Eye On College Basketball
Episodes
12/22: If the NCAA tourney started now, UNC and UK wouldn't be in. Butler and Baylor would be 1 seeds. Season's drunk.
22 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is it actually true that college hoops has no great-great players this season? Bill Self and Jay Wright think so. This hour-long ep opens with some em...
12/20: Why Memphis might have itself to blame for losing James Wiseman. Plus: Danger zone for Kentucky and five best bets for the weekend
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve got a loaded weekend pod for you. The first 25 minutes are an even deeper dive on James Wiseman’s decision to leave Memphis, and then it’s...
12/19: 🚨🚨EMERGENCY PODCAST: James Wiseman just left college basketball
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two emergency pods in one week for you. Because we love you, listeners. James Wiseman left college basketball and the University of Memphis on Thursda...
12/18: Who's the best in the SEC: Auburn or Kentucky? Plus: debut of the listener mailbag!
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kentucky's been off the national radar the past three weeks, but with UK playing its next two games in Las Vegas, it's time to circle back on the Wild...
12/17: 🚨Emergency pod: Without Cole Anthony for the next 4-6 weeks, are UNC'S NCAA Tournament hopes already done?
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
North Carolina announced Tuesday, less than 30 hours before its game at Gonzaga, that Cole Anthony had surgery for a torn meniscus in his right knee. ...
12/15: Who had the best weekend: Gonzaga, Oregon, Memphis -- or Rutgers? (Rutgers???)
15 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What a busy weekend we had. Norlander was in Tucson, so the episode opens with Parrish and him talking about Gonzaga's win at Arizona, with some repor...
12/13: Looks like the Big Ten is going to be the best conference in college basketball for the time since 2013
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you're reading this, we want your mailbag questions. Here's how to do it: submit your questions -- and a five-star rating -- in the Apple Podcasts ...
12/11: A bearded, crowd-surfing walk-on was the biggest reason Texas Tech beat No. 1 Louisville and flipped the rankings AGAIN
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
College basketball got a great story on Tuesday when unranked Texas Tech knocked off Louisville by 13 points, thanks in no small part to a player name...
12/08: Ohio State has college hoops' best resume and really might be the best team in the sport right now
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You're in for a very fun, very informative episode here. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open with Ohio State murdering another projected NCAA Tournam...
12/06: It's taken more than 30 years, but the undefeated DePaul Blue Demons are back, baby
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Norlander woke up with a dead deer in his yard. Perhaps it's an omen for end times, as in related news: DePaul is 9-0 and off to its best start in 30-...
12/04: Michigan State was expected by almost everyone to be the best team in college basketball. No: that's Louisville
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Your hump day edition of the pod has Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander opening on Michigan State getting de-pantsed by Duke. The convo opens on avoiding...
12/01: Maryland is 8-0; is it one of the three best teams right now in college hoops? Plus: ACC-Big Ten Challenge preview, picks
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Give credit to Maryland: it's having its best start under Mark Turgeon. So how good are the Terps, though? Top-three good? Top-five good? Certainly to...
11/29: The Michigan Wolverines are 7-0 and poised to go from unranked to the top 10 come Monday afternoon
30 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hope you've had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend so far. This Friday episode leads on Michigan's outstanding run to the Battle 4 Atlantis title. The W...
11/27: Stephen F. Austin's buzzer-beating win at Duke is one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What a Thanksgiving treat: Stephen F. Austin's Nathan Bain provided an all-time memorable moment when his foot-race layup that beat the clock by 0.1 s...
11/24: Nothing brings in those Thanksgiving vibes like the start of the Maui Invitational
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Norlander was at the 48-45 Virginia win over Arizona State on Sunday. UVA's holding opponents to fewer than 43 points per game. So this pod opens...
11/22: Is Georgetown ready for a return to national relevance?
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It'll be Patrick Ewing's Hoyas vs. Mike Krzyzewski's Blue Devils on Friday night at Madison Square Garden. Norlander will be there, but first, he and ...
