Cascade Hoops Talk

We review the NAIA DII MBB Top 25 for the week ending 12/15/2019

We interview Dennis Hopson, Head MBB Coach at Lourdes University. Coach Hopson played at Ohio State (or as Coach very subtlety corrects me, THE Ohio State University), where he was an All American, Big 10 Player of the Year, and still holds the single season and all time scoring record. He was drafted 3rd by the New Jersey Nets upon graduation, and played 5 years in the NBA. During his NBA career...

Interview Taylor Langley, Head Men's Basketball Coach at University of Michigan - Dearborn. Coach Langley spent several years as an assistant at Davenport prior to becoming head coach at Dearborn. He typically works the national tournament as well as serving on the national ranking committee, which helps him provide an interesting take on the various regions and conferences in the NAIA.

A full 'Week in Review' for the NAIA DII MBB Top 20

A full 'Week in Review' for the NAIA DII MBB Top 20

NAIA DII MBB Top 10 and teams to watch for week ending 11/24/19

A full review of GPAC conference action featuring several coaches interviews. We are also joined by 2016 ND Sportscaster of the Year, Steve Linzmeier

We interview first year head coach of the Mount Marty Lancers of the GPAC. He talks about his coaching journey, rebuilding philosophy and this years Mount Marty team

A full review of this weeks NAIA DII MBB Top 25 action

We interviewed Bethel Pilot Head Coach Steve Drabyn. He talks about his coaching journey and the 2019-20 Bethel Pilots

We interview Brendan Rooney, Head MBB Coach at Cal Maritime Academy. Brendan tells us more about the Academy, updates on the California fires and the effect on the school, his background and basketball philosophy as well as updates us on this years team There is a buzz at the end of the introduction that I could not eliminate, I apologize to listeners. I worked on this quite a while and decided I...

A full review of this weeks top 25 action in NAIA DII Men's Basketball

Steve Linzmeier @SteveLinzmo joins us to discuss GPAC basketball 

A review of the Crossroads Conference for the week ending 11/06/19

C.T. and I preview the 2019-20 Cascade Collegiate Conference season

We interview Doug Burge. Doug is a member of the WIAA, Washington High School Coaches Hall of Fame. Winning 495 games in 20 years with just under 80% win percentage, he is one of the most successful coaches in Washington High School history. Doug is retired from coaching but maintains contact with the game through his son, Scotty Burge, a starting guard for the Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls.

NAIA DII Men's Basketball Top 25 weekly update

Spring Arbor assistant coach Brandon Baum joins us for a Crossroads League update

Oregon Tech men's Head Basketball Coach, Justin Parnell joins us to talk about the journey for him replacing coaching legend, Danny Miles. He also talks about life in the Cascade Conference, his coaching philosophy and previews this years team

Coach Scott Meredith, Head women's basketball Coach at Oregon Tech,  joins us to talk about how he got into coaching, the road he took to Oregon Tech, and how he altered his approach to basketball after working with Danny Miles.

We interview Jared Valentine, Head Coach of the Warner Pacific Knights, located in Portland, OR. Coach Valentine talks about the Valentine family basketball legacy at Warner Pacific, life in the Cascade Conference and his coaching philosphy. He also updates us on the 2019-20 edition of the Knights.

We interview Coach Scott Moore, Head Coach of the Grace Lancers men's basketball program. He talks about the journey of replacing a coaching legend, as well as life in the Crossroads League. We also preview this years version of the Grace College Lancers

A weekend update of the NAIA DII MBB top 25 and other news. Today we also highlight 2 true freshman making significant impact in their first college games.

Results from NAIA DII Men's Basketball action Friday 10/25/2019

Cornerstone All American, Sam VanderSluis joins us for  a preview of the upcoming Crossroads/WHAC Challenge. The premiere NAIA season kick off event.