Preview + picks: Kansas-UNC, G’town-Maryland, Bama-St. John’s, Arkansas-Sparty headline CBB’s first weekend; No. 1 prospect Tyran Strokes switching schools

Eye On College Basketball

CBS Sports, College Basketball, Basketball, March Madness, NCAA Tournament, NBA Draft

Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Parrish and Norlander are back to set the stage for the first weekend of the college basketball season. Florida bounces back from it's loss to Arizona by steamrolling North Florida. Then, the nation's top prospect for 2026 has withdrawn from high school. He's going to play very high level hoops next season, but is it worth it? Then, Final Four And One for the first time in 2025-26 and a tour around the rest of the sport heading into the weekend. (0:00) Intro (0:45) Florida bounces back in a big way over North Florida (6:00) the infamous Matt Painter video + Loyola Chicago loses to Mercyhurst (12:00) 2026 No. 1 prospect Tyran Stokes withdraws from high school (20:29) Final Four And 1 is back…and GP is making claims about his win streak (20:45) Kansas at North Carolina (26:50) UMass Lowell at UConn (29:55) Alabama at St. John’s (36:40) Arkansas at Michigan State (44:55) Georgetown at Maryland (48:39) Elsewhere around the sports this weekend 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 @kyletheboone @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	I am Gary Parish.
0:15.7	Welcome back, CBS Sports, I on college basketball podcast,
0:19.0	where we sometimes discuss camel fighting, dodo birds and leaky black. Matt Norlander is here with me. If you watch it on YouTube, smash the like button, like your Brandon Davies. And if you're one of us, let the world know in the chat and in the comments. And if you haven't already subscribed to the I on College basketball podcast, please make sure you do that anywhere you subscribe to podcast.
0:38.4	Let's get into it.
0:39.3	I want to start, I think, with the reigning national champions, the Florida Gators,
0:43.0	who bounced back from their season opening loss to Arizona with a 104-64 win over North Florida last night
0:52.2	down in what I will always call the Odom.
0:55.3	As is typically the case when Whole Florida takes on like parts of Florida,
1:00.4	Whole Florida had no issues with North Florida.
1:02.4	So the Gators are now one and one.
1:04.4	Norlander, it's good to see you on this Friday.
1:07.4	Does what Whole Florida did to North Florida last night make you care less about what
1:13.0	Coa Pete did to Whole Florida earlier in the week? Or are you more in the camp of GP, North
1:19.8	Florida is never going to be a real opponent, quality opponent for a school like Whole Florida.
1:27.1	And they're also ranked 34th at Ken Palm.
1:29.8	So wake me up when they play somebody of better caliber.
1:34.4	Where do you land on all this stuff?
1:35.9	Folks, welcome to a slow Wednesday, Thursday,
1:39.9	in the opening week of college basketball.
1:43.0	344 at Ken Palm is North Florida,
1:45.1	which lost its head coach Matthew Driscoll,
1:48.0	who is now an assistant at Kansas State.
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