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Eye On College Basketball

Bama’s Bediako case could crater CBB—and maybe it should. Plus: Kentucky-Texas; Alijah Arenas’ USC debut; HOU-TTU, UNC-UVA, ILL-PUR highlight a fun/cold Saturday🥶

Eye On College Basketball

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4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Matt Norlander and Adam Finkelstein open with a conversation about Charles Bediako and what he's trying to do by playing at Alabama. Then, midweek results from around the sport before the Final Four and 1 previews Houston vs Texas Tech, Illinois vs Purdue and more.


(0:00) Intro + the snow is coming for the entire east coast

(4:45) Let’s talk about Charles Bediako, Alabama and the reaction around college hoops

(27:45) Kentucky beats Texas, winners of four straight. Where are we with the Wildcats?

(35:20) Alijah Arenas debuts for USC but the Trojans take a bad loss at home to Northwestern

(38:55) Arizona and Nebraska get to 19-0

(40:15) Bucky Ball and Texas A&M off to a strong post-Buzz Williams start

(45:50) No. 22 North Carolina @ No. 14 Virginia

(48:35) No. 7 Nebraska @ Minnesota

(51:45) No. 6 Houston @ No. 12 Texas Tech

(56:30) No. 11 Illinois @ No. 4 Purdue

(1:00:25) Tennessee @ No. 17 Alabama

(1:03:57) Norlander’s Notes: More games to watch

Transcript

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0:00.0

What is up? Hello, everyone. Matt Norlander here, Friday, January 23rd, heading into a big weekend of college hoops.

0:21.7

I am opening the show.

0:23.5

GP is not.

0:24.4

Gary Parrish is off to not exactly parts unknown.

0:28.3

We'll reveal where he is later in the show.

0:31.3

In his stead, joining us on the show is Adam Finkelstein.

0:34.7

Does a tremendous job covering hoops at all levels for us over at CBS Sports and with 24-7 sports. Good morning, Fink. How are you, bud? I'm great. How are you? I'm good. I'm getting ready to ship off later today, fly out to Utah. I will be in Provo for the weekend and for the big Arizona BYU game on Monday night.

0:54.3

Knock on wood,

0:55.4

I think I'm going to beat this massive storm.

0:57.3

Storm's inbound.

0:58.7

And wife isn't exactly thrilled with the unplanned developments where I'm leaving this area for a good four or five days.

1:07.8

And you and I both live in Connecticut.

1:09.9

I believe my wife said this morning

1:11.6

when she checked the, she checked the latest forecast, 12 to 15 inches in Connecticut. Are you

1:18.6

bracing? Are you ready? I was going to say that's, that's ambitious. And do you, do you have a

1:23.9

snow removal plan already in place for the family?

1:27.8

So how about, how about this?

1:29.3

I'd mentioned this on a, on the pod in the past like two weeks.

1:33.0

I still have not yet purchased in all of my years living in the Northeast.

1:38.0

I have not purchased a snow blower.

1:39.5

And so in the past 36 hours, as I was, you know, doing a lot, there's been a very busy week in college basketball.

1:46.9

So thanks to my wife for starting to look up like, okay, you're leaving me an alert here.

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