Eye On College Basketball

CBS Sports, College Basketball, Basketball, March Madness, NCAA Tournament, NBA Draft

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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Mar 17, 2025 • 48min

EOCBB on CBSSN: Most trustworthy 1-seed? One more chat on the UNC/WVU mess; favorite 1st-rd matchups; coaching carousel latest

Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on college basketball. 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/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 17, 2025 • 1h 18min

🏀🏀🏀THE BRACKET IS HERE: NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday reactions galore! One of our favorite shows of the whole year

Selection Sunday is finally here, revealing some surprising choices for the NCAA Tournament. North Carolina earns an 11-seed over teams like Indiana and West Virginia, raising eyebrows about the selection criteria. The hosts delve into the controversies surrounding Auburn's controversial No. 1 seed and highlight exciting matchups, including Duke's dominance in the East. With March Madness approaching, they discuss potential upsets and the unpredictability of the brackets, all while sharing personal stories and the thrill of the tournament's return.

Mar 14, 2025 • 1h 13min

Cooper Flagg’s ankle becomes THE story; Texas pushing to get 14 SEC teams; Thursday recap; Friday lookahead + F4+1; R.I.P. to the great John Feinstein

Less than 36 hours before Selection Sunday hits, we have no shortage of drama. Cooper Flagg went down in less than one half of postseason basketball. Will we see him again this season? Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander discuss the future of the freshman. Texas and North Carolina earned themselves massive wins, are both teams off the bubble? All that and more on a fresh episode!00:55 - Cooper Flagg goes down, what's next for Duke?13:20 - Has Texas done enough to make the NCAA Tournament?22:24 - SEC Tournament recap24:30 - Big 12 Tournament Preview27:01 - Big Ten Tournament Preview37:00 - Coaching Carousel Update44:34 - Final Four And 1, Game 1 - Auburn (-11.5) vs. Ole Miss 46:39 - Final Four And 1, Game 2 - St. John’s (-4.5) vs. Marquette55:05 - Final Four And 1, Game 3 - Maryland (-1.5) vs. Illinois56:30 - Final Four And 1, Game 4 - New Mexico (-1.5) vs. Boise State58:43 - Other Games Of Note 59:46 - Final Four And 1, Game 5 - Houston (-7) vs. BYU Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on college basketball. 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/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 12, 2025 • 48min

How should committee seed Gonzaga? Indiana coaching candidates; the GREAT story behind Saint Francis making NCAAs; win-or-else Wednesday bubble games

Must-read: Norlander's story from Tuesday night on Saint FrancisStop us if you've heard this before: Gonzaga wins the WCC Tournament. Norlander and Parrish look into how the committee will handle the Zags. OK resume, great metrics. What's the seed? Then it's a look at the guys in the mix at Indiana, plus some awesome sound and storytelling from Norlander on what went down in the NEC title game on Tuesday night. 00:45 - Gonzaga beats St. Marys 58 - 51; Bulldogs earn 11th WCC title in the last 13 years.13:47 - Stay Or Hit Presented by Chumba Casino: Indiana coaching hot board20:00 - UNCW, Robert Morris and Saint Francis: dancing!35:00 - Wednesday bubble games to know Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on college basketball. 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/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 11, 2025 • 49min

EOCBB on CBSSN: Is Duke’s season a failure without a F4? Picking the Power Five conference tourneys; the 25 biggest stars in men’s CBB since 2000

Mar 9, 2025 • 1h 34min

One week to Selection Sunday: Bama, St. John’s win on buzzer-beaters; race for top seeds tightens; 5 teams dancing🕺🏻; big bubble recap; Kevin Keatts fired @ NC State

READ - Norlander : As Tom Izzo reinforces his greatness at 70, new rival Dusty May huntsHUGE pod here. T-minus seven days until we get to Selection Sunday! GP and Norlander take a long tour around Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Auto bids are here, and so are a few popped bubbles. What's with Auburn? Who's gonna be the 1-seeds in one week? Strap in, this is our longest show of the season so far, including looking at why Kevin Keatts had to be fired less than a year after the Final Four.00:45 - Auburn loses 2nd straight, this time to Alabama. 11:58 - How many teams have a shot to get the last 1 seed?28:10 - Five teams punched their tickets to the NCAA Tournament47:52 - Bubble Locks & Winners59:55 - Bubble Losers1:12:15 - Other Games of Note This Weekend1:16:15 - Keatts out at NC State and other carousel news1:24-16 - Previewing conference tourneys for Monday and Tuesday Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on college basketball. 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/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 7, 2025 • 1h 5min

Will Saturday determine if ACC is a 3-bid league? Miami, Utah hirings; Sparty takes Big Ten! Previewing final weekend of the regular season: auto-bids await!

The fall of the ACC has been a thing for a few years, but this year has been even worse. Is this Atlantic Coast Conference destined to only get THREE bids in the NCAA Tournament? Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander do an autopsy on how the ACC got here. Plus Michigan State wrapped up the Big Ten regular season crown AND we give our final regular season picks.00:38 - Is the ACC destined to be a three-bid league this year?14:24 - Miami, Utah make new coaching hires30:53 - Final Four And 1, Game 1 - No. 6 St. John’s at No. 20 Marquette (-1)36:56 - Final Four And 1, Game 2 - No. 7 Alabama at No. 1 Auburn (-10)44:28 - Final Four And 1, Game 3 - Ohio State at Indiana (-1)48:49 - Final Four And 1, Game 4 - No. 17 Michigan at No. 8 Michigan State (-7)53:50 - Final Four And 1, Game 5 - Oklahoma @ Texas (-3)56:17 - Other Games Of Note This Weekend Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on college basketball. 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/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 5, 2025 • 51min

No. 1 Auburn mauled by A&M, Flagg jumps Broome in NPOY race (for now); big-time bubble Tuesday; two 2OT thrillers!

What a Tuesday night! Texas A&M picked a great time to win its first game ever against a No. 1 team. The bubble picture got more interesting because most teams near the cut line wound up winning. (Most, not all.) Let's go:00:55 - Texas A&M upsets Auburn 83 - 7214:55 - Stay Or Hit Presented by Chumba Casino22:49 - Some regular-season title winners + Dave Chappelle28:00 - SEC bubble watch e31:13 - BYU-Iowa State 2OT + other bubble results Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on college basketball. 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/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 4, 2025 • 49min

The ACC is holding Duke back; how many teams still have a chance at a 1-seed? Coaching carousel season has begun

Mar 3, 2025 • 1h 19min

THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR IS BACK 🏀🎶🎸🏀🎶🎸

It's the first episode of March. And you know what that means. Norlander's gift for you awaits right off the top of the show. 06:27 - Auburn secures the SEC Regular Season Title09:00 - Tennessee wins on buzzer beater, beats Alabama 79 - 7618:00 - Florida handles business vs. Texas A&M 89 - 7027:21 - St. John's secures Big East Regular Season title, beats Seton Hall 71 - 6128:45 - Kansas loses to Texas Tech 78 -7333:50 - Iowa State beats Arizona 84 - 6736:00 - Houston keeps on rolling, beats Cincinnati 73-6438:10 - Big Ten Whiparound: Michigan State stays on top, beats Wisconsin; Michigan loses to Illinois48:00 - Vanderbilt, Gonzaga (probably) lock up tournament spots49:33 - Bubble Winners and Losers Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on college basketball. 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/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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