On today’s episode - the boys welcome back Rico Bosco after his monthlong suspension. We start things off with Baylor’s blowout win over Texas. The Bears were impressive but lost Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua. How will that impact Baylor going forward? Meanwhile, what do we make of the Longhorns? We move to three upsets from the weekend. Rutgers took down Wisconsin and nobody seems surprised. Houston lost their second in a row, this time to Memphis. And Marquette’s struggles continued in their...

On today's episode, Marty, Jake, and Reags start things off with Duke's loss to Virginia. How will Marty spinzone this one? What happened to the Blue Devils? Can the Blue Devils still grab a 1-seed? And is Duke still comfortable favorites in the ACC? We give a quick update on the WCC and it's looking worse and worse for Jake by the day. Then we go to the Big 12 where Texas picked up a gigantic win over Kansas. Is Texas back? Are the Longhorns a sneaky Final Four contender? Next - we head...

On today’s episode, everybody is a winner. Syracuse, Duke and Kentucky all pick up wins over the weekend. We start off with the Blue Devils win over UNC (04:21). Is Duke a top-tier title contender? How bad is the ACC? We then move on to the next winner of the group - The Kentucky Wildcats took care of business in Tuscaloosa (21:00). The Wildcats stay hot while the Tide continue their up and down play. Is Kentucky a top 3 team in America? Is Alabama a lock for the tournament? Next we go to...

On today's episode, Jake. Marty, and Reags start things with Chris Beard's return to Lubbock. The Beard's Longhorns lost to the Red Raiders in what was one of the craziest atmospheres in college basketball history (05:34). Will we ever see a situation like this again? Texas Tech dominated from start to finish. How dangerous is Mark Adams' squad? Over to the SEC where basketball's Iron Bowl went #1 Auburn's way (17:49). The Tigers took down the Crimson Tide essentially locking up the regular...

On today's episode, Jake and Marty welcome back a giddy Reags after Kentucky went into Allen Fieldhouse and beat down the Jayhawks (06:40). How far can this Wildcats team go in March? Could they be a one-seed in the tournament? In the other marquee SEC-Big 12 matchup, Alabama picked up one of their biggest wins of the year over Baylor (15:49). The Crimson Tide now have wins over 3 of last year's Final Four teams. How can anybody predict how far Alabama can go in March? Should we be...

On today's episode, Jake, Marty, and Big Cat start off discussing Louisville and head coach Chris Mack parting ways (02:54). Was Mack given enough time? What's next for the Cardinals? Then we move on to the early week action starting with Kansas' double overtime win against Texas Tech (08:17). Are these the two best teams in the Big 12? Next the guys discuss Alabama's downward spiral which continued Tuesday in a very bad loss to Georgia (13:18). Big Cat has a new merch idea for the...

On today’s show, Jake and Marty are joined by Reags, one of Barstool’s leading college hoops bloggers and Kentucky Wildcat diehard. And that is exactly where we start the show: Auburn took down Reags’ Wildcats on Saturday (04:20). Did the game live up to the hype? Marty says yes but Reags doesn’t think so. And is Reags hitting the panic button on Kentucky? Next - we keep things in the SEC where Tennessee picked up a big win over LSU (17:25). The Tigers have now lost 3 in a row. How much...

On today's episode, Jake, Marty, and Big Cat start off discussing Duke's loss to Florida State (03:16). Is it panic time for Marty? Then Big Cat and Marty talk about some of their future bets (10:35) before moving to some Big 10 action (14:37). On Monday - Purdue took down Illinois in double overtime. Illinois was impressive in the loss and could be a team to watch out for in March. And the hottest team in the country is Big Cat's Badgers (18:13).  We then go to the Big 12 where  Texas Tech...

Upsets everywhere and a shake-up coming at the top of the rankings. Before the boys get into it, Marty shares with Jake his eventful weekend with Chase Rice (4:17). Jake then breaks down all the upsets we witnessed and what it means for the rankings and tourney (6:59). The boys go conference by conference to see how each was affected by said upsets, starting with the Pac-12 (11:40) -- Is UCLA legit? Is Arizona the new favorite? -- The guys then talk Tennessee and YIKES, they are not looking...

On today’s episode of Barstool Bench Mob, Big Cat slides in for a suspended Rico Bosco and he has a bone to pick with Jake and Marty about their Badgers disrespect (07:46). The guys then move onto the Starting 5 where they hit on the last two undefeated teams, #1 Baylor (16:56) and #5 USC (22:31) both losing, a thriller in the Big 12 between Kansas and Iowa State (27:27), and basketball’s version of the Iron Bowl (32:52). Then Marty and Jake welcome on Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl...

The Michigan Trip. As you guys know, the game got canceled because of Covid and the boys start off by recapping the trip (3:08). They then get right into the games from the weekend but the main subject is Duke being upset by Miami (11:26). After that, they break down each conference and their games. The Big East (18:58), the Big 12 (23:23), and the SEC, specifically the disrespect LSU is getting (28:19) which is the perfect segway into this week's guest. Will Wade joins the show and talks...

Marty starts off the show reacting to the games and teams being affected by Covid and asks how the writers are viewing them (01:56)? Is it being accounted for in the rankings and should they be given a break? Then the guys break down the gambling slate from Wednesday night (10:30). Jake recaps the games (17:11) and then we get into the interview with Providence Head Coach, Ed Cooley (35:11). After the interview, the guys go over the crazy Tuesday night of basketball (55:18). Then they get...

The boys are back in the new year and start the show off talking about the Big 12 (06:15) - Is Baylor going to run the table or will a team from the SEC win it all? Jake brings up the debate of Coach of the Year and Marty nominates Bruce Pearl (10:29) - Rico and Jake let him know what they think about that. Rico then brings up the Texas theory he saw go around and it brings up an interesting discussion (15:25) - Is this theory from a credible source? The fellas wrap things up with...

On the final episode of 2021, the guys start things off discussing their upcoming trip to Ann Arbor on January 8th (04:13) before diving into some SEC talk (06:48). Is Auburn the best team in the conference? Are they a potential top 5 team? Then we move to the Tigers in-state rival as Alabama took down Tennessee (28:13). The Crimson Tide struggled again from three but were able to slip by out the Vols. Is the gameplay or the execution the issue for Nate Oats squad? Elsewhere in the SEC,...

On this episode, the guys start off discussing the ongoing COVID issues around the country (07:06). Conferences are changing rules on the fly and we just want games to be played. We then discuss Alabama’s second loss in three games - this time to Davidson (12:11). What is going on with the Crimson Tide? Next - Jake, Rico, and Marty recap a big win for Tennessee over previously undefeated Arizona (20:30). Both teams were impressive. Could the Wildcats potentially get a #1 seed in March? Then...

On this episode the guys start things off discussing the recent COVID issues impacting tons of programs and games around the country (03:27). Seton Hall is forced to forfeit their game against St. Johns. And the Pirates and DePaul are double forfeiting their game on Thursday. Will the Big East reconsider its rules? We hit on Kentucky’s rout of UNC (13:03), Providence’s big win at UConn (19:12), Creighton’s blowout over Villanova (23:43), and Gonzaga taking down Texas Tech (32:21). Then we...

On today's episode of Barstool Bench Mob, Marty, Rico. and Jake start off recapping a rough night for Nate Oats and Alabama as a struggling Memphis Tigers team beat down the #6 Crimson Tide (04:47). Was this a true trap game for Alabama? Is this the turnaround moment for the Tigers? We then move onto Love/Hate (17:22) before discussing the cancellation of Saturday's Duke/Cleveland State game due to COVID (29:45). Should the Blue Devils schedule a big time opponent instead? Don't forget to...

On today’s episode, the guys recap Jon Rothstein’s newest tagline about Rico (03:19) before moving to The Starting Five. - Alabama vs. Houston (07:32) - Arizona vs. Illinois (16:14) - Notre Dame vs. Kentucky (21:36) - Wisconsin vs. Ohio State (26:46) - UConn vs. St. Bonaventure (32:10) We then touch on Baylor’s blow out win over Villanova and Purdue surviving a scare against NC State (42:35). Next we welcome on a Rico Bosco favorite, Oklahoma’s Tanner Groves (48:27). Groves discusses the...

In this special bonus interview, Rutgers’ Guard Ron Harper Jr. joins Jake, Rico and Marty a day after sinking the game-winning shot to take down #1 Purdue. Harper Jr. breaks down the amazing shot, the postgame celebration, the Scarlet Knights' season, and their upcoming matchup against in-state rival Seton Hall.

On today’s episode, Jake has to once again apologize to Badgers fans after Wisconsin comes all the way back to take down the Hoosiers (08:34). Is Johnny Davis the front-runner for Big 10 player of the year? And are the Badgers for real? We move to Morgantown, where West Virginia picked up a big win over #15 UConn (19:42). We then circle back to Tuesday in MSG for the Jimmy V Classic (25:14). Game 1 between Texas Tech and Tennessee doesn’t even deserve a break down. And in the second game,...

On today’s Barstool Bench Mob, the guys kick things off discussing a weekend social media debacle involving Rico and the @stoolbenchmob account (02:44) before reacting to Friday’s news out of College Park where Maryland and head coach Mark Turgeon parted ways just months after a contract extension (04:53). Who would be the best fit to take over the Terps program? Then the guys jump into Saturday night’s big win for Rico’s Crimson Tide over Gonzaga (12:11). How was Nate Oats’ Alabama squad...

On today’s episode, Marty’s party is short lived after #1 Duke goes down in Columbus to unranked Ohio State (03:48). How did the Buckeyes take down the Blue Devils? Then Marty changes the subject to question Jake and Rico about their WCC love after BYU loses to Utah Valley State (13:16). We then hit on some of the other biggest games from the week including a classic between Indiana and Syracuse (16:06), Purdue’s rout over Florida State (24:06), and another underwhelming performance from...

On today’s episode of Barstool Bench Mob, Marty lets the world know that his Blue Devils are the cream of the crop after they took down #1 Gonzaga on Friday night (03:23). Rico and Jake give Marty his flowers for being spot on thus far this season with his analysis. How did the Blue Devils take down the Bulldogs? Will Duke be #1 in the AP Poll on Monday? We then move on to the other Feast Week tournaments around the country (19:36). Baylor ran through the Battle For Atlantis and look like...

On today’s episode, the guys break down the much-hyped but disappointing #1 vs. #2 blowout in Vegas. One bright spot in the game was the return of Dick Vitale. Dicky V is college basketball and we love to see him back where he belongs and wish him the best. On the court, Gonzaga ran UCLA out of the T-Mobile Center (05:35). Is this the same story we’ve seen in years’ past for the Bulldogs? And for UCLA, was the #2 ranking a product of last season’s tournament run? Up next - the guys react to...

On today’s episode, we start off recapping the Hall Of Fame Tip Off Tournament where Purdue took down North Carolina and Villanova (05:03). Could the Boilermakers be the best team in the country? And is it time to hit the panic button for Villanova after the Wildcats blew another second-half lead? Next - St. Bonaventure and Marquette met in the Charleston Classic finals on Sunday (23:19). Nobody saw Shaka Smart’s Golden Eagles competing at this level. Meanwhile - the Bonnies are 4-0 and look...