CBS Sports Eye On College Basketball Podcast

How tangibly good will Jared Sullinger, Harrison Barnes and Perry Jones be? SI.com's Andy Glockner did the prognostications recently, and he hops on to talk about that, plus his two overrated and underrated teams, what surprises came from Thursday's debut KenPom.com rankings, and the best part: which fan bases hate him the most. A lively discussion filled with everything for every kind of fan. The casual fan. The die-hard fan. The angry fan. The stat fan. The Memphis fan. The NBA fan. That about covers it.

Goodman and Parrish hop back on with Norlander to talk a bunch of college hoops. A lot of topics to get to with some developing news over Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. For instance, how long will UConn go without freaky athletic guard Ryan Boatright? Stacey Poole may transfer out of Kentucky -- he should have never committed there to begin with. Is Jared Sullinger poised to have a better season this year than any year Tyler Hansbrough had? Lastly, Parrish tells his he-hit-a-guy-while-driving story, and Goodman explains why he's afraid of rollercoasters. So much more, too. Kansas hoops, Aaron Craft, looking at conference power rankings, and more.

Do the suspensions of Tyshawn Taylor and Elijah Johnson from two exhibition games really mean all that much for Kansas? Matt Norlander is joined by Yahoo Sports' Jeff Eisenberg. The two talk a load of West Coast hoops, as Jeff attended Pac-12 media day and is well-versed in all things left coast. How many teams should the Pac-12 send to the tourney this year? Is UCLA seting itself up for a long season? Which team is the league's most undervalued? Also: some of the best of the best players out West, plus, with Matt buried under all this snow, the two swap their worst weather stories.

The guys from Ballin' is a Habit join Matt Norlander to discuss the NCAA's unlimited texting rule, the $2,000 bonus players will receive in the future, Texas A&M head coach Billy Kennedy's Parkinson's Disease diagnosis, and their best Halloween costumes from years past. The BIAH guys also make a big announcement about the future of their site.

Gary Parrish, Jeff Goodman and Matt Norlander discuss their breakout teams and breakout players for the season. Also on the menu: Indiana basketball and Brad Stevens' chances of ever going there, Kansas' recruiting -- or lack thereof for this year -- and what the guys plan on doing this weekend for Halloween. Additionally, they share their worst driving stories, which includes an all-timer from Parrish.

Eamonn Brennan, ESPN.com college basketball blogger and sworn enemy of host Matt Norlander, hops on the podcast. Who are the most unpredictable teams this year? And what about the best bets to live up to expectations? The two discuss that, as well as how they've prepped for the season, why the NBA lockout is guaranteed to be a good thing for college basketball, and a hodgepodge of other topics -- wedding decorum and iPhone 4S apps included.

Goodman and Parrish join Matt Norlander to talk about the recently released CBSSports.com Top 100 Players in College Basketball. Which teams do these guys really hate? And really love? There's also Top 25 talk, like why Washington and Marquette aren't ranked. Also, Goodman/Parrish rehash their recent trips to nine of the top 11 preseason programs and talk about behind-the-scenes stuff with the coaches and programs.

ESPN.com's Jason King comes on to discuss how and why he wrote a book on the past decade of Kansas basketball. Did Bill Self really threaten his players? Who is among the most enigmatic guys to play for the Jayhawks in the past decade? And which coach is the better fit for KU: Roy Williams or Self?

Matt Norlander and Jeff Borzello recap their experiences from over the weekend at UConn and Syracuse. The duo examines Syracuse's chances at prosperity this year, and also predict which top recruits will NOT commit to the schools they visited for Midnight Madness Friday. The podcast wraps up with Borzello and Norlander picking apart the preseason Top 25 (and one), which was assembled by CBSSports.com's national hoops writers, Gary Parrish and Jeff Goodman.

Remember Billy Edelin? The enigmatic guard who played on and off for Syracuse more than six years ago? Nick Fasulo runs the superb college basketball blog SearchingForBillyEdelin.com, and recently, Fasulo was contacted by Edelin's family and the two were united. Matt Norlander brings on Fasulo to talk about the history of the site, and how Edelin's myth and reputation have essentially run in direct contrast to the man today, a man who helped Syracuse win a title in 2003. A man who's teaching Jim Boeheim's kids about basketball in a tiny gym 20 minutes from Syracuse.

Matt Norlander, Gary Parrish and Jeff Goodman discuss everything from Missouri leaving the Big 12 to Bill Self's ego to Laurence Bowers' injury hampering Missouri this season. And as far as North Carolina and Kentucky, they have to be considered 1 and 2 to start the season. Thinking otherwise is blatant contrarianism. The guys also talk why this season should be a great one because of the elite teams at the top, paired with the fact the NBA lockout could drag on.

So ... that's it? That's all we're going to see from conference realignment? In the wake of the Pac-12 rejecting Texas and Oklahoma from joining the league, Gary Parrish and Jeff Goodman join Matt Norlander.to talk about the sudden stall in movement. We seem to be still in a six-major-conference world. But the Big East and ACC are still undergoing change, so what's next there? And how good of a chance does UConn have at actually jumping to the ACC? Plus: What Kyle Anderson's commitment means for UCLA, and why Ben Howland lured him from 3,000 miles away.

CBSSports.com's Brett McMurphy has been at the forefront of breaking news re: realignment. He and Matt Norlander catch listeners up as to why this happened, and how Syracuse and Pittsburgh did such a devastating deal in the dead of the night. On Friday afternoon, the Big East was 16 teams strong and all was well. By Sunday morning, the Orange and Panthers were officially gone. Why? Plus, is Texas Pac-12 bound by the end of this week? And isn't the SEC a little too quiet right now?

The podcast gets a serious credibility boost, as Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Taylor Branch joins Matt Norlander to discuss his cover story for the October issue of The Atlantic, "The Shame of College Sports." Branch's story has already received loads of praise only a few days removed from its online publication. Frank Deford has already said it could be the most important thing ever written about the NCAA. Branch discusses how and why he chose to report on the NCAA, what he found, why his view about collegiate sports was drastically changed, and if this is all leading to the demise -- even disbanding -- of the NCAA as we've known it for more than 50 years.

Host Matt Norlander brings on CBSSports.com basketball recruiting savant -- and Entourage fan boy -- Jeff Borzello to predict where the top 10 2012 uncommitted recruits will ultimately decide to play basketball. Does your school have a chance? The two also get into the logistics and awkward social nature of in-home visits.