Podcast Episodes

NCAA Tournament STAYING at 68 — at least for now. Reax and next steps. Plus: post-vacation catch-up and summer movie recs!

Read: Norlander on why expansion is unjustified

For the 2025 -2026 College Basketball season, sanity will reign and the NCAA Tournament will remain…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

'25 Summer Shootaround : Purdue Head Coach Matt Painter enters the chat to preview the Boilermakers' season

The betting favorite to win it all in 2025-2026? The Purdue Boilermakers. Head Coach Matt Painter sits down with Gary Parrish to discuss how the offs…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Summer Shootaround '25: BYU with Richie Saunders and AJ Dybantsa are poised to have the best year in program history

One of the best analytics-based teams in 2025? The BYU Cougars. The Cougars have continued to load up in the portal, adding freshman phenom Rob Wrigh…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

'25 Summer Shootaround: The Houston Cougars remain elite heading into the 25-26 CBB season

The Houston Cougars suffered utter heartbreak in the National Championship game last April. The team will be a bit younger this year, adding a five-s…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Summer Shootaround: After Winning the Big East, Rick Pitino & St. John's are Primed for encore

The promising resurgence of the St. John's Red Storm short-circuited a few rounds too early in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. So Rick Pitino and St. John…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

🗣️🗣️ Summer Shootaround Announcement !!

Summer Shootaround is BACK. But this year it'll be different. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander QUICKLY dive into what to expect in this year's edition…

7 months ago

Top 25 Stories of the Past 25 Years, Ep. 5: Murder, the FBI, NCAA amateurism dies and the Greatest Almost-Buzzer Beater in History

The final installment of the Top 25 Stories of the last 25 Years of College Basketball is HERE. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander recap the top 5 s…

7 months ago

State of the 2026 CBB Recruiting Class + Peach Jam Recap - RISERS & Fallers, JJ Andrews named MVP

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/as-college-basketball-enters-its-most-uncertain-era-yet-few-believe-the-new-rules-will-stop-the-flo…

7 months ago

Norlander recruiting recap + Many Coaches OK with NCAA Tournament staying at 68 & NBA/NFL/MLB players associations push back on NCAA's charge on Congress

The NBA, NFL, and MLB players associations are pushing back on the NCAA’s request for help from Congress — and it could shake up the future of athlet…

7 months, 1 week ago

NCAA Tournament expansion talks stall -- for now. Is there hope to stay at 68? + Why new kinds of NIL chaos have quickly taken hold in college sports

Read Matt Norlander's column on possible tournament expansion: https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/heres-the-math-and-data-that-prove-w…

7 months, 2 weeks ago