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We have finally arrived! The field of 68 was revealed on Sunday evening and the ECB crew has you covered for all your bracket making needs We break down region by region and tell you where the potential upsets lay for the higher seeds, interesting paths, potential storylines to watch, and the players you need to watch out for to become the next March legend. Erik Haslam of Haslametrics.com makes h...

We were live on site at the Ohio Valley Conference Championship in Evansville, Indiana to watch Morehead State become the first team to punch their ticket to the field of 68. Drew Thelwell dropped 21 points in the title clinching game and he joins us at the top of the show to discuss the emotions of that win and how excited he is to get to the Big Dance. We breakdown Kentucky's impressive win...

In the mid-week edition of the ECB podcast we cover the craziness that was the ASun Quarterfinals and how a former Lipscomb player was the one to knock them out of the tournament. Purdue went into Champaign and officially clinched the outright Big Ten Championship, we explain why the Boilers are in a better spot this year as opposed to last season. Also Florida smacks Alabama, UConn dominates a Ty...

The calendar has flipped to March, which means the madness is upon us. In episode 179 we are discussing Caitlin Clark breaking the all-time NCAA scoring record as it happens live during the recording, Brandon Ramsey of KSR joins the show to talk about Kentucky's high-scoring win over Arkansas, Tennessee rallying from a seven-point deficit to beat Alabama on the road, Kansas losing again and ho...

We open the show up with a controversial discussion on the topic of court storms following Kyle Filipowski getting hurt after Wake Forest's upset win. Trevor explains his views in detail, after his tweets garnered strong reactions, and we try to figure out how to make court storming safer. Houston blew a 17 point lead on the road in Waco, but survived in overtime to keep their Big 12 lead in t...

Peyton and Josh cover Connecticut's destruction of Marquette and setting an AP record in the process for biggest margin of victory between Top 5 teams in the same conference. Will the Huskies go back-to-back? Kentucky goes into Neville Arena and uses its DEFENSE to stifle Auburn for a massive road victory for the 'Cats. Are the Wildcats turning the corner on the defensive end? Purdue loses...

We went live at the conclusion of the Tennessee win inside Rupp Arena over #8 Kentucky to talk about the action from Saturday. Kansas says never to make them an underdog at Phog Allen Fieldhouse. North Carolina bounces back and puts on a show against hated rival Duke. Tennessee never trails on the road against Kentucky, as the Cats' defensive woes continue

Dallas Bowlin (All Vol Call-In Show) joins at the top of the program to help discuss the Tennessee Volunteers season and preview Saturday's SEC rivalry showdown against #8 Kentucky. Brandon Ramsey (Kentucky Sports Radio) hops on right after Bowlin to give us the Kentucky perspective on the season and keys for the 'Cats heading into Saturday against #5 Tennessee THE Rivalry writes its first...

We have the pleasure of being joined by Lipscomb Head Coach, Lennie Acuff, to open the show up. Coach Acuff discusses his start in coaching, the transition from smaller college basketball to taking over at a mid-major, the way he recruits high school players and transfers, and also breaks down his team's opponent they'll play later in the evening, Central Arkansas. A terrific 20-minute cha...

Max Barr of Southeastern14 youtube channel joins the show to talk SEC Hoops. We break down the wild Texas A&M win over Kentucky in OT, and why Kentucky's defense is struggling. Tennessee avoided a 2nd straight road upset this week, clawing back late to beat a good Georgia team. Max also talks about how bad Arkansas is, how good Auburn is, and the surprise of South Carolina being this good....

In 48 hours, 10 of the Top 25 teams in the country lost, including #1, #2, #3, and #5! We review the madness of it all with Michael DeRosa and discuss if any losses concern us moving forward. The weekend brings more high-level matchups that we preview, including if Kentucky drops a game at College Station. The show finishes with a fun game of Final Four, Sweet 16, or 1st round upset, where we look...

Conference play officially opened up around the country on Saturday and the craziness has already started. We are joined by Bracketologist, Johnathon Warriner, of makingthemadness.com to discuss all the action from a big weekend, plus his latest bracketology. Then, we take a look forward to some of the early week matchups with big interest. Josh believes in North Carolina State pulling the upset o...

