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Sign up for the Eye On College Basketball March Madness Bracket The Brackets are out, and in the East Region, the reigning national champs (Baylor Bears) are the 1-seed. Who are the best bets to get out of the region, what are some of the upsets you should look for, and can Baylor get to New Orleans? Gary Parrish, Matt Norlander, and special guest/Cover 3's own Chip Patterson break it all down.

Selection Sunday is HERE! The men's NCAA Tournament selection committee released the bracket, and it must be taken to task. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander let you know where exactly the committee messed up AND gave a little insight on where they may be picking. A huge overview of the 2022 men's field, including some sleeper and Cinderella picks and a lot more stuffed into this special episode. RE...

The Full Bracket is out and Matt Norlander of the Eye On College Basketball Podcast gets a quick breakdown on why teams like Michigan, Rutgers, and Tennessee were selected and seeded where they were. 

It's the final Friday before Selection Sunday and there are many questions that still need to be answered. Has Indiana secured a bid to the NCAA Tournament? What about Michigan? And are we really sure Notre Dame is safe? Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander attempt to answer these questions and more! (02:15) - We had some crazy bubble fluctuations (15:20) - Are we sure Notre Dame is a NCAA Tournament t...

How about a special bracketology-themed ep for you on this Wednesday of champ week? Before that, Norlander and GP talk about the small-conference auto bids, including the emerging legend that is Bryant's Peter Kiss and what's he's done to get his team to the NCAA Tournament. After that, Jerry Palm makes his debut, as the guys pepper him with questions. Is Gonzaga for sure, already, the lock for th...

The last of our six conference tournament preview pods focuses on Kansas City, where the Big 12 will have a nine-team field because Oklahoma State is ineligible for the postseason. Is Baylor safely on the 1-line no matter what? Will Kansas jump up to the No. 1 line? Can bubble team Oklahoma find themselves a path to make the NCAA Tournament? Gary Parrish and Kyle Boone are your guides here.

Can Kentucky or Auburn secure the last No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament with an SEC Tournament championship? What are the games to look for, what are the stakes down in Tampa? Gary Parrish and David Cobb discuss.

The Big Ten tournament starts Wednesday; there are two main storylines: Can 17-13 Michigan find a way to solidify its at-large status? No. 2: Can Rutgers, despite being a 4-seed and bad computer numbers, find a way to work its way into the NCAA Tournament? Plus, which teams can win this bracket, and is Illinois the best team in the league now? Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander break it all down. 

Can the ACC, after a lackluster regular season, manage to send five teams to the NCAA Tournament? Is anyone a threat to Duke to win this bracket? Our tourney preview has Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander touching on a pair of bubble teams, one possible bid thief, plus their picks for what will happen in Brooklyn this week.

Madison Square Garden is going to be a madhouse in Manhattan this week. Xavier might be in need of at least one more win to secure a NCAA bid. Meantime, Providence is the No. 1 seed for the first time, and UConn's fanbase will make its triumphant return to MSG. Beyond all that, is this still Villanova's conference or what? Picks and predictions on this ep courtesy of Matt Norlander and David Cobb.

The Pac-12 is an interesting tournament his year. Only three teams are NCAA Tournament-worthy. However, can Colorado steal a bid -- or will UCLA, USC or Arizona use this tournament as a springboard for something more in the NCAA Tournament? Who wins? Biggest storylines? Matt Norlander and Kyle Boone look ahead to what's set to happen in Las Vegas. Join the Eye On College Basketball Podcast March M...

The final weekend of the regular season provided us with more than a few surprise endings. UNC ruined what was supposed to be a storybook finish at Cameron for Coach K. Wisconsin looked to have sewn up the standalone Big Ten regular-season championship, until it lost to Nebraska. On the flip side, Memphis and Michigan appear to be solidly in the NCAA Tournament. Big show. A bit wacky, too. Hey, it...

It's the final regular season weekend in college basketball, and Norlander took a road trip to Durham for Coach K's final regular season game against UNC. The episode opens on UNC-Duke and what K said Thursday. Then they go over the 10 best Duke players ever to suit up for Coach K. All of that PLUS their Final Four and One Picks and their Naismith Player of the Year top 3. READ: The 42 best player...

