'25 Summer Shootaround: UConn looks to have better balance, but will defense and rebounding issues sink them?

Eye On College Basketball

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🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Have Gary and Matt talk about YOUR team in this year's run of Summer Shootaround episodes: https://tiltify.com/@cbs-sports/auctions/fft-draftathon-2025/b6ef68de-6ac5-4703-a197-df8807210510?origin=dashboard https://tiltify.com/@cbs-sports/auctions/fft-draftathon-2025/5d6795f2-fe1b-45f3-a819-90eb66bf05f0?origin=dashboard https://tiltify.com/@cbs-sports/auctions/fft-draftathon-2025/53c3deb2-7fcb-4454-9da5-d276de8b0861?origin=dashboard At the beginning of last season, the UConn Huskies looked to be one of the favorites to win the national championship. However, UConn's season was done in the 1st weekend at the hands of the Florida Gators. With the addition of Braylon Mullens and Silas Demary Jr, the Huskies look to be back to their winning ways. But have they done enough in the frontcourt to win their third national championship in four years? Field Of 68's Rob Dauster stops by to chat with Gary Parrish in the latest episode of Summer Shootaround. 00:00 - Start 02:28 - Rob Dauster enters the chat! 08:56 - What went wrong for UConn last season? 15:32 - How this year's roster is different. 19:59 - Who's the fifth starter 22:00 - Does this season hinge on Tarris Reed? 24:34 - Why Rob is lower than most on Solo Ball 🎵 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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2:01.8	Hey there, scary parish. Welcome back to the CBS Sports I-On college basketball podcast where we sometimes discuss camel-finding dodo birds in leaky black. 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. Today we are continuing our summer shootaround series here on the IOn College basketball podcast. As I
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