Eye On College Basketball EOCBB on CBSSN: Conf tourney picks + our fav memories of Champ Week over the years; carousel update; Coach of the Year candidates
Mar 10, 2026
They make picks for the power-conference tournaments and debate how outcomes will affect NCAA seeding. They relive memorable championship-week moments from Kemba Walker to Kenyon Martin. They run through Coach of the Year contenders and update the coaching carousel around programs like Syracuse, Pitt, Cincinnati and Arizona State.
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Treat 'Foreseeable Future' Injury News As Major
- Consider injuries' language when evaluating team outlooks during Championship Week.
- Norlander warns 'foreseeable future' often means season-ending, so weigh injury reports when predicting tournament winners.
Power Conference Tournaments Favor Upsets
- Power conference tournament winners are unpredictable and often not the regular-season one seed.
- Norlander and Gary pick several non-one seeds (Virginia, UConn, Illinois, Houston, Alabama) to win their conferences, noting upsets always occur.
Kemba Walker Press Row Memory
- Matt Norlander recalled filming Kemba Walker's Big East buzzer beater from press row and uploading the clip early in his CBS career.
- He described lingering media gaggles and Kemba giving him extra time despite exhaustion.