A Trophy Life: The Naismith Trophy Podcast

Send us Fan Mail As the Olympics get underway, ESPN's Paul Biancardi joins Bob Rathbun on the show this week to talk about all of the summer news, NIL, college and high school players to look out for as the summer comes to an end. Plus this week's News and Notes. WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast, Bob Rathbun welcomes our 2024 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Girl's High School Player of the Year: Sarah Strong. She talks about some of her takeaways from the year and her goals moving forward into college. WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback only helps ma...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition of A Trophyy Life, Iowa State Head Coach T.J. Otzelberger joins host Bob Rathbun! T.J. was a Werner Ladder Naismith Trophy Men's college coach of the year finalist in 2024! Plus, the weekly news and notes! WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback only helps make the show bette...

Send us Fan Mail Happy 4th of July to all! This week on A Trophy Life, presented by Jersey Mike's,  Bob Rathbun is joined by ESPN and Stadium basketball expert Fran Fraschilla! Bob and Fran discuss the three Naismith Trophy award winners from 2024 who heard their names called during the NBA Draft. Plus.. the news and notes from the week! WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and revie...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we welcome our 2024 Jersey Mike's Naismith Girl's High School Coach of the Year, Sue Phillips from Archbishop Mitty High School!  Bob recaps our award winners who were selected in the NBA Draft's first round, plus our weekly News and Notes! WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your...

Send us Fan Mail This week on A Trophy Life presented by Jersey Mike's, Bob Rathbun welcomes author Ben Kaplan and his new book 'Pipeline to the Pros: How D3, Small-College Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA'! Plus don't miss our weekly News and Notes at the top of the show! WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Hall of Famer and 2014 Naismith Outstanding Contributor to Women’s Basketball: Nancy Lieberman joins Bob Rathbun for a fun discussion about all things basketball and her amazing career! We also  honor the life and legacy of hoops icon Jerry West. It's all here on A Trophy Life, presented by Jersey Mike's. WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and revie...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this week's episode with our new presenting sponsor: Jersey Mike's!  Our guest is the great PJ Carlesimo, the long-time college and NBA head coach! His broadcast duties include the NCAA Tournament for Westwood One Sports, and he'll be on the call of the #NBAFinals for the NBA on ESPN Radio! WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTune...

Send us Fan Mail The Atlanta Tipoff Club and the Naismith Awards mourn the passing of basketball legend Bill Walton. This week, we dedicate our podcast to the life and legacy of our dear friend, who passed away on May 27th. We celebrate Bill's incredible spirit with this podcast, with archived comments from his work for us over the years. Rest in Peace. WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a...

Send us Fan Mail Please enjoy a safe Memorial Day weekend! ESPN College Basketball Analyst and the longtime successful Final Four head coach Tom Crean  joins the podcast! Plus, this week's Jersey Mike's News and Notes with Bob Rathbun! WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback only helps make the show bet...

Send us Fan Mail The uncertain times in college basketball is the top of discussion with USA Today's Sports national columnist Dan Wolken with  Bob Rathbun. Plus, the weekly Jersey Mike's News and Notes featuring a former Werner Ladder Women's Coach of the Year! WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedb...

Send us Fan Mail This week, USC Women's Head Coach  Lindsay Gottlieb joins Bob Rathbun as we salute our national award nominees! Lindsay was a finalist for the Werner Ladder Naismith Awards women's college coach of the year in 2024, leading USC to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament! Plus, the weekly Jersey Mike's News and Notes! WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and...

Send us Fan Mail This week, our guest is the 2024 Werner Ladder Naismith Trophy Men's College Coach of the Year: Dan Hurley  of the NCAA champions! And as always Bob starts us off with the Jersye Mike's News and Notes! WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback only helps make the show better, and we appre...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we take you back to Phoenix and resume our encore presentation of the 2024 Naismith Awards Brunch at this year's Final Four with Bob Rathbun, WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback only helps make the show better, and we appreciate your support! For more information about the Nai...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we take you back to Phoenix for the announcement of the 2024 Jersey Mike's Naismith Men's College basketball Player of the Year, Zach Edey of Purdue! Re-live our ceremony as Zach made history as a repeat winner!  WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback only helps make the sho...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we begin our recap of the 2024 Naismith Awards, reliving the women's awards from Cleveland! Also, Bob salutes the retiring Tara VanDerveer. a three-time Werner Ladder Naismith Awards Women's college Coach of the Year, in our Jersey Mike's News and Notes.  WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your...

Send us Fan Mail Join us this week for our Final Four awards weekend!  Our signature Naismith Awards celebration is underway in Cleveland and Phoenix! Stay up to date on our social media channels to listen and watch all weekend long.  This week,  Bob talks with Debbie Antonelli at the Women's Final Four! Big thanks to Jersey Mike's and Werner Ladder! WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the Sweet 16's for the men and the women! Matt Norlander joins the podcast from CBS Sports to dive into the first weekend and what's ahead.  Bob also reveals the Jersey Mike's Naismith Player of the Year finalists for the men and women and fans can now vote for their favorites! Once again we are asking fans to participate in the process through the Naismi...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we chat with the great Fran Fraschilla on the NCAA Tournament plus the Jersey Mike's News and Notes with Bob Rathbun. WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback only helps make the show better, and we appreciate your support! For more information about the Naismith Trophy Award, visi...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we celebrate Selection Sunday and the excitement of the NCAA Tournaments for the men and the women! In this edition, the esteemed sportingnews.com college basketball writer Mike DeCourcy joins Bob to discuss the season's top players and coaches.  WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your fee...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition, the Naismith Trophy  is proud to announce our 2024 Jersey Mike's High School Player and Coach of the Year award winners! Join Bob as he reveals the boys and girls winners and chats with Coach Kevin Boyle of Montverde Academy! WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback only help...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Bob chops it up with former Duke star, broadcaster Alaa Abdelnaby! Plus, the weekend’s key games on the Jersey Mike's News and Notes!  WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback only helps make the show better, and we appreciate your support! For more information about the Naismith T...

Send us Fan Mail This week, WSU Men's Head Coach Kyle Smith joins Bob Rathbun as the Cougars have entered the Top 25 for the first time since 07-08! Plus, the weekly Jersey Mike's News and Notes!  WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback only helps make the show better, and we appreciate your support! Fo...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Notre Dame Women's Basketball star Hannah Hidalgo joins Bob Rathbun to talk ACC Women's Basketball and more! Plus, we've released our Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy men's and women's College Player of the Year Midseason teams! Check them out on Twitter, Instagram, and our website: naimsithtrophy.com WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rat...

Send us Fan Mail This week,  Bob chats with Hall of Fame play-by-play man Mike Gorman! If you are a fan of Big East men's basketball, you won't want to miss this!  Plus, we salute 8x Werner Ladder Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year Geno Auriemma  on win number 1200 in our Jersey Mike's News and Notes!  WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes,...