St. John’s loses key player; latest on Michigan roster/coaching situation; NBA Cup to Hinkle; remember the great Kenny Klein
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander discuss the latest around college basketball: St. John's loses Donnie Freeman for the season, the NBA Cup at Hinkle Fieldhouse and the latest around Michigan. Then, Matt and Gary spend a moment remembering Kenny Klein to end the show.
(0:00) Intro + let’s catch you up on college hoops news
(1:30) St. John’s and Rick Pitino lose Donnie Freeman to a torn achilles
(14:00) The latest on Michigan Basketball: JP Estrella is back, Mike Boynton and more
(31:10) The NBA Cup is coming to Hinkle Fieldhouse + more recent news
(45:40) Remembering Kenny Klein
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there. I am Gary Parrish. Welcome back, CBS Sports. I own college basketball podcast where we sometimes discuss camel fighting, |
| 0:21.9 | dodo birds, leaky black. |
| 0:23.9 | Matt Norlander is here with me. |
| 0:25.4 | If you watch it on YouTube, honor Brandon Davy, smash that like button. |
| 0:28.4 | And if you haven't yet subscribed to the Ione College basketball podcast, |
| 0:31.4 | please do that wherever you listen to podcasts like Apple and Spotify. |
| 0:35.9 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:37.3 | And let's start with some off-season injury news. |
| 0:41.2 | Yuck. |
| 0:41.7 | Syracuse transferred, Dottie Freeman. |
| 0:43.5 | He has suffered a torn Achilles. |
| 0:45.6 | He was expected to start for St. John's next season. |
| 0:48.8 | Now he's out for the year. |
| 0:50.6 | Not ideal. |
| 0:51.5 | Norlander, good to see you. |
| 0:52.9 | Your thoughts on this not so great development. |
| 0:55.7 | It's not a good development. You know, Freeman, not among the most notable transfers, but I think |
| 1:05.5 | objectively speaking across the board, a top 25 transfer. He was 16th at our side at CBS Sports. |
| 1:13.1 | Um, would have been an impact player significantly. I this blows. He's not the only one. |
| 1:17.9 | There's a, there's another player. And now, of course, I'm blinking in real time GP. Uh, |
| 1:22.5 | you get these offseason workouts. And the last thing you want to see is an update from a school with a three-sentence |
| 1:29.4 | statement from a coach about a player being out for the year. It just, it's brutal. Rick Petino |
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