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College Sports Now

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A podcast for college sports fans by college sports fans. Stephen Hartzell hosts along with the rotating cast of Roddy Jones, Wayne Cook, and Michael Felder as they provide analysis of all the latest news and developments in the world of college athletics.  Follow College Sports Now on Twitter @CSNowTweets!

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Jun 23, 2026

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Dugouts, Dumbbells & Dingers | Bracket Season and The Boys Are On the Road | March 21, 2024 21.03.2024

5 baseball weekends in the books, and there's some CHANGES to the Power 10 for both Kyle Schassburger and David Kahn! While filling out their basketball brackets and picking a women's tournament WINNER, Schass and Kahn break down the latest happenings on the diamond, give some praise to college baseball's lone unbeaten remaining in Florida State, and discuss whether it's time to worry in #DEACTOWN...

Gauer Hour - games Games GAMES ALL THE GAMES 20.03.2024

Finally, the beloved bracket is here. On the latest Gauer Hour presented by the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Rob & Megan largely have no issues with the field of 68. They do, however, think the committee could have gotten much more creative. They go region-by-region to breakdown the potential bracket busters, who isn't getting respect (are we really doing this "12-seed FGCU" thing again?)...

The only NCAA Tournament preview worth listening to 19.03.2024

What if I told you we could offer Matt Norlander AND John Fanta alongside our guy Hartzell for some NCAA Tournament talk? Reaction to the Committee's uneven seeding job, best first-round matchups, storylines, you name it. How does Fanta get down as a fan for day one on Thursday? He'll tell you. Plus an elite 'Now Spinning' segment where the guys talk Pearl Jam and what every NCAAT coach's favorite...

Gauer Hour - So close to bracket time! 15.03.2024

Selection Sunday is less than 72 hours away. On the latest Gauer Hour presented by the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce run through all of the takeaways from conference tournament week among the high-majors. USC is legit, legit, Virginia Tech... not so much. Rob has to (again) apologize to Nebraska for letting his guard down in a key moment. And after a wild weekend in Gr...

Ever tape a podcast at 2 AM? 15.03.2024

We gave you a podcast in the middle of the night because you NEED it. Matt Norlander joins an exhausted Stephen Hartzell to run through a wild day on the coaching carousel (DePaul, Vanderbilt, Stanford), and the guys set the table for what's scheduled to be an epic day of conference tournament hoops on Friday. Nothing more to type because it's almost 2:30 AM and we're tired. Just listen to the sho...

Dugouts, Dumbbells & Dingers | Pitching Reigns Supreme in College Baseball | March 12, 2024 12.03.2024

Kyle Schassburger and David Kahn recap Weekend 4 on the diamond, including the dynamic series between Wake Forest and Duke, and detail the nation's new #1 team in the nation, the Arkansas Razorbacks. Plus, our Power 10s have shifted a bit with just two unbeatens remaining, and Schass and Kahn each have their own horror stories from their trips to Greenville, SC, and Morgantown, WV, last week. See...

Let's have a week 11.03.2024

It's the Monday of conference tournament week, let's kick this thing off with some style. Matt Norlander and Stephen Hartzell give you 80 mins of hoops discussion to set the table for arguably the best 6-day stretch that the sport has to offer. The Big 12 gets an F for their printable bracket (again), plus the latest on the bubble picture heading into conference tournaments. Rate. Review. Subscrib...

WBB - Welcome to the Gauer Hour! 08.03.2024

New name, same great content! On the first re-branded Gauer Hour with Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce, they go in-depth on all of the high-major conference tournaments, pick winners for each (shockingly, they had very similar picks, because they always do). And they detail how the injuries to Elizabeth Kitley, Mackenzie Holmes and Molly Davis impact their respective teams as their statuses for this week...

The Second Season has Arrived 07.03.2024

There's waiting for college basketball's postseason and then there's this week - when the first bits of conference tournament action starts to hit your eyes and ears - as we collectively ramp up for championship week to get in full swing. The guys get a visit from Jerry Palm - CBS Sports' resident bracketologist - to run through the state of affairs ten days out from Selection Sunday. It's the mos...

Dugouts, Dumbbells & Dingers | We're BUSY and so is College Baseball | March 5, 2024 05.03.2024

THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN COLLEGE SPORTS! Weekend #3 on the diamond is in the books - Texas got smacked, LSU and Vanderbilt returned to form, while Arkansas, Texas A&M, Alabama and Wake Forest held serve, and UC Irvine crept their way into this week's Top 25. Kyle Schassburger and David Kahn break down all the action, brainstorm the best nickname for baseball's potential next home r...

It's March ... Time to take the stairs 04.03.2024

Hope you had your flax waffle this morning like Norlander did, because it's March and we're bringing the gas! We're officially less than two weeks to go until Selection Sunday, so it's go time here on CSN. Full weekend recap on deck, plus a special visit from App State head coach Dustin Kerns to talk Mountaineers going into the Sun Belt Tournament as the #1 seed. Can't do a show without some music...

WBB - IT'S MAAAAAARCH!!! 01.03.2024

Sleep later. It's March, and we've got a ton to get to. All of the high major conferences have their regular season champs already, so our weekend focus is on bubble teams - who NEEDS a win, who could use a win, who can get away with a loss? Her Hoop Stats' Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce break it down, plus break down the final top-16 reveal by the NCAA Tournament selection committee and react to the n...

Leap Day show won't happen again until 2028 29.02.2024

How about a power-hour Leap Day show for your listening pleasure? Hartzell and Norlander bring the gas for 65 minutes and help set up a legit A+ weekend of hoops coming down the line this weekend. There is plenty to discuss from the mid-week games, including some heroic performances from RJ Davis, Reed Sheppard, and Dalton Knecht (with sound), plus some Guster and Phish talk in Now Spinning. And o...

