

(44:45) - A big win for Elvis' alma mater!

Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts.

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Opening weekend winners (Zona, Tenn, BYU) + losers (Maryland, Georgetown, L’ville); previews of Champions Classic, Pitino MSG debut, Gavitt Games Nov 13, 2023

Show notes

First weekend brought plenty of notable results. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander start with Arizona's big win over Duke, then get into more than a dozen other outcomes.

(02:45) - Nobody had a better weekend than Arizona

(13:02) - Who else won the weekend?

(33:06) - Weekend Whiparound

(48:51) - Monday and Tuesday games to watch — the biggest being Tuesday's Champions Classic

Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts.

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Quickie podcast, instant reaction: Arizona's upset of Duke gives Jon Scheyer first home loss of his career Nov 11, 2023

Show notes

We're going to try something new this season: Every so often, when a game result warrants it, we're going to provide appetizer-sized reax pods. Arizona's 78-73 road victory over Duke on Friday night qualifies as our first opportunity to drop one on ya — and it's all Norlander on this show. Want more instant recap pods? Let us know! And we'll still be back Sunday with a full weekend recap.

Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts.

Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe

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