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Big Z College Hoops Central, 100 episodes.

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113. Bill Self Makes History, Kentucky Outlasts Duke

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112. 2024-2025 Season Preview

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111. Raygun Teaches Us A Lesson That Failure Is OK

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110. UConn Huskies Go Back to Back, First to Repeat Since Florida in 2007

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109. 2024 Final Four Preview

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108. Oakland KO’s Kentucky

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107. Selection Sunday 2024: The Real-time Reaction

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106. Welcome to Champ Week

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105. Final Stock Up, Stock Down for 2024

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104. A Leap Day Poem, With Some College Basketball Themes

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103. Houston Beats Iowa State in Big 12 Showdown

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102. Mid-Major Morning Briefing

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101. Gonzaga at Kentucky Huge Game on Super Bowl Eve

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My Milestone 100th Episode, Plus Some Big 12 and Sports Media News

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Ep. 99 Big Z Makes Impressive Debut, as Big Blue Nation Goes Bananas

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Ep. 98 Brief Stock, Stock Down The January 15 Edition

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97. Plenty of Movement Among The Top Teams

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96. Purdue Hammers Iowa, Happy Anniversary to the NET, Thoughts on Fate of Integrity in Journalism

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95. Michigan and Purdue Look Impressive

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94. St. John’s and Georgetown Roll, while Baylor and Indiana Hang On

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93. 2023-2024 Season Preview

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92. R.I.P. Pac-12 Conference 1915-2024

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91. San Diego State to Stay in Mountain West Conference

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90. Final Thoughts About Inaugural Chicago Street Course

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89. Rain Continues at Chicago Street Course

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88. NIL, Major Rule Change, ESPN Layoffs, and NASCAR Hits Streets of Chicago

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87. Mental Health Could Cause Major Ripple Effects Across College Basketball

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86. UConn Wins For Fifth Time

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85. 2023 Final Four Preview

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84. No More Number 1 Seeds in Elite Eight

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83. Sweet 16 Preview

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82. Alabama, Texas, UCLA, and Houston Survive

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81. Fairleigh Dickinson Knocks Out Purdue, Becomes Second 16 Seed to Beat a 1 Seed

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80. Furman Knocks Out Virginia

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79. Welcome to the Fun, The First Round

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78. Selection Sunday Special Realtime Reaction to the 68 Team Draw

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77. Bubble Watch Has Penn State as the Last Possible Bid Thief

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76. Mid-Major Evening Briefing

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75. Welcome All Bandwagon Fans

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74. Miami pounds Duke

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73. Matt’s Basket

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72. Thinking About Los Angeles and San Francisco, Plus Some Games Worth A Peek on Tuesday Night

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71. From the Road--A Special Christmas Message, brief review of 2022 and a look ahead to 2023

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70. Gonzaga-Alabama in Birmingham a Sweet 16 atmosphere, Field of 68 broadcasts their first game

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69. UC Regents In Historic Vote Approves UCLA to Join the Big Ten

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68. College Hoops Wake Up Call: Dec. 6, 2022 Kentucky Wins Overseas in London, Tar Heels Lose 4th Straight

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67. 2022-2023 Season Preview. It’s All About NIL

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66. Everything You Need To Know About NIL

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Ep 6-19 NCAA President Dr. Mark Emmert To Step Down No Later Than June 30, 2023

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Ep 6-18 Kansas Rock. Chalk. Champions for 2022

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Ep 6-17 North Carolina Triumphs Over Duke In Most Intense Final Four Game Ever, Coach K Loses For Last Time

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Ep 6-16 North Carolina vs. Duke Features Lots of Juicy Storylines, And No Better Place To Stage This Enormous Drama Than in New Orleans

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Ep 6-15 Sweet 16 Preview

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Ep 6-14 Very Brief Thoughts on My Bracket Picks

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Ep 6-13 Special Podcast Selection Sunday 2022, My Realtime Reactions

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Ep 6-12 Final Weekend of Conference Tournament Action

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Ep 6-11 Virtual Class Is In Session

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Ep 6-10 Juwan Howard Thoughts and Yes, Handshakes Should Continue

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Ep 6-9b Brief Conclusion to Prior Pod

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Ep 6-9 Kentucky Throttles Kansas

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Ep 6-8 Dick Vitale Shuts It Down in 2021-2022, Kansas Wins in 2OT

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Ep 6-7 USC and Baylor Suffer Their First Loss, Plus Some Nail Biting Finishes with Auburn and Kansas

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Ep 6-6 Undercover Boss, NY Times Buys The Athletic, NIL Talk, and More

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Ep 6-5 Baylor Back On Top and Houston Became Angry Over Non-Goaltending Call That Wasn’t Called

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Ep 6-4 Duke Returns to #1 Ranking and Brief Recap of Feast Week

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Ep 6-3 Purdue Looks Impressive Over Villanova

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Ep 6-2 Pair of Huge Non-Conference Games Kick Off First Friday of Season

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Ep 6-1 2021-2022 Men’s Basketball Season Preview

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Ep 5-27 Part 2 from Monday's Podcast

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Ep 5-26 FDA Approves Pfizer Vaccine

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Ep 5-25 Why Is Tokyo Is Staging The Olympics in a State of Emergency?

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Ep 5-24 NCAA Formally Adopts NIL Policy

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Ep 5-23 NCAA Adopts Interim NIL Policy

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Ep 5-22b One Point of Clarification

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Ep 5-22 SCOTUS Rules 9-0 Giving Athletes Educational Compensation

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Ep 5-21 More on Why Coach K Decided to Coach For One Final Season

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38. Coach K to Retire After 2021-2022 Season

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37. Catching Up With Recruiting News, Impending NIL Vote, and Is Flopping Ruining the Sport?

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36. NCAA President Dr. Mark Emmert Receives Contract Extension Until Dec. 31, 2025 Why??????????

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35. Final Thoughts on This Unprecedented 2021 NCAA Tournament

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34. Baylor Dominates Gonzaga, Perfect Season Goes Down in Flames

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33. 2021 National Championship Preview--Number 1 Gonzaga vs. 2 Baylor

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32. Gonzaga Steamrolls USC and UCLA Holds Off Michigan

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31. Oregon Shocks Iowa, Luka Garza’s College Career Ends on Sad Note

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30. Oral Roberts Joins Dunk City into Sweet Sixteen

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29. VCU Rams Suffer Positive COVID-19 Cases, Withdraws From 2021 NCAA Tournament

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28. Ninth Ever 15 Seed Knocks Out a 2 Seed, Oral Roberts Wins in OT Over Ohio State

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27. Hoosier Hysteria Supersized, 2021 NCAA Tournament Initial Thoughts

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26. Five Bids Decided on Tuesday and Major Milestone Reached in My Blog

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25. Virginia Wins ACC, Villanova Sees Another Major Injury, and Illinois Edges Ohio State

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24. Michigan Wins at Ohio State In Probably the Game of The Year, Plus Some Major NCAA Storylines

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23. NCAA Tournament Protocols In Place

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22. BIG TIME ALERT—NCAA Tournament Dates Are Set

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21. Indianapolis Chosen As NCAA Tournament Will Play All 67 Games in One State

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20. College Basketball Plays On During COVID: Will The Season Actually Finish?

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19. We Made It—The Season Has Finally Arrived

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18. 2021 NCAA Tournament Will Be in One Location

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17. Alabama Football Head Coach Nick Saban has tested positive for COVID-19

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16. Zany Times Continue—Both in College Basketball and Elsewhere

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