12/21/15: Valentine's injury; Izzo HOF?; Monmouth's top 25 case; huge Tuesday
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2015
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Gary Parrish is joined by Matt Norlander and Sam Vecenie for this episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast. They discuss Denzel Valentine's injury, Tom Izzo's nomination for induction into the Naismith Hall of Fame, Kentucky's struggles, Monmouth's Top 25 resume, Butler's amazing offense and Tuesday night's interesting schedule of games.
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| 0:00.0 | Alright, this is Gary Parrish, again from CBS Sports. |
| 0:09.6 | It's now Monday, December 21st, and this is the Oncala's Basketball Park. |
| 0:15.4 | I'm joined by Matt Norlander and San Vesinian. |
| 0:18.6 | Norlander and I were, gets spent quality time together in Brooklyn on Saturday. |
| 0:22.2 | We saw Bryce Johnson get benched for cussing and then ball out during North Carolina's |
| 0:26.4 | win over UCLA. |
| 0:27.4 | Then we watched Ohio State upset. |
| 0:28.4 | Kentucky, we're going to get to that. |
| 0:30.8 | Plus Monmouth, plus Butler, plus some other things later on, but it seems appropriate to start |
| 0:35.7 | with the big news of the day. |
| 0:37.8 | Honestly, if you're wondering why we got to the podcast a little later today, it's because |
| 0:41.0 | as we were getting ready to talk, breaking news, Denzel Valentine. |
| 0:45.5 | I think this is fair to say. |
| 0:47.7 | National Player of the Year, favorite at this point. |
| 0:49.3 | I'm going to be silent for two to three weeks. |
| 0:51.9 | Minor needs surgery. |
| 0:52.9 | Apparently suffered an injury, attempting a layup in Sunday nights practice. |
| 0:58.1 | And surgery early on Monday expected to be out two to three weeks. |
| 1:02.0 | San Vesinian, I'll start with you. |
| 1:03.9 | How big of a deal is this for the Michigan State Spartans? |
| 1:06.7 | The top ranked Spartans? |
| 1:07.7 | Well, it's an incredibly big deal. |
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