The Starting Five

On this episode of The Starting Five, I recap Purdue’s big win, a Backyard Beatdown, and tell Cal to figure it the hell out. I end with a preview of tomorrow’s games, dominated by a battle of former Pac 12 foes in UCLA and Arizona.

Purdue 87 Alabama 80: 0:00-6:33

West Virginia 71 Pittsburgh 49: 6:34-8:25

Kansas State 99 California 96: 8:26-9:44

North Texas Collapse: 9:45-10:14

Best Bet Recap (L, 3-1 YTD)

LSU 98 FIU 81: 10:15-12:11

Preview:

Arizona vs UCLA

(Best Bet Arizona -2.5): 12:12-14:51

Others: 14:52-16:29

On this episode, I briefly preview 11/12 before digging into previews of a couple interesting games, headlined by Purdue’s return trip to Tuscaloosa.

Best Bets: 3-0 YTD

Recap: 0:00-3:17

Purdue @ Alabama 3:18-6:47

Pitt @ West Virginia 6:48-7:58

Best Bet: 7:59-10:59

In this episode of The Starting Five, I outline what was possibly the best slate of this young season. Louisville secured a big win over rival Kentucky, Gonzaga looks like a title contender, and more!

Michigan 85 Wake Forest 84 (OT): 0:00-1:55

Louisville 96 Kentucky 88: 1:56-5:32

Illinois 81 Texas Tech 77: 5:33-7:32

Gonzaga 90 Creighton 63: 7:33-10:48

Florida 78 Florida State 76: 10:49-12:02

Preview: Minnesota @ Missouri: 12:03-13:25

On this episode of The Starting Five, I discuss The Weeknd in review (11/7-11/9) and preview Mississippi State and Iowa State (in the Sanford Pentagon). Nothing better than a college hoops Saturday, even if this was a lighter slate.

UNC 87 Kansas 74: 0:00-2:47

Utah State 80 VCU 77: 2:48-4:40

Michigan State 69 Arkansas 66: 4:41-6:10

Alabama 103 St John’s 96: 6:11-8:27

Others: 8:28-12:00

Indiana 100 Marquette 78: 12:01-13:52

Oklahoma State 87 Texas A&M 63: 13:53-15:31

Baylor 78 Washington 69: 15:32-18:08

Preview:

Mississippi State vs Iowa State: 18:09-19:50

We review a light 11/6 slate and preview 11/7, most notably with Kansas and UNC

Best Bets: (2-0 YTD)

UNC -1.5

11/6 Review: 0:00-4:25

Kansas @ UNC: 4:26-7:39

Georgetown @ Maryland: 7:40-9:01

VCU vs Utah State: 9:02-11:46

On this episode of The Starting Five, we recap 11/5, including a miracle cover from Loyola Marymount, and preview 11/6. There’s a couple of intriguing mid major games to look forward to, but unfortunately, we’re hit with another light slate.

11/5 Recap: 0:00-7:22

11/6 Preview: 7:23-11:01

It’s a light slate, but this episode of The Starting Five recaps Oregon over Hawaii and Duke over Texas, plus a couple of late games from night one. I briefly (very briefly) preview tomorrow’s slate, and give out a (not quite) best bet.

Oregon 60 Hawaii 59: 0:00-2:36

Duke 75 Texas 60: 2:37-5:19

Hawaii Pacific 79 Boise State 78: 5:20-7:56

UCLA 80 Eastern Washington 74: 7:57-9:32

Preview: Creighton, and Loyola Marymount is *almost* a best bet: 9:33-12:25

In this episode of The Starting Five, we discuss the big, not bad, SEC! Off of a historic year, the conference looks to continue to brand itself as the premier college basketball conference (in addition to football). A crop of title contenders again emerge, but a talented and deep middle likely ensure no one runs way with the conference.

Intro: 0:00-5:21

Florida: 5:22-6:43

Kentucky: 6:44-8:35

Tennessee: 8:36-10:11

Alabama: 10:12-11:35

Auburn: 11:36-13:27

Ole Miss: 13:28-14:29

Oklahoma: 14:30-15:39

Vanderbilt: 15:40-16:55

Arkansas: 16:56-18:21

Missouri: 18:22-19:42

Mississippi State: 19:43-20:47

Texas A&M: 20:48-22:32

Texas: 22:33-24:12

The rest: 24:13-25:52

Wild Card: Hot Takes! 25:53-31:18

On this episode of The Starting Five, I breakdown night one’s biggest games and other results and teams that caught my eye from opening night. This includes Florida, Arizona, TCU, Houston, the number of fouls called, and more! I also preview Duke/Texas and Oregon/Hawaii.

Arizona 93 Florida 87: 0:00-4:02

BYU 71 Villanova 66: 4:03-6:56

Ohio State 118 IU Indy 102: 6:57-9:09

Roundup: 9:10-13:55

Best Bets recap (YTD: 2-0): 13:56-15:05

11/4 Preview (Duke vs Texas, Hawaii vs Oregon): 15:05-17:35

The season is upon us! It’s a light day one slate, but it’s the best slate we’ve had in 7 months!

Intro: 0:00-1:07

Florida vs Arizona: 1:08-3:58

BYU vs Villanova: 3:59-6:07

Other games: 6:08-7:33

Best Bets: (0-0 YTD)

Tarleton State +20.5: 7:34-9:40

Belmont -14: 9:41-11:16