12/31: Surprise podcast! Steve Alford was fired, so now UCLA is ringing in 2019 without a head coach from Eye On College Basketball

12/31: Surprise podcast! Steve Alford was fired, so now UCLA is ringing in 2019 without a head coach

51 minutes Posted Dec 31, 2018 at 2:40 pm.

Early Monday morning, UCLA fired Steve Alford midway through his sixth season. That called for an emergency podcast from Parrish and Norlander. The guys start on the news, then discuss the problems with the expectations of what the UCLA job is (and isn't). From there, there go deep into the candidate pool

and lay out a lot of names. Then, it's time to preview some good games this week. In order: Marquettte-St. John's

Nebraska-Maryland

Texas Tech-West Virginia

Oklahoma-Kansas

and Minnesota-Wisconsin

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Early Monday morning, UCLA fired Steve Alford midway through his sixth season. That called for an emergency podcast from Parrish and Norlander. The guys start on the news, then discuss the problems with the expectations of what the UCLA job is (and isn't). From there, there go deep into the candidate pool (20:40) and lay out a lot of names. Then, it's time to preview some good games this week. In order: Marquettte-St. John's (38:02), Nebraska-Maryland (40:40), Texas Tech-West Virginia (43:35), Oklahoma-Kansas (45:20) and Minnesota-Wisconsin (47:35). Happy New Year, everyone, and thanks for subscribing. If you haven't already, please rate the podcast well and leave a nice review! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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