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Kentucky creams Kansas, fun-but-flawed Alabama beats Baylor, Jaden Ivey saves Purdue; Monday+Tuesday TV guide (College Basketball 01/30) Jan 30, 2022

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It was a weekend dotted with upsets and headlined by a blueblood showdown. Alabama upset No. 4 Baylor, while No. 12 Kentucky went to Allen Fieldhouse to upset No. 5 Kansas. What will this mean for the college basketball landscape? Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander explain.

READ: Norlander's column on Bama.

(01:47) - Kentucky went to Kansas and made themselves at home

(11:12) - Bama beat another highly ranked team

(20:37) - Jaden Ivey had himself a Sunday

(27:07) - Respect what 18-2 Providence is doing, plus the weekend whiparound

(50:37) - Monday games to watch

(53:13) - Tuesday games to watch

Examining the Big East, Louisville coach candidates, Kentucky-Kansas leads weekend picks (College Basketball 01/28) Jan 28, 2022

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Don't look now, but the Big East seems to be more than just Villanova as the conference contender this year. Teams like Providence and Marquette are adding some much-needed star power and pizzazz. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open with a spotlight the Big East and how many bids may emerge to make the NCAA tourney. Plus weekend college basketball picks.

(00:45) - Conference Spotlight: The Big East

(22:45) - Who are the coaching viable candidates at Louisville?

(49:30) - Final Four And One Picks/weekend preview

Escalating Chris Mack/Louisville saga; UCLA romps Arizona; Duke/Kentucky/Auburn narrowly avoid bad losses (College Basketball 01/26) Jan 26, 2022

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Chris Mack appears to no longer be the head coach at Louisville. That's the lead. Meantime, Auburn and Kentucky survived Tuesday night scares, while UCLA won an important game against Arizona. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander discuss all of this, plus give a quick preview of the Wednesday and Thursday night slate of games to know.

(00:45) - Chris Mack appears to be out at Louisville

(33:05) - UCLA destroyed Arizona

(44:00) - Kansas survives test against Texas Tech, Auburn, Kentucky, Duke hold on

Kentucky-Auburn, Louisville/Chris Mack, extended weekend takeaways and big mid-show surprise (College Basketball 01/23) Jan 24, 2022

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We've got a special Sunday night show for you -- and amid the greatest NFL weekend ever. On Saturday, the Auburn Tigers held serve at home. They'll be ranked No. 1 coming Monday. Gary Parrish was there, and he joins Matt Norlander to talk about Kentucky-Auburn for a few minutes before Norlander drops a surprise on GP right before his birthday.

(00:28) Auburn holds serve against Kentucky

(10:19) THE RETURN OF SAM

(14:02) Should Shaedon Sharpe play for Kentucky this year?

(20:10) Is Jabari Smith the number one pick?

(29:27) Louisville is a mess

(45:00) Weekend whiparound and more fun with Sam

Penny Hardaway goes after media, Indiana finally beats Purdue, previewing huge Kentucky-Auburn tilt (College Basketball 01/21) Jan 21, 2022

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Penny Hardaway had a nightmare of a press conference. It might well be the last time we talk about Memphis basketball this season. We open on that. Elsewhere: Purdue got taken out by Indiana. Gonzaga held serve against San Francisco. And much more. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander recap all of those games plus preview Auburn-Kentucky and other games this week.

(0:45) Memphis loses and Penny goes off

(20:32) Other news and notes from Wednesday and Thursday night games, led by Indiana's win over Purdue

(35:08) Final Four And One picks and a tour of what to watch for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Duke falls, Florida State is never losing an overtime game again, and we question the tournament credentials of Texas and UNC (College Basketball 01/19) Jan 19, 2022

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From Tuesday: Duke loses a stunner in overtime to Florida State, UNC loses a bad one to Miami and Baylor stops the bleeding against West Virginia. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander break down what the college basketball landscape looks like after a semi-chaotic Monday and Tuesday.

Norlander's Court Report can be read here.

(00:30) Florida State upsets No. 6 Duke

(15:19) Purdue, Kansas and Baylor all had some big road wins on Monday and Tuesday

(47:32) Are Texas and UNC going to make the NCAA Tournament?

(55:00) Gary has a problem with some of the AP voters

Arguments for/against Auburn/Gonzaga at No. 1; Kentucky’s historic Tennessee beatdown; ranking Saturday’s seven most surprising upsets (College Basketball 01/16) Jan 16, 2022

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Norlander's column can be read here: https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/kentucky-honors-former-coach-joe-b-hall-with-a-near-perfect-game-in-demolition-of-rival-tennessee/

The college basketball weekend featured a lot of chaos, and there's only one question going into Monday: Who's No. 1? Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander discuss whether or not Auburn or Gonzaga deserve that honor for right now.

(02:07) Who's No. 1?

(21:25) Kentucky put 107 on the Vols

(30:08) Baylor lost two in a row

(34:45) Speaking of two in a row, Oregon went two for two in California in three days. A huge whiparound from the weekend with a lot of games to get to.

Latest with UCLA, Oregon, Iowa, Gonzaga; weekend preview/picks leads with Tennessee-Kentucky (College Basketball 01/14) Jan 14, 2022

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It was a wild thursday night in College Basketball! UCLA, BYU took big losses that might affect their seeding long term. Gonzaga put up 110 and Iowa became legit.

(01:36) - UCLA loses in OT

(11:39) - Iowa is legit

(27:00) - Final Four and One

No undefeateds left: Baylor and USC upset means Auburn has the case for No. 1 after a huge Tuesday night in the sport (College Basketball 01/12) Jan 12, 2022

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On January 11th, there were two undefeated teams left in college basketball. By the end of January 11th, there were no more undefeated teams left in college basketball. And that's just the START of the chaotic evening that was the college basketball slate.

(01:17) -There are no more undefeated teams in college basketball

(03:42) - Texas Tech is on a run

(16:19) - USC also undefeated

(28;00) There's a new number one

(38:01) - Kansas barely escapes

Upset-laden weekend recap: Duke, Kansas, Texas all lose; at this point Auburn is most deserving of No. 2 ranking (College Basketball 01/09) Jan 10, 2022

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In the first somewhat full slate of college basketball games this weekends, there was one prevalent theme to it -- upsets. And a lot of them. Catch the latest episode of Eye On College basketball to recap a the upset laden weekend.

(00:30) Duke gets upset by Miami

(16:00) Duke wasn't the only one who had to deal with an upset.

(20:10) Texas might be slightly overrated

(29:10) Is Auburn the 2nd best team in the country?

(47:15) Tuesday games to watch

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