READ - Norlander : As Tom Izzo reinforces his greatness at 70, new rival Dusty May hunts

HUGE pod here. T-minus seven days until we get to Selection Sunday! GP and Norlander take a long tour around Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Auto bids are here, and so are a few popped bubbles. What's with Auburn? Who's gonna be the 1-seeds in one week? Strap in, this is our longest show of the season so far, including looking at why Kevin Keatts had to be fired less than a year after the Final Four.

00:45 - Auburn loses 2nd straight, this time to Alabama.

11:58 - How many teams have a shot to get the last 1 seed?

28:10 - Five teams punched their tickets to the NCAA Tournament

47:52 - Bubble Locks & Winners

59:55 - Bubble Losers

1:12:15 - Other Games of Note This Weekend

1:16:15 - Keatts out at NC State and other carousel news

1:24-16 - Previewing conference tourneys for Monday and Tuesday

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The fall of the ACC has been a thing for a few years, but this year has been even worse. Is this Atlantic Coast Conference destined to only get THREE bids in the NCAA Tournament? Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander do an autopsy on how the ACC got here. Plus Michigan State wrapped up the Big Ten regular season crown AND we give our final regular season picks.

00:38 - Is the ACC destined to be a three-bid league this year?

14:24 - Miami, Utah make new coaching hires

30:53 - Final Four And 1, Game 1 - No. 6 St. John’s at No. 20 Marquette (-1)

36:56 - Final Four And 1, Game 2 - No. 7 Alabama at No. 1 Auburn (-10)

44:28 - Final Four And 1, Game 3 - Ohio State at Indiana (-1)

48:49 - Final Four And 1, Game 4 - No. 17 Michigan at No. 8 Michigan State (-7)

53:50 - Final Four And 1, Game 5 - Oklahoma @ Texas (-3)

56:17 - Other Games Of Note This Weekend

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What a Tuesday night! Texas A&M picked a great time to win its first game ever against a No. 1 team. The bubble picture got more interesting because most teams near the cut line wound up winning. (Most, not all.) Let's go:

00:55 - Texas A&M upsets Auburn 83 - 72

14:55 - Stay Or Hit Presented by Chumba Casino

22:49 - Some regular-season title winners + Dave Chappelle

28:00 - SEC bubble watch e

31:13 - BYU-Iowa State 2OT + other bubble results

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It's the first episode of March. And you know what that means. Norlander's gift for you awaits right off the top of the show.

06:27 - Auburn secures the SEC Regular Season Title

09:00 - Tennessee wins on buzzer beater, beats Alabama 79 - 76

18:00 - Florida handles business vs. Texas A&M 89 - 70

27:21 - St. John's secures Big East Regular Season title, beats Seton Hall 71 - 61

28:45 - Kansas loses to Texas Tech 78 -73

33:50 - Iowa State beats Arizona 84 - 67

36:00 - Houston keeps on rolling, beats Cincinnati 73-64

38:10 - Big Ten Whiparound: Michigan State stays on top, beats Wisconsin; Michigan loses to Illinois

48:00 - Vanderbilt, Gonzaga (probably) lock up tournament spots

49:33 - Bubble Winners and Losers

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Read Kyle Boone's terrific feature: Doug Gottlieb Fights Back

BIG Friday show for you on this final day of February. We start with two rivals hitting two buzzer-beaters on consecutive days. Life in the Big Ten can get kinda hairy, as Michigan and Michigan State have shown in the past 48 hours. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander get into those games from Wed/Thurs, plus: St. John's is about to secure its first outright Big East Title in 40 years. There's plenty more, including references to Deadwood, '90s adult contemporary music, a coach from the 1880s and, well, ya gotta listen to know the rest.

00:38 - Michigan State and Michigan hit game winning buzzer beaters in back to back days.

19:50 - St. John's will secure an outright Big East Regular Season Title with win vs. Seton Hall

29:17 - Final Four And 1, Game 1 - No. 1 Auburn (-5) at No. 17 Kentucky

36:40 - Final Four And 1, Game 2 - No. 10 Texas Tech at Kansas (-1)

40:33 - Final Four And 1, Game 3 - No. 6 Alabama at No. 5 Tennessee (-5)

47:00 - Final Four And 1, Game 4 - No. 11 Wisconsin at No. 8 Michigan State (-3)

56:00 - And 1 - No. 14 Missouri at Vanderbilt

1:02:49 - Norlander's TV guide for the weekend + some love for mid-major conference champs

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We don't do guests often on the show, but when we do, they're big ones. So that brings us to this special episode, which was first posted to our YouTube channel. There are few in college sports with the candor and influence like NCAA SVP Dan Gavitt. Listen in as Matt Norlander and Gavitt chat for nearly an hour about the integration of new committee members, how tough it will be to seed the SEC in this year's tournament and, of course, where we stand with NCAA Tournament expansion — if the tournament even winds up expanding.

01:45 - How strong has the 2024-2025 season been so far?

4:30 - Dan’s role in when it comes to the NCAA Tournament

8:55 - “We did something a little different”

10:05 - The Practice Process of picking out teams and what it was like.

11:24 - How will committee handle seeding challenges with SEC?

17:35 - Will this year have a "dangerous" crop of 8-10 seeds?

20:15 - How do injuries factor into seeding?

22:10 - What prompted the committee to use new predictive metrics? 

26:54 - Should the committee’s composition change to add new voices?

31:00 - What is the timeline on possible NCAA tourney expansion?

33:46 - “Expansion is complex”

37:32 - Gavitt’s opinion on NCAA Tournament expansion

43:00 - Will Tournament expansion be resolved in 2025?

45:00 - What will the NIT look like going forward?

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The upsets continue as the calendar creeps up on March. Georgia etched a big win to help their NCAA case, but Norlander's got 'em still out. How many bids for the SEC, we think? In the Big 12, Iowa State and Baylor took losses that will stain. Plus: Duke's injury situation could get worse, Louisville and Clemson are still in the ACC chase, and a good night for Gonzaga and San Diego State.

00:44 - Georgia knocks off No. 3 Florida 88 - 83

12:17 - SEC Whiparound -- Alabama houses Mississippi State; Tennessee handles business vs. LSU; Missouri gets the job done vs. South Carolina

17:46 - Stay Or Hit presented by Chumba Casino

23:07 - ACC Whiparound -- Duke obliterates Miami; Louisville survives a test vs. Virginia Tech

33:15 - Big 12 Whiparound -- Iowa State, Baylor notch bad losses

38:25 - Gonzaga, SDSU win after 1 a.m. ET

44:05 - Wednesday and Thursday Games to Know

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The Tuesday TV show that's also a podcast. Enjoy the bonus pod, which leads on Houston's win at Texas Tech, then gets into the precarious situation Gonzaga's in before playing at Santa Clara on Tuesday night.

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The final weekend of February provided a lot of results that will tee up March in dramatic ways. Michigan State took a foothold in the Big Ten regular-season title race. Arkansas and Indiana did impressive work to get on the right side of the bubble. That's only the start. Norlander was on the road for five days, from Ann Arbor to NYC, so the show opens on all the spots he was at, including podcasting live from the Garden on Sunday afternoon.

01:45 - Norlander Tour: St. John's beats UConn 89-75; sweeps Huskies

13:15 - Norlander Tour: Duke destroys Illinois in MSG 110-67

20:28 - Norlander Tour: Michigan State beats Michigan 75-62; Dusty May isn't leaving

34:01 - Big Ten Whiparound

41:49 - SEC Whiparound

50:20 - Big 12 Whiparound

58:00 - Other Notable results

1:02:00 - Monday and Tuesday Games to Know

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