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Eye On College Basketball

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CBS Sports’ official college basketball podcast is the most entertaining and informative of its kind. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander bring the sport into your ears at least three times per week with commentary, reporting, insider information and statistical analysis throughout college basketball all year long.

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12/18/14: Big 12's boom, SEC's issues and Cincy's solid start 18.12.2014 34:02

Gary Parrish is joined by the Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy for this edition of the Eye on College Basketball podcast. They discuss the Cincinnati program, how Alex Poythress' injury might lessen Kentucky, possible Big 12 expansion, the fantasy that is Indiana hiring Brad Stevens after this season, the SEC in general and much more.

12/15/14: Montrezl Harrell for POY? And our picks for most disappointing teams. 15.12.2014 36:26

Gary Parrish is joined by Matt Norlander and Sam Vecenie in this edition of the Eye on College Basketball podcast. They discuss Montrezl Harrell's Player of the Year candidacy, the loss of Alex Poythress at Kentucky, the nation's biggest disappointments, the cliche of "college kids just being college kids," and much more.

12/11/14: Best of the west; Nebraska's struggles; Bryce Dejean-Jones arrest 11.12.2014 33:16

Gary Parrish is joined by Yahoo! Sports' Jeff Eisenberg. The two of them discuss Kansas, Nebraska, "I Can't Breathe" shirts and Mark Emmert's idea of maybe letting D-League players return to college. And, because Eisenberg lives on the West Coast, there's a lot of talk about West Coast basketball -- specifically UCLA and USC.

12/08/14: Arizona-Gonzaga; Kentucky's historic D; giving unbeaten UVA some love 08.12.2014 50:27

This week's Eye on College Basketball podcast features Gary Parrish being joined by Matt Norlander and Sam Vecenie. The three of them discuss, Arizona, Gonzaga, Kentucky, Virginia, VCU, Nebraska, the Player of the Year race and much more.

12/04/14: Duke's amazing night and Wichita's streak ends at 35 04.12.2014 38:59

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. His guest this time is NBC Sports' Rob Dauster. The two of them discuss Duke, Wisconsin, Kansas, North Carolina, Texas-Kentucky, Gonzaga-Arizona, Memphis, Wichita State and much, much more.

12/01/14: Curious Kansas; terrific Texas; Duke-Wisconsin; AAC in big trouble? 02.12.2014 46:47

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined by Matt Norlander and Sam Vacenie. The three of them discuss Kansas, Texas, Gonzaga, Butler, the Poll Attacks and preview this week's Duke-Wisconsin and Gonzaga-Arizona games.

11/24/14: Bad losses, best teams and UConn's issues 24.11.2014 41:54

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined by his colleagues, Matt Nolander and Sam Vacenie. The three of them discuss Duke, Gonzaga, Nebraska, West Virginia, Ohio State, Memphis, the Big East and much, much more. Plus, Vecenie's dog barks every once in a while. Penny!

11/21/14: One week in, nobody looks as good as Kentucky -- and Gonzaga 21.11.2014 32:52

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined this time by The Bleacher Report's Jason King. They talk Kentucky, Kansas, Gonzaga, Wichita State, Donnie Tyndall's NCAA troubles and ... Kamala the Ugandan Giant.

11/17/14: First-weekend reactions and previewing a loaded Tuesday 17.11.2014 46:32

Gary Parrish is back on regular schedule with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined by his colleague, Matt Norlander. The two of them discuss the start of the college basketball season, and Gary tells a story about sticking a jalapeno in his eye.

11/12/14: Strange and sad recruiting saga; season outlook; our F4 picks 12.11.2014 1:00:14

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined by Matt Norlander and Sam Vecenie, and the three of them discuss the sketchy situation surrounding the recruitment of Skal Labissiere, the NCAA's investigation into Southern Miss, their Final Four picks and much, much more.

11/05/14: Tom Crean's crossroads and Coach K's unexpected thoughts on ISIS 05.11.2014 53:22

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball Podcast. He's joined by Matt Norlander and new CBSSports.com college basketball writer Sam Vacenie. They discuss Tom Crean's troubles at Indiana, Jahlil Okafor, Cliff Alexander, Mike Krzyzewski's comments about President Obama and much, much more.

10/29/14: Drama at ACC media day and dissecting the top 100 players in college hoops 30.10.2014 56:44

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined by Matt Norlander, who expresses his love for a Big West player in between Parrish discussing his afternoon at ACC Media Day talking with Roy Williams and Jim Boeheim about the NCAA issues that have, on some level, damaged the brands of their basketball programs.

