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Eye On College Basketball

Top 25 CBB Stories of the Past 25 Years, Ep. 1: Jay Wright’s retirement, Stephen Curry shoots Davidson into the Elite Eight

Eye On College Basketball

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

Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Welcome to a special five-episode offseason series of Eye on College Basketball. So much has happened in the sport over the past quarter-century, so it's time to look back and reflect on the things that mattered most. We're counting down the 25 biggest stories/events/moments in men's college basketball since the start of the 2000-01 season. On today's show, Matt Norlander and Gary Parrish reveal some of the contenders that just missed the cut before diving into stories 25 through 21, including Jay Wright's shocking retirement in April of 2022. 04:06 - The stories that just missed the cut. 20:45 - Top 25 stories, No. 25: Miami, Va. Tech, BC bail on Big East 27:30 - Top 25 stories, No. 24: Jay Wright retires 39:22 - Top 25 stories, No. 23: NCAAT expands to 68 instead of 96 51:49 - Top 25 stories, No. 22: Saint Peter’s becomes first 15 to make the E8 57:00 - Top 25 stories, No. 21: Stephen Curry and Davidson’s 2008 E8 run 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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