A Final Four Preview. Plus, the Issues With College Basketball Coverage and an All-Time UNC Starting Five With Tate Frazier

About this episode

Joel Anderson and Tate Frazier preview the Final Four matchups and discuss issues in college basketball coverage.

No Bryan Curtis this week, so Joel Anderson is joined by his fellow co-host from Ringer Tailgate, Tate Frazier! Joel and Tate preview this weekend’s Final Four matchups on the men’s and women’s side. Then, they get into the issues with how college basketball is covered (13:24) before the lighting round (35:18), where Tate gives his all-time North Carolina starting five, the best team to never win a national championship, and more. Host: Joel AndersonGuest: Tate FrazierProducers: Bruce Baldwin and Isaiah Blakely Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Joel Anderson

Guest: Tate Frazier

Topics covered

• Final Four preview
• college basketball coverage
• North Carolina basketball
• sports analysis
• men's and women's basketball

Keywords

• Final Four
• college basketball
• Tate Frazier
• UNC starting five
• sports podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ringer Tailgate, The Ringer

Books & works: North Carolina

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