Eye On College Basketball

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander continue with the Sean Miller saga at Arizona. As of when they recorded, no further word had come from the school. But given everything Miller is facing, is there a reasonable scenario under which Miller could continue coaching the Wildcats? There are a lot of untouched angles here still; the guys address all of them. Plus: actual hoops talk! Tuesday night had some...

After an explosive story about Sean Miller came out Friday night, the Arizona coach did not appear on the sideline of the Wildcats' loss to Oregon on Saturday. Miller released a statement saying he believes he will be "vindicated." Deandre Ayton has been deemed eligilbe. So who are we to believe and where is this story headed? Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spend the first half of this podcast di...

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander fill you in on what to know and what to keep in mind, now that everyone is raising their voice over the issues overtaking college basketball. What does the Yahoo! Sports story actually mean for the sport? The guys dedicate the entire podcast to what details are important and what might come soon with this story.

What has been clear for a while became official Tuesday: Louisville will vacate its 2012 Final Four appearance and its 2013 national championship. So the Cardinals are suddenly one of just three programs to vacate multiple Final Fours. The others are Memphis and Michigan. Did the NCAA handle this correctly? Matt Norlander and Gary Parrish open on that. At 21:25: Is Louisville's impending coaching...

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander have a lot to get to, starting with all the noise from the Big 12. They also touch on almost every single bubble team winning over the weekend, and evaluate Xavier, Villanova and the Big East and so much more. Michigan State's overall story is interesting -- and why does Gary have Sparty ranked above Villanova, anyway? Also, for the first time in podcast history, Gr...

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander riff for an hour on the state of college basketball's impossible-to-predict 2017-18 season. Top teams can't stop losing to unranked competition. They explain why this is going to be problematic in a year of change for the NCAA Tournament selection committee. Then they preview about a dozen games for the upcoming weekend, and wrap with a fun concept: picking college...

Oklahoma has dropped seven of its past nine games. Trae Young has missed 18 of his past 19 3-point attempts. Consequently, the Player of the Year race has undeniably opened up. So Matt Norlander and Gary Parrish discussed that at the top. At 15:23: How should Andy Kennedy be remembered at Ole Miss? Will he coach again? And who is next in Oxford? 23:53: How much has Dan Hurley changed as a man and...

After the selection commiteee's top-16 reveal on Sunday, Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander give a full rundown not just of the teams picked and those snubbed, but go in depth on the new process and what you need to know about how the NCAA is changing the way it seeds and select teams. It's a long discussion, with some difference in opinion between the guys on what the committee does, but worth it fo...

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander yap on this episode about a litany of upsets over the past 48 hours. Arizona lost at home to UCLA. Villanova lost at home to St. John's. Purdue lost at home to Ohio State. Auburn lost at home to Texas A&M. Those teams were all undefeated at home prior to those outcomes. Wild, right? The guys also assess Chris Holtmann's Coach of the Year case, give analysis on D...

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open with a discussion on the strength of Tennessee and the problematic resume of Kentucky. Then they give a lot of love to current No. 1 Xavier and reflect on the All-America season of Trevon Bluiett. And with February in bloom, the guys look at coaches who are on the hot seat and others who have coached their way off of it. They wrap with a preview and predictions...

What a weekend. For the first time ever, Arizona, Duke, Kansas and Kentucky lost on the same day as ranked teams. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander get into all of that, plus talk about Washington's buzzer-beating win, the consistency and secret formula to why the top teams in college basketball this season are where they are, and wrap with predictions and previews for Monday and Tuesdays best games...

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander get to plenty on this Friday episode. They open with thoughts on Arizona and Purdue combining for a 34-1 record since they met in November. Then they touch on Wichita State. How good is this team? They run down the weekend's games, make their predictions, and highlight Washington's at-large case. The Huskies have a huge home game vs. Arizona on Saturday night. They...

