12/16: Kansas is No. 1 but doesn't look like it; Gonzaga's hopes for a 1 seed aren't lost; will Big Blue Nation forgive Rick Pitino?
Eye On College Basketball
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🗓️ 17 December 2018
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Kansas is 9-0 and ranked No. 1. But the Jayhawks haven’t looked so great much of the season. Is this team overrated? Norlander and GP open on that, then get to Gonzaga (7:45), which lost its second straight on Saturday. Elsewhere, Indiana (18:06) provided the best ending of the weekend. Not good: the Pac-12 (23:27), which is now neck-and-neck with the American Athletic Conference in competing with the worst of the seven biggest leagues in college hoops. And if you missed it, Kentucky (34:02) honored its 1993 Final Four team, coached by Rick Pitino, on Saturday at Rupp Arena. But Pitino was not in attendance, despite John Calipari inviting him.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Gary Parish and Sunday, December 16, 2018. |
| 0:11.3 | Welcome back to the Ion College basketball podcast. |
| 0:14.2 | I got bad Northlander here with me. |
| 0:15.7 | It was an interesting, although not really upset field weekend of college basketball. |
| 0:21.4 | Number one, Kansas was pushed by Villanova, but still wins 74-71. |
| 0:26.2 | Number three, Tennessee in a single digit game with Memphis in the final 10 minutes. |
| 0:30.8 | Still wins 102-92. |
| 0:31.8 | Number five, Michigan, two point game at the half with West to Michigan. |
| 0:36.0 | Still wins 70-62. |
| 0:37.7 | Number seven, Nevada, down seven at the half to South Dakota State. |
| 0:41.6 | Comes back, wins 72-68. |
| 0:43.7 | Number eight, Auburn, taken to overtime by UAB. |
| 0:46.7 | Still wins 75-71. |
| 0:48.7 | Number 15 Ohio State, down at the half against Ray Bucknell. |
| 0:52.5 | Ray Bucknell, but still wins 73-71. |
| 0:55.5 | So that six top 15 teams that were in tough situations against inferior opponents on |
| 1:02.8 | Saturday and all six escaped with victory. |
| 1:06.0 | So it was a fun Saturday, but the games featuring high profile teams mostly went the way they |
| 1:10.6 | were supposed to go, even if they were a little or a lot tougher than they were supposed |
| 1:15.0 | to be. |
| 1:16.0 | Northlander, you wrote about Kansas. |
| 1:17.3 | So let's start here. |
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