Episodes

  • 21 | UCONN & Purdue vs the Field? + Rick Pitino The Content Machine
    Feb 21 2024
    Brian and Tim are back to discuss some of the big games from the weekend, including UCONN thumping Marquette, Purdue losing at Ohio State, Houston over Iowa State and what to make of what the top tier is in the sport right now. Plus, the guys have to react to another unreal press conference from Rick Pitino and the epic record-breaking game from Caitlin Clark. Subscribe the show wherever you get podcasts and watch the show on YouTube!
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    39 mins
  • 20 | UNC Runs the ACC, Nobody Wins at Kansas, and Preserving Our Great Game
    Feb 7 2024
    Brian and Tim return to break down the recent North Carolina vs Duke game while watching UNC lose live at Clemson. Harrison Ingram's value is obvious. Does the ACC really run through Armando Bacot? Then Brian reluctantly brings up Kansas, the great win vs Houston and their infuriating loss to Kansas State. Houston is still a title contender and Tim continues to fight for the ACC. The boys try to tier the top teams and separate the title contenders from the really good. And finally a light conversation about Rick Pitino's tweets and Tim makes a golf comparison.
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    37 mins
  • 19 | Ed Cooley Providence Return, Houston's D, Kansas Panic Meter
    Jan 31 2024
    Brian and Tim are back to recap the major storylines from the week in College Basketball, including Ed Cooley's return to Providence and the interesting college basketball Twitter discourse over a documentary about Ed Cooley and Providence. The guys also react to some big wins recently for Houston, Kansas getting off to a surprisingly bad start in Big 12 play, preview the big games this weekend, talk UCONN, Big East and much more. Subscribe to the pod today to stay updated on all the latest college basketball news and you can also watch the show on our YouTube page.
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    38 mins
  • 18 | ACC Disrespect, Welcome Big Z, The Pitino Factor
    Jan 24 2024
    It's time for a discussion about the ACC. Brian McLaughlin and Tim Leonard try to decipher how the perception of the league has changed and what to do about it. Has it even gotten to the point of disrespect? Tim makes the case for the league's trump card. Then the boys welcome Kentucky's new center "Big Z" to college basketball. They wrap up the show with some thoughts on the Illinois/Terrence Shannon situation and Rick Pitino's flare for the dramatic.
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    38 mins
  • 17 | Top 5 National Title Contenders In A College Basketball Year Where No One Is Elite
    Jan 16 2024
    After all the shake up in the AP Top 25 poll this week and a upset-laden week, Brian and Tim sit down to try to complete the difficult exercise of identifying which teams we actually consider "National Title Contenders" right now. The two each rank their list of the Top 5 title contenders and naturally Tim's number 1 isn't on Brian's list and Tim's number 4 is Brian's number 1. Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get pods and you can now watch the Just College Hoops show on YouTube. Also follow the show on TikTok and Twitter!
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    39 mins
  • 16 | Not so fast Michigan (Basketball), Illinois without Shannon & Hunter Dickinson is at it again
    Jan 9 2024
    After the Holiday break Brian McLaughlin and Tim Leonard return to catch you up on all things College Basketball and move on from the College Football season. Brian starts with a Michigan take and Juwan Howard made a puzzling decision in the Wolverine loss to Penn State (1:48). They bring up the Terrence Shannon situation at Illinois and how the Illini may adapt without him. How'd they looked against Purdue (11:55)? After some more Boilermaker debate they revisit the most captivating basketball game of the season (23:10) and their mutual (Caleb) Love for Arizona. Hunter Dickinson's antics are back in a big way and it comes in his Big 12 debut (28:00) and Tim wraps up the show with some shoutouts (32:00).
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    38 mins
  • 15 | Seven Unbeaten's Left, Can We Trust Purdue, Massive Saturday Slate Ahead
    Dec 12 2023
    Already getting greedy for Saturday's incredible slate Brian McLaughlin and Tim Leonard begin the show by looking ahead to Arizona vs Purdue (1:30). They criticize Houston's non-conference schedule (9:00) and Tim runs down the rest of the undefeated teams (12:00). Clemson is getting a lot of national love but what is the Tigers ceiling (16:40)? Wrapping up the last week of action with some Colorado/Miami thoughts as well as Purdue/Alabama (22:00). To conclude the show it's time to daydream about Saturday's matchups (30:45) and another Michigan State check-in where Tom Izzo sounds more panicked about the Spartans than Brian (34:00).
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    38 mins
  • 14 | Vermont's Wild Ending, UCONN's MSG statement & Blue Blood Panic Meters
    Dec 6 2023
    Brian McLaughlin and Tim Leonard are back to recap another wild stretch of college hoops that included several big upsets over the weekend and a thrilling Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. The boys have to start with Brian's perspective of being on the play-by-play call of the epic ending to the Vermont/Yale game. Then they dive into some of the surprise teams in college basketball this season like Wisconsin, Illinois, BYU, Oklahoma and Clemson. Brian and Tim also evaluate Nova, Duke, UNC and Kentucky after some major upsets to blue bloods.
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    35 mins