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UNCW Athletics Director Mike Oblinger joins us for the summer edition of our semi-annual sit-down series. We covered plenty of ground over 50 minutes, including the CAA's newest member, record fundraising for the Seahawk Club, and all of the facilities questions you've gotten to know and love. Enjoy!

UNCW's latest transfer portal addition might be the most important, as fifth-year point guard Xavier Brown is set to join the Seahawks for the 2026-27 season. You'll only need a few minutes to understand exactly why Brown is the perfect fit for this team, especially with a number of experienced leaders heading on to play pro basketball. We discuss his path from the Tidewater area to college hoops,...

With two more commits from the transfer portal on Tuesday, the roster is coming into focus for the 2026-27 edition of the Seahawks. William Kermoury, a sharpshooter from Northeastern, was joined by Xavier Brown, a point guard who spent time at James Madison and South Florida, in making a pledge to UNCW. Get to know a little about how the portal additions will fit together with the returners, as we...

We've had Christian May Appreciation days, nights, and even weeks ... so it's probably time we have an episode. It was a fantastic conversation with Christian covering his journey from the WCAC to Towson and then finishing off his college hoops career in Wilmington. Plenty of great stuff on why he immediately committed to the Seahawks, how the 2025-26 team came together over the summer, and what i...

We've reached the end of the road, but damn was it a fun ride. The Seahawks won a regular-season title, won 27 games, picked up their first NIT win, and played host to a postseason game for the first time. Now, it's on to Portal Season and all of the fun that brings. Thankfully, it seems the Seahawks stand to bring back a solid foundation as we carry this momentum into the offseason!

The Seahawks are coming home, and we've got a big one on Saturday night against Dayton! UNCW endured a tough start on the road at Yale before battling back and gutting out a huge win over the Ivy League's most consistent program. Now, we'll be hosting an NIT game at Trask Coliseum for the first time, and it seems we're going to have a packed house.

We get to watch the Seahawks play basketball at least one more time for the 2025-26 season! Playing in the NIT for the third time, UNCW is headed north to meet fellow academic powerhouse Yale in New Haven. The Bulldogs present an interesting matchup, as a team with a strong post presence surrounded by a host of excellent shooters. Both teams will hit the boards hard and look to play mistake-free h...

It's time for the biggest show of the year! We're joined by an esteemed panel of #CAAhoops luminaries to break down the 2026 tournament, with a look at each team and why they can (or cannot) cut down the nets in DC. Our guests are noted Hofstra Guy Jerry Beach, Dylan Brett of Hofstra student radio, and Jacob Phillips, who has done awesome work covering the league as a student at Northeastern.

An incredible night in Trask turned sour as Charleston flipped the script on us and made all of the plays down the stretch, ending UNCW's six-game winning streak. Bill and Brant break down where things went wrong for the Seahawks, where the game turned, and what it means with the tournament approaching. Also, a quick look ahead to Tuesday night's date with Elon, which stands between the Hawks and...

Thanks to a business-like win over NC A&T, the Seahawks set up a showcase opportunity for Sunday night! A sold-out Trask for UNCW vs. Charleston, alone on national TV, with a chance to win an outright CAA regular-season title. It's a heck of an opportunity for us, the league, and one of the premier rivalries in mid-major hoops. First, a quick look back at how the Hawks took care of business in a "...

A couple of late deficits, a couple of big-time clutch performances for the Seahawks. But what's new? We have no magical analysis for all of the ways that UNCW continues to win games by coming up big in crunch time, but it sure is fun to witness every week. These dudes are incredibly tough, and it reflects in everything they do.

UNCW took a grown-man win at Charleston and kept building on it this past week, turning in a dominant defensive performance to beat Elon before surviving a heavyweight slugfest with Hofstra on Saturday. The Seahawks are playing their most consistent, toughest brand of basketball at the time it matters most. That's pretty cool!

UNCW got back to Seahawk Basketball on Monday night in Charleston, winning their sixth straight game over the rival Cougars. Enjoy!

