Stewart Mandel

@eg720 @MM_MBB_TV @paramountplus @HBO If it's sports, the answer is almost always YouTube TV.

@MM_MBB_TV @slmandel I subscribed to @paramountplus today assuming games would be available. Nope. I need a premium subscription. I have @HBO Max and games are available… with a premium subscription. Games ARE available on both without premium on Amazon, which I don’t have. Make it make sense!

CBS Sports and TNT Sports Announce Tip Times and Matchups for Second Round Games on Saturday, March 21

The Billikens are treating Georgia basketball the way Georgia football did TCU.

RT @Matt_Fortuna: Terrence Hill Jr. 🤝 Eric Maynor 11th-seeded VCU knocks off 6th-seeded UNC, 19 years after 11th-seeded VCU knocked off Du…

The High Point kid hadn’t hit a 2 all season. Only in March.

Trying to figure out how Ohio State had 4.3 seconds and ended up taking a half-court shot. Rough way to go.

Made a guest appearance on The Audible with ⁦@BruceFeldmanCFB⁩ and ⁦@slmandel⁩ to talk Portal Grades, 2023 recruiting class and some Canes football podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Shoot, I wish I knew Barkley was going to call it the “Arizona invitational” on national television before I picked Arizona.

Miami of Ohio is fun!

@NBKGault @NCAA 96 is not on the table, but 72 and 76 definitely are

@slmandel I can't believe the @NCAA actually wants expansion to 96 (their largest money grab)!! Before that they should lower to 32 and do best 2 out of 3 playoff series instead.

They want us to treat the First Four like it’s part of the “real” bracket. Meanwhile, 9 minutes left in a close game and Barkley/Vitale are just making picks for games on Thursday/Friday. Unclear if they are watching the game.

This week's Mailbag is a combo College Football/March Madness edition. Lots of fun questions that touch on both sports. -- Who will be the next school to win national titles in both in the same year? -- What hoop blue blood might make the CFP this year? nytimes.com/athletic/71266…

For generations, March Madness delivered on its name — where impossibility spilled loose and the bracket bowed to the unlikeliest of teams. But in a landscape governed by money and movement, one question now hangs over March: Is Cinderella disappearing from the tournament?

It's the annual Audible episode where Ralph and Bruce gang up against me on my Top 25 coach rankings. I think I won pretty handily this year. youtu.be/m4ITXat86dE?si…

This Keith Gill interview is yet another reminder how much more consistent and methodical the hoops selection process is than football. And he can actually articulate their reasoning, unlike those Tuesday night CFP shows.

Can't expand the NCAA tourney fast enough if 19-15 Oklahoma and 17-16 Auburn are getting left out. (Said absolutely no one.)

To all who bracket.

Per the ESPN broadcast, Duke just became the first school to win the ACC football, men’s and women’s basketball championships in the same school year. Duke: Not just a football school.

Tired: The schools really want CSC to work. We love rules and guardrails. Wired: Nebraska covering their players’ legal fees to take CSC to arbitration over rejected deals.

@BJ_in_TX I’m not trying to project the future at all. Venables is coming off a great season but had a losing record only a year ago.

@slmandel He's not perfect but Venables not even under consideration list is insane. Any reason why you include Elko who has done nothing more and guys like Dabo and Leipold who look like the game has completely passed them by when you write it's based on future projections?

Who are the Top 25 coaches in college football heading into the 2026 season? My annual list is here. And it's free to read. nytimes.com/athletic/71019…