CBB Review Podcast Network

The Texas A&M Aggies came into the season with one of the top returning units in the country and massive expectations. With the regular season almost over, Texas A&M is on the bubble and in need of a few wins. Texas A&M basketball reporter / KRHD's Donna Conrad joins CBB Review Courtside to talk about the Aggies' tournament chances & more! #collegebasketball #basketball #marchmadness #secbasketball #sportspodcast #ncaatournament #texasaggies

Matt Langel, the head coach of Colgate basketball, joins Mat Mlodzinski on another episode of CBB Review Courtside. What has he learned from Colgate's four NCAA Tournament appearances? Can this Raiders team win a game in March? Does coach Langel think the NCAA Tournament should expand? All of those questions & more...

Tom Mosser, the host of the 'Top of the Mountain West' podcast joins Mat Mlodzinski for a discussion on Mountain West basketball.

- How many MWC teams will make the NCAA Tournament?

- Which teams are locks as of Feb. 22?

- Players to watch in March Madness & more!

Justin Taylor is one of many Syracuse basketball players who opted to come back for another season on the Hill. Taylor had a good freshman season, averaging 4.2 PPG, 1.8 RPG, and hitting 39.3% from deep. The rising sophomore talks with Mat Mlodzinski about his confidence heading into this season, what practice has been like under new head coach Adrian Autry, and sharing the court with star guard Judah Mintz.

There's a new head coach in South Bend, Indiana, and it's former Penn State coach Micah Shrewsberry. How will Shrewsberry be in year one with Notre Dame basketball?

What's his overall philosophy? TJ O'Sullivan chats with Shrewsberry for a very special episode of CBB Review Courtside.

Belmont basketball coach Casey Alexander joins George Bagwell for a new episode of CBB Review Courtside. Alexander replaced the legendary Rick Byrd in 2019 and has kept Bruins basketball atop the ranks of mid-major college basketball. In four seasons, he's already won 98 games with Belmont and is looking to continue that success into year five with the Bruins.

Jamison Battle transferred to Ohio State basketball after spending two seasons at Minnesota. Battle was one of the Gophers' top scorers in recent history, averaging 17.5 PPG as a junior and 12.4 PPG as a senior. Now, Battle joins a young, but talented Ohio State team, looking to be the experienced player they need to make a run at March Madness in 2024.

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are joined by Bailee Marie Tucker to continue the CBB Rank countdown. This episode features 45-41: 45. Iowa State 44. Clemson 43. West Virginia (Note: This was recorded BEFORE the recent Jose Perez news) 42. Missouri 41. Oregon

Stanford basketball picked up one of the most coveted point guards in the transfer portal, in former Providence Friar, Jared Bynum.

Bynum moves from coast to coast as an elite facilitator and brings the Cardinal the experience that could put them over the top.

Mat Mlodzinski talks with Bynum about what brought him to Stanford, playing under Ed Cooley, and joining and underrated team that could surprise people in the Pac-12.

The guys are back at CBB Review Studio to review teams 75-71 in the site’s top 100 team countdown! ⁃ Can Southern Miss find magic two years in a row? ⁃ Has Pat Kelsey reloaded Charleston in a way only high-majors do? ⁃ Is this Mike Hopkins’ deepest Washington team yet? ⁃ Who will be the #1 option at NC State? ⁃ How will Fred Hoiberg fit his transfers in at Nebraska?

Colgate is looking to make a 5th NCAA Tournament since 2019 and brings back an experienced roster.

One of their new additions is Kyle Carlesimo, who transferred from Eastern Illinois.

If you remember that last name, it's because Kyle is the son of legendary coach PJ Carlesimo.

Mat Mlodzinski talks with Kyle about his decision to transfer to Colgate, an outlook for the Raiders, and what it was like growing up the son of PJ.

Ben Anderson and Dan Siegel are joined by George Bagwell to discuss each top 100 teams for 2023 as ranked by CBB Review. This week focuses on teams 85-81. - Was Mike White the right hire for Georgia? - How will the Saint Louis offense operate after losing Yuri Collins? - Will we see more of the early LSU success from last year, or are the Tigers who they were to end 2022? - Was there a more important transfer to stay home than Vanderbilt’s Tyrin Lawrence? - How will Damon Stoudamire readjust to the college ranks in his first season at Georgia Tech?

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are back on the CBB Review Studio pod to discuss arguably the second-most exciting part of the entire season: MTEs in the early season, most notably on Thanksgiving weekend. The guys rank the top 10 MTEs you can’t miss: - Is this the best Champions Classic in a long time? - Has Maui ever been so stacked with second-weekend-caliber teams? - Is a 4-team, stacked MTE more exciting than an 8-team tournament that lacks depth?