After four long months, we're finally here. It's March! So strap in, because you know how this episode has to begin. After that, it's onto the hoops. Wisconsin earned themselves at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title with a win over Purdue. Nebraska walked into Value City Arena and handed Ohio State a Quad 3 loss. Arizona destroyed USC on its way to a Pac-12 regular season title. PLU...

It was a historically chaotic weekend, as the top six teams in the sport lost. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander take you through all six of these games and tell you where it broke down for each. Are any the start of a skid, or just a small bump in the road before March? Plus: the other notable news from the weekend and a preview of some big Monday and Tuesday night matchups! (00:30) — t was a histo...

It's a loaded penultimate weekend in the college basketball regular season, with Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander here to help guide you through the noise. But first: Brad Underwood got kicked out, Dan Hurley-style, and Ohio State had a massive win against Illinois, so what does that do for the Buckeyes' seeding chances? Matt and Gary discuss. And the Jersey Mike's Naismith Player of the Year watch...

We at the Eye on College Basketball podcast realized last week that it's been a while since a mailbag episode was done. Join us as we answer questions about how we think Hubert Davis is doing, dark horse NCAA title contenders, whether the rest of the WCC will be good going forward, the best power-conference bid thieves, Gary Parrish's arm-wrestling capabilities and much, much, much more.

After Tuesday night's tussle with Villanova, Norlander explains why UConn is BACK! See, the Huskies and Big East are made for each other. This is a special, as Kyle Boone jumps in to co-host in Parrish's stead. The guys look back on the early week results and do a little bit of bubble watching. Plus: could the Mountain West get four teams into the NCAA Tournament? Norlander and Boone discuss all t...

It took most of Monday, but the suspensions have been handed down in the aftermath of the Wisconsin-Michigan fracas. Matt Norlander breaks down the implications of the punishments handed down by the Big Ten.

By 1 p.m. on Sunday, Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander were preparing to talk about Florida upsetting Auburn. That is until the postgame fracas between coaches took place between Greg Gard and Juwan Howard. What led to that Howard-Greg Gard incident? Where does the blame fall? What should happen next? The guys discussed all that and the on-court happenings this weekend on the latest episode. Read: N...

After beating four ranked teams in a row, is it time to re-evaluate where Rutgers stands as an NCAA Tournament team? The Naismith Award watch rolls on, and Matt Norlander introduces the College Basketball All Star team. All of that plus weekend preview and picks! 00:45 - Is Rutgers an NCAA. Tournament team yet? 17:58 - Naismith Award Watch, sponsored by Jersey Mike's 38:00 - Final Four And One Pic...

It was a raucous Tuesday night as Villanova proved once again that the Big East runs through the Main Line. Kentucky got run over by the Vols in Knoxville. Mark Williams of Duke made his presence felt against Wake Forest. Most importantly, Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander will take you through all of the happenings as it went down. READ: Norlander's weekly Court Report (01:05) - Villanova is still...

There are two schools on the West Coast that are killing it on the college basketball front -- Gonzaga and Arizona. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander highlight the connections, both the obvious, and the not-so-obvious, as to why both are incredibly dominant. Plus, as of today, have Rutgers and Memphis done enough to earn their places in the NCAA Tournament? Read: Norlander on Arizona, Tommy Lloyd (0...

Super Bowl Week also means a loaded Saturday full of college basketball! But first, Gary Parrish and David Cobb recap the late week games which include Purdue getting ambushed in Ann Arbor. How has Chet Holmgren inserted himself into the player of the year conversation and the Final Four And One picks and previews segment will help you prepare for the weekend slate of games. (01:00) - Purdue got b...

So much to get to. The top-ranked Auburn Tigers fell at Arkansas on Tuesday night. The seventh-ranked Blue Devils lost on Monday to mediocre Virginia. Those two games are just a mere sample of the chaos that befell college basketball on the early part of this week. Plus, the Horizon league decided to pull some shenanigans with a leaving member of the conference AND members of the media. Matt Norla...