CBB Central

It's officially conference preview season! We're counting down the final 10 weeks until the college basketball season kicks off, and so that means it's time to start previewing conferences for the 2022-23 season. We start with the ACC, a league that was much-maligned for most of last season but wound up producing three Elite Eight and two Final Four teams. Now, with Duke in the post-Coach K era an...

We've got news to break down on a late-August college hoops pod, as Brad and Kevin analyze Keyontae Johnson signing on with Jerome Tang and Kansas State, Emmanuel Akot's flip from Memphis to Western Kentucky, Louisville's late addition of Fabio Basili, UMass making a pair of late splashes, and some key recruiting nuggets for 2023 regarding top 2023 targers. Plus, thoughts on which first-year coach...

It's the bad gets show! So much of the discourse all spring is about "good gets", so we go over the signings we didn't love this spring in the portal. Of course, this isn't to say a player isn't good, but the team-building strategy behind the move was often flawed and can be the difference between getting fired and going to the postseason. Plus, plenty of thoughts on recruiting, including Michigan...

We're approaching 100 days away from the college hoops season! The main focus of today's episode is breakout players: Brad and Kevin each come with 20 players they believe will take the next step and help their teams this season... who will be the next Keegan Murray or Benn Mathurin? They also touch on the end of the live period, as Kevin breaks down some of the players he saw on the road last wee...

It's the last podcast of June, which means it's time for some reflection. The guys look back at their preseason prop bets and break down where they were right and where they were wrong, like both of us picking other players than Keegan Murray to lead Iowa in scoring or Kevin (somehow) correctly picking a non-D1 over D1 upset. Plus, the guys put a bow on NBA draft season by breaking down the draft...

It's NBA Draft week! The guys log their takes on where they stand on the top prospects in the draft, with differing opinions on Jabari Smith and Chet Holmgren at the top. Plus, the guys they want to bet on in a crowded middle and some sleeper prospects to watch. Also on today's episode, the guys break down Pete Nance's commitment to North Carolina, its impact on the top 10 with Kevin's top 25 out...

There are still a few more transfers to go over, as the player movement machine slowly wraps up for 2022-23. The big ones we hit on in this week's episode: Duke gets some shooting and experience with the addition of Jacob Grandison, Arizona solidifies its backcourt by adding Courtney Ramey and Cedric Henderson, Washington State has new life with the signing of Justin Powell and return of Mouhamed...

After a week off, the pod returns! Brad and Kevin catch you up on everything you've missed in the last two weeks in college basketball. They start with Kevin's trip to watch Nike EYBL in Kansas City and Kevin gives some thoughts on the top prospects, including the potential for GG Jackson to reclassify and end up at South Carolina. They also touch on DJ Wagner's rollercoaster recruitment, what to...

Draft decisions are in, and it's time to break down the biggest winners and losers of the final big wave of roster movement. Teams like Kansas, Houston and Gonzaga were clear winners, solidifying themselves as top-10 teams thanks to high-impact returners like Drew Timme, Jalen Wilson, Marcus Sasser and Julian Strawther. Meanwhile, Duke and Arizona were dealt blows with the losses of Trevor Keels a...

On this week's episode of CBB Central, Brad and Kevin recap the NBA Draft Combine and break down the recent transfer commitments across college basketball. Kevin spent all week downtown in Chicago at the combine and updates you on everything he saw and heard there, including thoughts on every college-eligible player who played during the week. Plus, with 10 days in between pods, there have been pl...

On this week's episode of CBB Central, Brad and Kevin break down where things stand in the portal heading into Combine week. They touch on the issues for teams in need of big men right now and its effect on the market as a whole, a big week of commitments for Thad Matta and Butler, Ohio State locking in Isaac Likekele to round out its portal class, and reset some rosters at high-majors that made t...

On this week's episode of CBB Central, Brad and Kevin get into the latest portal happenings with the names going in mostly set after the May 1 deadline. Baylor Scheierman's commitment to Creighton is massive, and it sets up the Jays to be in the mix to be a top 5 team in 2022-23. Other big commitments discussed include David Jones joining an interesting St. John's team, Efton Reid beefing up Gonza...

