CBB Review Podcast Network

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are back on the CBB Review Studio pod to discuss arguably the second-most exciting part of the entire season: MTEs in the early season, most notably on Thanksgiving weekend. The guys rank the top 10 MTEs you can’t miss: - Is this the best Champions Classic in a long time? - Has Maui ever been so stacked with second-weekend-caliber teams? - Is a 4-team, stacked MTE more...

Only one team can claim the national championship each year, which leaves over 350 teams waiting for next season. This means that some excellent coaches haven’t won it all in a long, long time. In this episode, Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson discuss the 10 most likely programs to win their first championship in a long time within the next three years. - Has Mark Few’s run began to decline? - Is the r...

The 2023 NBA Draft has finally happened! In this episode of CBB Review Studio, Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson take a look at the possible impacts the draft had for college basketball’s larger perception. - How bad of a thing is it that only one player selected in the Top 5 went to college? - Should players take the financial guarantee or return to school for another year if presented with a borderlin...

When the ranking includes players since 2015, you know it’s the offseason. In the next episode of CBB Review Studio, Dan and Ben rank the 10 best college players to never make a career for themselves in the NBA. - How much weight should be placed on team success? - Does an amazing tournament performance trump an amazing regular season? - How many years would a player have to play to be eligible?

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson end off the six-part series where they break down each conference’s transfer portal performance. On this episode, they discuss the transfer portal activity of the Pac-12 - Are Kerr Krissa and Caleb Love essentially the same player? - Is it fair to judge USC based off of pieces they lost because better players were coming in? - How highly would Cal be ranked as a portal...

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are joined by George Bagwell for part five of a six-part series where they break down each conference’s transfer portal performance. On this episode, the guys break down everything you need to know about the SEC. - Does the SEC have the best mid-major up-transfers of any power conference? - Does Kentucky have a transfer problem? Can they win with only freshmen anymore?...

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are joined once again by Mat Mlodzinski for part four of a six-part series where they break down each conference’s transfer portal performance. On this episode, the guys break down everything that happened in the Big East’s portal experience. - Does the Big East have the most guard-heavy class of any conference? - Should Creighton be considered a winner or loser in the...

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are joined by Ariel Puterman for part three of a six-part series where they break down each conference’s transfer portal performance. This time, the best conference in the country — the Big 12 — gets its flowers. - Did Kansas make the right move by putting all of its eggs in the 2023-24 basket but sacrificing bench depth? - Could it be argued that Texas could be even be...

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are joined by Ethan Carbone for part two of a six-part series where they break down each conference’s transfer portal performance. Up next? The Big Ten. - Is Hunter Dickinson the best portal entry, the most impactful, neither, or both! - Should the conference be disappointed with how its teams performed? - How do you judge a school’s performance: by its own history or b...

Is there ever really an off-season in college hoops? Dan and Ben are back to kick off a six-part series covering the transfer portal from the lens of each power conference. This time, they’re joined by Mat Mlodzinski to discuss everything ACC transfers. - Who has had the best portal run thus far? What about the worst? - Would you prefer quantity over quality when it comes to the transfer portal cl...

Josh Cohen won Co-NEC Player of the Year at St. Francis PA, averaging 21.8 PPG and 8.3 RPG as a Rs.-Jr. This offseason, Cohen decided to transfer to UMass, where he will be a key piece of the Minutemen, led by head coach Frank Martin. How did Cohen improve from a role player to a star? Why did he decide to transfer? What goes into picking a new school from the portal? Cohen joins CBB Review's...

The first pod of the offseason is here, but if you’re a fan of college basketball, you know the sport never rests. Dan and Ben are here to cover every power conference coaching change of the cycle so far, as well as a few mid-major hires that made some noise. - How much should the school’s standing as a job play into the grading of a hire? - Did the Big East have the most compelling set of hires a...

