Sparty wins/Purdue loses @ home for 4th time; UConn vaporizes St. John’s; Final Four And 2‼️with a special sendoff for Kyle Boone
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports, College Basketball, Basketball, March Madness, NCAA Tournament, NBA Draft
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Gary Parrish, Matt Norlander and Kyle Boone open with Michigan State beating Purdue in West Lafayette before jumping back to Wednesday to discuss UConn's loud victory over St. John's. Then, the Final Four And 1 previews the weekend.
(0:00) Intro + a 3-man booth!
(1:00) Michigan State wins at Purdue
(14:15) UConn ruined everyone’s Wednesday night & Norlander was on SportsCenter
(33:00) Final Four and 1!
(34:05) Virginia @ Duke
(38:53) Texas Tech @ Iowa State
(43:15) Kansas @ Arizona
(47:55) Arkansas @ Florida
(53:50) Gonzaga @ Saint Mary’s
(58:00) Michigan State @ Indiana
(1:00:00) Norlander’s Notes: More games to watch
(1:01:35) Saying goodbye to KB
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| 0:00.0 | There I am Gary Parrish. |
| 0:16.2 | Welcome back to CBS Sports, I on college basketball podcast where we sometimes discuss discuss camel fighting Dodo Birds, Leaky Black. |
| 0:23.5 | Matt Norlander is here with me. |
| 0:25.8 | So is Kyle Boone. |
| 0:27.1 | This is a three-man I-on-college basketball podcast for you on this Friday. |
| 0:31.3 | If you're watching on YouTube, honor Brandon Davies, smash that like button. |
| 0:35.2 | And if you haven't yet subscribed to the CBS Sports Eye on College Basketball podcast, |
| 0:39.4 | please also do that wherever you listen to podcasts like Spotify and Apple. |
| 0:43.4 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:44.5 | And the place to start, I think, is Mackie Arena where Purdue hosted Michigan State |
| 0:49.1 | in Thursday's best game. |
| 0:51.0 | Final score, Spartan 76, Boilermaker 74 74 that's a quad one win on the road |
| 0:57.0 | peru led by as many as seven in the first half by three at the break but still found itself |
| 1:03.2 | down eight with only 344 remaining regardless braiden smith the preseason cvies sports national player of the year he had the ball in his regardless, Braden Smith. |
| 1:17.8 | The preseason season sports national player of the year, he had the ball in his hands in the final seconds with a chance to win. |
| 1:20.3 | He launched from 30 feet. |
| 1:22.8 | It felt longer, but officially it was 30 feet. |
| 1:24.2 | He missed game over. |
| 1:25.9 | Norleader, let's start with the final shot. |
| 1:31.4 | Did you approve of that pool or did you want something different and less so far away from the basket? |
| 1:33.2 | Not a good final shot. |
| 1:35.4 | It's going to be a big show today, by the way, folks. |
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