College Basketball Recruiting Weekly

About College Basketball Recruiting Weekly

Adam Finkelstein hosts experts from 247Sports basketball scouting team and 247Sports beat reporters from across the country to talk all things college basketball. Get behind the scenes recruiting analysis from the experts themselves, and localized information about the hottest teams in College Basketball.

Publisher

247Sports, NCAA Basketball, College Basketball, Recruiting, CBB Recruiting

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Mar 2019

Latest episode

17 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 136 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   17 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   🏀Men’s March Madness Bracket Preview Extravaganza: Picks, predictions for ALL 67 games ✍️

   March Madness is HERE! Join Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander as they pick the winner for EVERY game of the 2026 NCAA Tournament. They will take you from Dayton all the way to Indianapolis. Who do the guys have winning it all? Tune in to find out! (0:00) Intro + Norlander is doin’ more stuff with brackets (1:00) This is the bracket preview … it’s different from yesterday (7:00) East Region Picks & Predictions (24:00) South Region Picks & Predictions (37:45) West Region Picks & Predictions (53:00) Midwest Region Picks & Predictions (1:05:30) Who is the 12 seed or worse most likely to make a run? (1:10:00) Final Four Picks! Theme song: “Timothy Leary,” written, performed and courtesy of Guster Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Boone @DavidWCobb @TheJMULL_ Visit the ⁠betting arena on CBSSports.com⁠ for all the latest in ⁠sportsbook reviews⁠ and ⁠sportsbook promos⁠ for ⁠betting on college basketball⁠. You can listen to us on your smart speakers! Simply say, “Alexa, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast,” or “Hey, Google, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast.” Email the show for any reason whatsoever: ShoutstoCBS@gmail.com Visit Eye on College Basketball’s YouTube channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeFb_xyBgOekQPZYC7Ijilw⁠ For more college hoops coverage, visit ⁠https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/⁠ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit ⁠https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2. 

   16 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Jon Rothstein reacts to & picks every game in 2026 NCAA Tournament Bracket!

   Follow Inside College Basketball Now on Apple or Spotify Jon Rothstein breaks down his bracket. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3. 

   29 Jun 2025

   Inside College Basketball Now - Kevin Willard expects Villanova to eventually return to National Championship conversations

   Jon Rothstein interviews Kevin Willard, Villanova's head coach, about transitioning to Philadelphia, the Pope's Villanova connection, and upholding Jay Wright's legacy.

Inside a recent episode

🏀Men’s March Madness Bracket Preview Extravaganza: Picks, predictions for ALL 67 games ✍️

Published 17 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] They're hard to beat. And I just wonder where North Carolina is after losing two in a row. Understandable losses, but no Caleb Wilson. You're recalibrating with that. I guess that's me back to back 11 over sixes. Why not? Let's have some fun here. Illinois to beat Penn. I don't think it'll be close. St. Mary's A&M is... I mean, that is so interesting because these teams do not play like each other at all. St. Mary's is a defensive grinding team that is more than okay beating you 62-57. It's the best free throw shooting team in the country, by the way, St. Mary's is. And between Mikey Lewis and Paulius Mirauskas, those are two guys that they... […]

Who has been a guest on College Basketball Recruiting Weekly

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kevin Willard
• Will Wade
• Mark Pope
• Jon Rothstein

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,021,789,851

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

76 ratings

Spotify

3.5 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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Books guests

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