Sweet 16 Friday Recap: Houston-Purdue thriller; Auburn flips switch on Michigan; Izzo in his 11th E8; Tennessee gets revenge on Kentucky; a surprise guest joins the show!

Eye On College Basketball

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🗓️ 29 March 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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What a wild night of games, Auburn stormed back to take out Michigan. Michigan State and Ole Miss got in a knock-down, drag-out match that saw the Spartans take it home. Kentucky was unable to beat Tennessee for the third time this season. Matt Norlander, Kyle Boone and Sam Vecenie recap the final set of Sweet 16 games. 03:02 - Houston escapes Purdue 62 - 60 14:45 - Auburn runs away from Michigan, beats Wolverines 78 - 65 31:30 - Michigan State outlasts Ole Miss 73-70 47:37 - Tennessee knocks off Kentucky 78 - 65 57:20 - Saturday lookahead 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 @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe 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	This episode of I On College basketball is presented by Travis Matthew, apparel design for confidence and comfort no matter where the day takes you.
0:27.4	Welcome to a Friday Sweet 16 Recap edition of the Ion College Basketball podcast.
0:29.8	The Elite 8 is set for the first time.
0:33.1	In nine years, we have all one seeds alive.
0:35.2	Kyle Boone is with me, and guess what?
0:36.3	I got a special guest coming.
0:55.2	Just give me one second here. Let me set up the matchups before we break down. We're going to open. For anyone watching us live, appreciate you so much. We are going to open with how Houston just escaped from Purdue. In the south, it will be one versus two. It will be Auburn against Michigan State. In the west, that's where you find your Cinderella, I suppose. Not really.
1:00.9	One-C Florida plays Texas Tech. In the east, where I am here in Jersey, of course, on Saturday,
1:05.6	we'll have one-seat Duke versus two-seat Alabama, and we also now have a one-versus-two matchup in the Midwest. Thanks to Houston moving along and Tennessee moving along as well. Incredible stuff.
1:13.1	KB, how you doing? It's great to see you, bud. Yeah, good to see you. A crazy day of
1:18.1	Sweet 16 matchups and finished the day with a boom. Houston, Purdue ended up coming down to the
1:25.0	final few seconds, final second.
1:30.3	And yeah, excited to talk some hoops.
1:31.9	Yeah, we're going to talk some hoops.
1:34.4	And we're going to go three-man situation here.
1:36.3	So surprise is this.
1:42.0	We're bringing back an old buddy from the other side of the planet, the one, the only.
1:48.5	Sam Vassini is right here. Welcome back to the show. How you doing? What time is it on your side of the world, my friend? Guys, it's beautiful. It's like 355 p.m. here. I've got a night to hang out.
1:55.7	It's going to be great. You guys are dealing with like a one o'clock finish East Coast time. Have fun with that, man.
2:02.6	Yeah, I know.
2:03.5	He's get, well, that's the pro and the con.
2:05.4	And we'll get to the game in just a second here.
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