The Ringer’s Tate Frazier is joined by Eamonn Brennan to reexamine the importance of preseason rankings in the NIL and transfer portal era, Wooden Award watch between Cooper Flagg and Johni Broome, Otega Oweh scoring 28 points vs. his former school in Kentucky’s 83-82 win over Oklahoma, Maryland’s heartbreaking loss to Michigan State, interesting final week story lines, and more (1:25). Then Tate runs through the games to watch over the weekend (37:21), before closing the show with some shout-outs, including Rick Pitino's Big East conquest, SEC-leading scorer Tre Johnson, a day in the life of Doug Gottlieb, and more (43:15).

Host: Tate FrazierGuest: Eamonn BrennanProducer: Kyle Crichton

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