All right, this is Gary Parrish again from cbsports.com.

Again, this Wednesday, October 8th, which means we've just a little more than five weeks

from the start of college basketball season actually tips on November 14th for those with

a calendar and a desire to circle a date.

And earlier this week, on Tuesday to be exact, we unveiled the CBS Sports.com preseason

national player of the year and the cbsports.com all-american teens.

My colleague, Matt Norlander, has been kind enough to join me to talk about those things

and more here on another Ion College basketball podcast, which of course is brought to you by

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Matt Norlander, how are you this morning?

Man, I'm good.

I woke up with Van Morrison's into the mystics stuck in my head, which is always a good thing.

So I'm ready.

I am ready to talk some preseason hoops.

We are, man, we are still technically more than a month away and the college hoop sausage

is in this so long, but that's kind of what makes the arrival of it so much fun.

So let's carry it into it, buddy.

Yeah, so just so folks know, before we dive in, we do not vote per se on the all-american

teams at cbsports.com, basically the way it works.

And perhaps we can change this someday.

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