Weekend Preview: College 🏀 is having its best non-con schedule ever and this weekend’s LOADED slate is the latest evidence why

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open with the first month of the college basketball season and why the schedule is better than its ever been. Then, John Calipari's Arkansas Razorbacks get their first notable win of the season and the SEC dominates night two of the ACC/SEC Challenge. Finally, the Final Four And 1 gets you ready for what should be another spectacular weekend of hoops.

(0:00) Intro

(0:40) How we got the best schedule to start the season ever & what it means

(25:30) Arkansas gets their first major victory of the season over Louisville

(33:55) Midweek Whiparound - Texas gets stomped, Vanderbilt is plain good

(38:30) Final Four And 1

(39:15) No. 11 Gonzaga vs. No. 18 Kentucky

(45:02) No. 10 Iowa State @ No. 1 Purdue

(51:15) No. 4 Duke @ No. 7 Michigan State

(59:10) No. 6 Louisville vs. No.22 Indiana

(1:02:15) No. 13 Tennessee vs. No. 14 Illinois

(1:05:15) Norlander’s Notes

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