Week 1 of the college basketball season full recap. We go over the top games like Arizona/Florida, UNC/Kansas, MSU/Arkansas and then get into the teams and players that have stolen our hearts so early in the year.

Also talk Seth Trimble injury, Neoklis Avdalas, New Haven & much more!!

0:00 intro

2:15 News & Notes

4:20 Seth Trimble injury

6:20 New Haven Home Arena

9:15 Giveaway Winners!

10:15 UNC vs Kansas

17:39 MSU vs Arkansas

21:10 Arizona vs Florida

27:00 Virginia Tech & NEO

33:00 UT Martin

35:50 IU Indy

39:47 Bonnies

41:46 Gonzaga

44:20 Indiana

45:50 Panic Meter

56:40 This Week's Schedule

102:30 Q&A

The College Basketball Season is SOOOO BACK. Season starts, we go over all of the games to watch this week with what to watch for, make some final four and All American picks.

0:00 Intro

2:00 Braden Smith Podcast

6:48 GIVEAWAY

7:51 Final Four

20:30 NPOY & All Americans

28:57 Opening Week Games

51:44 Q&A

Big East Conference Preview! The season is here, we run through power rankings, all conference teams/awards & everything to look for in Big East basketball.

Also touch on the Arkansas freshmen & Tyon Grant-Foster's eligibility.

0:00 Intro

2:23 Tyon Grant-Foster is Eligible!!!

4:05 Scrimmages

4:38 NBA on NBC

6:09 Big East

8:35 Power Rankings

42:52 Awards

45:45 Q&A

SEC Conference Preview episode runs through the entire SEC - power rankings, thoughts on every team, all conference teams & player awards.

Also talk on the scrimmages, specifically how elite the freshmen in college basketball are going to be & Missouri's new changes to their student section.

0:00 Intro

1:11 Missouri Student Section

3:42 Adam Njie & Dayton

5:39 Elite Freshmen

12:42 Homecourt Advantage

14:17 SEC Preview

15:30 Power Ranks

52:56 Awards

56:57 Q&A

In the Big 12 Conference Preview Episode, talk all things Big 12: power rankings, awards, Darryn Peterson & AJ Dybantsa vs the world, BYU for real?, Texas Tech dark horse title contender & tons more.

Also get into Tyon Grant-Foster eligibility denial & notes from the tons of scrimmages and exhibitions across the country.

0:00 Intro

1:08 Tyon Grant-Foster

3:45 Scrimmage SZN

8:09 BYU Football Crowd

9:57 Big 12 Preview

12:18 Power Rankings

45:38 Awards

50:29 Q&A

Big Ten special episode - Bennett Stirtz joins the show ahead of his first year in the Big Ten. We talk Coach McCollum, his incredible season last year with Drake, Iowa Hoops, his new relationship with Braden Smith, recent engagement and much more.

This is the Big Ten conference preview episode!!! LOTS of long talk on all 18 teams in the conference, power rankings, awards & more. Also get to the KenPom preseason rankings, Sister Jean & lots more.

0:00 Intro

2:10 KenPom Preseason Rankings

5:08 RIP Sister Jean

6:21 Secret Scrimmages

10:22 Oklahoma State Football Fans

12:46 Big Ten Preview

16:25 Power Rankings

1:03:00 Conference Awards

1:08:56 Q&A

NC State Wolfpack brand new head coach Will Wade joins the show in person down in Raleigh, NC. From inside his own office, he talks with Ryan about everything: adjusting to the ACC, team outlook, how to build a culture & program, & much much more.

Enjoy the exclusive inside look to the new look NC State Wolfpack!

Big boy conference preview time starting with the ACC. Talk all predictions & expectations ACC basketball - power rankings, all conference teams, player awards & hot takes.

Ryan talks through his underrated teams he loves, how he thinks the ACC could be kinda be back & college basketball being SO BACK with midnight madness events across the country.

0:00 Intro

1:22 Jackson Shelstad Injury

3:58 College Basketball is BACK

5:53 ACC Power Rankings

43:00 ACC Awards

47:23 Hot Take + Q&A

Time for the A10 basketball conference preview for 2025/26! Power rankings, player awards, bold takes + Sister Jean retiring, how many teams can ACTUALLY win the A10 & be dangerous in March.

Also touch on Taylen Kinney's commitment to Kansas over Kentucky & Louisville!

0:00 Intro

1:05 Taylen Kinney to Kansas

4:11 Sister Jean Retiring

8:10 Virginia Football Field Rush

10:50 A10 Preview

54:39 Q&A

Conference Preview Episodes have arrived & we start with the Mountain West. One last loaded season adding GCU before 5 programs leave for the PAC 12 in 2026, we preview every team with power rankings, award predictions & hot takes on the league.

Also touch on the current meal plan crisis, suspension & firing at Wofford, Siena getting its highest ranked recruit in program history & more.

0:00 Intro

0:57 Wofford's Meal Plan Crisis

3:57 Ryan's Bad Week

5:38 Siena's Best Recruit Ever

9:18 Indiana Football

11:30 Mountain West Preview

52:56 Q&A

56:46 Thanks For Listening!

Conference Preview Episodes are HERE & we are starting off with the mid majors, maybe the most important teams to know. From MVC to Summit League to Ivy League to SoCon... we talk on who will be the best mid major teams in all of college basketball this upcoming season.

Also have a special guest, ETSU Head Coach Brooks Savage on to talk the current state of mid majors & about ETSU/SoCon Basketball!

Ryan heads out to San Francisco to the home of the Dons to talk with Head Coach Chris Gerlufsen about all things mid majors & WCC: how to get into the NCAA Tournament, the future outlook of the WCC, life after Todd Golden (+ some San Francisco food spots).

Also on this episode - the intro of the UTRGV Vaqueros Football Program & EA vs 2K College Basketball video game battle.

Purely Q&A on this Mailbag Episode. Get into John Wall's retirement, Penn State traveling to New Haven, Hawaii Football, best mid major coaches & conferences + is Duke being underrated???

CBB Analytical Guru Evan Miyakawa (@ EvanMiya) joins the show to talk about the transfer portal & its impact on analytics and how we can look at the transfer portal to predict what teams will be best this upcoming season in college basketball.

Ryan also talks about Arizona's new basketball court, a possible Big East & ACC merger???? + more!

If College Basketball had a stock market... well here we are. Buy Sell Hold for some of the top teams across college hoops for this season, extra underrated teams Ryan is buying + talk of a 32 team tournament in November next year???

The first OFFICIAL full episode of the BlueBlooded Podcast. Talking on the 5 most interesting experiments to watch this season in college hoops. Teams with new looks & styles, rule changes - Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, UNLV & the Coach's Challenge new rule. Also get into news & notes around the nation & your questions in Q&A.

The official opening intro episode of the show - we talk about the origin stories of our love for college basketball, Ryan's come up in the content space, the goal of the podcast & what to expect going forward, + favorite College Hoops memories growing up.

Welcome to BlueBlooded! This is a new modern POV on college hoops with Ryan Hammer that will dive into the best all around content year round & nationwide on all things CBB & beyond.

This is just a small taste of what is to come every Monday starting this August so subscribe & join in on the journey.