Blue Ribbon College Basketball Podcast, Ep. 18: Talking Sweet 16 with beat writers and Blue Ribbon contributing editors Mike Waters and Todd Hefferman

In the newest episode of the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Podcast, hosts Chris Dortch (@cdortch) and Kevin Ingram (@KIngramSports) welcome in Mike Waters, a Syracuse beat writer for Syracuse.com and Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook contributing editor, and Todd Hefferman, who covers the Missouri Valley Conference for the Southern Illinoisian and is also a Blue Ribbon contributing editor.

Some of the topics of discussion:

* The Pac-12’s impressive run in the NCAA tournament

* USC dominating Kansas

* Alabama embracing the 3-pointer

* How Villanova is winning without Collin Gillispie

* Syracuse back in the Sweet 16 as a double-digit seed

* Buddy Boeheim’s impact on the Orange

* Porter Moser leading Loyola Chicago back to the Sweet 16

* The state of the Missouri Valley Conference

* Cameron Krutwig’s skillset

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