Eye On College Basketball

Matt Norlander sits down with committee chair Keith Gill moments after the bracket was announced on Sunday night.

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open with a Big 12 report from Kansas City. The glass court is gone for semifinals between Iowa State-Arizona and Kansas-Houston. Then, a Friday edition of the whiparound tours the sport and gets you caught up on everything from Champ Week including a loss for previously undefeated Miami.

(0:00) Intro + Norlander from Kansas City

(1:00) The Big 12 is abandoning the LED glass floor

(7:00) the semifinals in Kansas City should be awesome + Dybantsa breaks KD’s record

(15:00) Duke survives a scare against Florida State

(19:10) Tennessee beat Auburn … are the Tigers going dancing?

(22:15) Does Oklahoma need to beat Arkansas on Friday to get in?

(25:00) Touching on the Big East: can Seton Hall get a dance-worthy win over St. John’s?

(27:40) Big Ten quarterfinals on Friday + some notes from the conference

(32:10) Miami lost to UMass … this team is still in the tournament

(37:10) Sling TV Game to Watch

(46:30) GP spent 13 hours in the Richmond airport

Dusty May joins Matt Norlander to discuss the masterpiece that is this year's Michigan roster, post-game celebrations and the differences between FAU and Michigan. Dusty also details his program's participation in the "Made for March" documentary series and Michigan's rivalry with Michigan State.

(0:00) Intro + Michigan on Made for March

(1:20) Having cameras around the program and why Michigan agreed to do it

(3:45) The cadence of having a camera crew around

(5:00) What might people learn about this Michigan team from the documentary?

(6:20) Let’s talk about Yaxel Lendeborg & how he got to Michigan

(9:30) The plan for LJ Cason

(10:45) How Michigan was able to put together a roster like this

(13:35) Morez Johnson: “One of my favorite players I’ve ever coached”

(15:40) The genesis of the celebrations in post game

(17:30) Dusty May now vs. as a junior in college

(18:30) Being part of a team that is as good as this one

(21:15) “I miss the innocence of that level” - reflecting on his time at FAU

(22:40) What is an improvable piece of college basketball?

(25:40) Pushing back the opening of the portal

(29:00) The rivalry with Michigan State

(31:50) Which is harder? an FAU Final Four or everything that comes with the Michigan job?

Gary Parrish and David Cobb open on Gonzaga's win in the WCC title game and 27th straight tournament appearance. Is the WCC going to be a three-bid league on Selection Sunday? Then, we've got four more auto-bids to celebrate from Tuesday before we set up the rest of conference championship week.

(0:00) Intro + David Cobb joins the show!

(1:15) Gonzaga wins the WCC, will Santa Clara get into the tournament?

(6:20) Welcome to the tournament, Hofstra, Siena, Wright State and LIU!

(18:30) Naismith Watch List! + AJ Dybantsa’s 40-point performance

(29:45) DraftKings Upset Alert

(34:35) Looking ahead to Wednesday! Biggest bubble games on the schedule

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open with more tickets punched to the NCAA Tournament before making predictions for each of the power conference tournaments. Then, notable conference tournament memories from Kemba Walker to Kenyon Martin. Finally, a check in on the national coach of the year race and the carousel.

Matt Norlander sits down with Bill Self to discuss the Kansas Jayhawks and the upcoming documentary series Made for March on CBS and Paramount+

(0:00) Intro + Made for March on CBS & Paramount+

(1:03) Why Bill and the program said yes to this documentary series

(3:10) Does Bill have plenty left in the tank?

(5:30) Allowing the crew in to the program for this season

(8:30) Darryn Peterson

(13:45) state of Kansas at the end of the regular season

(17:30) Offense and playing with Darryn Peterson

(22:30) What makes this part of the season so special?

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander are for another loaded Sunday show. They open on the Big Ten before the Weekend Whiparound tours the country on the final weekend of the regular season. It was a big weekend for the bubble but a lot of teams struggled on the doorstep of the NCAA Tournament. Then, tickets are punched to the NCAA Tournament and conference championships are among us.

(0:00) Intro

(1:30) Michigan puts a bow on the regular season, beats Michigan State at home

(8:30) Purdue lost in Mackey again … this time to Wisconsin

(18:00) Nebraska in the 2 seed in the Big Ten tournament

(21:45) Let’s start the Weekend Whiparound with Duke’s win over UNC (& Duke’s injuries)

(28:15) a couple ACC coaching changes … let’s talk about a common thread in coaching

(34:30) Around the Big East: a strange UConn loss & St. John’s gets another win

(42:30) A tour around the Big 12

(44:15) In the SEC: Florida is the conference champion

(49:30) 31-0 Miami!!

(56:25) Bubble Talk! It’s Norlander’s bubble block

(1:12:30) we got teams going dancing!

(1:17:40) Looking ahead to Monday’s AP Poll & the next couple days (conference tournaments!)

Caleb Wilson is out for the season. Let's discuss.

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open with Michigan and Michigan State winning on Thursday to set up a Big Ten finale in Ann Arbor on Sunday. Then, Sean Miller might be Darius Acuff's biggest fan. Should the Arkansas guard be in the running for the No. 1 overall pick? Finally, the Final Four And 1 previews the final weekend of the regular season with Selection Sunday and March Madness less than two weeks away.

(0:00) Intro

(2:00) Michigan survives Iowa on the road

(7:00) Michigan State vs. Michigan on Sunday … does Sparty have a path to a 1 seed?

(13:00) Let’s talk about the Big Ten Player of the Year race

(16:30) Sean Miller loves Darius Acuff

(29:15) Will Josh Schertz leave SLU? + the bubbling coaching carousel

(40:30) Final Four And 1

(43:07) No. 19 Miami at Ohio

(46:15) No. 7 Houston at Oklahoma State

(51:10) Louisville at No. 22 Miami

(54:45) No. 17 North Carolina at No. 1 Duke

(1:00:55) No. 10 Texas Tech at BYU

(1:05:35) Norlander’s Notes: More games to watch

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open with Kansas and BYU struggles. Will the likely top two picks in the 2026 NBA Draft have any impact on March? Then, it was a huge night for bubble wins & the Wednesday Whiparound catches you up on everything you missed on Tuesday night.

(0:00) Intro + Norlander prepped this pod

(3:40) AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson take stinky losses on Tuesday

(13:50) Bubble Watch: starting with UCLA in the pacific time zone

(18:00) Cincinnati is fighting ‘til the very end

(23:00) Miami University is 30-0

(27:30) Texas A&M beats Kentucky and is knocking on the door of the dance

(31:30) VCU beats George Mason .. the Rams are right there + other bubble wins

(34:15) Now the Bubble Losers: Mizzou, UCF and more

(38:40) Wednesday Whiparound: Georgia, UNC/St. John’s escape, Florida/Illinois stomp

(53:11) Naismith Watch List

(57:30) Looking ahead to the next two days