When the Pac-12 announced it was canceling sports through the end of 2020, many college basketball fans worried that CBB would follow college football and splinter in the face of COVID-19. But Matt Norlander has reported that many in the college basketball world are actually quite optimistic. Today, Matt joins Tani Levitt on the show to talk bubbles, contingency plans, the soundtrack to college basketball's return, and more. Host: Tani Levitt Guest:Matt Norlander Tweet at the show! @247SportsCBBPod Follow or Subscribe to The 247Sports College Basketball Show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The deadline for NCAA players to withdraw from the NBA draft and return to school came and went this week, so we've got a whiparound with updates from 5 reporters who cover teams that got back elite talent. Tani talks to reporters from 247Sports' Baylor, Iowa,Illinois, LSU, and Arizona Stateto give you guys an update on five teams whose expectations for the 2020-2021 season just got a big boost. Host: Tani Levitt Guests: David Eickholt,Jeremy Werner, Tim Watkins, Billy Embody, Chris Karpman Tweet at the show! @247SportsCBBPod Follow or Subscribe to The 247Sports College Basketball Show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
247Sports Basketball Recruiting Analyst Brian Snow joins Tani Levitt on the show with the latest news in a fast-moving college basketball offseason. First, Brian gives the scoop on new Iowa State commit Tyrese Hunter, then he breaks down the latest news on 5 star guard Trevor Keels, a pair of 3 stars who transferred schools, and Depaul leaving it's traditional recruiting neighborhood twice in one offseason. Check out Brian's article about Tyrese Hunter and his National Hoops Recruiting Notebook. Host: Tani Levitt Guest:Brian Snow Tweet at the show! @247SportsCBBPod Follow or Subscribe to The 247Sports College Basketball Show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's been a busy week in college basketball recruiting with major commitments every day of the week and a 247Sports rankings update for the class of 2022. To break it all down Tani invited to the most junior and senior members of the 247Sports basketball rankings council, Travis Branham and Jerry Meyer to talk about the commitments and rankings update respectively. Emoni Bates is king, but Travis and Jerry say this class is deep even after #1. Host: Tani Levitt Guest:Travis Branham, Jerry Meyer Tweet at the show! @247SportsCBBPod Follow or Subscribe to The 247Sports College Basketball Show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Elite wing Jonathan Kuminga reclassified from 2021 to 2020 and will enter the G-League developmental program. Tani calls up 247Sports College Basketball expert Brian Snow to break it down. Host: Tani Levitt Guest:Brian Snow Tweet at the show! @247SportsCBBPod Follow or Subscribe to The 247Sports College Basketball Show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5 Star center Moussa Cisse just announced on 247Sports.com that he will be attending the University of Memphis. the #9 prospect in the 247Sports Composite for the class of 2020 chose the tigers over Florida State, LSU, Kentucky, Georgetown and other major basketball powers. To break down this news Tani calls up Brooks Hansen, the founder of GoTigers247, 247Sports'. Memphis site. Host: Tani Levitt Guest:Brooks Hansen Tweet at the show! @247SportsCBBPod Follow or Subscribe to The 247Sports College Basketball Show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sam Webb joins Tani Levitt on the show to check in on the Big Ten. With three legit national title contenders, and a sizable group of potential tournament teams, the Big Ten is in contention to be the country's top league for the second year in a row. But before the Big Ten preview, Tani runs down some of the latest college sports news, and breaks down how and why the football and fall sports news matter for basketball. Host: Tani Levitt Guest:Sam Webb Tweet at the show! @247SportsCBBPod Follow or Subscribe to The 247Sports College Basketball Show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We were all set to run another conference summer check in episode when late on Thursday night, 5 star center Makur Maker, the #17 prospect in the 247Sports Composite for the class of 2020 committed to play for the Howard Bisons over UCLA, Kentucky and Memphis. So Tani called up Steven Gaither from HBCU Gameday to discuss how it all went down, what this means for Howard, and just how good Makur will be in the MEAC. Then, Tani calls up Jeff Ermann, the publisher of Inside Maryland Sports to discuss Under Armour's collapse and their decision to break ties with UCLA. Host: Tani Levitt Guests: Steven Gaither, Jeff Ermann Tweet at the show! @247SportsCBBPod Follow or Subscribe to The 247Sports College Basketball Show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emoni Bates, the top player in the class of 2022, and indeed the entirety of high school basketball, committed to Michigan State, and Tani brings on 247Sports Recruiting Analyst Brian Snow to get his immediate reaction to this commitment. Why now? Will Emoni ever attend Michigan State? Will his commitment impact coach Tom Izzo's 2021 and 2022 recruiting? All that and more on this emergency episode of the 247Sports College Basketball Show. Host: Tani Levitt Guest:Brian Snow Tweet at the show! @247SportsCBBPod Follow or Subscribe to The 247Sports College Basketball Show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brian Snow joins Tani on the pod to continue the Summer Check In series on the pod. Today they discuss the wide open SEC. Lots of roster turnover and high level recruiting make the SEC hard to project and very fun to discuss. Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas headline, but many others are on their heels. Then in part two, Jerry Meyer joins the show to break down the new top-150 for the class of 2021. With no new games to watch, the recruiting council dug into the tape, added a new five star to the fold, and highlighted some of their favorite players. You can read Kevin Flaherty's SEC Summer Check In along with all of 247Sports' 2021 rankings release content on 247sports.com. Host: Tani Levitt Guests:Brian Snow, Jerry Meyer Tweet at the show! @247SportsCBBPod Follow or Subscribe to The 247Sports College Basketball Show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Learn more about your...