EMERGENCY POD: NCAA rules Memphis freshman James Wiseman ineligible for 12 games
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander give you two podcasts in one day. This episode is solely dedicated to the NCAA's decision to suspended James Wiseman f...
11/20: The best mid-major team in America, some outrageous stats on Duke -- and Gonzaga's Final Four chances strengthen
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gonzaga brought back Killian Tillie on Tuesday night, which is huge news for the Zags, who are beating opponents by 30 points per game and figure to s...
11/17: The most overrated team through the first two weeks of the season is the Florida Gators
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh off watching UConn manage to give Florida its second loss of the season already, Matt Norlander talks with Gary Parrish about why the Gators wer...
11/15: Michigan State-Seton Hall best game of season so far; Memphis folds to NCAA; top five picks of the weekend
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Myles Powell's 37 points weren't enough to get Seton Hall a win over Michigan State Thursday night, but they were enough to make Gary Parrish and Matt...
11/13: Evansville's win at Kentucky was statistically and historically one of the biggest upsets in regular-season college hoops history
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Prior to Tuesday night, the last time a mid-major program won on the road against a No. 1 team in men's D-I hoops was in 1993. (Who did it? Listen to ...
11/10: Memphis is giving the middle finger to the NCAA over James Wiseman's eligibility; top wins from opening weekend
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The James Wiseman story at Memphis went from surprising to surreal in a hurry on Friday night. Fear not: Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander have an exten...
11/08: Jim Boeheim hates playing Virginia, Cole Anthony unleashes the hype and our five favorite bets for this weekend's games
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How did Virginia look in its first game after winning a national title? Oh, just Tony Bennett one-upping himself by holding Syracuse to its lowest poi...
11/06: LIVE from Madison Square Garden, a Champions Classic recap!
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander, as promised, give you an immediate-reaction podcast from Madison Square Garden at 2 a.m. in the wake of Duke upsettin...
11/03: Previewing a historic, unprecedented opening night in college basketball: Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 will face off in the same building
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander are back with three episodes per week for the entire 2019-20 college basketball season. Excited? Oh, yeah, Here we go:...
10/27: The NCAA tries to take a step into the future, but stumbles and throws up on itself a little anyway
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
So, the NCAA is now open to allowing college athletes to "benefit" off their name, image and likeness. But are they, really? What did Tuesday bring us...
10/22: It's our preseason college basketball rankings spectacular!
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander waste little time getting into this week's big news in college hoops: rankings releases. On Sunday, KenPom's list came...
10/16: 2019-20 CBS Preseason All-America selections; the seven college hoops coaches whose jobs are most in danger (non-FBI division)
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander unveil the 2019-20 CBS Sports preseason All-America teams. Fifteen players from 14 schools, and acknowledgement ...
10/09: Mike Krzyzewski tells the NCAA to get its act together; Kansas in horror as Snoop Dogg breaks out the stripper poles
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The biggest news of the week came Tuesday in Charlotte, where Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said the NCAA was lagging and had acted with its head in the ...
10/04: The NCAA is waging a losing fight against paying players for what they empirically deserve
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a fascinating week of college sports, as California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law SB206, which will allow California college athletes to...
09/24: The NCAA comes hard after Kansas and Bill Self -- and Self is ready to fight back. Here's what to expect
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The NCAA has formally accused the University of Kansas of five Level I violations. Most of those are connected to the men's basketball program and its...
09/18: Clemson went from just-OK to college football juggernaut in a little over a half-decade. Which college basketball program is set up to do something similar?
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A fun episode awaits you, as Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open this one by tossing out theories as to why exactly Duke and Kentucky almost every ye...
09/12: California is one step away from allowing players to be paid. The NCAA is threatening to eliminate state schools from championship competition
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The only thing that awaits California college athletes the inalienable right to make money off their name, image and likeness -- and not face the thre...
09/05: Most coaches want more mid-majors in the NCAA Tournament and for their players to have a right to be paid
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander provide one of their strongest episodes of the offseason with long discussions on why coaches want more mid-majors, an...
