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Luke, Taylor, and Vegas Mike break down the Sweet Sixteen with their favorite plays on the board, their dreaded consensus selections and much more.
Luke and Vegas Mike call on the aid, influence, and knowledge of an old sage Gus Kearns of The Screen The Screener Podcast to fill in the blanks and figure out March 2022.
Luke and Vegas Mike continue their relentless assault on "the house" by reviewing Notre Dame's flop, Syracuse's last resort, Carolina cruising, what to expect in the semis, and how the rest of the country will shake out this weekend.
Luke and Vegas Mike grab the mics and break down the ball from Brooklyn, paying homage to Boston College, lamenting Buddy and the Wake Forest bubble, while previewing the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.
Luke, Taylor, and Vegas Mike make a triumphant return just in time for March, The ACC Tournament, and the Big Dance.
Luke Neer is joined by Gus Kearns of the Screen The Screener Podcast to compare College Basketball notes after the conclusion of November. They give attention to stylistic trends of the current season (1:02), give their "teams to beat" in select conferences (11:45), and finish with "Overvalued/Undervalued." (27:02)
It's ACC Big Ten Challenge time! The degens pick every game against the spread, host a special review of the completed Virginia-Iowa game, and give special focus to games like Duke vs. Ohio State, North Carolina vs. Michigan, Florida State vs. Purdue, and Syracuse vs. Indiana.
The boys check in after the first two weeks of the season: Is anybody actually good in the ACC? Just how bad are all the teams that dropped games to lesser opponents? We preview and pick upcoming games against the spread, then finish with overrated/underrated.
We're back for the 2021-2022 Season Preview! The boys talk big storylines in the ACC and college basketball, then dive deep into every ACC team. Coach K's farewell tour, the overrated and underrated of the year, our top four, plus a rundown of where we think each team stacks up.
Luke, Taylor, and Vegas Mike regather after four days of Madness in search of carrying momentum into the final two weekends of the College Basketball season. It's the annual "Sweet Sixteen" preview from your Degenerates.
The third and final part of our 2021 NCAA Tourney Preview. Luke, Mike, and Taylor dive into March Madness to make their Sweet Sixteen, Final Four, and Championship predictions.
Luke, Mike, and Taylor assemble for a preview of the 2021 NCAA Tournament Field with a deep dive on round one, looking at the Midwest and South Regions.
Luke, Mike, and Taylor assemble for a preview of the 2021 NCAA Tournament Field with a deep dive on round one, looking at the East and West Regions.
Time to preview the ACC Tournament! We quickly touch on All-ACC selections, then make picks for every game from the first round to the finals--both against the spread and straight up. We'll be back later in the week once the semifinal matchups have been decided.
It's March! We preview the ACC tourney, choosing which teams are rising and which are fading. We talk Virginia Tech's layoff, Duke's chances, Florida State and UVA at the top of the conference. Luke divorces Clemson, Taylor talks about Louisville as his sneaky pick for ACC tourney, and Mike lays down the law for North Carolina. Then we choose teams to watch across the country and pick the upcoming week's games against the spread.
Luke and Vegas Mike go two-man pod style to (yet again) assess drastic team turnarounds, falls from grace, and the latest from the league and the rest of the country.
It's time for performance reviews in the ACC. Virginia Tech vs. UNC, Louisville vs. Virginia, who's better? Taylor cries Wolfpack tears, Luke talks tiers, and Vegas Mike brings more fire picks.
The team argues about who's the best team in the ACC, who's in the top four, and who's fallen out. We preview the full slate of Saturday games, and analyze the performance of the league over the holiday break. Plus, a special pop quiz about basketball movies and Mike Brey's shorts.
The ACC is a little upside down: the Blue Bloods are bad, the fat middle is good. Among the league's many Covid reschedulings, Mike and Taylor discuss the most surprising teams, and who they think are really the top of the ACC so far this year. Plus, a celebration of Josh Pastner's Covid pinata and Shaq's rap career.
This unauthorized podcast is full of the stuff that doesn't make it into our normal episodes. Without Luke, Mike and Taylor go off-topic, touching on Coach K's comments about shutting down the season, Joe Harris and Kevin Durant, COVID vaccines, BYU and TJ Haws' Polish League career, and more. Think of it as the hastily put together B-Side to your favorite album.