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander get a quick, fun podcast chat in by leading on Clemson's win over UNC, which includes a short discussion on the mysterious suspension of Jalek Felton. They also touch on Trae Young going for 44 in Oklahoma's win over Baylor and assess Auburn's 20-2 start. That includes a convo on Coach of the Year. They wrap with the news out of Colorado State. Coach Larry Eustachy...

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open this episode with reaction and discussion on Tom Izzo's press conferences from Friday night and Sunday afternoon. They go deeper into the Michigan State crisis, then transition to discussing the weekend's biggest results. Also included: previews of the best games on Monday and Tuesday, and a few random rounds of trivia.

Friday was a huge news day in college sports. Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis announced his resignation, then hours later ESPN released a bombshell story that depicted a culture of failure within MSU's athletic department regarding sexual misconduct and assault with former football and basketball players, in addition to more context on how the university dropped the ball with Larry Na...

Trae Young's nine-shot performance in a win on Tuesday night vs. Kansas has Parrish and Norlander wondering if something is set to change in a big way for the Oklahoma Sooners. They also touch on the quiet senior season of Grayson Allen so far, look at Calipari's comments that were directed at Duke, and react to the breaking news that Villanova's Phil Booth is out indefinitely with a hand issue. T...

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander recap the weekend with the three biggest headlines: A. Zion Williamson shockingly picking Duke. B. Kentucky continuing to spiral after its home loss to Florida C. Trae Young needing 39 shots to get to 48 points, while Oklahoma lost its second straight. They also hit on other things, like season-ending injuries and players leaving to play for Bosnia.

South Carolina beat Kentucky. Which means the Gamecocks won the annual #DevanDowneyGame in Columbia. Did you catch Gary Parrish shouting out DD the GOAT on TV? Where else did you think he and Norlander were going to start this episode. At he 7:02 mark: Kentucky's issues. At 10:05: The worst performance of Trae Young's college career. At 14:50, the guys hit on Wednesday night results. Among them: S...

Kansas and Duke were on the road Monday night and facing double-digit second-half deficits. Then the bluebloods pulled off just crazy wins for very different reasons. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander get into all of that, plus preview three really solid Tuesday night tilts. You know who's playing? Kentucky at South Carolina. A Devan Downey special. They close with some thoughts on Rick Barnes defen...

After a solid Saturday with a lot of discussion points, Gary Parrish and Matt Noralnder lead with Trae Young's 43-point performance vs. TCU that helped push the Big 12 to a four-team clog atop the standings. They also get into Michigan State's weird slump and Purdue as the best team in the Big Ten. Also: Another court-storm over the weekend with a dangerous physical interaction between a fan and a...

Matt Norlander got Frank Martin on the phone earlier this week and asked the South Carolina coach why he decided to take a chance on former Louisville player Brian Bowen. Friday's ep leads with a long discussion with Gary Parrish on that, then the guys get into their midseason awards. They wrap with a hefty lookahead to a Saturday that is stacked high with a lot of interesting games.

Kentucky is still a mystery. Texas A&M is on the bubble. Marquette's the most entertaining team you might not be watching. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander discuss all those things, and plenty more, in a vintage episode.

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander got a 40-minute conversation in Sunday night on what amounted to the most upset-laden weekend in college basketball so far this season. From the bluebloods to Trae Young getting shut down, the guys cover all the biggest storylines. Plus, they wrap with some thoughts and advice for referee Ted Valentine, who says he's debating retirement after a controversial decisio...

Gary Parrish is stuck in Manhattan, thanks to the "bomb cyclone." He and Matt Norlander open with their tales of fighting through this blizzard in order to do this podcast. Then they get to Minnesota, whose Reggie Lynch has been playing while under investigation for sexual assualt -- the second allegation against him. How does Richard Pitino explain this? They also get into Arizona State's suddenl...

Welcome to 2018. This podcast opens with Parrish and Norlander in disagreement over Kansas' future this season in the Big 12. They also talk up Texas Tech, then move on to Notre Dame's disastrous turn of events with Bonzie Colson no longer on the floor for at least eight weeks. As coincidence would have it, Norlander spent five hours with Mike Brey last week, so he has some insider information. GP...