📪JULY MAILBAG! Ranking last 20 NCAA champs; NIL blue bloods; GP’s 20-year CBS anniversary + more

📪JULY MAILBAG! Ranking last 20 NCAA champs; NIL blue bloods; GP’s 20-year CBS anniversary + more

From Eye On College Basketball by CBS Sports, College Basketball, Basketball, March Madness, NCAA Tournament, NBA Draft

July 7, 2026 ¡ 58 min

About this episode

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander answer audience questions about NCAA champions, NIL spending, and more.

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open up the mailbag and answer questions from the audience. There's #moreofus than there are of them. (0:00) Intro + man are we bad at soccer (8:00) Let’s get into the mailbag! Starting with 5-in-5 terminology (10:15) Will NIL spending create new blue bloods in college basketball? (15:30) CBB Champions Tiers (26:40) #moreofus pushback? (30:15) Are conference tournaments in trouble if March Madness continues to expand? (33:15) A10 3-bid league? (36:30) A question about openly gay D1 men’s basketball players (41:25) 20 years of GP at CBS Sports 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 @Boone @DavidWCobb @TheJMULL_ Visit the ⁠betting arena on CBSSports.com ⁠ for all the latest in ⁠sportsbook reviews⁠ and ⁠sportsbook promos⁠ for ⁠betting on college basketball⁠. You can listen to us on your smart speakers! Simply say, “Alexa, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast,” or “Hey, Google, play the…

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