College Basketball Talk On Nbc Sports Podcast

Rob Dauster takes you through the NCAA's ruling on North Carolina and why their inability to punish the school for 18 years of fake classes was both correct and further proof that a scholarship's value is nowhere the cost of attending that university.

Scott Phillips and Travis Hines join Rob Dauster today to breakdown everything about the Big Ten this season. Here is a timecode for each team: Illinois: 2:01 Indiana: 6:57 Iowa: 11:03 Maryland: 16:42 Michigan: 20:45 Michigan State: 28:46 Minnesota: 39:00 Nebraska: 43:25 Northwestern: 47:05 Ohio State: 51:08 Penn State: 53:18 Purdue: 55:55 Rutgers: 1:01:02 Wisconsin: 1:02:48

Rob Dauster was joined by Raphielle Johnson and Scott Phillips to pour over the ACC and make a handful of bold - and not so bold - predictions about the league. Here is a timecode for when each team gets discussed: Boston College: 1:42 Clemson: 4:03 Duke: 7:11 Florida State: 14:38 Georgia Tech: 18:20 Louisville: 21:10 Miami: 27:10 North Carolina: 32:40 N.C. State: 36:58 Notre Dame: 39:57 Pitt: 44:21 Syracuse: 45:45 Virginia: 48:18 Virginia Tech: 53:13 Wake Forest: 56:06

Today’s episode features interviews with Gary Parrish of CBS Sports. In Rob Dauster’s conversation with Parrish, the pair discuss the process with which a reporter will be able to dig up a story like the corruption scandal that exploded in college basketball this week. Then, Louisville beat writer Jeff Greer joins the show to breakdown everything that is happening and has happened with Louisville over the course of the last six days.

Rob Dauster was joined late on Tuesday night by Jeff Goodman to work through everything that happened on Tuesday with the arrests of college coaches and people in the basketball industry.

Rob Dauster was joined by Miles Bridges, the NBC Sports Preseason National Player of the Year, in the first segment while Raphielle Johnson and Scott Phillips return to the pod for the second half of the show to discuss the entirety of the NBC Sports Preseason All-American team.

Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson joins the podcast to discuss the incredible work he, his staff and his university has done in generating clothing, shoe and diaper donations for the people affected by Hurricane Harvey. I also spend a few minutes waxing on about the potential changes to transfer legislation.

Jeff Goodman of ESPN joins the podcast today to discuss LaMelo Ball's future as a celebrity and whether or not he'll end up ever playing college basketball. Cam Reddish's commitment to Duke is also discussed, as is the passing of Rollie Massimino and Jud Heathcoate. 

Sam Vecenie joins Rob Dauster for a six pack of burning questions: How bad will Syracuse be without Taurean Thompson? Was Indiana in the wrong to cut Grant Gelon? How bad did Mitchell Robinson mess everything up? Is SMU playing dirty by hiring a recruit's father? And is Kentucky's failure to offer Louis King a bad sign for their 2017-18 team?

Marvin Bagley III committed to play for the Duke Blue Devils this season on Monday night. Rob Dauster was joined by Scott Phillips of NBC Sports to discuss the commitment. How good is Bagley? How good is Duke going to be? Are they going to be the No. 1 team in the country again? How do the pieces on that roster fit? We break it all down for you. 

Gary Parrish was in Las Vegas last week while LaMelo Ball and LaVar Ball became the biggest story in sports. He joins the CBT pod to discuss those two, along with Mitchell Robinson, Dedric Lawson and, somehow, Cooper Manning.

Jeff Borzello of ESPN.com joined the podcast today to chat about all things Peach Jam and Marvin Bagley III. Bagley, who is the clear-cut No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2018, is thought to be in the process of reclassifying to enroll in college this fall. We discuss that, as well as Jeff's favorite players in this class, our personal travel nightmares post-Peach Jam and Jeff's top five hair products to help him cover up a developing bald spot.

Rob Dauster was joined by Justin Young and Eric Bossi, who combine for nearly four decades in grassroots hoops. After some discussion about Mohamed Bamba, the trio talk through their best memories from July as well as thoughts on what is wrong with the live period and how to fix it.

Rob Dauster was joined today by Jeff Greer of the Louisville Courier-Journal to discuss the sanctions handed down by the NCAA last week while Brian Snow of Scout.com hopped on the pod to discuss the changes in leadership made at both Ohio State and Butler.

Rob Dauster of College Basketball Talk and Kurt Helin of Pro Basketball Talk team up to provide a comprehensive first round mock draft. We also discuss leftover NBA Finals topics.

Rob Dauster was joined today by Travis Hines for a podcast taking a long look at Ohio State's decision to part ways with Thad Matta as well as some in-depth discussion about this column, which breaks down everything that is right and wrong about Adam Silver's take on the one-and-done rule.

In today's episode, I had a chance to sit down with Maurice Joseph, the new head coach of George Washington. Joseph spent last season as a 31 year old interim head coach, getting the job just days before the season started. We talked about that experience as well as what it's like being a Canadian hooper, playing for Tom Izzo and why he'll never eat squid on a stick again.

Today, Rob Dauster is joined by Kurt Helin of Pro Basketball Talk to break down and talk through a mock draft done live on a podcast. Does it get better than that?

On the podcast today, I am joined by Sam Vecenie to break down all of the NBA Draft early entry decisions. Who are the key returnees? Who are the most important names still testing the waters?