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Basketball with GlassesTourney Time 2024 (Part 2)!Luke and Brison look at the Midwest and South brackets!2024-03-1939 minBasketball with GlassesTourney Time 2024 (Part 1)Luke and Brison review this year's bracket!2024-03-1931 minBasketball with GlassesTip Off TimeBrison 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.)2023-11-201h 14Basketball with GlassesHappy 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. 2023-03-131h 20Basketball with GlassesWhere 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. 2023-02-231h 08Basketball with GlassesKeep It TrendingThis 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. 2023-01-271h 02Basketball with GlassesBig 12 vs. Coach CalThis 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. 2023-01-121h 07Basketball with GlassesHunting for a ChampionThis 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. 2022-12-211h 11Basketball with GlassesTurkey Tourney TimeThis 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. 2022-11-211h 02Basketball with GlassesTremendous 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. 2022-11-0757 minBasketball with GlassesTremendous 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!2022-11-0757 minBasketball with GlassesThe Boys are BackThis 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. 2022-10-211h 13
Basketball with GlassesEpisode 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. 2022-05-0445 minBasketball with GlassesEpisode 17: Plan Your OffseasonIn 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). 2022-04-181h 04Basketball with GlassesEpisode 16: Sweet 16This 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. 2022-03-2242 minBasketball with GlassesEpisode 15: Selection Sunday Special!This week, Luke reveals the bracket to Brison and they pick superlatives for this year's bracket. 2022-03-141h 14Basketball with GlassesEpisode 14: Blind Your ResumeThis 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). 2022-03-0238 minBasketball with GlassesEpisode 13: The Golden 16This 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. 2022-02-241h 16Basketball with GlassesEpisode 12: Find Your ContextThis 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). 2022-02-091h 06Basketball with GlassesEpisode 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). 2022-02-021h 13Basketball with GlassesEpisode 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). 2022-01-201h 04Basketball with GlassesEpisode 9: Invest in Your CoachThis 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). 2022-01-131h 05Basketball with GlassesEpisode 8: Match Your StoryThis 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, 2022.2022-01-051h 06Basketball with GlassesTeam Tracker: KentuckyThis 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. 2021-12-2239 minBasketball with GlassesEpisode 7: Find Your ChampionThis 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).
2021-12-141h 07Basketball with GlassesTeam Tracker: PurdueBrison takes an in-depth look at Purdue on offense, defense, and what matchups will cause the Boilermakers fits (besides Rutgers). 2021-12-1024 minBasketball with GlassesEpisode 6: Crown Your ConferenceThis 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). 2021-12-071h 09Basketball with GlassesTeam Tracker: GonzagaBrison 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. 2021-12-0328 minBasketball with GlassesEpisode 5: Pick Your #1This 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).2021-11-301h 10Basketball with GlassesEpisode 4: Feast Your EyesThis 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). 2021-11-221h 11Basketball with GlassesEpisode 3 - Play Your PaceIn 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).2021-11-1650 minBasketball with GlassesEpisode 2 - Pick Your PlayerIn 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. 2021-11-0856 minBasketball with GlassesEpisode 1 - Start Your SeasonIn 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). 2021-11-041h 16Basketball with GlassesTrailer EpisodeA quick overview of what Basketball with Glasses is all about. Hope you will join us for our first full episode, coming soon. 2021-10-2300 min