Matt Norlander
@norlander.bsky.social
Senior Writer and talking head for CBS Sports. Music obsessive 🎸 Ski lover ⛷️
Pinned
Matt Norlander
@norlander.bsky.social
· Jul 24
The Top 25 (And 1) biggest stories in men's college basketball since 2000
The players, coaches, games, moments and off-the-court stories that had the greatest impact in college hoops in the past 25 years
www.cbssports.com
I wrote nearly 8,000 words on the people, moments, stories and scandals that have defined men's college basketball over the past 25 years.
A labor of love. Let's hop in the time machine!
A labor of love. Let's hop in the time machine!
Reposted by Matt Norlander
The picks were unhinged today and it was perfect. The weirder Parrish gets the better the show gets.
November 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The picks were unhinged today and it was perfect. The weirder Parrish gets the better the show gets.
I taught Parrish how to filter through data at @barttorvik.bsky.social's site a few years ago and unleashed a monster.
The perfect encapsulation of the Eye on College Basketball podcast is being in the first game of the Final Four and 1, not even halfway through the episode, and GP and @norlander.bsky.social are arguing about the appropriate start date to begin sorting data. My favorite pod duo of all time. 😂
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I taught Parrish how to filter through data at @barttorvik.bsky.social's site a few years ago and unleashed a monster.
The best win of the first two weeks of the season will belong to Purdue. Boilermakers take a third straight win in as many years against Alabama with a 87-80 W in Bama's joint. Preseason NPOY Braden Smith: 29 points, seven rebounds, four assists.
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The best win of the first two weeks of the season will belong to Purdue. Boilermakers take a third straight win in as many years against Alabama with a 87-80 W in Bama's joint. Preseason NPOY Braden Smith: 29 points, seven rebounds, four assists.
Huge game tips in less than an hour ... on ESPN2 😬
Tonight's blockbuster matchup between Purdue and Alabama is genuinely one of the most enticing non-con matchups we could possibly have.
The stakes feel so high. Will Purdue finally show their title credentials? Is this Alabama team Final Four good?
Predicted score Bama 84-82.
The stakes feel so high. Will Purdue finally show their title credentials? Is this Alabama team Final Four good?
Predicted score Bama 84-82.
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Huge game tips in less than an hour ... on ESPN2 😬
Reposted by Matt Norlander
As Army honors Coach K with a banner, Jon Scheyer sets another example for how big schools should treat scheduling—and has evolved Duke's reputation in the process.
"[We] want to be in these types of games. ... Most importantly, doing games that haven't been done before."
Story from West Point:
"[We] want to be in these types of games. ... Most importantly, doing games that haven't been done before."
Story from West Point:
On Coach K's banner night at Army Duke rolls over Black Knights
With a road game vs. the Black Knights, Scheyer honors Coach K's legacy while upgrading Duke's scheduling reputation
www.cbssports.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As Army honors Coach K with a banner, Jon Scheyer sets another example for how big schools should treat scheduling—and has evolved Duke's reputation in the process.
"[We] want to be in these types of games. ... Most importantly, doing games that haven't been done before."
Story from West Point:
"[We] want to be in these types of games. ... Most importantly, doing games that haven't been done before."
Story from West Point:
From last night's pod: It's great to see Louisville All The Way Back.
Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ_J...
Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ_J...
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
From last night's pod: It's great to see Louisville All The Way Back.
Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ_J...
Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ_J...
For the average invested sports fan, Duke probably still triggers a lot of dislike, but it unquestionably is more likable on the whole than it was from 1990-2018. Zion was the most likable Duke star ever and Scheyer has handled the job with aplomb.
is Duke “likable” now as a program? Seems scheyer is hard to hate from an opposing fan perspective like K was. They play road games now which the haters complained about. Last few years some really likable players (kon/maluach) and even the stars (Flagg, McCain) weren’t hated like Allen, redick etc
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
For the average invested sports fan, Duke probably still triggers a lot of dislike, but it unquestionably is more likable on the whole than it was from 1990-2018. Zion was the most likable Duke star ever and Scheyer has handled the job with aplomb.
As Army honors Coach K with a banner, Jon Scheyer sets another example for how big schools should treat scheduling—and has evolved Duke's reputation in the process.
"[We] want to be in these types of games. ... Most importantly, doing games that haven't been done before."
Story from West Point:
"[We] want to be in these types of games. ... Most importantly, doing games that haven't been done before."
Story from West Point:
On Coach K's banner night at Army Duke rolls over Black Knights
With a road game vs. the Black Knights, Scheyer honors Coach K's legacy while upgrading Duke's scheduling reputation
www.cbssports.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As Army honors Coach K with a banner, Jon Scheyer sets another example for how big schools should treat scheduling—and has evolved Duke's reputation in the process.
"[We] want to be in these types of games. ... Most importantly, doing games that haven't been done before."
Story from West Point:
"[We] want to be in these types of games. ... Most importantly, doing games that haven't been done before."
Story from West Point:
Reposted by Matt Norlander
Of all the pomp and circumstance and ceremony of Duke’s visit to Army on Veterans Day in honor of both schools’ former basketball coach, there was one event Mike Krzyzewski had anticipated most: a quiet lunch with four of his former Army players.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/colle...
www.newsobserver.com/sports/colle...
Coach K’s career comes full circle with visit to West Point, former Army players
The foundation for former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s success was laid at Army, which celebrated his career while hosting the Blue Devils on Veterans Day.
www.newsobserver.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Of all the pomp and circumstance and ceremony of Duke’s visit to Army on Veterans Day in honor of both schools’ former basketball coach, there was one event Mike Krzyzewski had anticipated most: a quiet lunch with four of his former Army players.
www.newsobserver.com/sports/colle...
www.newsobserver.com/sports/colle...
At midnight ET, the Eye on College Basketball Podcast will be LIVE for a special Tuesday show.
We'll talk about every interesting score/game from the night, and if you're a night owl, we'd love if you hopped in the chat and added to the convo. See you in 15 mins.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ_J...
We'll talk about every interesting score/game from the night, and if you're a night owl, we'd love if you hopped in the chat and added to the convo. See you in 15 mins.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ_J...
Louisville knocks off No. 9 Kentucky; Illinois holds off Texas Tech; Tuesday college hoops recap!
YouTube video by CBS Sports College Basketball
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
At midnight ET, the Eye on College Basketball Podcast will be LIVE for a special Tuesday show.
We'll talk about every interesting score/game from the night, and if you're a night owl, we'd love if you hopped in the chat and added to the convo. See you in 15 mins.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ_J...
We'll talk about every interesting score/game from the night, and if you're a night owl, we'd love if you hopped in the chat and added to the convo. See you in 15 mins.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ_J...
Gonzaga: Likely underrated.
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Gonzaga: Likely underrated.
Good on Jon Scheyer to do this. It’s awesome to see Duke play at Army’s home base.
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Good on Jon Scheyer to do this. It’s awesome to see Duke play at Army’s home base.
Hello from West Point.
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Hello from West Point.
Gonna be a long Year 1 in Cincinnati.
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Gonna be a long Year 1 in Cincinnati.
The thing that's going to get the Tush Push banned isn't that Philly is so good at running it. It's because the Eagles themselves cheat and jump early so often — with the officials failing to catch it in real time.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The thing that's going to get the Tush Push banned isn't that Philly is so good at running it. It's because the Eagles themselves cheat and jump early so often — with the officials failing to catch it in real time.
I love great writing about great music and this place has delivered the goods for a generation. Thankfully, Stereogum will keep going — but if you have the means to support by subscribing, please consider doing so.
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I love great writing about great music and this place has delivered the goods for a generation. Thankfully, Stereogum will keep going — but if you have the means to support by subscribing, please consider doing so.
This is one of the best in-game dunks I've ever seen at the college level — and it was by none other than the son of Dominique Wilkins. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph1Z...
DUNK OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE⁉️ Dominique Wilkins' son throws down WINDMILL ALLEY-OOP slam 🤯 | ESPN CBB
YouTube video by ESPN
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This is one of the best in-game dunks I've ever seen at the college level — and it was by none other than the son of Dominique Wilkins. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph1Z...
Reposted by Matt Norlander
NEW EXTRA POINTS:
Schools, large and small, are dragging their feet on releasing ANY sort of athlete compensation or House settlement figures via open records request.
Their arguments are not convincing. Releasing the files will help (almost) everybody.
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/forget-com...
Schools, large and small, are dragging their feet on releasing ANY sort of athlete compensation or House settlement figures via open records request.
Their arguments are not convincing. Releasing the files will help (almost) everybody.
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/forget-com...
Forget "competitive harm." Just release the NIL files.
