Eye On College Basketball

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 Gary Parrish chat Duke, Georgetown and Texas in light of what happened Thursday and what they are looking forward to Friday. From there, thoughts on Tom Izzo (20:00) quitting the NABC Board of Directors over the denial of Joey Hauser's appeal for immediate eligibility at Michigan State. And since this is a Friday ep, the #FavFive is back (35:00), with the guys making their picks on five intriguing games this weekend -- including three on Friday! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 for a total of 12 games and all the fallout surrounding the ruling, plus speculation on whether Memphis can successfully appeal that suspension down a few games before Wiseman is scheduled to return to action on Jan. 12. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 still be a Final Four hopeful. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open on the Bulldogs, then get to Vermont (10:00) and its star, Anthony Lamb, who almost got the Catamounts a win at Virginia on Tuesday. They close with some thoughts on Texas, Georgetown and Duke (22:00), all of which will be playing in New York City on Thursday and Friday. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 were wrongly pegged as a top 10 team in the preseason. And what of UConn (14:00)? Well, it's the Huskies' first win at Gampel vs. a ranked opponent in almost six seasons. The guys then discuss a glorious moment from Friday night (22:00) in which a bench player from a mid-major team stole the show. The guys wrap with Tennessee's double-digit win over Washington (32:00); the Vols might be the best team in the SEC right now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Norlander wonder if he was ever even hurt in the first place. The guys open on that great game, then get to Memphis and the NCAA seemingly coming to a behind-closed-doors agreement (25:00) on James Wiseman’s ineligibility case. Then, it’s the second week of the #FavFive: Norlander and Parrish make their picks for five games this weekend (42:30), and the choices are as random as they are fun. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 find out.) Then Evansville, which won all of 11 games last season, knocked off No. 1 Kentucky 67-64 at Rupp Arena, giving the Wildcats the worst loss of any team so far this season -- and giving Evansville its biggest win in program history. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open on that, then get to two five-star commitments in the Big 12 from Tuesday: Bryce Thompson picking Kansas, Nimari Burnett picking Texas Tech (20:45). The guys close by looking ahead to the best ranked matchup of the week (35:00): Michigan State at Seton Hall on Thursday night. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 extensive discussion on the details, ethics and issues with how Memphis got here and what it will or won't do next. That's the first 44 minutes of the podcast. We highly recommend it. From there, the guys talk Myles Powell's injury (46:00), the three biggest wins over the weekend (52:15) and the tragic news of Cassius Winston losing his brother on Saturday (1:06:00). To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 point total since World War II. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open on the 48-34 Cavaliers win, then get into Jim Boeheim accusing his conference of taking a "money grab" to schedule UVA-Syracuse to open the season (13:00). After that, the guys chat Cole Anthony (26:00), who did something in UNC's opener that's only been two by two other players (care to guess?) in the past 15 years. And the pod closes with the #FavFive, a picks segment on this quintet of games: Auburn-Davidson, Colorado State-Duke, Baylor-Washington, Texas-Purdue and Boise State-Oregon. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 upsetting Kansas and Kentucky upsetting Michigan State. It's fun, informative, reported out -- and of course just a little bit goofy. We love our listeners. Enjoy! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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: Sunday night episodes BACK. This one opens with some random college hoops talk to loosen the muscles before getting into Champions Classic. Duke-Kansas talk (10:00) and then Michigan State-Kentucky (26:00), as those are by far the two biggest games to open the season Tuesday. From there, some big-picture predictions: Best value bets to win the national title (51:30) and picking the over/under win total (56:00) for 14 of the most prominent teams in the sport. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices