What You Should Be Watching in Men’s College Basketball

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🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The dawn of a new college basketball season is here, and as we have all learned, change,and lots of it, is the new normal. From rosters rebuilt through the transfer portal, to programs making a name for themselves with the power of NIL deals – all we can say is welcome back to the chaos on the road to the Madness. There are some notable faces to follow this year like Cooper Flagg, the generational talent looking to bring a title to Duke and the duo of dynamic freshman at Rutgers (yes Rutgers) aiming to bring glory to New Jersey. Today, Myron Medcalf, our resident college basketball expert, joins us today to break down everything to look for this season and to tell us why we should be embracing all this change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Myron Medcalf, we are on the eve of another men's college basketball season, but with all of the recruiting news, NIL deals, you got transfer portal stuff, coaching changes.
0:12.1	Is this just another sport that simply does not have an offseason?
0:16.8	Yeah, there's no offseason anymore.
0:21.1	I think especially with the portal and just how teams are being shaped so dramatically
0:26.0	in those months after the season.
0:28.7	And as you mentioned, you know, NIL stuff is a big deal.
0:32.6	It has certainly changed in the last couple of years in ways that it hadn't changed
0:36.6	in the 15 years prior
0:38.1	when I was covering the sport. So it has been significant. Yeah. And we've seen some coaches
0:42.4	decide not it. They want to do something else with all of these changes. But for those that
0:47.9	are hanging in, these games are about to start in earnest. What is the one thing you look forward
0:52.8	to the most when the college hoop season starts
0:55.0	again?
0:56.1	I just love being a part of it all, right?
0:58.3	I mean, the ambiance of being in these arenas in a big time game.
1:02.4	With two and a half remaining, Pedford, the he for three.
1:07.4	Go!
1:08.6	He made it!
1:10.2	The Pirates win! Oh, my goodness, it's gracious! I love! He made it! Go! The parents win!
1:11.6	Oh my goodness, it's crazy!
1:13.6	I love seeing new faces and young players kind of go at it with the veterans.
1:19.6	Oh!
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