Eamonn Brennan

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

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I never thought it would happen to me

Indiana football is a source of unironic joy

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.

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YouTube video by Basket Under Review The Basket Under Review Podcast: S1E7 - A Conversation with Ryan Odom

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:

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YouTube video by Basket Under Review College Basketball Jeopardy: Episode 1

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

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

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

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...

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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No one loves tournament expansion If the best argument is "eh, it won't be that bad," it's probably not a great idea

The best argument I've seen in favor of tournament expansion goes something like "ah, c'mon, it probably won't be that bad." That's not a good reason to do anything!

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Well this rocks. Some great people involved here, including the legend, @eamonnbrennan.bsky.social. Looking forward to following and supporting. lfg

The college hoops fan's view of the 2025 NBA Draft: Part Two Thoughts on every pick from Thursday's strange second round

… to an eerily NIL-drained second. Alijah Martin is going to be good!

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The college hoops fan's view of the 2025 NBA Draft: Part One A look at every first-round pick as it happened (sort of) Wednesday night

Did a deep dive on every collegiate pick of the 2025 NBA draft, beginning with a buzzy and freshman-dominated first round …

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"These young men are able to see and hear the haters and the doubters" more scintillating draft commentary, a real value add

And, in the most important moment of his life to date, Cedric Coward was just called "Colin Cowherd"

The draft going to five minutes per pick is perfect for the broadcast partner, which doesn't let its analysts speak for more than 15 seconds anyway

There should be a clause in every NBA TV rights contract that if you go to Game 7 you have to bring in Raftery on comms

The most interesting and confusing rosters of the 2025 offseason A deep dive on new teams that catch the eye (and tons more besides)

Took a big long offseason look at 18 college hoops rosters that particularly interest me -- with "interest" meant alternately as a compliment and a dig.

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@eamonnbrennan.bsky.social I can think of nothing more perfect to land in my inbox right before a four hour flight than a long and wildly speculative June post about roster changes. 👊

Incredible Finals moment punctuated by Richard Jefferson. Why is everything bad now

College hoops is closing in on perfection A good review challenge system is the last big step

In an era of unprecedented on-court brilliance, college basketball had one last glaring problem: too many video reviews.

That problem is about to be fixed.

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What is Indiana doing? Plus transfer takes, coaching changes, early favorites, the best Final Four city and more post-portal-flavored thoughts in this week's Buzzer Mailbag

Did a little mailbagging over the weekend, focused on making sense of Indiana’s roster and how IU fans should feel about it

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Will never get over Fred Van Vleet being not only a decent NBA player but like an actually awesome one

Todd Golden about to go on a Frank from White Lotus run after this national title

You gotta shoot the ball. Maybe it gets blocked, who cares. Shoot it

Whatever Kelvin just said in that Houston timeout I guarantee it would destroy the psyche of 95 percent of the US populace

My take here: I think I lean to rather being Houston (2-14 from 3 but also on pace to get 16 more shots) than Florida (Clayton didn't score but UH defense is designed specifically to make #2 through #5 beat you)

Clayton didn't score and Florida is only down three. Houston went 2-of-14 from 3 and is only up three. You can go either way you want

Todd Golden said before the game Florida had to have fewer than 12 turnovers to win the game. Looks like they're going to have to find a different way to win it