This podcast is a recap of what I’ve seen in 206 college basketball games the last 2 seasons. The 5 biggest takeaways: 1. There’s nothing like single elimination college basketball 2. 90% of teams, effort isn’t an issue 3. Just how fickle and unpredictable this game is 4. How impactful team sports is. The journey 5. Kindness and goodness all over this country Plus: - Best Venues - Favorite Coaches - Favorite Players - Star Mid Major Newcomers in the Power 5 - Outlook for mid major baske...

In this episode I got to interview head coach Bucky McMillan for a 2nd time. He's led the Bulldogs to 3 straight 21 plus win seasons, including a 23-4 start this year. He took over a program that was 75-141 (34.7%) in their time in the SOCON, and in 2 years turned them into a SOCON contender. They play one of the fastest tempos in the country and apply an unselfishness to their game that makes them a joy to watch. Coach McMillan is without a doubt one of the brightest young stars coaching in ...

It was an honor to get to interview the great John Becker, who has has the most dominance of any coach in a 1 bid league over the last 8 seasons. Vermont has won or shared 7 straight conference regular season titles, and show no signs of stopping that run anytime soon. Becker has never won less than 20 games in his tenure at Vermont. John went from coaching as a part time gig, to just 5 years later being the head coach at Vermont. A unique journey to the most dominant, consistent program in a...

Year 2 of coaching interviews kicks off with Merrimack head coach Joe Gallo. Coach Gallo has had an interesting tenure at Merrimack now in his 8th year. He's in his first year coaching the team at the D1 level, but just his first year where the team can qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Despite that he's led Merrimack to 2 regular season NEC Conference titles along with 1 conference tournament championship last year when the loser, Fairleigh Dickinson, won 2 games in the NCAA tournament as a 1...

1. Kansas 2. TCU 3. Baylor 4. Houston 5. Kansas St. 6. Texas 7. Iowa St. 8. Oklahoma 9. Oklahoma St. 10. Texas Tech 11. West Virginia 12. BYU 13. Cincinnati 14. Central Florida

1. Marquette 2. UConn 3. Creighton 4. St. John’s 5. Villanova 6. Providence 7. Seton Hall 8. Xavier 9. Butler 10. Georgetown 11. DePaul

1. Texas A&M 2. Kentucky 3. Tennessee 4. Arkansas 5. Alabama 6. Mississippi St. 7. Auburn 8. Florida 9. Missouri 10. Vanderbilt 11. Georgia 12. South Carolina 13. LSU 14. Ole Miss

1. Purdue 2. Michigan St. 3. Wisconsin 4. Illinois 5. Maryland 6. Northwestern 7. Rutgers 8. Indiana 9. Iowa 10. Penn St. 11. Ohio St. 12. Michigan 13. Nebraska 14. Minnesota

1. Duke 2. Clemson 3. North Carolina 4. Miami 5. Virginia 6. North Carolina St. 7. Wake Forest 8. Syracuse 9. Virginia Tech 10. Georgia Tech 11. Pittsburgh 12. Florida St. 13. Boston College 14. Louisville 15. Notre Dame

1. USC 2. Oregon 3. Arizona 4. UCLA 5. Colorado 6. Stanford 7. Washington 8. Utah 9. Arizona St. 10. California 11. Oregon St. 12. Washington St.

1. Florida Atlantic 2. Memphis 3. Tulane 4. UAB 5. Wichita St. 6. North Texas 7. East Carolina 8. SMU 9. South Florida 10. Rice 11. Charlotte 12. Temple 13. Tulsa 14. UTSA

1. San Diego St. 2. Boise St. 3. New Mexico 4. Nevada 5. Colorado St. 6. UNLV 7. Utah St. 8. San Jose St. 9. Fresno St. 10. Wyoming 11. Air Force

1. Dayton 2. St. Bonaventure 3. Loyola Chicago 4. VCU 5. Duquesne 6. St. Joesph’s 7. George Mason 8. St. Louis 9. Fordham 10. George Washington 11. Davidson 12. Richmond 13. Rhode Island 14. Massachusetts 15. La Salle

1. Drake 2. Bradley 3. Missouri St. 4. Indiana St. 5. Northern Iowa 6. Belmont 7. Murray St. 8. Illinois St. 9. Southern Illinois 10. Illinois Chicago 11. Evansville 12. Valparaiso

1. Gonzaga 2. Saint Mary’s 3. Loyola Marymount 4. Santa Clara 5. San Francisco 6. Portland 7. Pacific 8. Pepperdine 9. San Diego

1. James Madison 2. Southern Mississippi 3. Marshall 4. Appalachian St. 5. Arkansas St. 6. Old Dominion 7. Louisiana 8. Georgia St. 9. Georgia Southern 10. Louisiana Monroe 11. South Alabama 12. Troy 13. Texas St. 14. Coastal Carolina

1. Furman 2. Samford 3. Western Carolina 4. UNC Greensboro 5. Wofford 6. East Tennessee St. 7. Chattanooga 8. Mercer 9. The Citadel 10. VMI

1. Charleston 2. UNC Wilmington 3. Drexel 4. Hofstra 5. Towson 6. Delaware 7. Stony Brook 8. Hampton 9. Northeastern 10. Monmouth 11. Elon 12. William & Mary 13. Campbell 14. North Carolina A&T

1. Akron 2. Northern Illinois 3. Ohio 4. Kent St. 5. Miami OH 6. Toledo 7. Bowling Green 8. Ball St. 9. Buffalo 10. Eastern Michigan 11. Central Michigan 12. Western Michigan

1. Grand Canyon 2. Stephen F. Austin 3. Seattle 4. Abilene Christian 5. UT Arlington 6. Cal Baptist 7. Tarleton 8. Utah Valley 9. Southern Utah 10. UT Rio Grande Valley 11. Utah Tech