Tourney Time 2024 (Part 2)!
Luke and Brison look at the Midwest and South brackets!
Mar 19, 2024•39 min
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Tourney Time 2024 (Part 1)
Luke and Brison review this year's bracket!
Mar 19, 2024•31 min
Tip Off Time
Brison and Luke are back to preview the season and give their best guesses on who will be important in the upcoming season. (Note: podcast was recorded November 4, 2023.)
Nov 20, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Happy Selection Sunday!
This week, Luke and Brison discuss all things Selection Sunday! They give their quick reaction to each region with a gut-instinct championship pick.
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Where Have All the Great Guards Gone?
This week, Luke and Brison discuss the state of March Madness, if any great guards still exist in college basketball, their first round of blind resumes, and catch up on their Eliminator picks.
Feb 23, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Keep It Trending
This week, Luke and Brison discuss teams who are cratering, teams that are rising, which coaches will replace the Hall of Famers, and this week's Eliminator picks.
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Big 12 vs. Coach Cal
This week, Luke and Brison talk about whether the Big 12 can get 10 teams into the tourney, if Coach Cal should consider reserving a moving van, and decide their latest championship eliminator picks.
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Hunting for a Champion
This week, Luke and Brison catch up on all of the college basketball happenings since Thanksgiving and start a new game of determining a champion. Although our recording schedule may not be super regular this season, please read our content at basketballwithglasses.substack.com .
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Turkey Tourney Time
This week, Luke and Brison discuss some early season highlights, pontificate about the new look Mountaineers and their dark horse potential (okay, it's mostly Brison), and they try to take in all of the Turkey Day basketball tournaments coming this week.
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Tremendous Awakening (Part 2)
In Part 2, Luke and Brison quickly move through conference previews and national award winner predictions. Then, they play a $100 dollar bets, because we are poorer than Bill Simmons, and wrap with their national championship predictions.
Nov 07, 2022•57 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Tremendous Awakening (Part 1)
In part 1 this week, Luke and Brison dive into their season preview with a new game, Around the World. They talk Louisville's losses vs. Oscar Tshiebwe double-doubles, Gonzaga's KenPom aspirations, and Oral Roberts. They also go through coaching quotes to determine "Duck, Duck, Duke" (43:00) and make their Final Four predictions (54:00). Don't forget to check Part 2!
Nov 07, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 2
The Boys are Back
This week, Luke and Brison dive into the pre-season headfirst. They might have hit their head on the bottom, but they still come up with a top 5 and discuss key offseason topics including conference realignment.
Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Episode 18: Offseason Fun (Pt. 1)
This week, Luke and Brison discuss a variety of offseason news, including Oscar's return to Lexington, Jay Wright's exit in Philadelphia, and other topics worth watching in the offseason.
May 04, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Episode 17: Plan Your Offseason
In this delay-published podcast, Luke and Brison discuss how the Jayhawks brought the banner back to Kansas (1:00), whether one-and-dones are capable of winning it all (31:30), and the best semi-finals of years past (51:00).
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Episode 16: Sweet 16
This week, Luke and Brison breakdown why UK ultimately busted in the Round of 64, what the future of Coach Cal may hold, and dive deep on the Sweet Sixteen matchups.
Mar 22, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Episode 15: Selection Sunday Special!
This week, Luke reveals the bracket to Brison and they pick superlatives for this year's bracket.
Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Episode 14: Blind Your Resume
This week, Luke and Brison draft 1-bid conferences which will provide the most tourney wins, play a fun blind resume game, and make bold predictions (with an asterisk).
Mar 02, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Episode 13: The Golden 16
This week, Luke and Brison breakdown the committee's release of the top 16 teams (1:00), play Love It or List It with Maryland and Louisville (30:00), and try to find this year's 2014 UCONN (1:02:00.
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Episode 12: Find Your Context
This week, Luke and Brison dive into the depths of comparing predictive and results-drive analytics (1:30), try to figure out why Providence has been mostly good and terrible twice (31:00), and why Kentucky Sports Radio's article on "KenPom Top 15 Offense/Defense" was a flawed premise from the start (40:00).
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Episode 11: Publish Your Pod!
This week, Luke and Brison discuss the latest lineup data from EvanMiya (2:00), why ESPN has lost the touch when it comes to broadcasting basketball games (36:00), and how each bracketologist currently stacks up (49:00).
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Episode 10: Who's in Your 5?
This week, Luke and Brison breakdown their top 5 teams at the moment (2:30), dig into strength of schedule indicators (44:30), and discuss teams that have the highest chance to create a season to remember (53:30).
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Episode 9: Invest in Your Coach
This week, Luke and Brison talk about 'scrap rate' (4:00), discuss why no college team has been able to capture the magic of Warriors (20:00), play mad libs with old game recap articles (33:00), and finally unveil their Coaching Stock Market game (40:00).
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Episode 8: Match Your Story
This week, Brison and Luke catch up on the COVID issues plaguing college basketball, which teams this season match well with historical team storylines from seasons past, determine what is a 'bad loss' for teams, and give their Conference Champion picks 2.0. *Note: This episode was recorded January 3, 2022.
Jan 05, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Team Tracker: Kentucky
This week, Brison dives into Wildcat basketball. Some interesting notes from the analytical profile of UK, with a dissection of their offensive strengths, defensive weaknesses, and what matchups might cause issues for UK moving forward. Plus, an special Western Kentucky matchup preview at the end of the episode.
Dec 22, 2021•39 min
Episode 7: Find Your Champion
This week, Luke and Brison discuss the Week 6 AP Poll and it's championship implications (3:45), the current state of championship benchmarks for teams early in the year (30:00), try to figure out what Jerry Palm was thinking with his latest bracketology (44:15), and give a quick rundown on the state of the Player of the Year race (55:00).
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Team Tracker: Purdue
Brison takes an in-depth look at Purdue on offense, defense, and what matchups will cause the Boilermakers fits (besides Rutgers).
Dec 10, 2021•25 min
Episode 6: Crown Your Conference
This week, Brison and Luke dive into a detailed breakdown and ranking of conferences so far this season (5:00), discuss whether effective field goal percentage or shot volume is more important for winning (21:30), determine if the sky is falling for Duke or Gonzaga following a tough week (39:40), and they make their picks for conference champs for the top 6 conferences according to KenPom (52:45).
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Team Tracker: Gonzaga
Brison puts Gonzaga under the magnifying glass, taking a look at offensive and defensive tendencies with a final look at the who matches up best (and worst) with Gonzaga.
Dec 03, 2021•29 min
Episode 5: Pick Your #1
This week, Brison and Luke dive into who is the best team in the country (4:20), which 3 man units are the best in the country (22:00), dive deep into a Chet/Paolo conversation, and discuss which teams are on the edge of championship contention based on seed and performance (54:30).
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Episode 4: Feast Your Eyes
This week, Luke and Brison dive into the first half of #FeastWeek games, play a new game of "Final Four or Bust" (30:00), try to figure out if Tennessee and North Carolina are any good (46:40), and set their sights on this week's upcoming #FeastWeek slate (1:01:30).
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 4
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