Brackets, Bubbles, and Bid Stealers College Basketball Podcast

Sam Federman and Logan Adams do a first round NBA Mock Draft

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin discuss NCAA Tournament expansion

Jonathan Lidskin is joined by Harrison Vapnek and David Campbell to preview the 2026 NBA Playoffs. On this episode, we discuss:- Contenders- Hot seat Players- Who has the most to gain- Conference and Title Picks

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin welcome Dylan Smith back to the podcast to discuss the first wave of commitments in the transfer portal.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin open up season seven of Brackets, Bubbles, and Bid Stealers with a discussion about the coaching carousel. A long conversation about Michael Malone to North Carolina, as well as discussions about every other high-major hire. Analysis provided on most mid-major hires too.

In the season finale of Season 6, Sam and Jonathan review Michigan's win over UConn to claim the 2026 National Championship.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin discuss Michigan's dominant win over Arizona and UConn's win over Illinois.What to watch on Monday as well, and a discussion about the Final Four experience as a whole.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin preview the men's and women's Final Fours. Jack Church joined.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin go in-depth on Duke/UConn and Braylon Mullins' buzzer-beater. Thoughts on the other three regional finals as well.

Sam Federman and Michael DeRosa recap the Sweet 16 games and preview the 2026 Regional Finals.

Jonathan Lidskin and Sam Federman are joined by Joe Jackson to preview the Sweet 16 and talk a little about Hubert Davis being fired at UNC and possible candidates.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin discuss the second round of the NCAA Tournament

Jonathan Lidskin and Michael DeRosa break down all of the action from Friday of the NCAA Tournament.

Sam and Jonathan break down the first day of the NCAA Tournament. We go in-depth on a handful of games and Joey Dwyer joined us to talk McNeese-Vandy and other results from the Oklahoma City pods.

Sam Federman and Jonathan LIdskin reveal their whole brackets, picking all 63 games and justifying the reasonRound of 643:28 East Region28:31 West Region44:30 Midwest Region59:45 South Region1:14:13 Round of 321:33:45 Sweet 161:41:20 Elite 81:47:20 Final Four and National Champion Picks1:52:20 Grant Salsman and the first ever BBB Parlay2:01:50 Harrison Vapnek reveals the All-One Shining Moment Team2:11:54 Harrison Vapnek reveals Dan the Monkey's Bracket

MAAC Writer Sam Federman sits down with Notre Dame broadcaster Tyler Reidy to discuss Fairfield's NCAA Tournament opening round matchup with the Fighting Irish.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin go over Jonathan's famed Bracket Bible with Quentin Corpuel.

It's #SearchSZN and Sam Federman welcomes Curry Hicks Sage to discuss some of the biggest and smallest jobs of the cycle!

Sam and Jonathan give their initial thoughts on the 2026 NCAA Tournament Bracket!

Sam and Jonathan take a look at the results from champ week Friday and preview some of the games ahead on Saturday just one day before the Selection Show.

After the entire bubble lost, the field is coming into shape. Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin celebrate the champions and discuss the bubble with two days to go until Selection Sunday.

Sam Federman and Michael DeRosa preview Champ Week 2 including discussions of the Big East, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, and ACC. MAC, MWC, A-10, and more

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin interview Queens head coach Grant Leonard

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin recap the first week of Champ Week on the pod

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin welcome Michael DeRosa back on the pod on the first day of March to talk about the weekend that was as well as the first week of conference tournament brackets that are already out.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin discuss the biggest games and storylines for the last weekend of February. Talked about Michigan/Illinois, Kansas/Arizona, Duke/Virginia, Arkansas/Florida and more. National championship contenders, mid-major discussion

Sam & Jonathan review the week in college hoops headlined by:Kansas-HoustonMichigan State-PurdueSt. John's-UConn+ More

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin talk Duke/Michigan, Arizona/Houston, Celebrate the champions, and much more with Michael DeRosa.

Sam Federman & Jonathan Lidskin are joined by Will Warren to preview the biggest weekend of the season with two marquee matchups ahead.We also celebrate some regular season conference champions.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin discuss Michigan's uniqueness and superpowers after defeating Purdue at Mackey Arena. They discuss Mick Cronin's press conference, as well as bringing on Dean Wendel to discuss Miami's win over UMass.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin recap Iowa State's win over Houston and discuss Division III 25/25 teams as well as Kashie Natt

Jonathan Lidskin and Michael DeRosa (and partially Sam Federman) talk about Saturday's college basketball action. Arizona/Texas Tech, St. John's/Providence, Gonzaga/Santa Clara, and more.

Sam & Jonathan preview another big weekend of hoops as we get into the dog days of the season. Game Previews include:Kansas @ Iowa StateWisconsin @ Michigan StateGonzaga @ Santa ClaraKentucky @ FloridaAnd much more!

Rocco Miller joined Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin to recap a mid-major week, starting with Northern Iowa/Belmont and Merrimack/Marist.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin recap Arizona/Kansas, North Carolina/Duke, Michigan State/Illinois, Houston/BYU, Kentucky/Tennessee with Michael DeRosa

Sam Federman & Jonathan Lidskin go live post-Super Bowl to welcome casual fans to college basketball. With five weeks until Selection Sunday, Jonathan & Sam go over everything a fan tuning in for the first time this season needs to know before the final stretch of the year.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin preview UConn/St. John's, Alabama/Auburn, Houston/BYU, Michigan State/Illinois and more with Matthew Winick

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin welcome Tom Mosser onto the show to break down where we stand in the Mountain West after Utah State's win over San Diego State (0:00). Then, Mid-Major Thursday shoutouts (32:30), and a recap of the biggest things that have happened since we last podded on Friday (53:10) with Kevin Fielder.

Sam Federman previews the weekend with Brian Rauf from Basket Under Review.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin were joined by Tyler Frick, Isaiah Walker, and Grant Salsman to discuss- Michigan vs Nebraska- Indiana vs Purdue- SLU vs GW- MIssouri vs Alabama- BYU vs ArizonaAND MORE

Sam Federman & Jonathan Lidskin are joined by Michael DeRosa to break down the weekend in college hoops, including:- The freshmen 40's- Hot seat watch- Georgetown-Providence

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin preview the weekend and interview Stephen F. Austin head coach Matt Braeuer.

Sam Federman & Jonathan Lidskin break down the latest in the mid-major world, including:- Did Sam curse Merrimack?- Tulsa's big win- A prolonged Valley Update

Jonathan Lidskin & Sam Federman recap Tuesday night in college basketball including:Clemson loses at home to NC State with Griffin BarfieldVanderbilt is blown out by Arkansas in its third straight loss with Joey DwyerPurdue falls at UCLA

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin recap a Saturday in college basketball with Michael Derosa

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin preview the weekend of ball.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin do another Mid-Major Thursday night podcast

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin welcome Zach Carey to talk Virginia/Louisville, and then discuss some of the other biggest results from Tuesday night, including Kansas over Iowa State and UConn over Seton Hall.

Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin recap the weekend in college basketball, including:Wisconsin stuns MichiganFlorida & Auburn big winsGeorge Mason knocks off VCU+ More

Sam Federman & Jonathan Lidskin recap the first mid-major Thursday of the year, including:A recap of Saint Louis-VCU & the A-10 WednesdayBrief Valley UpdateBig SkyCal Poly-CSUNLibertyCAA & Towson's troubles