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Eye On College Basketball

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The Final Four is SET! Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander are back with a new Eye on College Basketball episode to discuss the Final Four matchups for the NCAA Tournament. This is only the second time in tournament history that four No. 1 seeds have made the Final Four. Does that make this the best Final Four in history? Later, they look at how many transfers are on each team, should other teams be taking note? Finally, they discuss Jon Scheyer’s success at Duke at such a young age, the coaching carousel and more. 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	This episode of I Own College Basketball is presented by Travis Matthew, apparel designed for confidence and comfort no matter where the day takes you.
0:27.2	Hey there, Gary Parrish, welcome back to the CBS Sports I-O-O-Colice basketball podcast here on CBS Sports Network,
0:31.0	where we sometimes discuss camel-fighting Dodo Birds and Leaky Black.
0:39.6	Matt Norlander is here with me, and we're going to be here for the next hour, helping you get ready for the 2025 final Four that is now all set for San Antonio,
0:45.8	Auburn, Florida, Duke, Houston. All four number one seats have advanced to the Final Four for just the second time in history. Norlander, good to see you again. I know some folks are
0:50.6	bothered by the lack of a true Cinderella in this Final Four, but I'm not.
0:56.1	Some have called it the best Final Four ever, at least on paper.
0:59.5	Let's start by asking you if you agree with that sentiment.
1:04.0	I agree with it.
1:04.7	I mean, I said the sentiment on our Sunday Night Pod.
1:07.6	I think I was the first one, listen, I was the first one to report that the first
1:12.7	final four with four one seats happened in 2008 in San Antonio. I was the first one to report that this
1:18.9	would be the second time this would happen. And I was the first one to report that this is the best
1:23.4	final four field we've ever had. And in addition to just being four one seeds and being four of the top 10 Ken Palm teams ever,
1:31.8	also consider the fact that the collective efficiency margin of those four teams,
1:38.0	Auburn, Duke, Florida, Houston, they also add up to be comfortably the best in the history of, uh, of advanced metrics.
1:46.7	So yeah, we've got a, we've got an incredible field. Doesn't mean we're guaranteed to get
1:51.0	one, two or three incredible games. I certainly hope that it leads to that. So this is
1:55.6	indisputably the best. But going in, the collection of talent here is the best overall and i'm super excited for it
2:02.4	you know just to just to see the the variety of storylines and and ways that we could see
2:08.0	any number of these teams winning two more games to win it all um is really cool and also
2:13.5	paris this does feel appropriate just in that these have been the four best teams.
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