10/22/14: Reaction to the North Carolina academic fraud report 22.10.2014 40:44

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined by Matt Norlander, and the two of them discuss the North Carolina academic scandal in great detail before turning their attention to Kentucky's Aaron Harrison, Madness celebrations, and the unfortunate roster developments at SMU.

10/15/14: Our favorite of the favorites, autograph scandals and Brandon Miller's future 15.10.2014 1:02:50

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined by Matt Norlander, and the two of them discuss autograph scandals, Andrew Harrison and Kentucky, Wisconsin, Arizona, Butler and Brandon Miller, Kelly Oubre and Kansas, Rick Ross, "Gone Girl," Pearl Jam and much, much more.

10/8/14: Explaining our preseason All-American picks 08.10.2014 58:55

Gary Parrish is back with the latest Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined by CBSSports.com colleague Matt Norlander, and the two of them discuss everything from Jahlil Okafor to the All-America teams to the situation with the Alabama women's program and much, much more.

9/22/14: USA Basketballl drama; ethics of shoe companies in recruiting 22.09.2014 43:59

I sat down Monday with Jeff Borzello and Matt Norlander to conduct a fun offseason chat on college basketball. We touched on lots of different topics, among them: Does Mike Krzyzewski actually gain a recruiting advantage by working with USA Basketball?

7/22/14: Emmanuel Mudiay to China; the best prospects from July 22.07.2014 44:18

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined this time by Matt Norlander and Jeff Borzello. They talk extensively about the Emmanuel Mudiay situation -- what it means for Mudiay, SMU and college basketball in general. Then they discuss some of the best prospects they've seen this July.

5/21/14: Situations at Oregon schools; Kevin Ollie's future; top pick of the draft 21.05.2014 43:23

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined by Jeff Borzello and Matt Norlander. The three of them discuss the situation at Oregon, the coaching carousel, Kevin Ollie's new deal at UConn and much, much more.

4/29/14: Winners and losers from draft deadline; picking next year's best 29.04.2014 49:30

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined in this episode by Matt Norlander and Jeff Borzello. The three of them discuss the NBA Draft deadline, the No. 1 ranking Kentucky will take into the preseason, potential First Team All-Americans, Missouri's hiring of a 59-year-old rookie coach at the Division I level, and much, much more ... including the weather.

4/9/14: Recapping the Final Four 09.04.2014 51:48

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined by Matt Norlander and Jeff Borzello. The three of them look back at the Final Four and ahead to next season. They also discussed the tragic death of Lacey Holsworth, the huge announcement of UMass guard Derrick Gordon, and their trip to Dealey Plaza in Dallas.

4/3/14: Hello from Dallas! Setting up the Final Four 03.04.2014 35:13

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. He's joined for this episode by Matt Norlander and Jeff Borzello. All three of them are at the Final Four. They discuss a lot of basketball and a little Hooters, and they do it all while sitting in the same hotel room.

3/31/14: A surprising but very satisfying road to the Final Four 31.03.2014 51:23

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. His guests as usual on every Monday are CBSSports.com writers Matt Norlander and Jeff Borzello. They look back at the regional finals and ahead to the Final Four.

3/24/14: Was that the best first weekend in more than a decade? 24.03.2014 1:06:45

We've got a loaded podcast for you. After week-long break, of course we have to dive into every aspect of the bracket, talking 68 teams down to 16. Virtually every major headline/game from the past four days is covered in today's podcast. But Gary Parrish, Matt Norlander and Jeff Borzello also touch on the big headlines that happened outside of the NCAA tournament over the past five days. Yeah, a...

3/17/14: Diving into all the tournament talk 17.03.2014 41:12

It's the Monday after Selection Sunday. You know exactly what to expect. Gary Parrish brings on Matt Norlander and Jeff Borzello to give an overview of the field of 68, offer their Final Four picks, choose their favorite Thursday/Friday games and discuss SMU's omission/why BYU shouldn't be in the field.

3/13/14: What March means for the big stars -- from an NBA perspective 13.03.2014 31:07

Gary Parrish is back with the Eye on College Basketball podcast. His guest for this episode is DraftExpress.com's Jonathan Givony. They discuss college basketball players as NBA prospects -- everybody from Doug McDermott to Joel Embiid to Andrew Wiggins to Jabari Parker to Kentucky's heralded recruiting class headlined by Julius Randle.