Keeping House data private doesn't help anybody ... except probably agents.
www.extrapointsmb.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
NEW EXTRA POINTS:
Schools, large and small, are dragging their feet on releasing ANY sort of athlete compensation or House settlement figures via open records request.
Their arguments are not convincing. Releasing the files will help (almost) everybody.
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/forget-com...
Schools, large and small, are dragging their feet on releasing ANY sort of athlete compensation or House settlement figures via open records request.
Their arguments are not convincing. Releasing the files will help (almost) everybody.
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/forget-com...
Folks … I don’t recommend taking two hours w/ traffic to get to the airport, waiting through two delays, then having your flight canceled 5 mins before you were supposed to begin boarding.
The Delta situation at JFK is a catastrophe. Time to go back home.
I’ll be at Duke-Army on Tuesday instead.
The Delta situation at JFK is a catastrophe. Time to go back home.
I’ll be at Duke-Army on Tuesday instead.
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Folks … I don’t recommend taking two hours w/ traffic to get to the airport, waiting through two delays, then having your flight canceled 5 mins before you were supposed to begin boarding.
The Delta situation at JFK is a catastrophe. Time to go back home.
I’ll be at Duke-Army on Tuesday instead.
The Delta situation at JFK is a catastrophe. Time to go back home.
I’ll be at Duke-Army on Tuesday instead.
Reposted by Matt Norlander
In May, New Haven raised $9 million in 18 days and beat the buzzer to join D-I. Its home gym seats 867 people.
On Saturday, it hosted a Big Ten team.
Here's the story of why and how it happened.
"There's some coaches said to me, including coaches in the Big Ten, 'Are you crazy?' But yeah, I am."
On Saturday, it hosted a Big Ten team.
Here's the story of why and how it happened.
"There's some coaches said to me, including coaches in the Big Ten, 'Are you crazy?' But yeah, I am."
How a team in its first year in Division I got a Big Ten program to play a game at its 867-seat arena
New Haven's gym has an official capacity of only 867, and on Saturday, it pulled off a coup: playing host to a Big Ten program
www.cbssports.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In May, New Haven raised $9 million in 18 days and beat the buzzer to join D-I. Its home gym seats 867 people.
On Saturday, it hosted a Big Ten team.
Here's the story of why and how it happened.
"There's some coaches said to me, including coaches in the Big Ten, 'Are you crazy?' But yeah, I am."
On Saturday, it hosted a Big Ten team.
Here's the story of why and how it happened.
"There's some coaches said to me, including coaches in the Big Ten, 'Are you crazy?' But yeah, I am."
I'm afraid the world we once knew and existed in blinked in an instant. Our reality is a new one. Because the Bears keep winning games that the laws of physics make impossible.
/looks at upcoming schedule
Ah, here it comes.
🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻
/looks at upcoming schedule
Ah, here it comes.
🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I'm afraid the world we once knew and existed in blinked in an instant. Our reality is a new one. Because the Bears keep winning games that the laws of physics make impossible.
/looks at upcoming schedule
Ah, here it comes.
🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻
/looks at upcoming schedule
Ah, here it comes.
🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻
Snowflakes falling at Soldier Field in early November
a man and a woman are looking at a map and the words it 's breathtaking are displayed
Alt: Bears
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Snowflakes falling at Soldier Field in early November
In May, New Haven raised $9 million in 18 days and beat the buzzer to join D-I. Its home gym seats 867 people.
On Saturday, it hosted a Big Ten team.
Here's the story of why and how it happened.
"There's some coaches said to me, including coaches in the Big Ten, 'Are you crazy?' But yeah, I am."
On Saturday, it hosted a Big Ten team.
Here's the story of why and how it happened.
"There's some coaches said to me, including coaches in the Big Ten, 'Are you crazy?' But yeah, I am."
How a team in its first year in Division I got a Big Ten program to play a game at its 867-seat arena
New Haven's gym has an official capacity of only 867, and on Saturday, it pulled off a coup: playing host to a Big Ten program
www.cbssports.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In May, New Haven raised $9 million in 18 days and beat the buzzer to join D-I. Its home gym seats 867 people.
On Saturday, it hosted a Big Ten team.
Here's the story of why and how it happened.
"There's some coaches said to me, including coaches in the Big Ten, 'Are you crazy?' But yeah, I am."
On Saturday, it hosted a Big Ten team.
Here's the story of why and how it happened.
"There's some coaches said to me, including coaches in the Big Ten, 'Are you crazy?' But yeah, I am."