CBS Sports Eye On College Basketball Podcast

A special Saturday edition of the podcast starts off with Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander discussing Purdue's quality road win vs. Maryland. They also touch on Oregon's uneven start to the season (are the Ducks going to miss the NCAA Tournament) and Gonzaga, once again, being built for another really good run. Plus, what was the real reason that the Bulldogs played host to Creighton on Friday night? The pair wraps up the pod by chatting the worst loss from any major-conference tam in college hoops so far this season: Georgia Tech getting beat on its home floor by Grambling State. Horrendous look for the Yellow Jackets.

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander assess what's gone wrong for the Big Ten so far this season, make their picks for Notre Dame-Michigan State, discuss Trae Young's big start to Oklahoma's season, and try to compare a college basketball coaching search that went as badly as Tennessee's has gone.

Matt Norlander's back from the PK 80, and he wraps up the one-of-a-kind tournament with Gary Parrish. They analyze most teams' performance in Portland, plus discuss when an event like this could happen again. Then they look ahead to the biggest games scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, and wrap up with thoughts on the unexpected Monday night retirement of UTEP coach Tim Floyd.

What in the world is going on with Arizona? Sean Miller's Wildcats are now 3-3. They finished last in the Battle 4 Atlantis. It's one of the worst early-season three-game efforts from a team ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press poll in college basketball history. Matt Norlander and Gary Parrish discussed all of that at the top. Then, at the 17:14 mark: PK80-Phil Knight Invitational talk. Chris Holtmann vs. Butler: 25:06 mark. PK80 title game previews start at 35:06.

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander prep you for pre-Thanksgiving hoops with a rundown on a number of talking points across college hoops. They open with a discussion on Missouri losing Michael Porter Jr. to back surgery. From there, they discuss Baylor's hot start, Wisconsin looking abnormally average, then touch on the Maui title game between Notre Dame and Wichita State. They close with a look at the loaded PK80, and ask why the brackets have such awful names.

How badly was Northwestern overrated heading into the season? Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander kick off this episode with that question. They also preview the Maui and Hall of Fame tournaments (Parrish provides his first strrrrrraight up! pick of the season). Both brackets tip Monday. And that conversation, of course, turns its attention to Donald Trump's Twitter takedown of LaVar Ball on Sunday. Norlander brings forth a theory from UCLA's angle of all of this, and what Steve Alford must be thinking right now.

Just what's up with Mizzou freshman Michael Porter Jr? He didn't travel with the team to Utah, and there is no timetable for just what's wrong with him. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open the podcast with that, then get to the flawed resolution the NBA is reportedly working on to eliminate the one-and-done culture in college basketball. They close by trying to guess what kind of car Kansas freshman Billy Preston was driving and has him waylaid from making his Jayhawks debut.

Gary Parrish is back from Chicago, and he joins Matt Norlander to recap a lot from the Champions Classic. The duo also discusses UCLA's indefinite suspension for LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill. They close with the NCAA doubling back on Braxton Beverly's case at NC State. The NCAA cleared him to play, but what about others who are still waiting?

The podcast is now at a thrice-a-week pace. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander touch on notable results from Saturday and Sunday, discuss is Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim will be the only coaches in their lifetimes to win 1,000 games at one school, then preview the Champions Classic -- in addition to two compelling, under-the-radar tilts on Monday.

The season is finally, officially here. Did you miss what happened Friday night? Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander have you completely covered, from the SEC going 13-0 to the suspensions revealed that are tied to the FBI investigation. Plus: standout freshmen debuts, and big concern for Indiana, West Virginia and Pitt fans.

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander are now on a thrice-a-week schedule, and the two get at it right away with the crazy -- and scary -- story coming form China regarding LiAngelo Ball and two other UCLA freshmen that were arrested after allegedly shoptlifting at a Louis Vuitton store. When will they be released, and will they fly home with their team? Then, there's the eligibility -- or lack thereof -- of Alabama prized freshman Collin Sexton. Norlander explains what's on the table there, and how Sexton might not ever play for the Tide.

Gary Parrish's scoop on the man -- and the details -- that led Georgia Tech and coach Josh Pastner to self-report violations that's led to the suspension of two players is the subject of today's podcast. Parrish details how he got the story and lays out why this is an issue for Pastner. Co-host Matt Norlander explains why Pastner's job isn't in jeopardy and why the violations here speak to how we view, write about and talk about NCAA violations to begin with.

Auburn has announced indefinite suspensions to two of its four best players. That means a lot for the Tigers -- and for other schools. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander kick off this episode by discussing that, then go into the latest round of embrassing decisions by the NCAA regarding academic eligibility. The duo also touches on Duke coming in at No. 1 in the AP preseason poll, and why that could backfire, then finish up by discussing Norlander's assertion that Wichita State joining the AAC now means there's a "Major 7" group of power college basketball conferences.

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander touch on plenty in this hour-long episode. They start with Joel Berry's hand injury at UNC. It happened playing video games. And now UNC is going to be a much different team for at least a month. They also discuss Miami coach Jim Larranaga's recent comments about the FBI investigation and offer up their latest thoughts. From there, the guys discuss the roaring success that was the Missouri-Kansas exhibition game, then ask: Why can't these exhibition tours be an annual thing, and why can't Kansas get over itself and play Mizzou every year? Norlander and Parrish wrap the pod by talking for 15 minutes about Norlander's annual ranking of all 351 teams in college basketball. Who's surprisingly high? Who's maybe too low? There's a ton to unwrap.

The NCAA opted not to punish North Carolina on Friday. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander discuss it from every angle. Each minute of this episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast is dedicated to the North Carolina case. They explain why the NCAA didn't punish UNC even though the NCAA acknowledged student-athletes benefited from fraudulent classes for more than a decade. Parrish asked two reasonable questions: 1. If the NCAA had no case, why did the NCAA ever create a case? 2. Should the NCAA just get out of academics completely?