Opening weekend reactions: Bama beats St. John's at MSG, Caleb Wilson leads UNC over Kansas + notable results from the weekend

Eye On College Basketball

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4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Gary Parrish and Kyle Boone recap a jam-packed opening weekend of the college basketball season. North Carolina topples Darryn Peterson and the Kansas Jayhawks. Alabama goes into the Garden and comes out with a huge with over St. John's. Then, the building trusters prevail at Michigan State, the Veterans Classic and plenty more in the weekend whip around. (0:00) Intro (0:55) Alabama roll inside the Garden over St. John’s 103-96…how good is St. John’s (15:30) Caleb Wilson leads UNC to win over Kansas and then he got in front of the mic (26:15) Darryn Peterson is great, but how great does he need to be for Kansas to be good? (30:15) Weekend Whiparound, starting with the Veterans Classic (34:36) Arkansas vs Michigan State (41:20) Gonzaga vs Oklahoma (43:45) More from the weekend around the sport (52:55) Looking ahead to early next week Theme song: “Timothy Leary,” written, performed and courtesy of Guster 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 @Boone @DavidWCobb @TheJMULL_ 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	Hey there. I am Gary Perich. Welcome back to the CBS Sports I own college basketball podcast where we sometimes discuss camel fighting
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0:41.4	including Apple and Spotify.
0:43.5	Let's get into it.
0:44.4	The place I want to start today is in Midtown Manhattan.
0:47.7	For St. Johns, the reigning Big East champions,
0:51.0	and preseason number one team in the's in the top 25 and 1.
0:54.5	They returned to Madison Square Guard this weekend to play a real game for the first
0:58.2	time since the Red Storm won the Big East tournament last March.
1:01.5	Their opponent on this Saturday, it was Alabama, and the result was an upset in NYC.
1:07.9	LaBaron Feline took 17 shots for the Crimson Tide.
1:10.7	He made 10 of them, finished with 25 points,
1:13.0	three rebounds, three assists in what was a 10396 victory for Alabama. He was great. Alabama's
1:20.6	guards, broadly speaking, were great. Cal Boone. Wonderful to see you here on a Sunday. I love and
1:26.4	respect you enough. You can be completely
1:28.6	honest with me. You can be honest with me. How concerned should I be about my Red Storm after making
1:35.9	them the preseason number one team in the top 25 and one back in April? I never budged,
1:41.4	even if there were reasons perhaps that I should have. How concerned should I be right now?
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