Duke schedules UConn/Michigan/Gonzaga, with Amazon broadcasting. Not everyone’s happy about that. Louisville, Tennessee have F4 expectations thanks to $15 million+ rosters
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports, College Basketball, Basketball, March Madness, NCAA Tournament, NBA Draft
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander break down Duke's deal with Amazon. How does this arrangement work and how is Jon Scheyer changing nonconference scheduling? Then, they run through the latest in roster developments including Louisville's strong offseason adding a 2027 reclassification.
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Duke has an Amazon TV deal, let’s talk about every string attached: schools, conferences, media rights
(25:30) Louisville adds a reclassified 5-star to portal-packed roster for 2026-27
(34:00) Juke Harris is a Vol. Rick Barnes has an expensive and loaded team
(46:00) Why GP didn’t show up to Norlander’s wedding
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there. |
| 0:15.0 | This is Gary Parrish. |
| 0:17.0 | This is the CBS Sports I on college basketballball podcast, and this is where we sometimes |
| 0:22.6 | does camel fighting dodo birds and leaky black per usual. Matt Norlander is here with me. If you're |
| 0:28.1 | watching on YouTube, Honor Brandon Davies, the only way you should. Smash that like button. |
| 0:34.0 | And if you haven't yet subscribe to the IOn College Basketball podcast, please do that wherever you subscribe to podcasts like Apple and Spotify. Let's get into it. |
| 0:42.5 | And buddy, I hope you like media rights disputes because that's what we're dealing with today. |
| 0:46.8 | We now have a media rights dispute, it appears, that reportedly involves to different levels. |
| 0:53.4 | Duke, Michigan, the ACC, the Big Ten, ESPN, |
| 0:58.8 | Fox, and Amazon. And the dispute stems apparently from a three-game deal. The Blue Devils have |
| 1:05.2 | struck with the company that regularly and routinely delivers things to my front door. Norlander, |
| 1:12.7 | it's good to see you again on a Monday. |
| 1:15.7 | Complex situation, but you have written about it. |
| 1:17.8 | The headlines at cbsports.com. |
| 1:23.6 | Can you explain to the folks listening right now what Duke and Amazon have combined to do and why the Big Ten doesn't seem thrilled about it? |
| 1:28.4 | Hey, GP, good afternoon. |
| 1:30.3 | Yeah, we have an unusual, we have an unusual potentially groundbreaking story here. |
| 1:35.4 | Let's first get into the games, all of which are going to happen. |
| 1:38.8 | So Duke went out and scheduled Yukon. |
| 1:43.5 | That game will be in Vegas the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. |
| 1:46.8 | And those two schools had been talking to each other for a long time. |
| 1:49.9 | In fact, |
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