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Eye On College Basketball CBS Sports, College Basketball, Basketball, March Madness, NCAA Tournament, NBA Draft
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CBS Sports’ official college basketball podcast is the most entertaining and informative of its kind. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander bring the sport into your ears at least three times per week with commentary, reporting, insider information and statistical analysis throughout college basketball all year long.
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📬 May Mailbag! Parrish and Norlander answer listener questions on college hoops, transfer portal, music and more
We haven't done a mailbag in nearly 90 days, so we're fixing that! Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander answer a variety of your questions, some sent in recent days, others that have been sitting for months.
Also be sure to read Norlander's scoop/story he references in the show here re: NIL tournament in Vegas.
(00:45) - Potpourri to start: Love letters, correspondence and random emails!
(16:39) - Is competitive balance worse than ever?
(21:01) - Do college basketball teams have GMs like the pros now?
(25:29) - Which coach can go from seemingly not great to HOFer?
(31:30) - Could/should a high-major and a mid-major collude for players?
(37:43) - What happens first: Gonzaga misses the NCAAs or Tiger Woods misses the Masters cut?
(39:48) - Which mid-major 2024 hire gets a high-major job in 2025?
(41:33) - Is Baylor fixing its camera angle or what?
(43:05) - What makes a top-20 job?
(52:11) - Why can't Dayton, Gonzaga, Memphis upgrade conferences?
(59:59) - Best songs named after cities/states
Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe
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Latest transfer boosts: Arkansas, Baylor, Bama stock up. Plus: The biggest portal names still on the board
The portal keeps spinning, and in Fayetteville, it appears that John Calipari has built a borderline top-25 team. What's Calipari's roster looking like? Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander break it downr. PLUS, Baylor and Alabama have built top-10 rosters, it seems. We've got a portal-specific ep for you today.
(02:34) - Does Arkansas have a top 25 roster?
(13:19) - Baylor adds more talent to roster
(22:00) - Alabama adds Cliff Omoruyi
(28:07) - Other notable transfers
(32:23) - Top uncommitted guys and some scuttle on who's still chasing
Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe
You can listen to us on your smart speakers! Simply say, "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast," or "Hey, Google, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast."
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Analyzing the biggest/latest news in the portal with some heavy hitters: UConn, Kentucky, Arkansas, Michigan and more
With the portal entry deadline hitting Wednesday night at midnight, some teams have done work to fill their rosters. Chief among them, the reigning champion UConn Huskies. Has Dan Hurley and Co. done enough in the portal to solidify a championship roster? Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander discuss that and more.
(01:11) - Has UConn done enough to enter next season as a legit title contender?
(18:04) - Who ends up with the best roster on opening day: Michigan, Kentucky or Arkansas? Plus, Norlander scoopage on what's gone down in the past 24 hours in Lexington and Fayetteville.
Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe
You can listen to us on your smart speakers! Simply say, "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast," or "Hey, Google, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast."
Email the show for any reason whatsoever: ShoutstoCBS@gmail.com
Visit Eye on College Basketball's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeFb_xyBgOekQPZYC7Ijilw
For more college hoops coverage, visit https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/
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🎠 HUGE 2024 coaching carousel recap/reset: Analysis + intel on every high-major hiring, plus the best mid-major gets 🎠
READ: Norlander's Coaching Tracker
If you missed any of the storylines of the 2024 coaching carousel, fear not. Today's episode is a special one. More than 90 minutes worth of recaps and discussions about the 14 high-major hirings in this cycle, plus another 10-or-so mid-major gets that rank among the most notable. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander will catch you up on all the faces in new places. We're time-stamping this to make it all the easier for school-specific discussions, but we recommend listening to the whole show.
(01:31) - Which coaching hire do the guys believe in the most? Stanford and ... Ohio State? Let them explain
(17:01) - SMU, plus how the butterfly effect here started in ... 2022. In Los Angeles.
