Our picks for best college arenas to host the NBA Cup; Mikel Brown Jr. hurt, Louisville falls @ Tennessee; how big is Boozer's lead for NPOY?
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports
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šļø 17 December 2025
ā±ļø 54 minutes
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Summary
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Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open with NBA commissioner Adam Silver suggesting that the NBA Cup title game might come to "some storied college locations". Then, it's a Wednesday Whiparound where Duke and Kansas cruise to victories and Tennessee handles a limited Louisville team.
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Adam Silver suggests NBA Cup might come to āstoried college arenasā
(11:00) Which college locations should be on the short list for the NBA Cup?
(24:45) Tennessee stomps Louisville without Mikel Brown Jr.
(29:40) Kansas beats Towson, once again without Darryn Peterson
(33:45) Duke ultimately pulls away from Lipscomb, but it was a weird game
(41:45) Wednesday Whiparound
(44:15) Looking ahead to the next few days
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| 0:00.0 | Our longtime listeners know that every Christmas, Parrish and I give you a mailbag episode around the holiday. We've got that coming next week as well. So we've got some questions already. Definitely want some more. Send what you've got. The more interesting, the more curious, the more random and offbeat, the better. If you want to send one on video, feel free to do that as well. Just include your name and where you're from when you |
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| 1:57.7 | Matt Norlander is here with me. If you're watching on YouTube, be Brandon Davies. |
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