March Madness 2025 Round 2 Saturday Recap - Arkansas UPSETS St. Johns; Auburn, Michigan, BYU advance

Eye On College Basketball

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🗓️ 23 March 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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READ -- Norlander:John Calipari's not done yet John Calipari is back in the Sweet 16 for the first time in a while! How did the Arkansas Razorbacks, who started conference play with five losses, make this run? Gary Parrish and Kyle Boone break down the latest coaching resurgence for Cal. PLUS Auburn, Houston, Tennessee and MORE punch their tickets to the Sweet 16! 00:42 - Arkansas advances to the Sweet 16. Razorbacks beat St. John's 75 - 66. 11:08 - RJ Luis benched 20:00 - Texas Tech eliminates Drake 77 - 64 23:30 - Houston defeats Gonzaga 81 - 76; Gonzaga's Sweet Sixteen Streak Snapped 26:55 - Purdue knocks off McNeese St. 76 - 62 30:45 - Auburn defeats Creighton 82 - 70 35:15 - Michigan pulls away from Texas A&M 91 - 79 38:00 - BYU knocks off Wisconsin 91 -89 40:42 - Tennessee beats UCLA 67 -58 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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0:57.7	where we sometimes discuss camel fighting, dodo birds, leaky black.
1:02.0	Cal Boone is here with me.
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1:05.7	Shouts to Brandon Davies.
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1:10.5	please also do that while you're here.
1:13.2	Let's get into it.
1:14.1	On Saturday, eight teams punched tickets to the Sweet 16 to the 2025 NCAA tournament.
1:19.8	And one of them, believe it or not, is John Caliperi's Arkansas Razorbacks.
1:23.8	Final score, Arkansas 75, St. John 66 that happened in Providence. That's the 10 seed in the West, over the two seed in the West. So after starting 0 and 5 in the SEC, the Razorbacks are now in the Sweet 16. KB. First off, thanks for staying up with me. You're too kind. Feel free to sleep in tomorrow. I give you permission. As for Arkansas St. John's, lots to get to, obviously,
1:46.0	including Rick Petino's decision to bench the Big East player of the year for the final 456 in a game.
1:51.5	But let me just start by asking you how surprised you are that John Caliperi just got Arkansas
1:56.9	to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament, given the way much of this season has gone for he and his program.
2:04.6	Yeah, shoot. Good morning, GP, good evening. Good night. Whatever it is. Man, yeah. I mean, if you had to ask me about Arkansas, potentially even making the NCAA tournament two months ago, I think we all would have probably said, no, that's not going to happen.
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