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We are down to the Elite Eight and history was made with no one seeds making it to this round. We dive into the historical trends this tournament is breaking, and why Alabama being out isn't so bad. Kansas State looks like a team of destiny, and UConn vs Gonzaga could be a classic. We preview all of the Elite Eight games and share some thoughts on the recent hires of Rick Pitino and Ed Cooley.

The NCAA Tournament is completely off the chain and it only took it until Day 2. First it was Arizona losing to 15 seed Princeton. Then Purdue said, Hold my beer. Fairleigh Dickinson becomes the second 16 seed to knock off a 1 in NCAA Tournament history and the better part of the pod is our thoughts on it, combined with some general thoughts on the Opening Round and why it's so great. You also have Timmy Hall sharing his experience of taking in all 4 games at Nationwide Arena in Columbus including that shocker of a lifetime. Enjoy it hoops fans and sorry about your brackets.

Tim Hall and Colin Barringer were live from the studio as the NCAA tournament bracket was revealed!

The middle portion of this podcast will be your magic potion for March. Our bracketologist Jason Carmello (no relation to Carmelo Anthony) joins us for a wide ranging look at the Field going into Selection Sunday. Follow him and his up to the minute projections from his twitter account @BigUnderdogBlog, yeah he's a guy that likes the little guy just like Evil Bald Colin. He joins us at 14:15. Our first segment is pure excitement about conference tourneys and the week this is. It turns into a Big East discussion quickly with some connections to Patrick Ewing being out at Georgetown and Jim Boeheim out at Syracuse. An iconic player and a frustrating and annoying end for an iconic coach this week. At the 37 minute mark we get into Ohio State's tremendous run at the Big Ten tourney and what it means going forward. We also do a bid stealing, high flying, profilin Mid Major Flavor and a MAH Road Trip highlight before we're out. Don't forget about the MACTION at Rocket Mortgage this weekend! Enjoy this podcast folks. Happy March! This is our time.

The guys are back at it and it couldn't be a better time of year. We've got a heart pounding, upset minded, buzzer beating, diving on the floor type of podcast to get March going. In the first segment we're talkin small conference tourneys and why we like them, plus we discuss the big programs and hit on Final Four contenders Kansas and Marquette. At the 15 minute mark we dive into Antoine Davis' chase at Pistol Pete's all time scoring mark. How authentic did we find this run at history? At 26 minutes we're talking Buckeye hoops. There's a stat about them this week that you probably would never believe as a Big Ten hoops fan. And in our final segment, it's Road Trips baby! Plus we comment on maybe the most overused comment in the sport this year. Enjoy this one folks!

Can you hear that? That CBS Sports theme building up to a crescendo? That's February ending, and March beginning. And in for Evil Bald Colin this week is our friend Matt "Matty Ice" Hayes from Rothman and Ice on 97.1 The Fan. We come outta the gates with some of Ice's recent observations including some CBB gambling tips. We even talk some UVA Cavs ball for you Hoos fans. Unfortunately we have a wildly outrageous story in Alabama surrounding Brandon Miller and his connection to January shooting in Tuscaloosa. We discuss what we would do if we were in Nate Oats' shoes (9 minutes in). At 15:38 we have a fun discussion about Zach Edey and some of college hoops' recent dominant big men. At 24 minutes we get right into Ohio State's 9 game losing skid and some discussion about what they're really lacking. Then in the final segment we're talking Road Trips! Enjoy this one folks, we'll see you in March!

Our good friend, 10TV sportscaster and resident college basketball nut Dave Holmes is kind enough to fill in for Colin today. Dave will explain in the 2nd segment around the 20 minute mark where his fandom was born and what blue blood he attached to. In the opening segment we find our way into a good discussion about programs that have made a realistic turn from being crappy to being good over the years. We can't find many that have pulled it off. The Buckeye misery segment hits you at 25:17, and the conversations keep getting more honest by the week as the team hits 11-15. And in the final segment Dave enjoyed rating some top notch Road Trips for this weekend. Enjoy it folks!

