March Madness 2025 Round 1 Thursday Recap - Arkansas sends Jayhawks HOME; McNeese St. UPSETS Clemson

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🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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John Calipari and Arkansas got a BIG win, toppling Kansas and sending Bill Self and crew home. McNeese State earned themselves a MASSIVE upset over Clemson, delaying Will Wade's start at NC State for a few more days. Gary Parrish and David Cobb recap a fairly chalky day one of the NCAA Tournament! 01:11 - Arkansas defeats Kansas 79 - 72; Jayhawks eliminated in the round of 64 for the first time since 2006 15:17 - McNeese State downs Clemson 69 - 67; Fewest ACC Teams in Round of 32 since Tournament expanded in 1985 21:00 - Gonzaga blasts Georgia 89 - 68 24:33 - Drake upsets Mizzou 67 - 57; Texas A&M knocks out 80 - 71 31:00 - Creighton blasts Louisville 89 - 75, Auburn beats Alabama State 83 - 63 33:00 - Tennessee, UCLA advance 34:00 - Fire Country Player of the Night 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 On College basketball is presented by Travis Matthew, apparel designed for confidence and comfort no matter where the day takes you.
0:24.0	Hey there, I'm Gary Parrish.
0:30.2	Welcome back to the I-On college basketball podcast, where we sometimes discuss camel fighting, dodo birds, and leaky black.
0:32.1	David Cobb is here with me. If you watch it on YouTube, you know what to do to that like button, shout to Brandon Davis.
0:35.7	And if you're here watching us live,
0:42.0	man, we appreciate you. You probably should get better sleeping habits, but we do appreciate you. I realize this is a later than normal start, but I was on CBS Sports Network until 2 a.m.
0:49.0	So we are getting started just as soon as we could. To be clear, these recap shows we're doing
0:54.1	at the end of every night
0:55.4	of NCAA tournament games are not always going to start this late, but tonight, as they say,
1:01.1	it is what it is. Let's get into it. First Thursday of the 2025 NCAA tournament, it's in the
1:06.5	books. On Thursday, we had 16 games that dwindle the field down to 48 teams, and the place I want to start is in Providence, because that's where two of Thursday's biggest stories originated.
1:17.8	First, McNeese upset Clemson.
1:19.6	We'll get to that momentarily.
1:21.2	But I want to focus at the start on the only first round game featuring two Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame coaches.
1:28.2	It was Arkansas, Kansas, final score, Arkansas 79, Kansas 72.
1:33.2	The preseason number one team was just eliminated by a team that started 0 and 5 in the SEC.
1:39.4	David Cobb, first let me say, thanks for staying out with me.
1:42.5	Now let me ask you for your thoughts on Arkansas, eliminating Kansas from this NCAA tournament.
1:48.6	Yeah, GP, nice of you to join us.
1:51.2	I hope you don't come at me like you were coming at Wally.
1:53.2	I was just watching you guys on the network.
1:56.0	And boy, you're kind of on one tonight, man.
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