D Hoop University

Feat. Kevin Wilson - Lots to discuss on today's pod. The rap beef is cooked, served, and ready to be digested. The NBA playoffs are down to the who's who of the league and the title is within reach. Awards have been announced. Kev & Hoop get into it all in what was a fantastic conversation start to finish. Enjoy the pod! 7 somethings Kendrick vs. Drake (3:40) Thoughts on the Lakers exit/offsea...

Feat. Omar James & Shiva Dhiman. It's the most wonderful time of the year. The best postseason in sports is here, AND there's rap beef ?! Recorded on the final day of the regular season: The gang tackles the state of Drake vs. Everybody then offer a play-in preview. Rounding out the pod is a discussion about All-NBA teams and this year's MVP award. Enjoy the pod! (2:00) What is going on in the...

Feat. Shiva Dhiman - The Causual Diehards lead a toast to the final stretch of the NBA regular season. Hoop guides the pod through some of the forgotten storylines of the year through the lens of fantasy basketball, as he battles in his league's championship matchup. Enjoy the pod! (5:05) Hoop runs through a list of player shoutouts that contributed to his team's success, which flows into some for...

Feat. Suge Wrestling & Justin Walker. If you get the reference in the pod's title, extra credit for you! Today's pod is about something indeed - that being the WrestleMania XL main event(s). Hoop, Suge & Justin try to capture what makes this moment in time for WWE feel so grand. All while giving kudos to the high-level storyline at work, and likening its depth to that of the Marvel Cinematic Unive...

Feat. Chuck Campbell & Omar James. T-minus 4 weeks until the NBA Playoffs are here, meaning it's time to be honest about whether or not our respective teams (Dallas & LAL) have what it takes. The conversation fluidly turns to March Madness & women's basketball. Enjoy the pod! (5:00) We start with Dallas - Is Luka/Kyrie & co. enough to make a run? Will Luka be a Maverick in 5 years or not? Is J-Kid...

Featuring Terrel Emerson & Shiva Dhiman. Cheers to the 50th episode of the pod, to celebrate we're breaking down Super Bowl LVIII which took place in our own backyard. After closing the book on the NFL season, we transition to phase two of the NBA season. The guys make arguments for which teams are best equipped to make a run post-trade deadline, capped off with an MVP conversation. Enjoy the...

Featuring Kwestin Fisher a.k.a. 'Fish Flicks.' The WrestleMania XL Kickoff presser in Las Vegas provided a LOT to dive into. Kwest & Hoop break it all down in regards to the main event storyline between the Tribal Chief Roman Reigns, the American Nightmare Cody Rhodes, and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. As always, watch the product & enjoy the pod! (4:10) Do we finally have clarity on the road...

Feat. Justin Walker - Fresh off an interview with former ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli, my main man drops in to discuss the 2024 Royal Rumble PLE. The beauty of a four-match card is the agenda is clear. The other beauty of wrestling, is that there's no condensed way to talk about it. So we thoroughly break down the show, along with some thoughts on how to get to 'Mania 40. Enjoy the pod! (...

Feat. Suge Wrestling. On a day WWE finds themselves in headlines everywhere, Hoop welcomes Suge to the class for a thorough discussion, Since only one person can win the Royal Rumble, we make the arguments for the very best candidates and put them in some logical order. On that journey, the guys hit some of any and everything going on in WWE. Cheers to wrestling being dope, enjoy the pod! (9:00) A...

Feat. Shiva Dhiman - Now more than ever, the Casual Diehards are back! Darrell & Shiv getting back to the basics. We're talking hoops first on the heels of the Pascal Siakam trade, followed by a western & eastern conference round-up midway through the NBA Season. We lay our fantasy seasons to rest before chewing on the NFL's Divisional round matchups. Welcome back to class & enjoy the...

Featuring Justin Walker (and Austin Theory, technically). Welcome everybody, class is back in session. We're hitting the ground running with immediate reactions to the Las Vegas Raiders firing their Head Coach and General Manager (5:40) and what opportunities there are to salvage the season. The NBA is back as well, (22:30) Hoop provides his keys to success for the Los Angeles Lakers season with a...

Featuring Shiva Dhiman. Who's ready to discuss NBA basketball? The Casual Diehards, back to their bread & butter, are here to recap the Damian Lillard trade in its entirety. That convo pivots to Darrell's highly anticipated "Top 2's, but not 2" list of the best superstar duos in the League. Finally, we update the casual diehard fantasy football league, where the question must be asked - Were m...

Join Darrell - who's finding his wings as a solo podcaster - as he breaks down his five weekend winners & losers. A stacked show as far as topics go. We begin with fantasy football week 2 results coming off of MNF, before venturing into the world of betting, Deion Sanders and the Colorado football team, NBA 2k24 & The Rock's momentous return to WWE programming. Let's get to work, enjoy the...

