📬 MEGA MAY MAILBAG 📦

About this episode

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander answer listener questions in a mailbag episode covering various college basketball topics.

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open the mailbag (email us! ShoutstoCBS@gmail.com) to answer all of your questions! From tournament expansion to NIL and everything in between. Who doesn't love a mailbag episode?! #moreofus (0:00) Intro (2:00) Mailbag time! Starting with tournament expansion (16:55) Appliance build quality is going down and it’s pissing Norlander off (24:30) NIL transparency where you at? (33:15) A question about the five-in-five eligibility model (40:00) Norlander’s 10 biggest shots in NCAA Tournament history (49:00) Greatest coach in the history of college basketball without a national championship (51:00) Calipari’s best one-and-done freshmen (55:15) A three-part question from Aaron ripe with power rankings (58:15) Let’s talk about the top of Shaka Smart’s head (1:02:00) Wedding do’s and don’ts (1:15:00) Eye on CBB origin episode (1:18:45) General tomfoolery & Josh vs GP on the course 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Gary Parrish, Matt Norlander

Topics covered

• mailbag
• tournament expansion
• NIL
• college basketball history
• eligibility model
• coaching
• power rankings

Keywords

• mailbag
• NCAA Tournament
• NIL
• college basketball
• tournament expansion
• eligibility model
• coaching history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CBS Sports, NCAA Tournament, NIL, Guster

Books & works: Timothy Leary

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