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Posts by Eamonn Brennan

However those last five minutes played out, whether the Mullins shot goes in or not, that is unbelievable culture stuff by UConn all second half. Win or lose they weren't going out like that

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Bubble Watch: Cincinnati lives, and gives the bubble life A late-season contender emerges

Bubble Watch, CINCINNATI LIVES edition! Plus: What Michigan-Duke means for the title race, the actualization of AJ Dybantsa, IU's new GM, Kentucky is fine, Sean Miller defenses, bubble movements, and everything else:

www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/bubble-wat...

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Bubble Watch: The ballad of Jerome Tang Money is only useful if you spend it well

New Bubble Watch! On the real lesson of the Jerome Tang blowup, the UConn atmosphere discourse, Will Wade's press conference hot streak, drifting SEC teams, and everything else:

www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/bubble-wat...

2 months ago 3 0 0 0
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Bubble Watch: The NCAA finally won And Nate Oats kept embarrassing himself anyway

Do you guys remember when Nate Oats tried to gaslight the whole country and blow up the NCAA so he could play a solid rim-running center for five games, anyway new Bubble Watch went up today

www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/bubble-wat...

2 months ago 18 0 2 1

Huge win for Indiana. If I was a Wisconsin fan my head would be on Mars

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WAB-era Miami could break people's brains The arguments aren't so simple anymore

Unbeaten Miami (Ohio) plays at Marshall today. The Redhawks are both a hugely enjoyable story and apparently designed in a lab to break bracket people's brains (especially in a post-WAB world):

www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/wab-era-mi...

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Hell of a lede to describe the state of college basketball right now from one of my fav writers @eamonnbrennan.bsky.social

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Bubble Watch: We are eternal The sport is too good to screw up

Important announcement: The Internet's least sane college basketball column has returned.

www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/bubble-wat...

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Indiana football already won When the journey really is the most important thing

There are Indiana football diehards who stuck it out forever, who deserve tonight more than anyone. But I’d guess there are millions of people like me: once enthusiastic, long since lapsed, now unimaginably all in.

Wrote about winning the sports fan lottery:

www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/indiana-fo...

3 months ago 6 1 1 0

Thank you! Also I agree

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The Indiana football high is so potent I'm just letting this Bears situation wash over me. Pure acceptance. I am of the nature to die, etc.

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The Basket Under Review Podcast: S1E23 - Seasonal Procrastinators, Nebrasketball and more On the latest episode of the Basket Under Review Podcast, sponsored by Homefield, Eamonn Brennan is joined by Tate Frazier to talk teams who have squandered their non-conference opportunities, Nebrask...

This week's BURP wants to go on the record: The NCAA Tournament is not, in fact, a joke.

(But the CFB discourse is starting to scare us.)

That, seasonal procrastinators, and much more on this week's episode with Tate Frazier:

www.basketunderreview.com/the-basket-u...

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Barkley on NIL/portal: "There's no job in the world where you get to be a free agent every year"

I love Chuck but I don't think he knows how most jobs work

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Michigan is completely terrifying College basketball’s latest great team has arrived

Remember when college basketball had "no great teams?" That's over now

www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/michigan-i...

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A truly incredible 70 seconds of college basketball commentary

4 months ago 8 1 2 1

Florida-UConn is small guys making shots and big guys punching each other in the face for every rebound

4 months ago 11 0 1 0
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5 months ago 5 0 0 0

My Illinois-Alabama analysis:

*extremely loud cackling noises*

5 months ago 19 3 0 0

Lotta season left blah blah but highly likely Wake Forest just won the Bubble Watch gut-punch loss of the year award

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Better Know a Conference: Big Ten Now with a real conference tournament!

The latest in the Buzzer preview series -- on what should be a really fun edition of the Big Ten, with a handful of new coaches adding yet more more tactical variety -- is here. Offseason finish line in sight!

eamonnbrennan.substack.com/p/better-kno...

5 months ago 3 0 0 0
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Bruce Pearl bulldozed his way to the top His career was like his teams: relentless

Wrote about Bruce Pearl, endearing showman and unstoppable wrecking ball — for better and worse

www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/bruce-pear...

6 months ago 1 0 0 0

I never thought it would happen to me

Indiana football is a source of unironic joy

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Connecting players to fans is now part of a program's job On recovering some of what the portal era took

Wrote about something that hadn't occurred to me until the podcast earlier this week: In the portal era, it's now part of a program's job to connect new players with fans.

www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/connecting...

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The Basket Under Review Podcast: S1E7 - A Conversation with Ryan Odom
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Hello Bluesky, the latest episode of BURP is a fun one -- w/ Ryan Odom! We talk about his journey to UVa, what fans can expect from a program in transition, and how on Earth you build a good roster in one month.

Check it out below or in all the podcast places:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDn_...

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College Basketball Jeopardy: Episode 1
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I competed in College Basketball Jeopardy with the brilliant @eamonnbrennan.bsky.social and @ksweeneycbb.bsky.social. It’s one of the most competitive games of jeopardy I can remember, which means you gotta stick around the whole time youtu.be/Aa6ZzIyRavI

8 months ago 4 1 0 0

Golf is a profoundly unfulfilling endeavor and one of the best golfers of all time agrees 👍

9 months ago 4 0 0 0
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As someone who used to play golf twice a weekend and got so frustrated after a round he sold his clubs on Craigslist the next day and has refused to play since, I have gained a powerful ally in Scottie Scheffler

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The Basket Under Review Podcast: S1E1 - A Conversation with Ken Pomeroy Basket Under Review Podcast · Episode

Happy @basketunderreview.bsky.social opening day. Would you like to hear @eamonnbrennan.bsky.social and @kenpom.com talk NCAA Tournament expansion? I assume you would. (Presented by Homefield!!!) open.spotify.com/episode/4gSV...

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https://www.basketunderreview.com/the-basket-under-review-podcast-s1e1-a-conversation-with-ken-pomeroy/

The first episode of the podcast is upon you — talked to Ken Pomeroy about tournament expansion and his secret double life as a touring indie artist of the same name (and much more).

On all the usual podcast places. Give it a spin!

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