The ACC announced that its 5-year run of playing 20 conference games is over. Austin Oerman dives into the league's rationale for the change, why he understands it, and why he hates the message it sends and the factors that led the league to this decision.

After that, he dives into what a pod-style regular season would look like for the Big Ten if it were to follow some of the ACC's ideas.

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Illinois Men's Basketball has hit the recruiting trail hard... in Montenegro, for older players. How much college eligibility should international prospects with professional experience receive if they come state-side?

Austin Oerman dives into that question before discussing some interesting prospects invited to the NBA Draft Combine.

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Join Austin Oerman as he dissects the early team winners of the transfer portal in the Big Ten and across the country.

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Austin Oerman discusses the five transfers that Nebraska MBB has added to its roster so far in the cycle and the roles he thinks each player could fill for the 2025-26 Huskers.

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Join Austin Oerman for some more Nebraska MBB regular season retrospective. First, he dives into teams with similar resumes and offensive and defensive statistics before handing out letter grade report cards with Husker hall of famer Erick Strickland.

As always, the show wrapped with the things Austin loved in college hoops this week.

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It's been a busy week at The Ticket and Austin didn't have as much time as he wanted to prep a full show. So, he spoke from his head and heart about Duke Men's Basketball's best one-and-done players since 2010.

He started off by tiering the OaDs by position before constructing some of his favorite lineups with only Duke MBB OaDs.

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Austin Oerman has read the experts - have they convinced him that the NCAA Tournament should expand or is he even firmer in his belief that 64 (or 68) is the perfect number?

You can also catch a replay of a conversation with the vice president of Big Ten Men's Basketball, Brad Taylor, before hearing what Austin loved about college hoops this week.

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Join Austin Oerman and guest Steve Marik as they draft the players that will have a seamless transition from college hoops to their post-work pickup runs because of how they play the game. Vote for which team would win on Twitter by following or searching for @austin_oerman!

Austin also told you why you shouldn't worry about Bracketology and gave you what he loved in college hoops this week.