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It's Championship Week in college basketball, and tickets to the NCAA tournament are being punched every single day this time of year. Kevin recaps his weekend at the Missouri Valley tournament, where Drake won it all at Arch Madness, the guys break down Providence's recent collapse, the flaws of coach of the year voting, and much more. Plus, they preview the major conference tournaments, includin...

March is officially here! It's the best month of the year, and we got quite the appetizer to all the March Madness over the weekend with some of the craziest games we've seen in a long time with some incredible buzzer-beaters, upsets and finishes. The guys analyze crazy endings at Iowa and Arizona State, the impact on the NCAA tournament bubble, where things stand for several bubble teams sweating...

We're just three weeks away from Selection Sunday and have tons to get into! The NCAA selection committee's top 16 reveal gave us a sneak peek at where things stand from a bracket standpoint, so the guys give their takes on which teams could be the scariest come bracket time and which teams might be destined for an early exit. Plus, on the disaster at North Carolina, ACC coach complaints, what mak...

We've got a lot to get into on this week's episode with less than a month until Selection Sunday. First, the guys break down Northwestern's big win over Purdue that locks the 'Cats into the NCAA tournament field and the impact it will have on the program long-term. Then, they get into struggles at Tennessee and Arizona, Mike Brey's potential candidacy at St. John's or Georgetown, Chris Holtmann's...

Jim Boeheim's comments about buying teams lead this week's episode of the CBB Central pod, as Brad and Kevin weigh in on the absurdity of the comments and the future of the Syracuse program whether or not he decides to retire this year. Then, the guys get into the action on the court from the week, including Ohio State's continued collapse, Northwestern staying on track by winning at Wisconsin, th...

The Big 12 is officially the king of college basketball. After a 7-3 win in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge, there's no more debate over which league tops college basketball. The guys break down what they learned from Kansas' win at Kentucky, Tennessee's cruise-control win over Texas and what level of concern there should be over Alabama's blowout loss to Oklahoma. Plus, thoughts on where things stand fo...

Houston just lost to Temple as a 20-point home favorite. Is anyone good in college basketball? The guys sort out their concerns with Houston and why they're still as safe as anyone to bet on, whether Alabama should be the No. 1 team in the country after another dominant week and Kevin's thoughts on UCLA as an elite team after seeing them play Arizona State and Arizona last week. Plus, Kevin gives...

Nothing makes sense anymore. Kentucky stunk, and then it didn't. UConn was championship-bound, then it wasn't. Illinois and Iowa were dead in the water, now they can't lose. Ohio State was emerging in the Big Ten. Now they're 2-4. Things are changing by the day in college basketball, and the guys are here to help you make sense of it all. They digest where you should stand on Kentucky, UConn's gua...

Brad and Kevin continue trying to sort through what's real and what's not in college basketball right now. They start in the Big Ten, where preseason title contenders Indiana and Illinois have seen things go awry early in conference play while surprise teams like Northwestern and Penn State continue to show teeth. They hit on Arizona's disastrous loss to Washington State and what it says about the...

On this episode of CBB Central, the guy's react to Purdue's stunning loss at home to leave us with just one undefeated team in college basketball. The guys break down how it happened, what holes it might have exposed for Purdue, and the impact on the Big Ten race that has gotten topsy-turvy lately before breaking down how big a win it is for Rutgers. Then, the guys get to Kansas and their thrillin...

Conference play is officially here! With Christmas and the Diamond Head Classic in the rearview mirror, we're officially at the turn in the college hoops season and have so many big games to look forward to in January. The guys break down what has gone wrong for John Calipari at Kentucky and whether the Wildcats can right the ship, whether to buy stock in Missouri, some struggles in the Big Ten in...

The guys' last podcast before Christmas takes stock of where things stand in college basketball before the advent of conference play next week. Saturday's slate was the biggest of the season, and Brad and Kevin break down what they learned, including further concerns about Kentucky, whether North Carolina is back, who the favorite is in the ACC and much more. Plus, thoughts on some overachieving f...

