Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports’ official college basketball podcast is the most entertaining and informative of its kind. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander bring the sport into your ears at least three times per week with commentary, reporting, insider information and statistical analysis throughout college basketball all year long.
Episodes
October 9, 2025 • 18 mins
Gary Parrish talks to Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn to talk about dealing with the expectations of a big season in West Lafayette, In.
🎵 Theme song: "Timothy Leary," written, performed and courtesy of Guster
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October 9, 2025 • 20 mins
Gary Parrish chats with Purdue HC Matt Painter about championship expectations, how they try to emulate the San Antonio Spurs and more!
🎵 Theme song: "Timothy Leary," written, performed and courtesy of Guster
Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
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October 9, 2025 • 17 mins
At Big Ten Media Day, University of Illinois' head coach Brad Underwood sat with Gary Parrish to discuss how his program has been able to remain consistent, the development of US players vs. international players, the culture of U of I and more!
0:00 - Intro
0:05 - Underwood on how he has been able to remain consistent
1:00 - Underwood on European players
2:15 - Underwood on development in US
3:15 - Underwood on changing the ...
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October 9, 2025 • 9 mins
At Big Ten Media Day, Indiana basketball's Tucker DeVries sat with Gary Parrish to discuss his battle with injuries, transferring to Indiana, playing for his dad, and more!
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - DeVries on how he is feeling after shoulder injury
0:30 - DeVries on frustration of injuries
1:00 - DeVries on having three shoulder surgeries
1:30 - DeVries on the number of times he has transferred
2:30 - DeVries on watching his dad go t...
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October 9, 2025 • 10 mins
Gary Parrish sits down with Darian DeVries to discuss year one with the Hoosiers, a third job in three years and his son Tucker who will star for the Hoosiers.
🎵 Theme song: "Timothy Leary," written, performed and courtesy of Guster
Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
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October 9, 2025 • 15 mins
Gary Parrish sits down with new Iowa head coach Ben McCollum at Big Ten media days ahead of year one at the helm for the Hawkeyes.
🎵 Theme song: "Timothy Leary," written, performed and courtesy of Guster
Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
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October 9, 2025 • 16 mins
Gary Parrish sits down with Wisconsin's Greg Gard to preview the Badgers 2025-2026 season
🎵 Theme song: "Timothy Leary," written, performed and courtesy of Guster
Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe
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October 9, 2025 • 10 mins
Gary Parrish chats up Michigan Head Coach on what following up his 1st season in Ann Arbor looks like, why his team is more athletic, and why his team has a chance to win three championships this year.
🎵 Theme song: "Timothy Leary," written, performed and courtesy of Guster
Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
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October 6, 2025 • 50 mins
With less than four weeks until the start of the season, it's time to start the conference previews! First up -- the ACC. And the prevailing question revolves around stopping Duke and whether there is a team that can do it. The guys break down everything you need to know about the Atlantic Coast Conference today!
01:18 - Is Duke a certainty to win the ACC?
11:03 - Five Big Storylines - Cam Boozer is the next Big Thing for Duke?
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October 3, 2025 • 39 mins
The Candid Coaches series rolls on with two more poignant questions -- Who made the best new hire in College Basketball in 2025, and do you trust programs to abide by the new guidelines.
00:47 - Who is the best new coaching hire in 2025?
11:30 - College Basketball coaches en masse do not respect the new recruiting rules.
🎵 Theme song: "Timothy Leary," written, performed and courtesy of Guster
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September 29, 2025 • 56 mins
The 2025 Candid Coaches series' next topic touches on the brightest college basketball minds. The winner? You'll have to listen to find out. Plus, a hilarious story about Kentucky and Louisville and Kansas.
00:46 - Norlander's got a great Ryder Cup story
19:45 - Candid Coaches -- Who is the best X's and O's Coach?
31:57 - Taylen Kinney commits to Kansas. But there's some stories behind this ...
43:15 - 2026 Players Era Tournament ...
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Every year, Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander talk to 100 coaches off the record to get their unfiltered opinions on the state of College Basketball. Today, the guys will reveal the results of all their polling, and the answers may surprise you.
00:40 - Candid Coaches Question 1 - Who's the best team in college basketball?
12:12 - Candid Coaches Question 2 - What percentage of the revenue share should men's basketball get?
25:57 ...
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September 22, 2025 • 53 mins
So much for a slow news Monday. Auburn Head Coach Bruce Pearl is retiring, leaving his son Steven Pearl to take over the Tigers' top spot. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander break down everything on this emergency episode of the show!
06:00 - Could Bruce Pearl run for Senate?
17:11 - How it ended at Tennessee
20:30 - How great Bruce Pearl was at Auburn
26:45 - Should Bruce be taking heat for the timing of his retirement decision
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We haven't done a mailbag in a few months, so before the preseason gets fired up in earnest, it's time to sift through our inbox and read through some love letters and correspondence. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander answer questions on Hall of Fame coaches in college basketball, ranking the title winners from the past 20 years, some behind-the-scenes access with CBS Sports and much more!
Read: The Definitive Guide to the Inside Jo...
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There's never a slow news day in College Basketball.....even in September. First, Billy Lange leaves Saint Joseph's to join the New York Knicks coaching staff. What will this mean for the A-10? Plus, does Bruce Pearl have his eyes on Congress? All that and more on a fresh episode of the podcast!
00:35 - Bruce Pearl will NOT run for office
09:59 - Billy Lange leaves St. Joe's for the New York Knicks
17:39 - Three Players recieve P...
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September 8, 2025 • 57 mins
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Since we spent all of August on Summer Shootaround episodes, we figured everyone needed a refresher episode to catch up on the current events, so the guys take a tour of the news cycle. Plus: A fun offseason exercise: If you could draft...
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Our thanks to our listeners for making this by far our biggest year yet of Shootarounds. Today’s finale focuses on a team that made last year’s NCAA tourney but should improve this year. Play along at the start of the show and try to guess the team alongside Norlander, who also went in blind and learned which team won after we hit record.
1:00 Guess the team!
8:54 Roster rundown
17:26 Coach situation
22:14 Regular season win tota...
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September 1, 2025 • 52 mins
This year, we held three auctions for bonus Shootaround episodes. We're on to the second one, and if you’d like to know which team gets the spotlight, you’ll have to cue up the show to learn more. Just know: the school has an association with one of Norlander's favorite bands. GP and Norlander dive into the specifics but also go broad on some college hoops topics as well. Enjoy!
03:00 - Mystery team No. 2 revealed!
7:00 - Rost...
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August 28, 2025 • 40 mins
This year, we held three auctions for bonus Shootaround episodes. Today is the first, and if you’d like to know which team gets the spotlight, you’ll have to cue up the show to learn more. Your only hint: Today’s team has won a previous auction in years past. GP and Norlander dive into the specifics but also go broad on some college hoops topics as well. Enjoy!
07:35 - Roster Outlook
27:33 - Schedule Outlook
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August 25, 2025 • 46 mins
There's only one question swirling around the North Carolina Men's Basketball Program -- What will it take for Hubert Davis to keep his job? Surrounded by an 11-million-dollar roster and a mandate to win, or else. What will the Tarheels do this season with that much pressure on the head of the operation? Joe Ovies joins Gary Parrish to give a boots-on-the-ground perspective of the situation going on in Chapel Hill.
03:11 - Is 20...
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