Bonus coverage: Norlander sits down with Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament to talk hoops, music and make NCAAT picks

Eye On College Basketball

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4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Eye On College Basketball's Matt Norlander sits down to talk to Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament about his love of basketball, music, and his ties to Wayne Tinkle. PLUS, Jeff makes Elite Eight and Final Four Picks. Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe 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	And the Welcome back to the eye on College Basketball Podcast. This is a one of a kind episode I am
0:24.2	Matt Norlander and if you are watching here on YouTube you see a man that I
0:29.0	cannot believe that we have on show right now. That is Jeff Aemen from Pearl Jam.
0:34.2	Pearl Jam's got a new record coming out in April
0:36.8	and in fact, CBS is actually going to be using some
0:39.8	some of the Pearl Jam music from Dark Matter,
0:42.1	the new record coming April 18th, I believe is the date there. Jeff, you can correct me if I'm off on that, but he's also a huge hoops fan, has relationships with college coaches.
0:52.0	It is an absolute joy and this is a life
0:55.5	achievement for me Jeff to be able to check this box off. I appreciate you giving
0:59.2	some time and not only that given some time on selection Sunday, how you doing?
1:03.4	Well, I mean, this is the, you know, arguably
1:05.4	one of the greatest days of the year in basketball.
1:08.8	I mean, Thursday and Friday are the days.
1:12.4	You know, those are the days. You know those are the days that you do whatever it takes to be at home and not
1:18.3	doing much. So I'd like to be here talking to an expert. Well, I appreciate that.
1:24.0	We are going to actually get Jeff's bracket picks before the end of the show,
1:27.5	but I've got a lot of Hoopes, Pearl Jam talk to get into here.
1:31.5	Genuinely, Pearl Jam is one of my five favorite bands
1:35.0	and I have been a fan for a long time.
1:36.5	My uncle when I was 10, actually coincidence, I was born in 81 in 91,
1:41.3	he sent me 10, but I didn't know what it was and I didn't actually listen to it for the first time until I think like 93 and then I really started to click.
1:49.0	I am probably an obnoxious PJ fan and that Yield is my favorite record.
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