Eye On College Basketball

The opening weekend of College Basketball didn't give us just one but two awesome games this weekend, but first Norlander and Parrish discuss broken water heaters, long cross country flights and Sunday night Dwight Yoakam concerts. The guys then recap Texas taking an L when they visited no. 1 ranked Gonzaga, add in a "Drew Timme is likely the National Player of the Year Conversation" and get to Friday night's UCLA/Villanova game and more!(08:00) More teams should play ranked opponents(13:55) Gonzaga/Texas recap(17:29) Drew Timme is awesome(37:57) GP gives parenting tips(40:46) UCLA/Villanova recap(50:52) Florida/Florida St recapRead Norlander's piece on Drew Timme HERE: https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/gonzagas-drew-timme-the-top-player-in-the-nation-had-his-best-game-to-lead-the-no-1-zags-over-no-5-texas/ 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 College basketball season's first weekend starts with a massive slate of games that will determine how we see a bunch of the contenders. But first, Parrish and Norlander dive into the NCAA reprimanding Oklahoma State fans for sending threats to NCAA officials. Also, the first college basketball weekend also means the return of the Final Four plus one! Find out who Parrish and Norlander have picked to emerge victorious this weekend!(1:01) Oklahoma St. gets reprimanded by the NCAA(11:59) Jim Hayford resigns(23:00) SMU at Oregon Preview(30:00) Nova vs UCLA Preview(36:00) Texas at Gonzaga Preview(44:00) Florida State at Florida Preview(51:00) SDSU at BYU Preview 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 Season is HERE, Norlander is recording from Madison Square Garden and Parrish is recording from his hotel room. They open with an important life question for us all: when is it not okay to eat leftover pizza? Then they break down the main event of the Champions Classic -- Duke vs Kentucky. Did everyone underestimate what the Blue Devils can be this season? Is Paolo Banchero the real deal? The guys answer these questions and more. Plus other news and notes from a very noisy opening night in College Basketball.Watch and subscribe to the Eye on College Basketball Youtube Channel HERE(4:12) - Duke/ Kentucky recap(11:20) - Paolo Banchero is awesome(19:55) - Kentucky takeaways(26:00) - Kansas/Mich St. breakdown(36:26) - Other news and notes from opening 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

t's the first college basketball YouTube podcast ever! (Don't fact check that.) The season is nearly here, as Parrish and Norlander open the show with a mention of the first game of the season: Manhattan vs Manhattanville, of course. Then they get to the real stuff: breaking down the awesome slate of Champions Classic games. First: No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks vs. the Michigan State Spartans, then the final matchup between Coach K and Coach Cal, as No. 9 Duke takes on 10th-ranked Kentucky. The pod closes with a few college hoops headlines from over the weekend and the other games to know for opening night. 0:00 Intro(13:31) - Parrish and Norlander break down Kansas vs Michigan State(30:00) -The guys break down Kentucky/Duke(49:02) - New Rule changes come to College basketballSubscribe to the Eye On College Basketball Youtube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeFb_xyBgOekQPZYC7Ijilw 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

Subscribe here to the brand-new Eye On College Basketball Youtube PageSpoiler alert! Parrish and Norlander give their picks on the Final Four, championship game and who will win it all. The guys then dive into this year's crop of tournament sleepers, as well as some of the teams that might not make the tournament at all! The episode closes with Norlander giving a dozen regular season and tournament predictions for this upcoming year.9:10 - Parrish and Norlander make their Final Four picks22:00 - Title game picks29:30 - Tournament sleepers38:00 - Season predictions 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

An NCAA appeals committee decided this week to uphold the Committee on Infractions' decision from 17 months ago to ban Oklahoma State for the postseason. The Cowboys are ineligible in 2022. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander discuss the decision in depth, with some additional reporting from Norlander's scoop earlier on Wednesday. The guys also get into Jalen Wilson's suspension at Kansas (28:00) for DUI and Kofi Cockburn's three-game suspension (36:30) for selling team gear earlier this year, before NIL rules went into place.TAP HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ON YOUTUBE. The first episode will go live on video Monday. 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

Our final conference-related preview for the 2021-22 season hits on a sweet 16 set of teams you need to know about now that there's -- you ready? -- just ONE week until the season begins! Parrish and Norlander open the show by discussing what would prevent Gonzaga from being a No. 1 seed/living up to expectations, and then at the 19-minute mark, the guys get into Norlander's list of the 15 best non-Gonzaga teams from outside the power-conference structure. Come here to find your future Cinderellas, but even more than that, some of the veteran-laden mid-major teams that will work their way near or into the top 25 this season. ALSO: Eye on College Basketball will be both a podcast in audio AND video form beginning next week. We'd love if you tuned into the show on YouTube. Tap here to subscribe to the channel and get alerts every time the podcast goes up. 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

Our final big conference preview homes in on a league that could send as many as eight to the tourney. Parrish and Norlander save their longest league preview for last, as the SEC has eight compelling teams with realistic chances of making the 2022 NCAA Tournament. The league breaks down into three tiers: some combination of Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas and Tennessee. Then a quartet of Alabama, Mississippi State, Florida and LSU. And then the other six teams, of which at least one could reasonably be the surprising breakthrough and finish in the top half of the conference. Let's dive in. 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 Conference of Champions is coming off an all-time heater in the NCAA Tournament. What's the follow-up going to be like? Matt Norlander and Gary Parrish have UCLA at No. 1 with a bullet, then think Oregon and USC will give decent chase. But reality is, this could be a four-bid league in 2022. Hard to see how it gets more than five, but we've got thoughts on every team, of course. Our series continues with a look around what's out West, including why Washington State will play in the postseason for the first time in a decade.As referenced on the show, here is CBS Sports' preseason list of the 101 best players this season. 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

Matt Norlander and Gary Parrish continue our conference series with a 37-minute examination of the home of the reigning national champs, the Big 12. Can Baylor have a third elite season in a row? Kansas or Texas at the top? The guys lay out what's ahead and give analysis of every team in the league, including their picks to win the league, to be in the NCAA Tournament picture and the most notable new names in the conference. 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