08/28: Coaches spill their guts on the top league, most underrated jobs and toughest guys to scheme against in college hoops
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Every summer, Parrish and Norlander poll 100-plus coaches to get insight into a number of topics inside and outside college basketball. Today's podcas...
08/14: Nike gets accused in federal complaint of paying elite college athletes; Ken Pomeroy ranks every program in college hoops
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander get going on today's episode by revealing how a man who does not play tennis winds up with tennis elbow -- in both arm...
08/07: The NCAA wrongly changed its player-agent rule, angering LeBron James and presidential candidates in the process
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, news leaked that the NCAA made major alterations to its rules regarding which agents could represent players in the pre-draft process. The...
07/29: Colorado Springs podcast! On USA Basketball, recruiting's latest and Kentucky's key weekend commitment
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello from Colorado Springs! Parrish and Norlander have another from-the-hotel-room pod to share, this time with a recap of July's recruiting calendar...
07/13: LIVE! from the Peach Jam: Will 15-year-old phenom Emoni Bates ever play in college, and is this new recruiting calendar doomed to fail?
13 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Straight from Norlander's hotel room, it's another face-to-face episode of the pod. Parrish and Norlander open with some unanticipated thoughts on thi...
07/02: The NCAA slams Kevin Ollie, and UConn doesn't care because it's going to the Big East next year anyway
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, the NCAA's Committee on Infractions levied a three-year show-cause against former UConn coach Kevin Ollie. The university was spared any m...
6/21: Late-night emergency podcast: NBA Draft recap, reactions, biggest takeaways
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander go face-to-face for an in-person, late-night podcast to discuss the most interesting things to come out of Thursday ni...
06/13: Let's guess which six schools the NCAA is going to hit with Level I infractions in the coming weeks
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd reported a major story on Wednesday: an NCAA official told Dodd that six men's basketball programs would receive notices of al...
06/06: Book Richardson receives prison sentence, and more college coaches are likely to get the same
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday, Book Richardson was sentenced to three months in federal prison. It was a history-making decision by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos. M...
05/30: Winners + losers from NBA Draft deadline decisions; Kansas' flurry of roster ups and downs; college basketball's talent drain
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly 90 underclassmen opted to stay in the 2019 NBA draft pool. And nearly 90 decided to come back. Which schools benefitted most or were hurt signi...
05/22: Michigan gets its best realistic replacement for John Beilein by hiring Juwan Howard
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday, Michigan officially hired alumnus Juwan Howard to coach its men's basketball program. The first 20 minutes of this podcast are dedicated...
05/13: John Beilein stuns college basketball by leaving Michigan to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The basketball world woke up to surprising news Monday morning: John Beilein was walking on Michigan to take a job with the shaky Cleveland Cavaliers ...
With the second trial over, and more guilty verdicts delivered, which schools were hurt the most -- and what will the NCAA do now?
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our final podcast dedicated to the second college basketball federal trial opens on what the government set out to do, and failed. Then Gary Parrish a...
05/01: The federal trial has been worse for Arizona than maybe everyone was expecting
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
College basketball has maybe never been as newsy and buzzy on the first day of May as it is this. That's because the second of three scheduled federal...
04/24: The second federal trial has Christian Dawkins on video accusing Arizona coach Sean Miller of cheating to get players
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Miller's name is in headlines again thanks to the second college basketball corruption trial, which on Wednesday turned its attention the Arizona...
04/16: LSU shocks the college hoops world and reinstates Will Wade; the Hauser brothers shock Marquette and leave the program
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Minutes before the season premiere of the final season of Game of Thrones started Sunday night, LSU announced Will Wade had been reinstated to his pos...
04/09: Virginia beats Texas Tech and completes one of the all-time incredible stories in college basketball history
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Norlander was right: Virginia won the national title. It did so in a great game, probably one of the 10 best in NCAA Tournament title game history. Te...