Dugouts, Dumbbells & Dingers | Hagen Smith shoves & Joe Healy visits 27.02.2024

The 2nd weekend on the diamond featured one of the more dominate pitching performances we've ever seen. But Arkansas & Oregon State weren't the only ones exchanging haymakers Friday night as ECU & North Carolina delivered all weekend long. This week on Dugouts, Dumbbells, & Dingers, Kyle Schassburger & David Kahn take inventory of the entire weekend, provide their Power 10 in 3D ,...

Anything of significance happen in Winston-Salem on Saturday? 26.02.2024

So ... yeah, we're going to talk court storming to start the show. When Duke is involved, the story takes on a different type of life, so Norlander and Hartzell talk Deacs and Devils for the first 20 minutes. Terrence Oglesby from Field of 68 and CBSSN hops on to give his takes, plus a surprising detour into some heavy MWC discussion. A lookahead to the weekday games of note, plus our first Walter...

WBB - There's Only A Week and a Half Left?! 23.02.2024

The regular season ends in nine days?! We reset all of the major conferences on this week's WBB show. While Megan is off galivanting in the Big Easy, Her Hoop Stats' Calvin Wetzel (@cwetzel31) joins Rob Joyce to hit on all of the major events from the last week - Indiana finally notching a marquee win, the craziness from Oregon State-UCLA, then the Bruins walloping Utah and more. And they get you...

Court Storming on a Thursday 22.02.2024

There were three court storms on Wednesday night, and we're gonna talk about all of 'em. Matt Norlander & Stephen Hartzell have takes on Kentucky, Illinois, and Dayton all going down on the road, plus some brief discussion on #1 UConn getting smoked in Omaha on Tuesday night. Plenty to look forward to this weekend with the hoops schedule, including some must-win home games for bubble teams lik...

Dugouts, Dumbbells & Dingers | Opening Weekend on the Diamond Delivers 20.02.2024

Dugouts, Dumbbells, & Dingers returns as Kyle Schassburger & David Kahn react to opening weekend on the diamond. Both reveal their first-ever 'Power-10,' and break out some classics in naming their 'Dudes' & dishing out 'Hat tips.' Plus, 6-4-3 Charts Data Scientist Forrest Allen (32:20) joins the show to explain the merits of a revolutionary new metric system in evaluating teams &...

Presidents Day Hoops Discussion 19.02.2024

We're at home with the kids, but the show must go on! Matt Norlander from CBS Sports joins Hartzell to unpack the weekend of college basketball - including Kentucky at Auburn, which Norlander took in with his own eyes. Jeff Borzello from ESPN joins the program to run through the new AP Top 25, plus some coaching hot seat discussion (the PAC12 could be spicy in the next two months). Some music talk...

WBB - Top-16 reveal & Oregon State's Scott Rueck! 16.02.2024

A busy WBB show! The NCAA Tournament Selection Committee had its initial reveal of the top-16 seeds. Her Hoop Stats' Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce give their takeaways from the announcement and recap all the games from the last week... and Rob gives a public mea culpa to Nebraska. Then the head coach of the Oregon State Beavers, Scott Rueck, jumps on to talk about his team's 20-3 start as the Beavs co...

Hoops Coaching Scoop & Weekend Primer 16.02.2024

The Chris Holtman firing kicked off what folks expect to be a hectic coaching carousel for college hoops, so we talk about the latest in Columbus with Matt Norlander and get his scoop on Ohio State. Are the Buckeyes a top-5 job in the new-look Big Ten?v Norlander thinks so, Hartzell says no. Midweek recap and a lookahead to this weekend, where Norlander will be taking in Kentucky at Auburn with hi...

Dugouts, Dumbbells & Dingers | The Wake Forest Baseball Takeover is LOADED 13.02.2024

Season 5 of our college baseball content from College Sports Now returns with a HUGE special. We spotlight the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, the unanimous preseason No. 1 team, ahead of Opening Day across college baseball this weekend. From the bowels of the Deacs’ beautiful baseball offices in Winston-Salem, Kyle Schassburger & David Kahn visit with Head Coach Tom Walter, Associate Head Coach Bi...

Who had a rough weekend (besides the 49ers) 12.02.2024

Norlander and Hartzell serve up some hoops talk after opening with 10 minutes of Super Bowl reaction. Who else had a rough weekend besides the Niners? Tennessee, Auburn, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Kentucky just to name a few. The guys talk losers (and winners) from the weekend, plus some bubble talk and - of course - some solid 'Now Spinning' with Usher reaction from the halftime show on Sunday night...

WBB - Who Are the 1-Seeds? (Besides South Carolina) 09.02.2024

Another Her Hoop Stats edition of CSN! Rob Joyce and Megan Gauer break down a hectic week on the hardwood, including a ton of Thursday night ACC action (is Virginia Tech truly the team to beat now?), some games with important bubble implications and a talk on who on Earth will be a 1-seed next month. Plus we talk Caitlin Clark's legacy as she is set to become the all-time leading scorer in NCAA hi...

What could be a wild weekend upcoming in Hoops 08.02.2024

If you're a ranked team in college basketball, odds are you're playing a road game this weekend against someone who's unranked. It could be a wild next couple of days on the hardwood, and we got Hartzell & Norlander to recap what was and preview what's coming. Evan Miyakawa - of EvanMiya.com fame - joins the show to talk analytics and expand on how his site emphasizes the players (and lineups)...

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