Evil Bald Colin is going to be absent for a couple of pods, but he'll be back and better than ever before March Madness. So have fun speculating about that....but it gave us a chance to talk to a terrific Fan voice in T-Bone from the famous Common Man & T-Bone afternoon drive show. We start right off with some good stories where we got excuses to just sit back and watch hoops. We recap the week that was and get Bone's takes on the CBB season thusfar. At 13:40 we have a fun discussion about teams and players that we gravitated towards as kids. Who are some of yours? A the 23:27 mark is the Ohio State discussion and the press conference moment that finally hit an uncomfortable level when Chris Holtmann was asked about Brice Sensabaugh's usage. We attack that from every angle. And finally we throw out some possible road trips for you. We really enjoyed having T-Bone with us and I know you guys will enjoy it too!

We are back for another great week in the College Basketball season! Lots of great games set up the weekend, and we preview Detroit's Antoine Davis as he sets records. What is going wrong for the Buckeyes and why their season is effectively over. The players we wish we could've seen play live and why Pete Maravich would have set 3-point shooting records. The Weekend schedule is packed with good MAC games, and Eastern Washington is our Mid-Major flavor of the week!

Welcome to another week of college basketball madness everyone. We dive into so much this week. After we hit some of the craziness from the week that was in the first segment, we ask the age old question, "Who's the man?" Really. Who are the dudes that are running the sport this year, and who is in that discussion for National POY? That's at 18:58. At 30:38 we break down the Buckeyes and what this team, and if this team can dig out of the Big Ten hole they're in. And at 40:15 we give you are Mid Major Flavor and Road Trip Meter ratings. But we have an extra in honor of the late Billy Packer. Our favorite voices and personalities in college basketball thru the years. Enjoy this one folks!

Folks, it certainly isn't The Ohio State Buckeyes at the moment. Chris Holtmann's program is struggling with a 5 game losing skid, tied for the worst he's ever had at OSU. We have a complete look at what's going on, and a deeper discussion about what the expectations need to be with the OSU basketball program at the 25:16 mark. We come in to this week's pod guns blazing about the Gonzaga's home court loss to Loyola Marymount and what that says about the Zags this year. At 14:32 we give you the best the state of Ohio has to offer with its non traditional programs. And we hit on a very traditional program in Xavier. Of course we finish with a very unfamiliar Mid Major Flavor but even that is Ohio themed, and your MAH Road Trip meter. Enjoy the hoops everyone!

Another week of college basketball is upon us, and the Ohio State Buckeyes have gone from having a really pretty Tournament seed and KenPom rating (still 18) to once again being in a tight spot for an unfavorable 2nd round matchup. We hit the Buckeyes a ton at the 24 minute mark. We have some fun right from jump street geeking out about tournament time and why it's amazing from an in-person fan perspective. At the 12 minute mark we give you our full scope on the top teams this week like Houston, Kansas and Alabama. And Hoosier fans, at 18:15 we take some shots at Indiana basketball this year --- bad. Can you say overrated? And as usual we end with Road Trips and the world famous Mid Major Flavor. Enjoy it guys!

The Chris Beard saga comes to an end at Texas, even though that saga for Chris Beard isn't over at all. The Longhorns are using a clause in his contract to fire him with cause and we break down the whole story. After that we're heavy with the fun stuff, like what to make of the Ohio State Buckeyes after letting one slip away to Purdue thanks to mistakes in the final minute. And as always a couple of special Mid Major Flavors and a nod to a Flyers team on the mend. Plus tons of action on the MAH Road Trip Meter. Enjoy this one folks, and as always enjoy the hoops!

There are a couple of distinct mile markers in the college basketball season. The Christmas break and the turn of the calendar year is maybe the biggest one. We spend some time bringing everyone up to speed on some of the big dawgs in the game this year as we approach the full turn to conference play. At the 11:40 mark we take a look at a surprising start for the Northwestern Wildcats and what makes that especially crazy. At the 18 minute mark we address the uncomfortable update in the Chris Beard case. A 23:20 you get your full dose of Buckeye hoops, plus a word on their bracketology projection. And of course we finish with a Mid Major Flavor and our Mad About Hoops road trip meter. Cincinnati is a calling! Enjoy the hoops and see you in the New Year everyone!

