Basketball with Glasses

Luke and Brison look at the Midwest and South brackets!

Luke and Brison review this year's bracket!

Brison and Luke are back to preview the season and give their best guesses on who will be important in the upcoming season. (Note: podcast was recorded November 4, 2023.)

This week, Luke and Brison discuss all things Selection Sunday! They give their quick reaction to each region with a gut-instinct championship pick. 

This week, Luke and Brison discuss the state of March Madness, if any great guards still exist in college basketball, their first round of blind resumes, and catch up on their Eliminator picks. 

This week, Luke and Brison discuss teams who are cratering, teams that are rising, which coaches will replace the Hall of Famers, and this week's Eliminator picks. 

This week, Luke and Brison talk about whether the Big 12 can get 10 teams into the tourney, if Coach Cal should consider reserving a moving van, and decide their latest championship eliminator picks. 

This week, Luke and Brison catch up on all of the college basketball happenings since Thanksgiving and start a new game of determining a champion.  Although our recording schedule may not be super regular this season, please read our content at basketballwithglasses.substack.com . 

This week, Luke and Brison discuss some early season highlights, pontificate about the new look Mountaineers and their dark horse potential (okay, it's mostly Brison), and they try to take in all of the Turkey Day basketball tournaments coming this week. 

In Part 2, Luke and Brison quickly move through conference previews and national award winner predictions. Then, they play a $100 dollar bets, because we are poorer than Bill Simmons, and wrap with their national championship predictions. 

In part 1 this week, Luke and Brison dive into their season preview with a new game, Around the World. They talk Louisville's losses vs. Oscar Tshiebwe double-doubles, Gonzaga's KenPom aspirations, and Oral Roberts. They also go through coaching quotes to determine "Duck, Duck, Duke" (43:00) and make their Final Four predictions (54:00). Don't forget to check Part 2!

This week, Luke and Brison dive into the pre-season headfirst. They might have hit their head on the bottom, but they still come up with a top 5 and discuss key offseason topics including conference realignment. 

This week, Luke and Brison discuss a variety of offseason news, including Oscar's return to Lexington, Jay Wright's exit in Philadelphia, and other topics worth watching in the offseason. 

In this delay-published podcast, Luke and Brison discuss how the Jayhawks brought the banner back to Kansas (1:00), whether one-and-dones are capable of winning it all (31:30), and the best semi-finals of years past (51:00). 

This week, Luke and Brison breakdown why UK ultimately busted in the Round of 64, what the future of Coach Cal may hold, and dive deep on the Sweet Sixteen matchups. 

This week, Luke reveals the bracket to Brison and they pick superlatives for this year's bracket. 

This week, Luke and Brison draft 1-bid conferences which will provide the most tourney wins, play a fun blind resume game, and make bold predictions (with an asterisk). 

This week, Luke and Brison breakdown the committee's release of the top 16 teams (1:00), play Love It or List It with Maryland and Louisville (30:00), and try to find this year's 2014 UCONN (1:02:00. 

This week, Luke and Brison dive into the depths of comparing predictive and results-drive analytics (1:30), try to figure out why Providence has been mostly good and terrible twice (31:00), and why Kentucky Sports Radio's article on "KenPom Top 15 Offense/Defense" was a flawed premise from the start (40:00). 

This week, Luke and Brison discuss the latest lineup data from EvanMiya (2:00), why ESPN has lost the touch when it comes to broadcasting basketball games (36:00), and how each bracketologist currently stacks up (49:00).  

This week, Luke and Brison breakdown their top 5 teams at the moment (2:30), dig into strength of schedule indicators (44:30), and discuss teams that have the highest chance to create a season to remember (53:30). 

This week, Luke and Brison talk about 'scrap rate' (4:00), discuss why no college team has been able to capture the magic of Warriors (20:00), play mad libs with old game recap articles (33:00), and finally unveil their Coaching Stock Market game (40:00). 

This week, Brison and Luke catch up on the COVID issues plaguing college basketball, which teams this season match well with historical team storylines from seasons past, determine what is a 'bad loss' for teams, and give their Conference Champion picks 2.0. *Note: This episode was recorded January 3, 2022.

This week, Brison dives into Wildcat basketball. Some interesting notes from the analytical profile of UK, with a dissection of their offensive strengths, defensive weaknesses, and what matchups might cause issues for UK moving forward. Plus, an special Western Kentucky matchup preview at the end of the episode.  

This week, Luke and Brison discuss the Week 6 AP Poll and it's championship implications (3:45), the current state of championship benchmarks for teams early in the year (30:00), try to figure out what Jerry Palm was thinking with his latest bracketology (44:15), and give a quick rundown on the state of the Player of the Year race (55:00).