04/07: Virginia-Auburn insanity, Texas Tech throttles through again, and now we have an epic defensive title game matchup
07 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time in 40 years, a national championship game will feature two schools that have never before made it this far. But first, GP and Norla...
04/07: LIVE! from Minneapolis -- Parrish and Norlander preview and pick Saturday's Final Four games
06 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Who will play for the national championship on Monday night? It should be a pretty interesting Saturday on the way to finding out. Gary Parrish and Ma...
04/02: Kentucky gives John Calipari a lifetime contract; Tom Izzo says he needs to win another title; top Final Four storylines
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Don't worry, we've got some Final Four chatter for you on this pod, but the episode starts with the biggest college hoops news of the past 24 hours: K...
03/31: That was probably the best Elite Eight in NCAA Tournament history, and it includes the end of Zion Williamson's Duke career
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a Final Four almost no one had: Virginia, Michigan State, Auburn and Texas Tech. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open with their initial though...
03/30: Duke's getting lucky, sure, but let's also get into how enjoyable that Sweet 16 was
30 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To start, Parrish and Norlander open with Duke barely escaping -- again -- thanks to a bunny missed at the buzzer. Virginia Tech almost had it. But yo...
03/27: Our picks — straight up and vs. the spread — for the Sweet 16 games; coaching carousel hirings, firings and rumors
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday got the college hoops coaching carousel whizzing, so before Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander resume their NCAA tourney convo, they open by talk...
03/25: See ya, Cinderella; this is the strongest Sweet 16 field in NCAA Tournament history
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A chalky run of results in the first two rounds of the NCAAs have Parrish and Norlander recapping and reflecting on the best, and most overlooked, mom...
03/23: NCAA Tournament whiparound: First round breakdown, second round previews and picks
23 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
OK, we had a fun but not insane first couple of days of the Big Dance. So will the weekend make up for it? It's quite possible. Gary Parrish and Matt ...
03/20: Matt Norlander and Gary Parrish pick every first round NCAA Tournament game straight up and against the spread
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A one-off episode that's different from the usual Eye on College Basketball ep. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open with some thoughts on Rick Byrd a...
03/17: MEGA NCAA TOURNAMENT BREAKDOWN, PREDICTIONS, ANALYSIS PODCAST
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
No teases needed. THIS EPISODE IS THE GOODS. Complete NCAA Tournament reaction, analysis and everything you want for the morning after Selection Sunda...
03/15: Zion Williamson is destroying every expectation we have for him; setting the table for Selection Sunday
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Zion Williamson's return to Duke was probably the best return from injury in a single game in college basketball history. He went 13-of-13 from the fi...
03/13: In light of Gonzaga losing in the WCC title game, who will be the four 1 seeds on Selection Sunday?
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Saint Mary's stunned Gonzaga Tuesday night to win the WCC Tournament. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open on that, Gonzaga's standing on the 1 line a...
03/10: Championship Week is here, so it's time to get fired up over mid-major bubble squads and major-conference trash teams
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This extensive episode leads on making the case for Belmont to be in the field. Matt Norlander brings the evidence, and Gary Parrish has some supporti...
03/08: LSU indefinitely suspends Will Wade, UNC become a 1 seed, and a huge preview of the weekend
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode opens with Gary Parrish flying solo for the first segment, talking the huge news: LSU indefinitely suspending Will Wade. Then Norlande...
03/06: R.I.P. to Kansas streak; with Zion Williamson out yet again, might RJ Barrett overtake him for National Player of the Year?
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time since 2004, Kansas will not finish atop the Big 12 standings. The greatest streak in college hoops history is done. Parrish and Nor...
03/03: THIS. IS. MARCH.
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
That gift off the top -- that's for you, listeners. Thank you for subscribing. Please, if you could, rate the pod five stars and leave an good comment...
02/28: The bad Big East, a big bubble weekend ahead, and the must-watch games to build Saturday around
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Iowa coach Fran McCaffery has been suspended two games for accusing an official of being crooked. GP and Norlander open that, then get to St. John's n...