It's a big week in College Basketball! The First segment we dive into the news surrounding Texas and Coach Chris Beard. The second segment we discuss why UNC has struggled and how can Ohio State attack them. A huge Saturday schedule is filled with top-end games, and plenty of road trips available for this weekend. Our mid-major flavor heads out west to take a look at the Boise State Broncos, and how many Mountain West teams count as a mid-major?

Welcome to Big Ten play! We kick off this episode in the first segment looking around the top of the rankings and how teams moved up fast with good wins in November. Michigan suffers a critical injury to their point guard. We make the cases for UCONN, Houston, and Purdue to be #1. The second segment we dive into the quiet period of the season near Christmas when programs take time off or schedule buy games. We try to determine why North Carolina continues to struggle and will Armando Bacot play vs Ohio State. Segment three is dedicated to Ohio State's huge win over Rutgers and the controversy surrounding Tanner Holden's buzzer-beater three-point shot. Our final segment is our mid-major flavor focusing on Kent State and an Ohio connection in Marshall.

Folks, we had some content from Ohio State Basketball's media day that we didn't get the chance to share with you yet. Evil and I had a great time meeting some of the new players before the start of the season. And a couple of guys like us realize that just because you aren't the ones logging the minutes, doesn't mean you don't impact the team. But these two guys have a lot to offer, so enjoy our conversations with freshmen Bowen Hardman and junior Owen Spencer. They're both Cincinnati boys so they gotta be good. Enjoy!

The calendar has turned to December and College Basketball is in full swing! A wild start to the season provides many surprising results. We dive into the early season slate and the ending of the Big Ten / ACC challenge (4:00-17:00). With a month of a season completed, we try to determine which highly rank teams are the contenders and the pretenders (17:00-28:10). The Buckeyes navigated a tough opening schedule with successes in Maui and a disappointing performance at Duke, and we share our thoughts on their start to the season (28:10-38:20). And we wrap up this week’s show with our Mid-Major teams to watch: New Mexico and College of Charleston (38:35-48:34). Catch our interviews with members of the Ohio State squad in our podcast feed coming soon!

Back again and in your face for his 4th year is the Gonzaga big man Drew Timme. In the first portion of this podcast we’re discussing the Zags’ headband wearing sensation and talking about what his ultimate legacy will look like. He’s a walking bucket that is for sure. We also geek out on some of these early season games themed for our Armed Forces who do so much for us every day. Then we shift the conversation to two guys who will try to fill incredibly big shoes – talking about Jon Scheyer (Duke) and Kyle Neptune (Villanova). How in the hell do you successfully follow those legends? We then get into a very important discussion about one of the great sports theme songs of all time, and before we go Evil will hit with this week’s Mid Major Flavor --- let’s just say run and hide if you’re a Louisville fan. Enjoy the pod friends! 4:40 – Drew Timme is an all-around dude of a college basketball player 15:18 – breakdown of what this year’s Zags will be 17:45 – Scheyer and Neptune talk 25:00 – Is it a college basketball song though?

Folks, the season is here. And we got a big, phat Ohio State Buckeye basketball breakdown for you to enjoy over your next hour. The other big topic we blend into this pod is the news that Jim Nantz will be calling his last Final Four and Championship game in March. We also find ourselves exploring our own roles in the media and how we like to cover college basketball. Enjoy it folks, CBB is coming in hot! Here's some highlights: 8:06 - The Buckeye preview 12:10 - The Starting 5 17:55 - thoughts on Zed Key's season 21:55 - The Dispatch's Adam Jardy 25:15 - if you ever pull for the team you cover 36:00 - The secret scrimmage 38:15 - On the Maui 47:00 - our roles covering CBB 53:10 - Jim Nantz discussion