College basketball Saturdays are officially here! Brad and Kevin break down the biggest stories from the week that was, starting with the news of Chris Beard's arrest in Austin. The guys then touch on Creighton's big struggles lately, what to make of Marquette and Xavier in the Big East, whether Virginia Tech can be a contender in the ACC, Michigan's chances without Jaelin Llewellyn and what the r...

After a week off, the guys return with a loaded podcast trying to figure out who's good and who isn't in college basketball. They start on North Carolina's woes and whether their four-game losing streak is a sign of things to come, break down Baylor vs. Gonzaga from Friday and what we learned about both teams, hit on title contenders in a loaded Big Ten, whether UConn is now the clear favorite in...

Feast Week is officially upon us! It's one of the busiest and biggest weeks of the year in college hoops, and after plenty of marquee matchups a week ago we've got the Maui Invitational, Battle 4 Atlantis and PK85 all to look forward to. For now though, the guys break down Kentucky's struggles and how fixable things are for the Wildcats, an impressive start for the Big Ten, learnings from Texas do...

The Champions Classic is here! It's time to preview what figures to be the most thrilling stretch of college hoops until March, more than two weeks of top matchups almost every single day starting with Michigan State vs. Kentucky and Duke vs. Kansas at the Champions Classic. The guys preview that upcoming schedule and break down a weekend of interesting results, including guard trouble at Villanov...

The season is on the doorstep! With conference previews in the books, look at this episode as a general overview of everything we've talked about all summer and fall. We start with exhibition results and what we can overreact to, including Tennessee and Texas looking dominant and Louisville's major woes against Lenoir-Rhyne. Then, we summarize our top 25's and which teams outside of them could mak...

We're SO close to the college basketball season! On this week's episode, we wrap up our conference previews by spending our first hour running through the one-bid leagues: which teams have real chances to make the NCAA tournament and make some noise while they're there. Then, they spend the remainder of the show breaking down our prop bets for the 2022-23 season. These bets, which range from leadi...

We wrap up our conference previews with two more leagues: The Mountain West and WCC! The first hour is spent on the Mountain West, which put four teams into the NCAA tournament a season ago but loses some top talent. We break down San Diego State's case as a top 15 team, Isaiah Stevens' injury and its impact on Colorado State, whether Wyoming can live up to the hype and more. Then, they spend the...

It's SEC preview time! With less than a month away from a new season tipping off, the guys preview what could be the best conference in college basketball this season in the SEC. Can anyone supplant Oscar Tshiebwe and Kentucky at the top of the league? Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas have loaded rosters to try to do just that. Plus, six new coaches, including Todd Golden at Florida, Matt McMahon a...

The guys sink their teeth into not one, but two conferences for this week! This week's preview is divided equally between the AAC and the Atlantic 10. The A-10 picks up at the 1 hour mark, if you're looking to skip ahead! The AAC is in its final year as presently constructed, but should be fun with a title contender in Houston at the top and plenty of teams that could make a jump like Tulane, Temp...

This week's conference preview: the Big Ten. Is this the year the league breaks through and wins a national title? On paper, the league's strength is in its depth, not its top-end teams. But can a new-look Illinois team repeat as Big Ten champs? Does a re-worked roster around Hunter Dickinson get Michigan back to the top? Or can Indiana run it back with Trayce Jackson-Davis and Xavier Thompson and...

We're approaching the halfway point in our conference previews! This week's episode gets into the Big East after some news bits at the beginning of the show regarding Emoni Bates and a potential change to the one-and-done rule. There's plenty to get to in the Big East though, with Brad picking Villanova to win the league in year one under Kyle Neptune while Kevin backs an incredibly talented Creig...

Conference preview season keeps on rolling with our season preview for the Big 12! The league that has produced the last two national champions has a chance for three straight in 2022-23 thanks to elite top-end talent. The guys break down Kansas's chances of repeating with a new-look roster that could be elite on defense, why Baylor's backcourt reminds them of the group that won it all, take stock...

Conference preview continues with the Pac-12! We go in-depth on every team in the league to give you rotation analysis, state of the program, and much more. Thoughts on: - Arizona's backcourt with Mathurin and Terry gone - UCLA blending experience with two elite freshmen - USC's frontcourt questions - Can Oregon bounce back? - Why Brad is buying Washington State as a sleeper - Leaving Oregon State...