Joined by Christian Odjakjian from Enjoy Bball to talk through the games that kicked off the new year + the best trios in the nation. Talk about Nebraska, Miami Ohio, North Carolina & SMU + the entire SEC.

0:00 Intro

2:10 News & Notes

4:05 NEBRASKETBALL

14:00 Miami Ohio

21:12 SMU vs UNC

29:50 SEC Games

44:10 Best Trios

56:45 Panic Meter & Excitement Scale

1:14:55 Schedule + Q&A

College basketball eligibility issues have reached new heights! We talk through all of it, go through each of the top 10 conferences to make title and March picks, show you an updated Trapezoid of Excellence & have Belmont head Coach Casey Alexander on the show to talk about Belmont's hot streak heading into MVC play & the life of a mid major.

0:00 Intro

3:43 GM Adam's surgery

5:36 College Eligibility Concerns

26:48 Conference RE-Previews

50:12 Trapezoid of Excellence

53:33 Belmont coach Casey Alexander

1:21:50 Schedule + Q&A

Holiday Special episode where we write letters to Santa, give the naughty + nice list, talk Texas Tech beating Duke, Houston over Arkansas, Seton Hall in the Big East + much more!!!

0:00 Intro

1:47 Mid Season Additions & Injuries

4:53 Homefield Holidays!

5:39 Texas Tech & Duke

14:08 Houston & Arkansas

19:50 Utah State & Mountain West

25:12 Jayden Quaintance

27:23 UNC & Seth Trimble

28:45 Nova vs Wisco

30:33 Letters To Santa!

38:30 Naughty & Nice List

42:55 Panic & Excitement

47:00 Schedule + Q&A

This week we talk on the big games from UConn to BYU to Nebraska to Arkansas, get into panic meter & excitement scale and MORE NEBRASKETBALL.

0:00 Intro & Spongebob

2:37 Darryn Peterson injury

4:40 Quad 1A Wins

6:37 Seton Hall

8:50 Nebrasketball

15:00 BYU (vs Clemson)

21:00 UConn vs Florida

28:55 Arkansas & Texas Tech

35:35 Arizona vs Alabama

37:37 Kansas vs NC State40:20 Murray State vs Akron

41:00 Mid Major Minute

48:12 Panic Meter

52:20 Excitement Scale58:00 Game Schedule

1:01:46 Q&A

JAM PACKED episode today from all over the sports world. Talk through Iowa State, Arkansas, Colorado State & more teams we are excited about. Also talk on Kentucky, Purdue, Indiana, Tennessee & teams that looked not as good. Even get into the CFP Bracket, what it means for college hoops & even some World Cup talk!!!

0:00 Intro

1:08 World Cup

3:40 CFP Bracket

8:14 College Hoops News

9:15 Taylor U Silent Night

11:50 Iowa State

23:35 Purdue

24:23 Top Teams Separating

26:12 Big 12

27:35 Arkansas

32:49 Underrated Mid Majors

39:30 Wooden Award

44:05 Panic Meter

54:12 Excitement Scale

59:45 This Week's Schedule

1:02:13 q&a

After a loaded Feast Week, we talk through all major notes & opinions around the nation. Panic Meter + a new Excitement Scale + much more.

0:00 Intro

2:00 News & Notes

5:40 Utah State

7:17 Feast Week

8:50 IM SORRY MICHIGAN

15:20 Big Ten Natty Year???

17:05 Vanderbilt

20:47 Iowa State

27:18 Big 12 Best League?

30:48 Big East...

34:50 UC San Diego

38:23 Panic Meter

46:03 Excitement Scale

53:09 Schedule + Q&A

Live from Players Era in Vegas, we talk through the big games of the week, previewing FEAST WEEK & what team should be the #1 team in the country...

0:00 Intro

1:52 News & Notes

8:13 FEAST WEEK

14:40 Purdue vs Texas Tech

17:23 BYU vs Wisconsin

19:50 UConn vs Arizona

21:16 Alabama vs Illinois

23:36 Champions Classic & Michigan State

25:03 Troy

26:13 Who is the #1 Team?

34:00 Panic Meter

The biggest & newest event in college basketball is the Players Era. I talk candidly with CEO and Founder Seth Berger about everything. From his background, how the event got founded, how they select teams, the vision for the future of the tournament & much more!

0:00 Intro

0:57 CEO Seth Berger

4:03 The Birth of Players Era

8:05 Players Era vs Maui & the rest

11:33 Money in College Sports

21:13 This Year's Tournament

21:28 Selecting The Field

25:45 NCAAT Resumes

29:20 Jalen Warley

33:40 ELITE games

37:30 Why Vegas?

SUPER PACKED show with tons of great stuff - recapping big games talking on BYU, UConn, Illinois, Purdue. Get into mid major teams on fire like Saint Louis, have the UT Martin Head Coach Jeremy Shulman join the show to talk about his Skyhawks on fire. And then the panic meter... is the Big East cooked?

0:00 Intro

1:25 News & Notes

5:20 Homefield Big Ten Blood Drive

6:45 Houston vs Auburn

14:15 Arizona UCLA

17:25 BYU vs UConn

23:43 Purdue vs Alabama

30:00 Texas Tech vs Illinois

34:30 Kentucky vs Louisville

39:11 Mid Majors on Fire

49:23 UT Martin Head Coach Jeremy Shulman

1:15:16 Panic Meter

1:25:50 This week's schedule + Q&A

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!