Podcast Episodes

College hoops preseason spectacular: Diving in and debating Norlander's 1-358 ranking of college basketball teams (10/14)

This week CBS Sports published Matt Norlander's annual ranking of every team in men's college basketball. Today's episode goes deep into those rankings, with a comparison of his top teams vs. where G…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Coaches dish on cheating in college hoops, best new hire and who replaces Coach K as the biggest coach in the sport (10/07)

Welcome to the the final slow news week for college basketball until the middle of April. Parrish & Norlander take you inside more of their exclusive conversations with coaches by discussing the resu…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Duke after K or UNC after Roy—who will be better? Plus: men's + women's F4s in same city, vaccine rates in CBB (College Basketball 09/30)

GP and Norlander open this episode on the potential for future men’s and women’s Final Fours to be played in the same city. Then the guys get to their Candid Coaches (9:30) stories from this week (li…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Duke lands 5-star Dereck Lively Jr.; with J.J. Redick retiring, we rank the 10 most famous college basketball players from this century (09/21)

READ: Parrish's column on Jon Scheyer | Norlander's column on 50 things to know 50 days before the season starts

Just who are the 10 most famous men’s college players of the past 20 years? We answer t…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

You asked, we answered: Our special listener mailbag episode is back! Kentucky, Gonzaga, Duke, Georgetown and more (College Basketball 09/16)

Kentucky landed five-star prospect Chris Livingston Wednesday evening, cementing John Calipari with the No. 1 class in 2022. GP and Norlander lead on that, then spend the rest of the episode going th…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Kentucky moving toward No. 1 '22 class; Mark Few cited for drunk driving; sizing up new Big 12 with BYU, Houston, Cincy, UCF (College Basketball 09/08)

Welcome to September. Football season has arrived -- and yet there's no shortage of basketball news to get to. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open on Kentucky landing Shaedon Sharpe, its highest-ran…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Louisville suspends Chris Mack for six games; grading skeds for Duke, Kentucky, UCLA, Gonzaga, Michigan, Kansas, UNC (College Basketball 08/31)

Chris Mack will not coach his Louisville Cardinals for the first few weeks/six games of the season. What more is there to the story? Matt Norlander and Kyle Boone open with that, then get to nonconfe…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

🚨5-star recruit Emoni Bates commits to Memphis Tigers - Emergency Podcast (College Basketball 8/25)

Gary Parrish is joined by Kyle Boone to offer their immediate reactions to Emoni Bates committing to Penny Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers. The guys break down why Bates chose Memphis over other opti…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Where will Emoni Bates go: Memphis, Michigan State, Oregon or the G League? (College Basketball 08/18)

A big decision awaits in the coming days/weeks for one of the most famous high school prospects of the past 15 years. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander offer the latest on Emoni Bates, who is taking vi…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Special mailbag show! Big 12's future, Gonzaga in Pac-12, 2022 title dark horse, Big Ten tourney teams (College Basketball 08/11)

We are in the thick of the summer, so what better time to finally introduce a long-overdue mailbag ep? Parrish and Norlander take a lengthy stroll through your questions. Have a question you’d like a…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago