12/20: Why Memphis might have itself to blame for losing James Wiseman. Plus: Danger zone for Kentucky and five best bets for the weekend
Eye On College Basketball
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🗓️ 20 December 2019
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
We’ve got a loaded weekend pod for you. The first 25 minutes are an even deeper dive on James Wiseman’s decision to leave Memphis, and then it’s on to Kentucky (28:30) — but also Both Gach! Then Parrish and Norlander touch on Michigan State losing Josh Langford (41:00) and Seton Hall’s ugly but needed home win over Maryland before laying out exactly why Norlander could not travel to Vegas. Send him your stretching tips; the man is in serious pain. The Friday pod wraps as usual with the Final Four + 1 (58:00), which is highlighted by these five games: Kansas-Nova; Purdue-Butler; Ohio State-Kentucky; Colorado-Dayton; and UNC-UCLA.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Gary Parrich. |
| 0:06.8 | It's late on Thursday, December 19, 2019. |
| 0:10.2 | Welcome back to the CBS Sports Eye on College Basketball Podcast, where we sometimes discuss |
| 0:15.0 | camera fighting and leaky black mat, Norlanda is here with me. |
| 0:17.6 | And the big news of the day is that James Weisman is withdrawing from Memphis to prepare |
| 0:21.9 | for the NBA drafts. |
| 0:22.9 | So, his college career is done after just three games. |
| 0:25.5 | If you're unfamiliar with the details, let me recap his situation for you real quickly. |
| 0:29.4 | In the NCAA, let Memphis know before the season opener that Weisman had eligibility |
| 0:34.0 | concerns. |
| 0:35.0 | Memphis played him anyway. |
| 0:36.0 | And then after three games, Memphis did what it should have done in the first place, |
| 0:39.5 | which is rule him and eligible and apply for reinstatement. |
| 0:41.9 | The incidentally responded with a 12 game suspension, and though Memphis and Weisman were |
| 0:46.5 | disappointed, everybody said he was looking forward to rejoining the team January 12th at |
| 0:51.6 | South Florida, but those plans changed. |
| 0:53.9 | He's now decided he's done. |
| 0:55.7 | He announced it on Instagram. |
| 0:57.4 | So, Norlanda, I know you talked about this earlier today on a emergency pod. |
| 1:01.2 | You recorded while I was flying to Las Vegas. |
| 1:04.0 | But for folks who maybe haven't heard that yet, let's just start with your general thoughts |
| 1:08.5 | on this major development in the sport that a consensus top five pick who is not injured |
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