Thursday night really sucked, and watching it for a second time only made things worse. The Seahawks didn't much resemble the team we've gotten to know this season, as they veered away from their trademark physicality, toughness, and ability to make the big play when it mattered. Now, the Seahawks head south to renew their rivalry with a Charleston team that has flipped their season over the past...

Another year, another grown-man game against Towson. This time around, though, UNCW came out on top thanks to a balanced team effort, and hit the CAA halfway point at 8-1 despite having played six games on the road. Bill and Brant break down the offensive wrinkles the Seahawks worked in against a big, physical Towson front line, then get into Thursday night's big matchup with William & Mary at Tra...

The Seahawks learned a tough lesson last week in Williamsburg, where another first-half deficit proved too deep to dig out of against a good William & Mary team. The Tribe mixed their defenses early and got UNCW out of character before a second-half rally. It seemed there was a lesson in the loss, though, as the Hawks showed up with their best all-around performance in weeks in a tough win at Hamp...

Another double-digit deficit, another gutsy win for the Seahawk. This team just keeps finding a way to stack wins. This time around, it was the steady hand of Patrick Wessler in the middle while Madison Durr and Greedy Williams finished things off with a sensational performance for the Second Half Seahawks. In this episode we cover: - Another great comeback in Trask - Patrick Wessler, First Team A...

Comebacks are the theme of the week as Perchast returns from a month-long hiatus! Fortunately for us, the Seahawks made this an easy episode with Saturday's 24-point rally to stun Stony Brook, creating a moment for the history books in the process. - UNCW is 16-2 and 5-0 in conference play despite injuries, illness, and some inconsistency. How lucky are we? - What's going on with the massive dispa...

It's been a couple of hours now, and it's still not entirely clear how UNCW rallied to beat Marshall. In their first close game of the season, the Seahawks found a way to steal a gritty win on a night they didn't play their best on either end of the floor. Patrick Wessler's career-best performance set the tone, while Nolan Hodge came up clutch down the stretch, too. What a night.

It was an abundant Thanksgiving for the Seahawks, who completely dominated five of the six halves of basketball it played in the Live Oak Bank Holiday Classic. There were all sorts of positives for UNCW, ranging from lockdown defense to sharing the basketball and excellent individual performances from Patrick Wessler, Madison Durr, and more. Bill and Brant touch on all of those interesting nuggets...

The vibes are high after a 2-0 week that saw the Seahawks largely dominate wins over ECU and Radford. This team's personality is starting to show, and damn, do we love it. They're connected in a way we haven't seen recently, and that is becoming very clear with ball movement and defensive communication. In all, we touch on Gavin Walsh getting comfortable in his role, Christian May finding a rhythm...

After the loss at Kent State, the Seahawks returned home with a gritty, culture win over USC Upstate! Uncle Bill and Brant discuss the winning plays from Christian May and Gavin Walsh in particular, as well as points on leadership, Madison Durr's unreal ability to get to the free throw line, and Patrick Wessler finding consistency in his new role. With ECU coming to town on Tuesday night, we Jorda...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; Charles Dickens wrote that about UNCW's performance at Kent State, supposedly. Uncle Bill and Brant are on this mic this week for a nuanced discussion of the Seahawks' loss in Ohio on Monday night, which saw UNCW fall behind by 22 points before getting things in gear and fighting back. After a no-good, very bad start, there was A LOT to like abo...

It feels like forever ago the Seahawks tipped off the 2025-26 season with a win over Mount Olive! Uncle Bill and TeacherBracket are here to break down the season-opening win, including a huge night for Big Pat Wessler, Madison Durr's attacking speed, Nolan Hodge's confidence, and what was up with that second half. Then, a look ahead to a great mid-major matchup with Kent State on Monday night. The...

We're grateful for the opportunity to talk with one of the all-time great Seahawks, Craig Ponder! Now an assistant coach at UNCW, Ponder played a pivotal role in rebuilding the program under Coach Kevin Keatts, ultimately closing his career with a CAA championship in 2016 before pushing Duke to the wire in the NCAA Tournament. Since returning to Wilmington as a coach in 2020, Ponder has been on th...