Only one team can claim the national championship each year, which leaves over 350 teams waiting for next season. This means that some excellent coaches haven’t won it all in a long, long time. In this episode, Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson discuss the 10 most likely programs to win their first championship in a long time within the next three years. - Has Mark Few’s run began to decline? - Is the reputation of not being able to win in March fair when everyone knows March is fluky? - Should coaches adapt to the way the game is changing in order to make the list by using the transfer portal and analytics? - How much does the program itself impact a team’s chances?

The 2023 NBA Draft has finally happened! In this episode of CBB Review Studio, Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson take a look at the possible impacts the draft had for college basketball’s larger perception. - How bad of a thing is it that only one player selected in the Top 5 went to college? - Should players take the financial guarantee or return to school for another year if presented with a borderline case? - Does UNC have the largest discrepancy between team performance and NBA production? - Which players were the most surprising non-draftees of 2023?

When the ranking includes players since 2015, you know it’s the offseason. In the next episode of CBB Review Studio, Dan and Ben rank the 10 best college players to never make a career for themselves in the NBA. - How much weight should be placed on team success? - Does an amazing tournament performance trump an amazing regular season? - How many years would a player have to play to be eligible?

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson end off the six-part series where they break down each conference’s transfer portal performance. On this episode, they discuss the transfer portal activity of the Pac-12 - Are Kerr Krissa and Caleb Love essentially the same player? - Is it fair to judge USC based off of pieces they lost because better players were coming in? - How highly would Cal be ranked as a portal performer if it wasn’t so horrendous last year? - Did the ACC perform better and leave the Pac-12 in the dust as the lone bottom-feeder league?

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are joined by George Bagwell for part five of a six-part series where they break down each conference’s transfer portal performance. On this episode, the guys break down everything you need to know about the SEC. - Does the SEC have the best mid-major up-transfers of any power conference? - Does Kentucky have a transfer problem? Can they win with only freshmen anymore? - Why are the football schools doing the best in the portal in the league? - Would the conference’s all-defense transfer team be able to lock down anyone in the country?

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are joined once again by Mat Mlodzinski for part four of a six-part series where they break down each conference’s transfer portal performance. On this episode, the guys break down everything that happened in the Big East’s portal experience. - Does the Big East have the most guard-heavy class of any conference? - Should Creighton be considered a winner or loser in the portal? - Who should feel better about their offseason: St. John’s or Xavier? - Quantity or quality? Villanova went for the latter

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are joined by Ariel Puterman for part three of a six-part series where they break down each conference’s transfer portal performance. This time, the best conference in the country — the Big 12 — gets its flowers. - Did Kansas make the right move by putting all of its eggs in the 2023-24 basket but sacrificing bench depth? - Could it be argued that Texas could be even better next year than last? - Has West Virginia done the best in the portal in the country when taking both giant and losses into account? - Is it time to start worrying about Baylor?

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are joined by Ethan Carbone for part two of a six-part series where they break down each conference’s transfer portal performance. Up next? The Big Ten. - Is Hunter Dickinson the best portal entry, the most impactful, neither, or both! - Should the conference be disappointed with how its teams performed? - How do you judge a school’s performance: by its own history or by its peers? - Should a team that added just one player really be a winner?

Is there ever really an off-season in college hoops? Dan and Ben are back to kick off a six-part series covering the transfer portal from the lens of each power conference. This time, they’re joined by Mat Mlodzinski to discuss everything ACC transfers. - Who has had the best portal run thus far? What about the worst? - Would you prefer quantity over quality when it comes to the transfer portal class? - How should bad teams losing players to the portal be viewed? - Who would be on the ACC all-transfer team?

Josh Cohen won Co-NEC Player of the Year at St. Francis PA, averaging 21.8 PPG and 8.3 RPG as a Rs.-Jr.

This offseason, Cohen decided to transfer to UMass, where he will be a key piece of the Minutemen, led by head coach Frank Martin.

• How did Cohen improve from a role player to a star?
• Why did he decide to transfer?
• What goes into picking a new school from the portal?

Cohen joins CBB Review's Mat Mlodzinski for a discussion on all of this and more!

The first pod of the offseason is here, but if you’re a fan of college basketball, you know the sport never rests. Dan and Ben are here to cover every power conference coaching change of the cycle so far, as well as a few mid-major hires that made some noise. - How much should the school’s standing as a job play into the grading of a hire? - Did the Big East have the most compelling set of hires a conference has had in a while? - What should people make of Rodney Terry’s overall resume? - Is hiring in-house a good idea when you just ran the coach out of town? - What mid-major school made the biggest splash?

Houston, we have a Champion. UConn has won the 2023 Final Four, and Ben and Dan are here to recap everything that went down in the final game of the season. In addition, the guys cover some tourney superlatives, and make their case for the best of each category: - UConn was the most dominant tourney team since when? - Was there anything unexpected in the championship game? - What was the best overall game of the tournament? - Should the player of the tournament always be on the championship team? - How do you define the best coach?