(23:00) - USC
(28:00) - Arkansas
(39:55) - Kentucky
(53:20) - BYU
(1:01:15): Louisville/Michigan and the battle for Dusty May
(1:16:00): DePaul, Vandy, Washington, West Virginia, Oklahoma State
(1:27:00) - The top/most notable mid-major hires
Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe
You can listen to us on your smart speakers! Simply say, "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast," or "Hey, Google, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast."
Email the show for any reason whatsoever: ShoutstoCBS@gmail.com
Visit Eye on College Basketball's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeFb_xyBgOekQPZYC7Ijilw
For more college hoops coverage, visit https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/
To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/
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Duke opens as ’25 title favorite; Indiana adds two big pieces; biggest/latest names in portal; more reax to start of UK’s Mark Pope era
Norlander and Parrish are BACK together. And we've got an hour-long episode as a bonus to your week. They guys talk Duke, Indiana, the biggest names in the portal and the back story on Norlander breaking the Mark Pope news while on mini vacation.
(00:55) - Jeremy Roach is leaving Duke. Should the Blue Devils be the title favorite for 2024-25?
(15:04) - Is Indiana a top-25 team after adding Myles Rice and Oumar Ballo? There's a glaring piece missing here.
(27:00) - The NCAA has approved, once and for all, unlimited transfers with immediate eligibility.
(41:26) - We get Norlander's thoughts on the Mark Pope hire and all that's transpired in Lexington since Sunday.
Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe
You can listen to us on your smart speakers! Simply say, "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast," or "Hey, Google, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast."
Email the show for any reason whatsoever: ShoutstoCBS@gmail.com
Visit Eye on College Basketball's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeFb_xyBgOekQPZYC7Ijilw
For more college hoops coverage, visit https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/
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Mark Pope to be hired as the next coach of the Kentucky Wildcats
Mitch Barnhart and the Kentucky Wildcats allegedly hire BYU's Mark Pope, is this the right hire for the folks in Lexington? Gary Parrish and David Cobb discuss.
00:55 - Mark Pope is the next coach at Kentucky
02:41 - The Pope hire is also underwhelming
16:45 - How much does money play a factor now in big program jobs?
Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe
You can listen to us on your smart speakers! Simply say, "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast," or "Hey, Google, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast."
Email the show for any reason whatsoever: ShoutstoCBS@gmail.com
Visit Eye on College Basketball's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeFb_xyBgOekQPZYC7Ijilw
For more college hoops coverage, visit https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/
To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/
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Customer Reviews
A HUGE Thank You
This has been my favourite podcast for a number of years now. Gary and Matt make it super fun with the constant banter and inside jokes. In addition, their knowledge of the game is excellent.
My wife and I live and work abroad in China, so keeping up to date on college basketball has been tough. The Eye has made this possible and a helluva lot of fun as well.
In January, my wife and I were forced to leave China due to the Coronavirus and due to the fact that she was pregnant with our first child. After returning to London, her hometown, our daughter was born premature at 31 weeks. Needless to say, the last 3 weeks have been the most difficult of my life. We are in hospital everyday supporting our daughter, Ava Grace, amidst a growing outbreak of Covid19 in the UK. To cut a long story short, listening to your podcast has been one of the only things that has brought a sense of normalcy to my life. Without sounding overly sappy, your podcast has been a source of relief, a much needed laugh and an opportunity to switch off from the madness.
Despite the cancellation of the tournament, you guys have pressed on, in difficult situations as parents yourselves, and provided us with our much needed fix of not just college hoops chat but entertainment and levity.
Thank you so much for what you do.
Kind regards,
David
Best Podcast for college hoops
Hi, living in the uk following college sports can be difficult so having a great podcast like this can help me mop up some of the smaller details I miss through the night. I work in the betting industry and I picked seton hall pre season at 70/1 (uk odds) and I am hoping they can clinch a two seed in the tournament, they have two huge games in the week will back to back wins against ranked opponents be enough for a two seed? Love the show, cmon the pirates
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