I sat down early Thursday with Yahoo's Jeff Eisenberg to look back, look ahead and discuss a number of issues in the sport. Among them:

  • What's it like covering college basketball on the national level from the west coast?
  • Is the Pac-12 the best basketball league in the country?
  • How badly did Stanford's Johnny Dawkins need that win over Connecticut?
  • How important is Thursday night's game against Duke for UCLA?
  • Will Duke learn to guard by the end of the season?
  • Is North Carolina the most confusing team in the history of college basketball?
  • Have we seen the last of P.J. Hairston at UNC?
  • Can Rick Barnes really do enough at Texas to extend his career?

Beyond all that, we closed the podcast discussing Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson and his postgame press conference that went viral. Did Hinson really say anything too out of line? And is it really not OK for a coach to publicly criticize individuals for playing poorly?

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