BIG EAST PREVIEW: St. John’s vs. UConn for No. 1 = a two-team league in ’25-26? Who steps up: Creighton, Marquette … who else?

Eye On College Basketball

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4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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It's the Big East's turn in the spotlight as conference preview rolls on. Will the Huskies bounce back after last year's uneven season or will Rick Pitino armed with some high-end transfers take control of the conference for a second straight season? 01:30 - Is the Big East only a two-team league? 07:12 - GP on an Island -- St. John's at No. 1 14:31 - Will UConn be great again? 18:15 - Shaka's Strategy -- Smart or Stubborn? 24:14 - Year 1 for Kevin Willard at 'Nova 31:30 - League Predictions 47:25 - How many Big East Teams make the NCAA Tournament? 🎵 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. Gary Parish, welcome back, CBS Sports, I on college basketball podcast, where we sometimes discuss camel fighting. Dodo birds in Leaky Black. If you're watching on YouTube, you know what to do to the like button, Brandon Davies. And if you haven't yet subscribed to the CBS Sports College Basketball YouTube channel, please do that while you're here. I mean, I don't even care anymore, honestly. You know what? I still do care. So please do that while you're here.
0:38.4	I mean, I do care, but it's a little bit like asking your kids over and over again to like,
0:42.0	hey, get your shoes.
0:43.2	Like at some point, I'm like, go to school with no shoes, man. I don't care. You can change up your little opening script anytime you want. In fact, maybe for the new season, maybe you sprice up the copy.
0:51.7	I don't know if you, I don't know if you know this about me, but I am a creature of habit.
0:56.0	I know.
0:56.3	I know.
0:57.2	Just maybe just tweak a little here in that i think how about this how about you let me write it you edit and we'll do something new for the new season that's all i don't we don't have that kind of time for you to be writing 11000 word intros to the podcast i promise to keep But I promise to keep it under 200.
1:12.5	Yeah, I've heard you make that promise to Marcus Nelson before.
1:15.6	I don't think you keep it every time.
1:17.6	Most people don't know who that is.
1:19.4	Everybody knows who that is.
1:21.5	That's Marcus Nelson, the man that-
1:23.0	An esteemed elite lead editor of college hoops over at CBSports.com.
1:26.7	The man who genuinely keeps college basketball up and running at cbs, that is right. The great, great, terrific, Marks Nelson, who is still on quite a high after going to see his crimson tide win in person on the gridiron over the weekend there. So I'm just to Marcus Nelson. We're off to a wonderful start on this Big East preview pot.
1:44.5	How you doing, GP?
1:45.5	I'm great.
1:46.2	We are here to continue our previews of some of the best conferences in college basketball.
1:51.9	Today, we're turning our attention to the Big East, where Yukon and St.
1:56.3	John's, at least on paper and in the computers have separated from the pack.
2:01.9	So Norlander, let's stop here for a second.
2:04.1	Do you agree that St. John's and Yukon have to be one and two in the Big East in some order?
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