Josh, Peyton, and Trevor talk about the sad news of Bryce Hopkins ACL tear, review some mid-week ACC action, look ahead to the SEC starting Saturday, UNC vs Clemson, why Arizona is on upset watch against Utah, and round out the show re-ranking the MWC

Our first show of the New Year! Sara Kiernan and Michael DeRosa of Road to the Garden join the Burton Brothers for this mega episode. We discuss the last few weeks of games over the holidays, including some Top 25 teams losing. We give New Year's Resolutions for teams across the country and what we think they need to make 2024 special, then end the show previewing who we believe will win the P...

The best weekend of college hoops yet gave us a ton of high level, high stakes action. #3 Purdue takes down #1 Arizona in Indianapolis. The Boilers are the real deal and can finally win a Title, we tell you how that will be possible if these things work out. #2 Kansas goes into Bloomington and escapes with a win against Indiana. #16 Kentucky takes down #10 UNC in a battle of blue bloods in Catlant...

The boys from Dinga & DeRosa join the show. We begin with news on Bronny James' return to the floor after cardiac issues, Nae'Qwan Tomlin being in the transfer portal and eligible to join a team mid-season, and D&D re-rank the Big East after the first month. Saturday's slate gave us some major games, including Purdue winning a shootout against Alabama in Toronto. Tennessee beat...

Michael DeRosa joins the show again as we talk about the Jimmy V Classic games in Madison Square Garden from earlier in the week. Illinois got 33 points a piece from Marcus Domask & Terrance Shannon in their big Top 25 win over Florida Atlantic. Can the Illini be the 2nd best Big Ten team behind Purdue? The second part of the MSG doubleheader saw UConn win another big time game in The Garden,...

It's a solo edition of the podcast with Josh. 11 Top 25 teams lost this past week! We talk about the game of the weekend between Top-5 teams battling inside Allen Fieldhouse, where #5 Kansas wins over #4 UConn. #1 Purdue loses on the road to Northwestern, #3 Marquette loses to in-state rival Wisconsin, #7 Duke loses TWICE, #12 Kentucky loses at home to UNC Wilmington, and much more from the To...

It's a loaded mid-week edition of the podcast as ECB's resident bracketologist, Dan Vasta, joins the show as a guest host. We cover the impressive victories over Top-10 teams in the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge by Kentucky and North Carolina, as well as take a look at the rest of the challenge games. Head Coach of the Liberty Flames, Ritchie McKay, dropped by for a pre-recorded interview wi...

We are coming off the Thanksgiving holiday and have a lot of Feast Week action to discuss. Purdue wins Maui, Villanova wins the Battle 4 Atlantis, and so many other storylines from those two MTE's are talked about. The inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge will take place this upcoming week and we have you covered with all 14 matchups. Previews, predictions, and what to look for from each game in the se...

In Episode 163 of the ECB Podcast, Josh and Trevor open the show with thoughts on Oregon State and Washington State's historic victory in court against the rest of the Pac 12 schools. We debate conference power rankings and why we believe the Big Ten is so low compared to normal. Champions Classic action and Gavitt Games from this past week are discussed. Who were the big winners coming out of...

The first full week of college basketball is in the books. Michael DeRosa of Road to the Garden & Dinga and DeRosa joins the show. Arizona goes to Cameron Indoor and takes down Duke. discuss the mega win. Tennessee continues to look impressive early as they beat Wisconsin on the road. Memphis gains a huge road win against Missouri, Saint Mary's wins a key mid-major battle in the worst-prod...

The season is officially underway as teams have begun play on this 23-24' year. It didn't take long for the first upset heard 'round the world to happen, as #3 Michigan State fell victim to James Madison on night one, AT HOME! Oregon proved to be better than anticipated with a comfortable win over Georgia. We tell you why there's no panic for the Bulldogs and just how good Oregon c...

Episode 160 is a tribute show to the legendary Head Coach, Bob Knight, who passed away at the age of 83 this past week. We share our memories and thoughts on the "General" and read the tributes from the ECB Facebook page. The second half of the show is our pre-recorded interview with Head Coach Scott Davenport of Bellarmine. This is the 3rd time coach has joined the show and we talk abou...

College Basketball is finally BACK!! Episode 159 gets you all set for the start of the college basketball season with previews of some of the more interesting opening night games. - Georgia/Oregon -#19 USC/Kansas State -Auburn/#20 Baylor Plus previews and predictions for Kentucky, Kansas, NC State, Illinois, and many of the other top names in the country. Also, we discuss the Louisville debacle in...