Week 1 of the NFL is in the books, meaning we have a lot to recap. Fantasy fireworks happened, injuries happened, and the madness is only just beginning. Darrell goes solo recapping standout performances by position. Before wrapping up, we talk team USA finishing medal-less in the FIBA World Cup, & where WWE might be headed with the Bloodline and LA Knight. Enjoy the pod!

Featuring David Hawkins. A-one-of-a-kind conversation. No notes needed. The objective for the pod was to let my guy Dave explain his tech/arts & innovation company "Art Is Subjective," and that was accomplished. Everything else was a natural flow of connecting about shared interests and experiences. From the Writer's Strike to the Pandemic, to the evolving metros that are Las Vegas & Los A...

Featuring Shiva Dhiman. Let the beauty of fantasy football begin. Casual Diehards host their first pod in over a month to recap the podcast league fantasy draft (3:25). Darrell & Shiv walk you through their respective rosters & draft strategies ahead of week 1 of the NFL Regular Season. Dhoop roster breakdown (4:35) - passing up on Kelce, Ekeler & McCaffrey for Derrick Henry, when to t...

Featuring Twan Lama. A week in the making, this episode is a double-feature that first pays tribute to the legacy of WWE Superstar Bray Wyatt. His sudden passing rocked the wrestling world, and Darrell does his best to honor the passion he brought to wrestling with a narrative about his lasting impact. We then go back in time for a recording with my brotha Antwan a.k.a. Twan Lama. He is a hoop hea...

Featuring Mylen Makes. Another former high school teammate that's making big moves. Music is Mylen's newest venture, while his artistry includes fashion, modeling, videography & more. Meaning there's plenty to discuss in the years since he and I last caught up. Hear how 'the kid with vitiligo' embraced who he was and never looked back. Stream "Psyche" for a more contextualized listen. Find the...

Featuring Shiva Dhiman & Jeremy Williams. The fantasy league kicks into high gear with the live reveal of the draft order. Hear our reactions in real-time as the strategizing begins. Then we run the gamut on teams that shouldn't be overlooked, in a season where everything is up for grabs. Along the way, you'll find a review of Madden 24 as well. Enjoy the pod! (9:25) DHU / TTT Fantasy league p...

Featuring Dylan Sanglay. Drip check! We're talking kicks today with one of the best resellers in the game. First off, we get to know Dylan Sanglay the businessman (3:30) before sharing which shoe made us fall in love with kicks (15:20). From there we dive into fake shoes (25:00), yeezy's, dunks, and how to weigh 'hype vs. value' as sneaker lovers (43:40). Lastly, a convo about Nike diving into the...

Featuring Terrel Emerson & Justin Walker. Resident 'league insider' and Head of Talk That Talk, Terrel Emerson, gives first-hand tales from Team USA's week in Las Vegas and how that may translate to the FIBA World Cup. Writer/web extraordinaire Justin Walker makes his DHU debut later on to recap WWE SummerSlam - a dense show, leaving us with a distant view of the Road to WrestleMania. Enjoy th...

Featuring Gregory & Jeremy Carlyle. Got it out the mud with these two guys at an early age. First up, (7:45) Jerm & Greg share their experience playing college basketball before expanding on who are the 2K Twinnz in real life, and what's next in their journey (21:25). We then take it back to the Gahr High School days, (32:00) including the CIF championship that wasn't meant to be. Lastly w...

Featuring Shiva Dhiman, Omar James, Kendall Gilliam. The first music discussion on the podcast merits the double-feature/double entendre as the title. Shiv, Darrell and Omar begin with the Travis Scott 'Utopia' roundtable. All sides are heard before branching out to football, fútbol & Slamball. 'The Big Steppers' is taken literally because Darrell is joined by his fraternity brother Kendall, f...

Featuring Shiva Dhiman. The Casual Diehards go heavy on the casual here. The common denominator in the lead topics is fatherhood. Hear Darrell's venting session from Raider's Training Camp (2:00), and join us in sending our best wishes to Bronny and the entire James family (17:20). For kicks and giggles, (42:35) Shiv & I flesh the 1v1 tournament that could save NBA All-Star Weekend. Enjoy the...

Featuring Shiva Dhiman. *Special announcement episode* Good checking in with my boy Shiv. (4:35) Shoutouts deliver some "Utopia" talk followed by a toast to a mini-milestone. Then "The Casual Diehard Fantasy Football Show" begins (11:40), featuring big picture analysis & drafting strategies. Darrell's best Tony Khan impersonation (33:50) with the special announcement of the day. Lastly, NBA Cu...