Our ACC-Big Ten Challenge Preview...that is all folks.
Who's good? who's bad? who lost to San Francisco? The gang returns for insights on the early goings of the league, with attention to Carolina's bipolar halves, Duke's red flags, Virginia lineups and much more.
Excited for a new season, Luke finds his enthusiasm falling on the deaf ears of his colleagues who have suffered short term memory loss ever since March. But there's still enough cognizance to go over ACC top to bottom predictions, 1st teams, and a few other conferences in the season premiere of Season 6 of the ACC Basketball Degenerates Podcast.
The ACC Tournament! They call it a down year in the ACC, we just call it a gambling opportunity. Will one of the Big Four—Louisville, Duke, Florida State, UVA—cut down the nets? Or will another team play spoiler? If you ask Vegas Mike, North Carolina is poised to make a run. Others hold out hope for NC State. Most of us are out on Syracuse and Clemson, but still, we break down every single matchup in the ACC Tourney. We finish with a look around the nation at mid-majors and bid-stealers alike. March Madness is almost here—it’s ACC Tourney time!
The regular season is almost over, and that means ... conference tournaments are almost here! This week, we bask in the afterglow of the UVA win over Duke, talk about who we really think will win the ACC championship (regular season and tournament), then take a deep dive all around the nation--Mountain West, Big Ten, Pac 12, Atlantic Sun, A10, and more.
Duke, Louisville, and Florida State are in. North Carolina is out. What about everyone else in between? (Spoiler alert: most of them are out.) This week, we focus on which ACC teams have a chance to make it to March Madness. Syracuse, UVA, NC State, Notre Dame, and (maybe? possibly?) Virginia Tech all have at least a sliver of daylight. We talk about our favorites, then take a look at teams outside of the conference. We finish by picking the upcoming week’s games against the spread.
It was supposed to be the belief episode … but can we find any teams to really believe in? We talk about the sinking ships of Virginia and North Carolina, the rising star of Clemson, then we predict who will get the fourth double bye in the ACC Tourney—will it be Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Syracuse, or NC State? Finally, we touch on the top of the league—Duke, Louisville, and Florida State—and pick all the games in the upcoming weekend.
Conference play is underway (for good this time) and the boys reconvene to talk about the bottom of the barrel, the slim list of ACC contenders, the month of January, and picks of the week.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered together this week to mourn the ACC, struck down in cold blood by the Big 10 (and some other teams too). But seriously: a lot of ACC teams have had a very bad week—except for Louisville, where the party never stops. Are we already grieving for some of these teams? North Carolina suffers two straight losses, Virginia is embarrassed by Purdue, Notre Dame loses to Boston College at home, and Florida State is waxed by Indiana. We talk about where we are in the stages of grief for these teams, and who we still believe in—like Duke?!?! We finish, as always, by picking games against the spread in the upcoming week.
It's time to preview the ACC / Big 10 challenge! We look back at all the Tropical Tournaments and ask ourselves: what do we know about this year of college basketball? Then, on to the main event: the ACC / Big 10 Challenge. Louisville takes on Michigan, the hottest team in college basketball, while Duke tries to gut it out minus Cassius Stanley against Michigan State. The team decides that the Virginia vs. Purdue game might be the lowest scoring game this year, and the UNC vs. Ohio State matchup might reveal a secretly fraudulent top-10 team. Plus, Florida State vs. undefeated Indiana, Notre Dame vs. Maryland, and all the other matchups picked against the spread.
Early season tropical tournaments are the out of conference gift that keeps on giving—something we can all be thankful for leading into Thanksgiving. The boys are all back together after Luke returns from California, and ready to dive into the Maui Invitational, Battle 4 Atlantis, Emerald Coast Classic, and more. We dip into the most juicy lines and pick games against the spread, then discuss our own Thanksgiving traditions.
Heat check! College basketball is back in full force, and we even have some ACC games under our belt. Mike and Taylor are running the show this week, for a quick dive into our reactions and overreactions from the first few weeks in the season. We break down the top of the league—Duke, Louisville, UNC, and Virginia—then ask the legendary question: Who is the line? Is it Notre Dame? Syracuse? Virginia Tech? NC State—or someone else? Plus, we pick the most interesting games with ACC teams in the upcoming week.
