College Basketball Talk On Nbc Sports Podcast

Michigan State got a National Player of the Year candidate back and Arizona got an all-american candidate, making both preseason top five teams. Travis Hines joins me to break that down, then John Martin of 92.9 FM ESPN in Memphis joins me to talk about the Lawson family, Tubby Smith and the disaster in Memphis.

Scott Phillips joins me from a hotel room in Arizona to talk about the Final Four, the title game and everything else going on in college basketball.

For today's episode, I spoke with the famous fans of the programs in the Final Four, from the greatest player in Gonzaga history to the almost-star of last year's Final Four to the most famous dual Gonzaga and Oregon fan in the world.

It's time to get ready for the Final Four, but before we go into full blown preview mode, here is a look back at everything that happened this weekend, from Luke Maye's shot to Frank Martin's run to Gonzaga crashing the Final Four.

Jeff Goodman of ESPN joins us to talk through the coaching carousel, and we also bring on CJ Moore of Bleacher Report to dig through the Sweet 16 matchups this weekend.

Today's podcast is all about the first weekend of the NCAA tournament, from Duke's loss to Villanova's bid for a repeat coming to an end to Michigan's "miracle."

I bring Sam Vecenie on the podcast today to talk about the top three seeds in the bracket and when they are actually going to lose this year.

Rob, Phillips and Travis fill out a full March Madness bracket and pick every single game of the 2017 NCAA tournament.

Raphielle Johnson hops back on the podcast to talk about the biggest storylines during Championship Week, including the battle for first in the Pac-12 and the mediocrity of the Big Ten, as well as the opening at LSU, the lack of an opening at Washington and why grad transfers cost Gary Waters his job.

Scott Phillips and Travis Hines join the podcast today to discuss, among other things, the Missouri job opening, whether or not one-bid leagues should hold conference tournaments, the implications of the Missouri Valley tournament final and the weirdness of the Big East's bubble. We also roll through the NBC Sports All-American teams.

One of the rising stars at ESPN, play-by-play announcer Adam Amin, drops by to chat about prepping for a broadcast, the differences between calling college football and college basketball games, his start in the business and the greatest call of all time.

Travis Hines and Scott Phillips join the podcast today to talk about Gonzaga's loss to BYU, the Arizona-UCLA thriller and Malik Monk's 30-point second half against Florida.

Mark Titus of Club Trillion and Ringer fame hopped on the podcast to chat about Wednesday's wild games, whether North Carolina or Gonzaga is the best team in the country, if we should be worried about Villanova and how he discovered the song that signifies Frank Mason III.

Joe Ovies is a radio host at 99.9 The Fan WRAL in Raleigh, and he gives us some great insight into why and when Mark Gottfried was fired, as well as some discussion about the narratives being bandied about regarding State. Jesse Newell is the Kansas beat-writer for the Kansas City Star, and he drops by to discuss the streak and whether or not Kansas can win it all.

The College Basketball Talk crew is back together this week as Travis Hines and Terrence Payne join me to discuss Mark Gottfried's job status, Kansas, Duke's future and Malik Dime slapping people

The biggest story in the weekend in college basketball was the bracket reveal where we got a glimpse of the top 16 teams in the selection committee's eyes. Jeff helps me parse through that as well as Gonzaga's undefeated run, the Big Ten, the Pac-12 and whether or not Duke is really, actually, for real for real back to being back.

Brian Snow of Scout.com joined the podcast to breakdown the weaknesses of the 12 national title contenders while also analyzing how a team can win two games when trailing with 0.4 seconds left and why a bus driver would try to steal a bus.

Jeff Goodman of ESPN comes back on the podcast to discuss all of the insanity that happened in college hoops over the weekend, from Oregon's destruction of Arizona to Kentucky's lose to Florida to the carnage at the top of the Big 12. He also answers some questions from fans, which gets a little interesting.

On today's episode of the College Basketball Talk podcast we chat with Dan Dakich of ESPN about the Big Ten, specifically why he likes Maryland so much and whether or not Purdue or Wisconsin are Final Four-caliber teams. We also spend some time with Towson head coach Pat Skerry, who is the driving force behind the little blue puzzle piece pins you will see on the lapels of all coaches this weekend.

Travis Hines joins Rob to talk about Kansas - their game against Kentucky, their upcoming game against Baylor, their legal issues - as well as Duke's return to normalcy and the Coach of the Year rankings.