The Ringer’s Tate Frazier welcomes the wonky offseason with open arms by discussing the latest headlines, including Cooper Flagg’s draft decision, Braden Smith returning to Purdue, Ian Jackson joining Rick Pitino, and Nate Ament committing to Tennessee (0:36)! Then, 2019 MOP and newly named Nevada assistant coach Kyle Guy joins to break down his new gig in Reno, the rules of engagement in the NIL era, Ty Jerome's playoff dominance, and Virginia post–Tony Bennett (19:37). Host: Tate Frazier Guest...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 4 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier remembers a litany of story lines and happenings from the 2024-25 college basketball season before revealing the ‘OSP’ Season Superlatives, complete with a few new categories and fan favorites like Bag Guy of the Year, Sister Jean of the Year, Quote of the Year, and many more. Villanova legend Kris Jenkins then stops by to finish out the awards and discuss his lawsuit vs. the NCAA. Host: Tate Frazier Guest: Kris Jenkins Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad c...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 5 min
The Ringer’s Tate Frazier is joined by J. Kyle Mann to discuss Florida winning its third national championship, key moments from its win vs. Houston, and a breakdown of Houston’s final two possessions (0:55). Then they discuss MOP Walter Clayton Jr.’s four big moments in this game, Todd Golden’s coronation, big-picture Final Four takeaways, final thoughts from OSP’s San Antonio trip, and more (17:56). Host: Tate Frazier Guest: J. Kyle Mann Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices...
Apr 08, 2025•43 min
The Ringer’s Tate Frazier is joined by J. Kyle Mann to discuss Houston’s miraculous comeback vs. Duke (1:29), Florida’s hard-fought win over Auburn (20:44), and a quick look-ahead to the national championship matchup between Houston and Florida (33:05). Host: Tate Frazier Guest: J. Kyle Mann Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 06, 2025•48 min
The Ringer’s Tate Frazier shares his quick breakdown of this year’s Final Four matchups: Florida-Auburn and Duke-Houston (2:05). Next Tate is joined by Ian Eagle to discuss preparing for his second year calling the Final Four, calling Auburn’s Elite Eight win in Atlanta, highlighting the story lines for all four remaining teams, Cooper Flagg chasing the accomplishments of Carmelo Anthony and Anthony Davis, and more (11:27). Finally, Tate closes the show with some shout-outs and transfer portal n...
Apr 02, 2025•1 hr 6 min
We have a Final Four! The Ringer’s Tate Frazier is joined by J. Kyle Mann to discuss Houston dominating Tennessee and Auburn toppling Michigan State (1:49), before looking ahead to the Final Four in San Antonio (25:021). Host: Tate Frazier Guest: J. Kyle Mann Producer: Kyle Crichton The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 31, 2025•49 min
The Ringer’s Tate Frazier is joined by Steven Ruiz to discuss both of Saturday’s Elite Eight games. They talk about Florida’s late comeback win vs. Texas Tech (2:08) and Duke dominating Alabama by 20 points (18:42), before discussing Sunday’s Elite Eight matchups and Maryland coach Kevin Willard officially accepting the head job at Villanova (31:31). Host: Tate Frazier Guest: Steven Ruiz Producer: Kyle Crichton The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn ...
Mar 30, 2025•47 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier is joined by Steven Ruiz to recap all of Friday's Sweet 16 games including Houston's last-second victory over Purdue (1:55), Auburn's late surge to defeat Michigan 78-65 (11:50), Tom Izzo and Michigan State finding a way to beat Ole Miss (21:46), and Tennessee's convincing victory over Kentucky (30:22), before looking ahead to the Florida-Texas Tech and Duke-Alabama Elite 8 matchups on Saturday (38:24). Host: Tate Frazier Guest: Steven Ruiz Producer: Kyle Crichton The R...
Mar 29, 2025•55 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier is joined by J. Kyle Mann to discuss an incredible late window with Texas Tech's overtime win against Arkansas (1:55), and incredible displays from Cooper Flagg and Caleb Love in Duke's 100-93 victory over Arizona (16:41). Then, they discuss Alabama breaking the tournament record for 3-point attempts and makes vs. BYU (24:54), and Florida rolling past Maryland, before trying to identify Friday's "Game of the Day" (34:54). Host: Tate Frazier Guest: J. Kyle Mann Producer:...
Mar 28, 2025•54 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier is joined by Eamonn Brennan to discuss some of the tournament discourse heading into the Sweet 16 (1:45), before they preview every Sweet 16 matchup (16:51). Then Tate talks with Rob Riggle about experiencing the tournament when your team exits in the first round, Kansas's loss to Arkansas, hosting Late Night in Allen Fieldhouse, and more (45:51). Host: Tate Frazier Guests: Eamonn Brennan and Rob Riggle Producer: Kyle Crichton The Ringer is committed to responsible gami...
Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 9 min
The Sweet 16 is set! The Ringer's Tate Frazier quickly runs through some facts and figures from the first two rounds (1:42), before he is joined by J. Kyle Mann to discuss the beginning of the "madness" with Arizona surviving Oregon, Derik Queen's buzzer-beating game-winner against Colorado State (7:33), as well as Florida barely outlasting UConn, Dan Hurley's postgame comments, Duke continuing to roll, Mark Pope coming through with Kentucky's win over Illinois, the most interesting Sweet 16 mat...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 3 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier talks about the amount of missed layups in this tournament and whether the Wilson Evo NXT basketball has played a role, Arkansas-St. John's, RJ Luis Jr.'s puzzling performance, and losing two prominent characters in Rick Pitno and McNeese's Amir 'Aura' Khan (1:28). A big day for the Big 12; Houston's impressive win over Gonzaga, Drake-Texas Tech, and BYU toppling Wisconsin (29:28). Finally he talks Michigan-Texas A&M, Creighton-Auburn, UCLA-Tennessee, and more (40:26). ...
Mar 23, 2025•58 min
The Ringer’s Tate Frazier shares his three big takeaways from the end of Round 1 including Alabama’s close call vs. Robert Morris and Grant Nelson’s impact on their tournament trajectory, why UNC’s loss to Ole Miss perfectly aligns with the story of their season, and a great start for Richard Pitino and the Lobos (1:48). Then Tate is joined by Steven Ruiz to discuss the Big Ten’s tournament success, Colorado State toppling Memphis, Marquette-New Mexico, Florida and Duke dominating, UConn survivi...
Mar 22, 2025•55 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier recaps Thursday's first-round games, including Creighton-Louisville, McNeese toppling Clemson, a strong BYU performance against VCU, Gonzaga making a great first impression, Kansas-Arkansas, Drake stunning Missouri, and an exciting end to the day with UC San Diego-Michigan, and UNCW-Texas Tech (2:04). Finally, Tate is joined by AAO Harry to look at the early betting lines for Saturday's second-round matchups (23:42). Host: Tate Frazier Guest: Harry Gagnon Producer: Kyle...
Mar 21, 2025•45 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier shares his picks for the 2025 NCAA tournament (1:44) before he's joined by Anthony Dabbundo to discuss his betting approach to the tournament, favorite favorites, upsets by region, number of 1-seeds to reach the Final Four, his title pick, and more (14:50). Finally Tate and Cousin Sal pick Wednesday's play-in games, make some tournament futures bets, discuss Sal's Round 1 watch party in Las Vegas, and more (55:41). Host: Tate Frazier Guests: Anthony Dabbundo and Cousin ...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 13 min
It's a bracket deep-dive pod! The Ringer's Tate Frazier is joined by Eamonn Brennan to discuss today's dominating story of UNC sneaking into the field, most popular potential upset games, including UCSD-Michigan, Colorado State-Memphis, Purdue-High Point, and VCU-BYU (2:19), tournament coaching carousel candidates, top five games to watch on Thursday and Friday, Final Four leans, and more (28:48). Then Tate talks with ESPN's Kevin Connors about this year's Cinderella candidates, including Saint ...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 21 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier is joined by J. Kyle Mann and Steven Ruiz to share their instant reactions to the bracket unveiling for the 2025 NCAA Tournament! They run through their first impressions of all four 1-seeds and discuss the main characters of the tournament (1:43), before identifying some wild-card contenders, tournament snubs, and giving their initial Final Four picks (48:43). Host: Tate Frazier Guests: J. Kyle Mann and Steven Ruiz Producer: Kyle Crichton The Ringer is committed to res...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 15 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier runs through some of the biggest stories from the conference tournaments, including Cooper Flagg's injury against Georgia Tech, Louisville's Chucky Hepburn's walk-off buzzer-beater vs. Stanford, Otega Oweh burying his former school again, and DePaul-Creighton's double-overtime ending (1:41). Next, Tate talks with Gordon Hayward about being at the Big East Tournament in MSG, Butler's 2010 and 2011 tournament runs, the evolution of the Butler basketball brand, and more (2...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 23 min
The Ringer’s Tate Frazier runs through the seven teams that have already punched their tickets to March Madness and makes his picks for some upcoming conference tournaments, including the AAC, ACC, Big 12, Big East, and SEC clashes (3:05). Then he discusses the “fatal floaters” of the weekend from St. John’s–Marquette and Auburn-Alabama, as well as his observations from the second row of Duke-UNC. He gives his thoughts on NC State's decision to part ways with head coach Kevin Keatts and Sunday’s...
