Opening weekend reactions: Bama beats St. John's at MSG, Caleb Wilson leads UNC over Kansas + notable results from the weekend

Gary Parrish and Kyle Boone recap a jam-packed opening weekend of the college basketball season.

North Carolina topples Darryn Peterson and the Kansas Jayhawks. Alabama goes into the Garden and comes out with a huge with over St. John's. Then, the building trusters prevail at Michigan State, the Veterans Classic and plenty more in the weekend whip around.

(0:00) Intro

(0:55) Alabama roll inside the Garden over St. John’s 103-96…how good is St. John’s

(15:30) Caleb Wilson leads UNC to win over Kansas and then he got in front of the mic

(26:15) Darryn Peterson is great, but how great does he need to be for Kansas to be good?

(30:15) Weekend Whiparound, starting with the Veterans Classic

(34:36) Arkansas vs Michigan State

(41:20) Gonzaga vs Oklahoma

(43:45) More from the weekend around the sport

(52:55) Looking ahead to early next week

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