Previewing St. John's-Kentucky, Houston-Arkansas, Duke-Texas Tech & more + Who will win the SEC?

Eye On College Basketball

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

Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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On today’s show, we preview a big weekend in college basketball, starting with an early look at the CBS Sports Classic. We break down Kentucky-St. John’s and North Carolina-Ohio State, and discuss what the spotlight could mean for Jayden Quaintance IF he takes the floor in a showcase event he grew up watching ( ... or so GP says). After the break, we dive into a Dribble Handoff focused on the SEC, debating who’s best positioned to win the league, whether Vanderbilt is a legitimate title contender, and which SEC teams—if any—have a real chance to make a run at the national championship. We wrap things up with The Final Four And 1 presented by FanDuel Sportsbook, breaking down four of the weekend’s biggest games, including St. John’s vs. Kentucky, Ohio State vs. North Carolina, Houston vs. Arkansas, and Duke vs. Texas Tech. Plus, the And 1 spotlights a key Mountain West matchup as Colorado State visits Utah State on CBS Sports Network. 0:00 Intro 1:00 CBS Sports Classic Preview 26:00 SEC Check-In 32:15 St. John's-Kentucky 37:00 Ohio State-UNC 39:45 Houston-Arkansas 45:00 Duke-Texas Tech 55:15 Colorado State-Utah State 59:00 More games to watch 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, CBS Sports, I on college basketball podcast,
0:19.8	where we sometimes discuss camel fighting dodo birds and leaky black.
0:24.0	Matt Norlander is here with me.
0:25.5	If you're watching on YouTube, be Brandon Davies.
0:27.4	Smash that like button.
0:28.3	If you haven't yet subscribed to the CBS Sports, I own college basketball podcast, please do that anywhere.
0:33.4	You subscribe to podcasts, including Apple and Spotify.
0:37.0	Let's get into it.
0:38.0	And I want to start by looking ahead to the CBS Sports Classic by circling back to the
0:43.3	preseason Norlander.
0:44.3	I know you remember back in the preseason, we were discussing Kentucky's Jaden Quaintens
0:48.9	and wondering aloud when he might make his regular season debut for the Wildcats after recovering from
0:55.9	ACL Surgeon. I told you I had sources who had told me it was a lifelong dream of his
1:01.2	to participate in the sports class that he had been watching this his whole life, had been
1:06.5	dreaming about playing in it his entire life, and that date had been circled December 20th to make the debut for Kentucky.
1:13.6	Now here we are.
1:14.5	Mark Pope's, it is possible that Jaden Quatins plays in the CBS Sports Classic.
1:19.2	We're going to watch a dream come true on Saturday, perhaps.
1:22.5	How excited are you about that?
1:23.8	I am excited.
1:24.8	I caught up with Pope yesterday to check in on this very thing. I honestly
1:30.2	wanted to, but forgot to say it. And I wanted to be like, hey, listen, just so you know,
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