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Basketball with Glasses

34 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings

Understanding college basketball, through a different lens. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

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Episodes

Tourney Time 2024 (Part 2)!

March 19, 2024 19:47 - 39 minutes - 31.2 MB

Luke and Brison look at the Midwest and South brackets! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Tourney Time 2024 (Part 1)

March 19, 2024 19:46 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MB

Luke and Brison review this year's bracket! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Tip Off Time

November 20, 2023 19:04 - 1 hour - 73.5 MB

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.) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Happy Selection Sunday!

March 13, 2023 02:04 - 1 hour - 74.1 MB

This week, Luke and Brison discuss all things Selection Sunday! They give their quick reaction to each region with a gut-instinct championship pick.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Where Have All the Great Guards Gone?

February 23, 2023 14:15 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB

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.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Keep It Trending

January 27, 2023 16:52 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB

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.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Big 12 vs. Coach Cal

January 12, 2023 02:53 - 1 hour - 62.9 MB

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.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Hunting for a Champion

December 21, 2022 04:47 - 1 hour - 66.4 MB

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.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Turkey Tourney Time

November 21, 2022 12:14 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

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.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Tremendous Awakening (Part 2)

November 07, 2022 15:04 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MB

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.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Tremendous Awakening (Part 1)

November 07, 2022 14:40 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MB

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! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

The Boys are Back

October 21, 2022 15:06 - 1 hour - 68.1 MB

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.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 18: Offseason Fun (Pt. 1)

May 04, 2022 13:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MB

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.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 17: Plan Your Offseason

April 18, 2022 19:37 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

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).  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 16: Sweet 16

March 22, 2022 19:03 - 42 minutes - 39.8 MB

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.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 15: Selection Sunday Special!

March 14, 2022 12:42 - 1 hour - 68.6 MB

This week, Luke reveals the bracket to Brison and they pick superlatives for this year's bracket.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 14: Blind Your Resume

March 02, 2022 16:28 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MB

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).  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 13: The Golden 16

February 24, 2022 17:56 - 1 hour - 70.4 MB

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.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 12: Find Your Context

February 09, 2022 12:42 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB

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).  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 11: Publish Your Pod!

February 02, 2022 13:51 - 1 hour - 67.9 MB

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).   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 10: Who's in Your 5?

January 20, 2022 15:23 - 1 hour - 59.9 MB

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).  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 9: Invest in Your Coach

January 13, 2022 18:09 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

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).  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 8: Match Your Story

January 05, 2022 14:35 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Team Tracker: Kentucky

December 22, 2021 14:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MB

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.   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 7: Find Your Champion

December 14, 2021 13:40 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

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). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Team Tracker: Purdue

December 10, 2021 14:24 - 24 minutes - 23 MB

Brison takes an in-depth look at Purdue on offense, defense, and what matchups will cause the Boilermakers fits (besides Rutgers).  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 6: Crown Your Conference

December 07, 2021 15:24 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

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).  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/sup...

Team Tracker: Gonzaga

December 03, 2021 16:26 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

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.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 5: Pick Your #1

November 30, 2021 17:14 - 1 hour - 65.1 MB

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). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 4: Feast Your Eyes

November 22, 2021 15:45 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB

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).  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 3 - Play Your Pace

November 16, 2021 16:00 - 50 minutes - 47 MB

In this week's episode, Luke and Brison review the opening week of games, dive deep on whether pace of play determines elite offenses (20:33), pick over- and underrated teams in the AP Top 25 poll (30:52), and pick the 1-loss team that we expect to climb up the KenPom rankings this week(41:42). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 2 - Pick Your Player

November 08, 2021 16:29 - 56 minutes - 36 MB

In this week's episode, Luke and Brison dive in on which players they think will make the best Wooden Award candidates, examine whether big men or guards matter more during tourney time, play a new game "Chet or Bust?", and identify undervalued players and candidates for individual awards for the upcoming season.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Episode 1 - Start Your Season

November 04, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MB

In this week's episode, Brison and Luke dive into their preseason tiers (2:16), whether continuity matters (37:25), where they disagree with the media's predictions (45:37), who they like and don't like (52:17), and their BOLD predictions for the season (63:16).  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support

Trailer Episode

October 23, 2021 21:36 - 35 seconds - 565 KB

A quick overview of what Basketball with Glasses is all about. Hope you will join us for our first full episode, coming soon.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basketballwithglasses/support