02/27: Which coach came off worse on Tuesday: Iowa's Fran McCaffery or Arizona's Sean Miller?
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Duke lost its second game without Zion Williamson, dropping to 24-4 in the process and losing its spot as the No. 1 overall seed, according to Jerry P...
02/24: Texas Tech obliterates Kansas; Duke's dandy without Zion; Ole Miss players take a knee during the national anthem
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Another rewarding, and interesting, weekend of college basketball has GP and Norlander opening with Texas Tech's dominant revenge win over Kansas. Fro...
02/21: Zion Williamson's knee injury was not as bad as initially feared, but it nevertheless ignited a national debate
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Zion Williamson's shoe-busting, knee-spraining spectacle less than a minute into the UNC game was the perfect storm of content creation for national d...
02/20: The UNC-Duke preview you crave, plus Kentucky's worrisome injury and VCU as the cream of the A-10
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The greatest rivalry in sports renews on Wednesday night, so Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander prep you for what to expect in Durham. But first, the duo...
02/17: Kentucky's win over Tennessee doesn't mean the Vols were overrated, and the same is true of Gonzaga now
17 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Norlander attended Tennessee-Kentucky on Saturday, then wound up stuck at the Indianapolis airport for more than seven hours. So this is the firs...
02/14: A lovingly fun Valentine's Day episode that previews what's sure to be a sweet weekend in college hoops
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We love our listeners, and so that's why we've made sure to start this Valentine's Day episode with a little love chatter at the top before getting to...
02/13: Louisville blows it vs. Duke; did Kentucky get jobbed vs. LSU?; and how did John Beilein get ejected?
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday night was wild in college basketball. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open on Louisville's epic collapse vs. Duke, then get to the controversi...
02/11: Duke dominates Virginia; UVA-UNC lookahead; recapping selection committee's top 16; Georgia lands No. 1 player
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This Monday episode is loaded with tons from the weekend, plus has a preview of the big Monday and Tuesday night games, with Norlander on site in Chap...
02/07: Kansas loses another player, Arizona loses another assistant, and it's a beautifully loaded weekend
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode of your favorite college hoops pod starts with Kansas announcing Lagerald Vick is out indefinitely due to a personal matter. From t...
02/06: MSU, Marquette and KU all take different kinds of bad losses; love for Tennessee, shouts to mid-majors
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Parrish and Norlander take a diverse tour through college hoops, touching on a bunch of teams they normally don't get a chance to chat about. It start...
02/03: NCAA bans Kansas' Silvio De Sousa for two years; Michigan schools get upset; NC State scored only 24 points (?!)
03 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It was a noisy weekend in college basketball, starting with the NCAA's two-year suspension on Kansas forward Silvio De Sousa. Parrish and Norlander op...
02/01: Villanova is 3-point-shooting its way back into title contention; your weekend preview, bold picks included
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open this episode by discussing Villanova's nine-game winning streak and getting into why it's happened. From there, t...
01/30: Kansas is 1-5 on the road and might be broken for good; Ethan Happ and Grant Williams' cases vs. Zion for POY
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kansas' loss at Texas has many wondering if the Jayhawks will fail to finish atop the Big 12's regular season standings for the first time in a decade...
01/27: Kentucky in title form, Kansas is flawed, Purdue snaps Michigan State, Big East is a bunch of mush
27 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The biggest game of the weekend was Kentucky beating Kansas, so this ep opens on UK, then gets to Kansas' glaring issues (9:50). From there, Parrish a...
01/24: Tennessee wins close again, but was the controversial call all that controversial?
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open up on Tennessee's win over Vandy to get to 17-1, then eventually touch on Grant Williams' (11:11) campaign for NP...
01/23: The SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 have a bunch of teams swiping and slipping in opposite directions
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Parrish and Norlander open with Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Auburn hitting the skids on Tuesday, then touch on Indiana (8:35), which has now lost ...
01/20: Down goes Virginia! Down goes Michigan! No undefeated teams remain, So who is No. 1 now?
