’25-26 Best of the Rest Preview: Gonzaga, SDSU …. and who else steps up? A critical season awaits for mid-majors in the NIL/portal era

Eye On College Basketball

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🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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FIRST UP: Quick reaction to the latest with Gonzaga's Tyon Grant-Foster and his bid to get eligible. THEN: Our final stop for our conference previews takes us through all the non-Power Five conferences, starting with WCC and the Mountain West! Can the Zags maintain their standing in college basketball? What will the Mountain West do in its final year of this configuration? From the five big storylines to the 10 best players, coaches on the rise and Cinderella candidates, this is one of our must-listen pods every October. 01:21 - Tyon Grant-Foster granted injunction 08:03 - Can Gonzaga be top 10 again? 10:48 - It's the End of the Mountain West as we know it (and we feel fine) 14:39 - Does Memphis have any challengers in the American? 19:49 - Can a challenger emerge from the A-10? 22:12 - Have Portal wars muddied the pool for mid-major teams? 28:00 - Top Teams in the Non-P5 45:10 - How many non-P5 teams get at-large bids? 50:55 - Notable coaching hires 🎵 Theme song: "Timothy Leary," written, performed and courtesy of Guster Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on college basketball. You can listen to us on your smart speakers! Simply say, "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast," or "Hey, Google, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast." Email the show for any reason whatsoever: [email protected] Visit Eye on College Basketball's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeFb_xyBgOekQPZYC7Ijilw For more college hoops coverage, visit https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there.
0:14.6	I'm Gary Parrish.
0:15.7	Welcome back, CBS Sports, I-on college basketball podcast,
0:18.7	where we sometimes discuss camel fighting, dodo birds,
0:21.1	and leaky black. Matt Norlander is here with me. If you're watching on YouTube, you know what to do to the like button. Shouts to Brandon Davies. And if you haven't yet subscribed to the CBS Sports College Basketball YouTube channel, please also do that while you're here. Let's get into it. We have already done previews for the Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, ACC, and the SEC.
0:41.4	That's the Power 5 in college basketball.
0:43.7	Today we're going to turn our attention to some interesting programs from outside of the traditional power structure.
0:49.7	And Norlander, I want to start with Gonzaga, partly because the Zags are probably the best of the bunch,
0:56.4	but also because they got big news yesterday.
0:59.0	Tyon, Grant Foster was granted a preliminary injunction in the Spokane County Courthouse on Monday.
1:06.1	It's going to allow him to play for the Zags this upcoming season.
1:10.6	Did Judge Marla Poland get this right?
1:13.2	Or is this just what happens when you get a Gonzaga case into the Spokane County Courthouse?
1:19.2	Maybe a little bit of both, GP. Good morning. You're looking fresh as a bunny. And I'm trying
1:24.4	my best, by the way. Made it deep into the night watching Game 3 of the World series. That was something, wasn't it? It was something. Did you make it to the very end? I made it to the end. Did you make it to the end? Did you make it to the end or you? I made it to the 17th inning. Yeah. And my lovely wife woke me up in the 18th inning and said, Freddie Freeman just ended it. You can go back to sleep. She saw the end of it somehow. I don't know.
1:47.1	I was dialed in. But, yeah, I think I'm doing it. My wife said I don't look too too tired. So anyway, good morning. I got an official diagnosis, by the way. Oh, with the shoulder. Yes. Which is what? You are podcasting right now. I don't know if you know this. You're podcasting right now i don't know if you know this you're podcasting right
2:02.1	now with a man dealing with what ortho south has diagnosed as rotator cuff tendinitis yeah that's a
2:11.4	problem i've got rotator cuffed this came up on the pot i was like did we talk about this on the show
2:16.5	in kansas? We did.
2:34.1	I hate to see that. I'm sorry. It's not your fault. I don't think it's your fault. Well, it's not because I wasn't in the bed with you when it happened. Let the rehab officially begin. Gonzaga fans, I'm sorry. We had to detour real quick there. Obviously significant news. Don't apologize. Yes, Gonzaga fans, none of them are awake right now.
2:35.6	That's true.
2:34.4	But they're going to get to this eventually. Obviously significant news. Don't apologize to Gonzaga fans. None of them are awake right now. That's true.
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