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 34 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier quickly airs his grievances with the sheer volume of "bubble" discourse (1:53), before talking with Noah Eagle of NBC Sports about calling the upcoming Big East tournament, MSG magic, Noah's Big East roots, as well as the NBA on NBC returning, calling Steph Curry's gold medal game at the Paris Olympics, and what Syracuse needs to do to get back on track (9:20). Finally, Tate makes his picks for the first wave of conference tournaments, including ASUN, Missouri Valley, B...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 17 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier is joined by Terrence Oglesby to discuss Auburn thrashing Kentucky and the ABC broadcast outage, Jahmai Mashack's buzzer-beater in Tennessee's 79-76 win over Alabama, a possible three-way tie in the ACC, controversy over whether 'College GameDay' should be in Chapel Hill for Duke-UNC, St. John's winning the Big East for the first time in 40 years, and more (1:24). Then Tate closes the show with some games to watch this week (44:20), and shout-outs, including Maryland ba...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 22 min
The Ringer’s Tate Frazier is joined by Eamonn Brennan to reexamine the importance of preseason rankings in the NIL and transfer portal era, Wooden Award watch between Cooper Flagg and Johni Broome, Otega Oweh scoring 28 points vs. his former school in Kentucky’s 83-82 win over Oklahoma, Maryland’s heartbreaking loss to Michigan State, interesting final week story lines, and more (1:25). Then Tate runs through the games to watch over the weekend (37:21), before closing the show with some shout-ou...
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 17 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier is joined by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports to discuss St. John's landslide victory over UConn at MSG, the Rick Pitino effect, Cooper Flagg and Duke's annihilation of Illinois, NPOY and Coach of the Year watch, staunch opposition to the proposed tournament expansion, and more (1:30)! Next, Tate litigates the controversial ending of Arizona-BYU and discusses the games to watch this week (32:53) before closing the show with some shout-outs, including VCU rolling, Oregon coll...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 12 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier is joined by Steven Ruiz to discuss the "Crab Five" Maryland Terrapins, Missouri's shocking upset of Alabama (1:22), HC openings at Indiana and Miami, hot seat candidates, back-to-back down years for Kansas, and John Calipari's first season at Arkansas (23:08). Finally, Tate closes the show with games to watch this weekend (53:47) and some shout-outs (1:04:12). Host: Tate Frazier Guest: Steven Ruiz Producer: Kyle Crichton The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. P...
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr 24 min
The Ringer’s Tate Frazier is joined by Kris Jenkins to discuss the biggest stories from another great weekend of college basketball, including the top 16 seeds being revealed, Alabama-Auburn, tournament expansion, St. John’s vs. Creighton, Cooper Flagg’s comments on wanting to return to Duke next season, Villanova’s up-and-down season, and more (1:43). Then Tate talks with Tennessee HC Rick Barnes about growing up in North Carolina, the SEC’s elite officiating, his relationship with Roy Williams...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 25 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier quickly hits on Dan Hurley and UConn beating Creighton in Omaha for the first time, the bedeviling SEC wins stat that continues to confuse sports pundits, and Tate's eye-test top 10 teams (1:50). Then Tate is joined by Stanford head coach Kyle Smith to discuss landing his dream job at Stanford, recruiting to build a culture, embracing "nerdball," the collapse of the Pac-12, last year's Washington State roster finding success in their new ventures, and much more (18:51)....
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 30 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier is joined by Eamonn Brennan to discuss the no. 9 ranked Saint John's and Rick Pitino’s impressive start to the season, the SEC's supremacy and an exciting matchup approaching between no. 1 Auburn and no. 2 Alabama, and the Clemson Tigers knocking off Duke and UNC in just a few days (1:47). Then they discuss Dick Vitale's return to broadcasting more than two years after stepping away for health reasons, Cooper Flagg slipping into a turnover in Duke's loss to Clemson, Jas...
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 13 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier starts the show with Fairfield's 75-foot buzzer-beater vs. Marist, San Francisco's statement win over Saint Mary's, and Ohio State's "Bruce Almighty" bank shot to beat Maryland 73-70 (2:13), before talking with Robbie Hummel about Indiana's next move now that head coach Mike Woodson is likely to retire after the season, other notable potential head coaching vacancies, and more (11:06). Finally, Tate calls out the Hoophall position awards (36:11) before closing the show ...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 21 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier is joined by J. Kyle Mann to discuss rivalry chaos at the Arizona–Arizona State game, UNC getting routed by Duke at Cameron Indoor, and John Calipari's statement win in his highly anticipated return to Rupp Arena (1:42). Then they quickly discuss the blockbuster Luka Doncic–Anthony Davis trade and why Nico Harrison will likely become the fall guy of the century (54:43), before closing the show with shout-outs, including Kansas blowing a 21-point lead to Baylor, mayhem i...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 35 min
The Ringer's Tate Frazier runs through some headlines from the week in college basketball, including Caleb Love's near full-court shot vs. Iowa State, more Mick Cronin quotes, and the game of the week: Alabama-Mississippi State (1:56). Then Tate is joined by Wes Durham of ACC Network and ESPN to discuss the state of the ACC and preview Duke-UNC on Saturday (20:43). Finally, Tate closes the show with some shoutouts, including Coach Calipari's upcoming return to 'Camelot', Maryland's big win over ...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 15 min
