Blue Ribbon College Basketball Podcast Ep. 1: ESPN's Joe Lunardi

In the inaugural episode of the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Podcast, hosts Chris Dortch (@cdortch) and Kevin Ingram (@KIngramSports) welcome in ESPN’s Joe Lunardi (@ESPNLunardi).

Some of the topics the guys discuss:

* The cancellation of the 2020 NCAA tournament

* College players returning to school vs. going pro in an uncertain basketball landscape

* Lunardi’s projected No. 1 seeds entering the 2020-21 season

* How Baylor, Gonzaga, Villanova, and Virginia continue to have success

* The importance of having experience in the NCAA tournament

* Lunardi’s process for building a bracket, even in the summertime

* Potential scenarios for college basketball to return amid the pandemic

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Coming up on Thursday

Thanks for listening to this free podcast from the Blue Ribbon Report.

In Thursday’s long-form edition for paid subscribers, the Blue Ribbon Report staff takes an inside look at the transfer phenomenon in college basketball. We talk to Ole Miss head coach Kermit Davis, Wake Forest head coach Steve Forbes, UAB head coach Andy Kennedy, San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher, Kentucky assistant Joel Justus, Gonzaga assistant Tommy Lloyd, and former Gonzaga star Dan Dickau for insight into how transfers have become such a big part of the sport.

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