The Blue Ribbon College Basketball Podcasts discuss all things college hoops. Hosts Chris Dortch and Kevin Ingram welcome guests from around the country in national podcasts and conference-only podcasts.
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Blue Ribbon College Basketball Podcast, Ep. 184: The craziest offseason in college basketball history continues. Where will it all end? Don’t place too much stock in preseason exhibition games.
• The Battle for Eligibility continues.
• This could have been avoided by grandfathering in the class of 2022. Just sayin’.
• Don’t place too much stock in preseason exhibition games.
• Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook is at the binder now. Two binding plants, actually. The eligibility issue cost us 10 days in the printing process, but we’re working to make up ground. The digital edition is on sale now at blueribbonyearbook.com.
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1 Oct 2026
Blue Ribbon College Basketball Podcast, Ep. 184: The Senate agrees on a bill to take the madness out of college sports. Will it? Kevin calls the season’s first game—from a tennis stadium.
• The Senate passes a bill to save college sports from itself. Will the House follow suit? And when?
• Kevin calls the first game of the season from a tennis stadium. Yes, it was outdoors.
• The merry-go-round of lawsuits, eligibility, and countersuits continues.
• Kevin and Chris grouse about the sliced and diced rights fees to televised sports, and Chris talks about a classic album that turned 50 (yikes!) this week.
• Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook’s digital edition is on sale now, and the printed edition, which is at the printer, is available for preorder at blueribbonyearbook.com.
The Blue Ribbon College Basketball Podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blue-ribbon-college-basketball-podcasts/id1529283010), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/38a9ExBp9v6NIHxlRdRzaW?si=m5d52ikBRACj1aPw6X5BBQ) or wherever you get your podcasts.
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18 Sept 2026
Blue Ribbon College Basketball Podcast, Ep. 183: Phase I of Blue Ribbon is done! The digital edition is on sale. Breaking down our picks, talking player eligibility, and What We’re Listening To.
• It took more effort than usual this year, but despite all the eligibility issues, both foreign and domestic, our digital edition is for sale at blueribbonyearbook.com (http://blueribbonyearbook.com), and our printed versions are at the printer and available to preorder on our website.
• Would the SEC really have booted LSU for playing former professional athletes? Round one of the standoff goes to the league.
• Some teams really need fifth-year players to be eligible this season.
• In What We’re Listening To, Kevin goes to an old standby, and Chris talks about how a Martin acoustic guitar kick-started one of the greatest songs in rock and roll history.
All Blue Ribbon college basketball podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blue-ribbon-college-basketball-podcasts/id1529283010) and Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/38a9ExBp9v6NIHxlRdRzaW?si=m5d52ikBRACj1aPw6X5BBQ).
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