Players Era debrief: brackets, crowds + more; Gonzaga vs. Michigan in title game; Duke vs. Arkansas on Thanksgiving

Eye On College Basketball

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🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Parrish and Kyle Boone recap the first two days of Feast Week and dive in to a Players Era with mixed reviews. We desperately need a bracket moving forward, but Gonzaga vs Michigan is an awesome title game in Vegas. Then, Arkansas vs Duke on CBS on Thanksgiving Day! (0:00) Intro + strong jaw is here! (1:00) Let’s talk about the Players Era Festival…format, crowds and everything else (19:45) Gonzaga vs Michigan in the title game. It should be awesome (28:20) Kansas vs Tennessee in the third place game (31:10) Maui Invitational title game between USC and Arizona State (37:55) Looking ahead to Thanksgiving: Duke vs Arkansas on CBS! 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 Parrish.
0:16.1	Welcome back, CBS Sports. I own college basketball podcast where we sometimes discuss camel fighting
0:21.3	dodo birds and leaky black cow boon is here with me. Look at that strong jaw. If you watch it on
0:26.4	YouTube be Brandon Davy. Smash that like button. And if you haven't yet subscribed to the CBS Sports
0:32.0	I own college basketball podcast, please go do that anywhere. You subscribe to podcasts, including Apple and Spotify.
0:39.6	Let's get into it.
0:40.4	I want to start with the Players Era Festival where we have 18 teams.
0:46.6	Just we got 18 teams playing out in Las Vegas in front of, I think what most would agree,
0:52.8	lackluster crowds and with the format that most
0:55.8	normal people either do not understand or more likely have no interest, just don't care
1:01.9	enough to even try to understand.
1:04.1	The title game either way is tonight, Gonzaga, Michigan, that should be fun.
1:08.6	But a title game of Gonzaga, Michigan means that Tennessee just went two at oh in the
1:13.9	Players Air Festival, beat the highest ranked team in the entire event.
1:18.0	That was Houston and still couldn't make the championship game because of point
1:22.6	differential.
1:23.6	UT beat Rutgers by 25 and Houston by three.
1:27.0	But Gonzaga beat Alabama by 10 and Maryland by 39,
1:31.7	beat Michigan beat San Diego State by 40, Auburn by 30.
1:37.7	So it's Gonzaga, Michigan for a million bucks.
1:40.5	And Tennessee only gets to play for 300,000.
1:43.3	Never mind that it's undefeated with a win over the best team in the event.
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