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday represented the busiest day of college basketball on the 2018-19 calender: the 150 games played were the most in one day of any this season. ...
01/18: Weekend preview: Virginia at Duke sets up as the best game of 2019 so far; will the final two unbeatens fall?
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Before the guys look ahead, Norlander and Parrish check in on Kansas State and the Big 12 at the top of this episode. Plus, Iowa State and TCU (7:10) ...
01/15: Syracuse stuns Duke, which loses Tre Jones to a shoulder injury; Indiana hits a troubling skid
15 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Monday night brought the unexpected: not just a Duke loss to Syracuse, but Tre Jones' troubling shoulder injury that is expected to keep him out for a...
01/13: What's wrong with UNC; how Duke escaped at Florida State; the Big Ten has 10 teams in play for the NCAAs
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
North Carolina continued its bipolar ways this weekend. Just five days after winning at NC State, the Tar Heels lost 83-62 at home to Louisville. GP a...
01/11: Markus Howard challenging Zion for POY; big, extended weekend preview
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Markus Howard became the first Division I player in the past 20 years to have multiple 50-point games when he got 53 in Wednesday's win at Creighton. ...
01/09: Explaining why Zion Williamson is, no exaggeration, tracking to be the best freshman in Duke history
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Zion Williamson finished with 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in Tuesday's 87-65 win at Wake Forest. So he's now the first freshman in Duke hi...
01/06: Who will be the last undefeated team -- Virginia, Michigan or Houston?
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Norlander's Chicago Bears lost a playoff game to the Philadelphia Eagles in the worst possible way, so he and Gary Parrish open this episode on t...
01/04: Mid-season picks to win all the big leagues; Bol Bol's college career apparently over; previewing the four big games
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A big weekend for Big Ten hoops awaits. On this episode, GP and Norlander open with a note on Michigan, then get into the bad Bol Bol news (6:00). Fro...
12/31: Surprise podcast! Steve Alford was fired, so now UCLA is ringing in 2019 without a head coach
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Early Monday morning, UCLA fired Steve Alford midway through his sixth season. That called for an emergency podcast from Parrish and Norlander. The gu...
12/30: UCLA lost to Liberty. Bruins are now 7-6. Is Steve Alford going to get fired before the season ends?
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
UCLA fell 73-58 (!) at home (!!) to Liberty (!!!!) on Saturday. Bruins coach Steve Alford does not seem long for that job now. Parrish and Norlander o...
12/28: College basketball 2018 Year in Review
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When you take into account everything of consequence that happened in 2018, it's not that hard to make the argument that the sport won't see another y...
12/26: The 2018-19 Almost-Midseason Awards, including updated picks for who will win the national title
26 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today's day-after-Christmas podcast opens with some holiday cheer (well, sort of!), then gets to Parrish and Norlander's top-three picks for National ...
12/24: Who should be No. 1: Tennessee, Duke, Michigan -- or someone else? Plus, a full recap of a headline-making CBS Sports Classic
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A fun audio stuffing stocker of sorts for our loyal listeners, as Parrish and Norlander didn't let the weekend wrap before getting a good episode in t...
12/21: Duke-Texas Tech reaction, Kevin Keatts' great start at NC State, and a big preview of the CBS Sports Classic
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This Friday episode of the Eye on College Basketball Podcast opens with Duke's comeback win on a quality Texas Tech team that showed some ways in how ...
12/19: Penny Hardaway and Rick Barnes already don't like each other; Duke-Texas Tech preview; Buffalo's awesome 11-0 start
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Memphis-Tennessee rivalry is back on in a huge way, with Penny Hardaway telling Rick Barnes to "get the f--- out of here." Parrish and Norlander o...
12/16: Kansas is No. 1 but doesn't look like it; Gonzaga's hopes for a 1 seed aren't lost; will Big Blue Nation forgive Rick Pitino?
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kansas is 9-0 and ranked No. 1. But the Jayhawks haven’t looked so great much of the season. Is this team overrated? Norlander and GP open on that, ...