B1G POY = TBD; Darius Acuff Jr. might be a top-3 pick? Plus: coaching carouselš revs up; beefy preview/bubble games GALORE for final wknd of reg. season
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports, College Basketball, Basketball, March Madness, NCAA Tournament, NBA Draft
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šļø 6 March 2026
ā±ļø 69 minutes
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Summary
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open with Michigan and Michigan State winning on Thursday to set up a Big Ten finale in Ann Arbor on Sunday. Then, Sean Miller might be Darius Acuff's biggest fan. Should the Arkansas guard be in the running for the No. 1 overall pick? Finally, the Final Four And 1 previews the final weekend of the regular season with Selection Sunday and March Madness less than two weeks away.
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Michigan survives Iowa on the road
(7:00) Michigan State vs. Michigan on Sunday ā¦ does Sparty have a path to a 1 seed?
(13:00) Letās talk about the Big Ten Player of the Year race
(16:30) Sean Miller loves Darius Acuff
(29:15) Will Josh Schertz leave SLU? + the bubbling coaching carousel
(40:30) Final Four And 1
(43:07) No. 19 Miami at Ohio
(46:15) No. 7 Houston at Oklahoma State
(51:10) Louisville at No. 22 Miami
(54:45) No. 17 North Carolina at No. 1 Duke
(1:00:55) No. 10 Texas Tech at BYU
(1:05:35) Norlanderās Notes: More games to watch
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there. I'm Gary Perrin. Welcome. Back with a seat for sport. I on college basketball podcast where we sometimes discuss camel findings, |
| 0:22.9 | Dodo Birds, and Leaky Black. |
| 0:24.7 | Matt Norlander is here with me. |
| 0:26.4 | If you're watching on YouTube, honor Brandon Davy, smash that like button. |
| 0:29.8 | And if you haven't yet subscribed to the I own college basketball podcast, |
| 0:33.3 | please also do that wherever you subscribe to podcasts like Apple and Spotify. |
| 0:37.7 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:38.6 | I want to start the Big Ten where the two teams that will close the regular season against each other on Sunday, on CBS. |
| 0:47.0 | That's America's Most Watch Network. |
| 0:48.6 | It's the Network of Stars. |
| 0:49.9 | They're going to be playing on Sunday, and they played last night. |
| 0:53.9 | Final score number three, Michigan 71, Iowa, 68. Final score number eight, Michigan State, 91, Rutgers, 87. Both games were closer than they were supposed to be, at least according to the point spread. But the favorites still won both of those games. Norlander, I know you had your eyes on it so uh the end of |
| 1:11.5 | michigan iowa that was fun i guess let's just start there yeah we can start there uh really good game |
| 1:17.0 | you know iowa gave him a a real push got the game at home this is the only meeting between |
| 1:21.4 | these two teams this season iowa gets the benefit of the home game and you know didn't shoot |
| 1:26.2 | well from beyond the ark just seven to 26 but in in so many other facets, it's just they came ready. They came good to go. And I actually thought they were going to be able to pull this out. Credit to Michigan, Lenderborg had 16 points, eight boards, had some, had some key plays there. Mores Johnson was vital. And I think he was the most important player over the course of the 40 minutes in the game. |
| 1:44.5 | Then even Adai Mara had he had like five or six plays in the second half, either just rebounds, |
| 1:50.6 | defensive stops, putbacks where as the flow of the game was going, he was he was keeping Michigan like one step ahead of Iowa. |
| 1:59.0 | It winds up being essentially that 71, 68. |
| 2:01.9 | No good, no good three-point or attempt at the buzzer there for Michigan to win. |
| 2:06.0 | It's a 28 and 2. |
| 2:07.6 | It is the first Big 10 team since Indiana's undefeated season in 75, 76 to not lose in a true road game and league play. |
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