The portal and NIL are wreaking havoc on the college hoops offseason. What are the impacts of all this? Brad and Kevin dive into that very question on this week's podcast. They then hit on the most recent commitments, everything from Duke getting a backup PF to Memphis getting arguably the best player in the portal in Kendric Davis. Plus, a whole lot in between. They also hit on Jay Wright's retir...

It's our first offseason podcast, and oh boy, it's a doozy. The transfer portal is hotter than ever, and the guys start the pod trying to answer the question on everyone's minds: Is the transfer portal good for college basketball? After some long debate on that topic, Brad and Kevin get into the nitty gritty of the portal. They react to some of the big names going in the portal, like Tyrese Hunter...

The season is over, and the guys aren't exactly sure what to do with themselves. Kevin returns with some stories from New Orleans (the best Final Four city), where he saw two of the best games of the tournament. The guys discuss Kansas' title, what the future looks like for Hubert Davis, Armando Bacot and Caleb Love at UNC and next year's outlook for Duke and Villanova. Plus, takes on where things...

The Final Four is here! Brad and Kevin use this podcast to break down how each of the four remaining teams got to this point, with an ode to the Saint Peter's Peacocks and their remarkable run in between. They break down what makes Duke's offense so good right now, whether Villanova can survive without Justin Moore, how good North Carolina really is right now and if Kansas is flying under the rada...

The first weekend of the NCAA tournament is complete! Brad and Kevin go through the 16 teams remaining and break down their path to this point, how they match up in the second weekend, and what this deep run means for each program. They also touch heavily on a huge last week in the coaching carousel world, where Todd Golden to Florida and Matt McMahon were the big splashes but Mississippi State ma...

It's the best week of the year! With a bracket in hand, Brad and Kevin break down the latest in college hoops. They go through what the committee got right, what they got wrong and whether conference tournaments even matter anymore based on the way teams were seeded. Then, they highlight the interesting games of the first weekend, breaking down which teams have a strong path to a deep run and whic...

Champ Week is here!!!! It's officially time to start handing out bids, and as of recording this three of the 32 automatic bids have been doled out. Brad and Kevin break down those three conference tournaments, spending time on Loyola Chicago and Murray State's chances of making runs in the NCAA tournament after watching both teams over the weekend. Plus, thoughts on Duke's stunning loss in Coach K...

This is March! We're ready for the best month of the year in college basketball, and I can't wait. The guys break down what was a historic weekend in college basketball, discussing what the top six teams going down means in the grand scheme of things and break down who the best contenders for the title are. They then look at the bubble and which teams have the most work to do in the next week or t...

We're one week away from March!! And while the madness may not officially start for another week, there has been plenty of craziness in the last week in college hoops. The guys start on Juwan Howard and whether the punishment fits the crime for the Michigan head coach before getting into real hoops. They start on some bubble quirks, breaking down where things stand for teams in the Big 12 with una...

On this week's episode of CBB Central, Brad and Kevin dive deep into the sport with four weeks to go until Selection Sunday. They break down whether you can trust Purdue after a weird week for the Boilermakers, what to make of Memphis after their huge road win at Houston and whether Emoni Bates should be brought back into the lineup. Plus, they hit on the Big 12's bottom and whether those teams ca...

Kevin's back from Mountain West country, so the guys hop on a pod to break down a busy weekend in college basketball. They begin with Kevin's trip to Colorado State and Wyoming and some thoughts on the Mountain West as a whole, then pivot into a big Saturday slate that came up short of expectations of close games. Will North Carolina find its way into the NCAA tournament? Is something wrong with B...

It's February! That may be hard to believe, but Brad and Kevin are ready to give you all the analysis you need on college basketball's big last week. They start on Providence, CBB's "luckiest" team that just keeps winning and whether Ed Cooley should be a candidate at emerging vacancies at Louisville and Maryland. They touch on the ridiculous atmosphere in Lubbock for Chris Beard's return, how goo...

College basketball's conference slates are in full swing, which means great games to discuss every night! Brad and Kevin dive deep into the week that was in the sport, hitting on the following topics: - Auburn's No. 1 ranking and its huge win against Kentucky. - Marquette's six-game winning streak and emergence into a Big East contender in year one under Shaka Smart. - A weird week in the Big Ten...