College basketball is back! ACC play starts on Day One! We emerge from our summer hibernation to preview every single ACC team's chances this upcoming season, and pick our favorite lines in the week 1 matchups. The Degenerates return for a season full of basketball talk, gambling, and everything ACC basketball.
Virginia wins the National Championship, and the crew recaps the game and the tournament, including Texas Tech's incredible run and the amazing finishes to UVa's games. We wrap up the season with parting thoughts, and looking ahead to an offseason pod in the next few weeks. Thanks for listening this season folks!
Final Four preview episode! First, we do a quick recap of each region, picking biggest winners and losers, and then look ahead to the Final Four matchups: how Auburn matches up against Virginia's packline D, and how Texas Tech will fare against the Michigan State Spartans. After picking the games and our national champions, we do a quick recap of the latest coaching news around the country in college basketball.
Sweet Sixteen Preview, the sweetest time of the year. We take a look back at our epic trip to the book for the first weekend of March Madness. We preview every single Sweet Sixteen game with picks per usual.
MARCH MADNESS! Part Two of our 2019 NCAA Tournament Preview Special takes a deep dive into the Midwest and West regions of the NCAA Tournament. We focus in depth at every single game of the opening round, picking each matchup against the spread to find our favorite cinderellas, juicy lines, and more. Finally, each degenerate picks his Final Four.
MARCH MADNESS! Part One of our 2019 NCAA Tournament Preview Special takes a deep dive into the East and South regions of the NCAA Tournament. We focus in depth at every single game of the opening round, picking each matchup against the spread to find our favorite cinderellas, juicy lines, and more.
The ACC Tournament is here! Every matchup, every basket, every possession matters. We preview it all, diving deep into every game. The ultimate question: who will be the ACC tourney champion? We discuss the odds of anyone outside of UVA, Duke, or UNC making the final, a potential Florida State and Virginia Tech rematch, the March Madness play-in game between NC State and Clemson, the inconsistency of Syracuse, plus every other ACC team. We finish with a look at other conference tournaments around the country.
Duke plays Carolina to finish the ACC regular season: will Zion be back? Who’s in and who’s out of the NCAA tournament—and who’s on the March Madness bubble? Who deserves to be on the All-ACC First team? We answer all these questions, plus discuss national news like the Iowa State meltdown, LSU coach Will Wade caught on tape, and college basketball twitter beefs. Taylor says goodbye to NC State (or does he? Spoiler: he does not), and another installment of Mike’s Mid-major Minute. Plus, picks against the spread for this weekend’s ACC games.
We recap Big Monday, including Syracuse/Virginia and Clemson/North Carolina, then look ahead to the matchup that will determine the double bye in the ACC Tournament: Florida State vs. Virginia Tech. We compare the form of Duke and UNC, then look at each ACC teams March Madness seeding. We run down the conferences around the country and their Big Dance chances, and then finish by picking games against the spread.
This episode, we do a quick recap of the last week in ACC play before transitioning to the main course: "Shut it Down" or "Blow it Up", where we go through all of the ACC with a provoking statement for each team. After picking games for the upcoming weekend, we jump around the country for leagues and teams to watch in March.
The gang convenes to look back on Big Monday action and look ahead to Carolina vs. Duke part one. They boys also break down who's the current "line" in the ACC and look at "lines" with special guest Greg Peterson.
Boomshakala! To review the wild week in ACC play, we go back…..all the way to 1993, when the iconic arcade game NBA Jam was first released. How does NBA Jam explain the ACC? We’ll tell you in this episode, where we look back at Duke’s monster comeback against Louisville, their suffocation of UVA, and Virginia’s subsequent takedown of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. We scrutinize the postseason chances of Virginia Tech, Syracuse, NC State, and Clemson, then bemoan the seasons of Miami, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Boston College, and Pitt. We pick games for the upcoming rivalry week, and celebrate another installment of Mike’s Mid-Major Minute. It’s all held together by a healthy appreciation for NBA Jam.
Carolina is rising, State is reeling, and Duke-Virginia Part 2 is on the way. The boys get together to talk all of the above and examine the "ACC Middle" and who's above and below the line.
The crew is back after a wild week in ACC hoops. First we break down the previous weekend of play, including UVa and Notre Dame, NC State and Clemson, Syracuse and Virginia Tech and more. Then we switch gears for a Ted Talk featuring a special guest. Finally we pick games for the upcoming week.
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