Houston, we have a Champion. UConn has won the 2023 Final Four, and Ben and Dan are here to recap everything that went down in the final game of the season. In addition, the guys cover some tourney superlatives, and make their case for the best of each category: - UConn was the most dominant tourney team since when? - Was there anything unexpected in the championship game? - What was the best over...

It’s Sunday morning, and the National Championship Game is set! UConn and San Diego State are ready to play, and Dan and Ben preview Monday night, but the guys also recap everything that happened in Houston to set up the final matchup of the season. - Did Lamont Butler’s buzzer beater check the last box in order to make this a great tournament? - Was San Diego State’s shooting performance a sign t...

Final Four Preview time! Dan and Ben break down everything you need to know about the two semifinal games, from key strengths to players to watch. Which player is the most important to their team of any of the four? Can San Diego State continue to muck up games? What will Florida Atlantic’s frontcourt play inside look like? Is UConn the typical buzzsaw that becomes unstoppable come March? Does Mia...

The Final Four is set, and boy, it’s not what anyone expected. Dan Siegel and Ben Anerson break down how we got here, covering the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 in the latest edition of CBB Review Studio! Should Dusty May be considered for National Coach of the Year? Did UConn slump at the right time AND peak at the right time? Has Miami completed one of the more impressive Final Four runs in recent memory...

And then there were sixteen! Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are back for CBB Review Studio — and joined by the one and only Mat Mlodzinski — to discuss everything that happened throughout the best four days of the sports calendar year! - Is this setup — not many upsets but big ones — the best possible version of the Big Dance? - Can anyone in the South realistically expect to stop Alabama from reachi...

EMERGENCY PODCAST!! It has been done again. Fairleigh Dickinson has become the second 16 seed ever to defeat a 1 seed, this one being Purdue, and Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson couldn’t wait for a regular podcast to give their takes. Could FDU coach Tobin Anderson have game planned any better? How should this compare to the upset of UMBC over Virginia? What does this mean for Purdue going forward in...

Dan and Ben round out CBB Review Studio's final March Madness preview by looking at the Midwest Region. Ariel Puterman hops on again to determine the section of the bracket with perhaps the most variety of Final Four picks. Has Houston been challenged enough in the regular season to make it out? Should Texas be worried about its lack of size inside? Why was Texas A&M seeded so low? Will both t...

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are back for the third CBB Review Studio edition of NCAA Tournament region previews. This time they are joined by Ariel Puterman to discuss the South Region, which arguably has the most upset potential in the first round of any bracket. Can anyone challenge Alabama in the top half of the region? Who's more likely to be upset: San Diego State or Virginia? Does Arizona ha...

Dan and Ben continue CBB Review Studio's region-by-region coverage with the East Region, where Purdue is the 1 seed. Check out how the guys are predicting things will shake out! Are the Boilermakers in danger of being the first No. 1 seed to fall? Is there a pair of teams more upset collectively with their draw than Duke and Oral Roberts? What should be made of Kentucky and its second-weekend pote...

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are joined by Jason Draven to discuss arguably the toughest region in the Big Dance. What does UCLA look like without Jaylen Clark? Did Kansas get an unfair draw? Is there any upset potential in the top four seeds? Is Gonzaga truly playing like the best team in the country?

Former Syracuse forward Ryan Blackwell joins Mat Mlodzinski for a special discussion on Jim Boeheim. Blackwell offers insight into what Boeheim was like behind the scenes in the locker room, his impact on college basketball, and on the Syracuse community.

Welcome to the first edition of CBB Review Studio, a new podcast hosted by Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson!  Today, they’re joined by CBB Review writer Ethan Carbone to break down all six power conference tournaments and give their predictions for who will win each.  - Does any conference have more teams sweating through the tournament than the ACC?  - Does anyone have any idea who come...

KTVB's Brady Frederick joins Mat Mlodzinski to talk about the Boise State Broncos, one of the hottest mid-major teams heading into March Madness.  Can Boise State make it past the first round in the Big Dance? Who else out of the Mountain West could go on a run in March? Who is Max Rice and why should every college basketball fan know his name?