It’s Sunday morning, and the National Championship Game is set! UConn and San Diego State are ready to play, and Dan and Ben preview Monday night, but the guys also recap everything that happened in Houston to set up the final matchup of the season. - Did Lamont Butler’s buzzer beater check the last box in order to make this a great tournament? - Was San Diego State’s shooting performance a sign to come or an aberration? - Could Miami have stopped the inevitable Connecticut landslide? - Does anything concern you about the Huskies on Monday night? - And most importantly: who will win the 2023 National Championship?

Final Four Preview time! Dan and Ben break down everything you need to know about the two semifinal games, from key strengths to players to watch. Which player is the most important to their team of any of the four? Can San Diego State continue to muck up games? What will Florida Atlantic’s frontcourt play inside look like? Is UConn the typical buzzsaw that becomes unstoppable come March? Does Miami have enough guard talent to outscore the Huskies?

The Final Four is set, and boy, it’s not what anyone expected. Dan Siegel and Ben Anerson break down how we got here, covering the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 in the latest edition of CBB Review Studio! Should Dusty May be considered for National Coach of the Year? Did UConn slump at the right time AND peak at the right time? Has Miami completed one of the more impressive Final Four runs in recent memory? Should everyone left in the tournament fear San Diego State’s defense?

And then there were sixteen! Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are back for CBB Review Studio — and joined by the one and only Mat Mlodzinski — to discuss everything that happened throughout the best four days of the sports calendar year!

- Is this setup — not many upsets but big ones — the best possible version of the Big Dance?

- Can anyone in the South realistically expect to stop Alabama from reaching the Final Four?

- Has there been a more wide-open quartet of teams in a region in recent memory than what the East has provided?

- Should we be concerned about Houston’s play so far in the tournament?

- Can the UCLA-Gonzaga rematch live up to the instant classic played two years prior?

EMERGENCY PODCAST!!

It has been done again. Fairleigh Dickinson has become the second 16 seed ever to defeat a 1 seed, this one being Purdue, and Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson couldn’t wait for a regular podcast to give their takes.

Could FDU coach Tobin Anderson have game planned any better?

How should this compare to the upset of UMBC over Virginia?

What does this mean for Purdue going forward in its roster construction?

Dan and Ben round out CBB Review Studio's final March Madness preview by looking at the Midwest Region. Ariel Puterman hops on again to determine the section of the bracket with perhaps the most variety of Final Four picks.

Has Houston been challenged enough in the regular season to make it out?

Should Texas be worried about its lack of size inside?

Why was Texas A&M seeded so low?

Will both the 4 and 5 seeds get upset?

Can Xavier survive without Zach Freemantle?

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are back for the third CBB Review Studio edition of NCAA Tournament region previews. This time they are joined by Ariel Puterman to discuss the South Region, which arguably has the most upset potential in the first round of any bracket.

Can anyone challenge Alabama in the top half of the region?

Who's more likely to be upset: San Diego State or Virginia?

Does Arizona have what it takes to make it past where they tripped up last season?

What should you make of Baylor's potential?

Is Creighton the most complete team in the bottom half of the region?

Dan and Ben continue CBB Review Studio's region-by-region coverage with the East Region, where Purdue is the 1 seed. Check out how the guys are predicting things will shake out!

Are the Boilermakers in danger of being the first No. 1 seed to fall?

Is there a pair of teams more upset collectively with their draw than Duke and Oral Roberts?

What should be made of Kentucky and its second-weekend potential?

Can anyone stop the high-flying offense of Marquette?

Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson are joined by Jason Draven to discuss arguably the toughest region in the Big Dance.

What does UCLA look like without Jaylen Clark?

Did Kansas get an unfair draw?

Is there any upset potential in the top four seeds?

Is Gonzaga truly playing like the best team in the country?

Former Syracuse forward Ryan Blackwell joins Mat Mlodzinski for a special discussion on Jim Boeheim.

Blackwell offers insight into what Boeheim was like behind the scenes in the locker room, his impact on college basketball, and on the Syracuse community.

Welcome to the first edition of CBB Review Studio, a new podcast hosted by Dan Siegel and Ben Anderson! 

Today, they’re joined by CBB Review writer Ethan Carbone to break down all six power conference tournaments and give their predictions for who will win each. 

- Does any conference have more teams sweating through the tournament than the ACC? 

- Does anyone have any idea who comes out of the bottom of the Big Ten bracket? 

- What’s more important: who wins the Big 12 conference tournament or who wins the first two games? 

- Does Villanova have what it takes to become a bid stealer? 

- Who should Alabama be most afraid of in the SEC Tournament? 

- Why should we pay attention to the Pac-12 before the final game?

KTVB's Brady Frederick joins Mat Mlodzinski to talk about the Boise State Broncos, one of the hottest mid-major teams heading into March Madness. 

Can Boise State make it past the first round in the Big Dance? Who else out of the Mountain West could go on a run in March? Who is Max Rice and why should every college basketball fan know his name?