Dave Campbell's Zone Star State

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson talk with Adrian Broaddus of 600 ESPN El Paso about the state of UTEP men's and women's basketball. What's Joe Golding building with the men's program and what happened to the women's team we expected to see?

Matthew Brune 247 and Ishmael Johnson go through more transfer news including Terrence Shannon leaving Tech for Illinois and Michigan's Hunter Dickinson calling out Tech MBB head coach Mark Adams. Then later in the show, they talk about USC's top scorer, Jordyn Jenkins, committing to UTSA and Karen Aston's project in San Antonio.   Rundown:  Men: 3:45 Texas Tech’s busy week in the portal 23:15 Oth...

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson talk about former SMU point guard Kendric Davis heading to AAC rival Memphis before talking about Marcus Carr, Timmy Allen and Kevin Obanor returning for another year in the Big 12. Then they run down some WBB transfers as well. Rundown: 2:35 Kendric Davis chooses Memphis… 17:25 Carr and Allen return to Texas 25:30 Obanor returns to Tech 26:55 Other MBB dep...

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson give a rundown of the transfer portal news in both MBB and WBB. They play "Where Will He Go?" with big-time names like Kendric Davis and Stephanie Visscher.   Rundown: 3:54 Men’s transfer portal news 32:45 Women’s portal news and updates

Matthew Brune and Ishmael Johnson run through a host of individual and team awards they made up that represent certain play styles and results of certain teams and players including the Mark Vital Award, the Audrey Warren Award, etc. MBB 3:30 Reggie Miller (Not that one) Award 6:18 Mark Vital Award 8:48 Kevin Durant Award 11:10 Most Defined Role Player Award 14:55 Jackson-N-Wallace Award WBB 18:18...

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson review the men's national championship, Texas A&M in the NIT final and some early MBB transfer portal news. Then they review the DCTB All-Texas Basketball awards revealed last week.   Rundown: 1:29 Recaping the Final Four 7:45 A&M MBB loses in NIT title game 12:34 Transfer portal talk: Shannon, Ramey, Asberry, McBride, Gipson… 35:00 DCTB All-Texas Women’s a...

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson run through Houston MBB's ugly Elite Eight loss to Villanoca before going into why Texas WBB fell victim to the reigning national champs in the Elite Eight. Then they quickly go through Texas A&M's NIT run before discussing new hires at SMU MBB and Texas A&M WBB. Rundown: 3:10 Houston men loses to Nova in Elite 8 14:05 Texas women falls vs. Stanford in Elit...

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson break down Texas' Sweet 16 win over Ohio State before getting into a small preview of the pending rematch with the Cardinal in the Elite Eight.

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson give an apology to Kelvin Sampson and Houston MBB on counting them out this season before discussing how Tech simply fell victim to Coach K Duke Devil Magic. Then, they give a preview of Texas WBB vs Ohio State in the WBB Sweet 16. Rundown: 1:40: Houston dominates Arizona! 16:10 Previewing Houston vs. Villanova 23:20 Duke ends Texas Tech’s season 35:23 Prev...

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson discuss Texas' refusal to double Trevion Williams and Zach Edey, Baylor WBB going ICE COLD vs South Dakota and TCU's near-upset of Arizona. Of course there's good too, Houston and Tech MBB advance as does Texas WBB in impressive fashion. Rundown: MBB 2:00 Houston beats Illinois 8:16 TCU nearly stuns Arizona 15:15 Tech wins ugly vs. Notre Dame 23:35 Texas’ c...

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson discuss the first few days of the NCAA Tournaments. Texas shooting the lights out vs VaTech and TCU/Houston shutting their opponents down. Then, they talk about UTA's late struggles in a near-upset vs Iowa State (still fraudulent). New episode discussing the rest of the WBB bracket and first weekend of the MBB tournament coming Tuesday. MBB :57 North Texas...

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson give you all you need to know about the Texas teams in the MBB and WBB NCAA Tournaments including the teams with the best regions/paths. They also run through the NIT and WNIT fields. But first they start off with a rundown of the boys and girls high school state tournament from the past few weekends.

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson go through all the conference tournaments and their expectations for Texas teams...except for the SEC and Texas A&M because they hate them and are biased. ...No, it's just because they geniunely forgot. Apologies to the Aggie listeners. Rundown: 3:17 Sun Belt Men 7:30 Sun Belt Women 9:33 AAC Men 15:05 AAC Women 16:34 Big 12 Men 24:08 Big 12 Women 31:00 C-US...

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson list the most disappointing teams in the state this year, four in MBB and four in WBB. From Gary Blair's final A&M team to three letdown teams across Conference USA. Rundown: WBB 3:33 Texas A&M 11:10 Houston 17:30 UTEP 23:35 TCU MBB 30:22 Abilene Christian 35:33 Rice  44:12 Prairie View A&M 47:53 UTSA

Matthew Brune os 247 and Ishmael Johnson talk about how Houston MBB pummeled SMU before eventually discussing Baylor WBB's dominant win over Iowa State to win another Big 12 Championship. Then they get into a small preview of the men's and women's Sun Belt Tournament.  MBB 1:25 Houston pummels SMU 10:52 UNT wins C-USA again 13:18 The wild wild Big 12 36:00 Sun Belt tournament preview WBB 41:35 Sun...

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson discuss SMU's ceiling now that Kendric Davis is back plus the look of the WAC after SFA's close win over Sam Houston. Then they examine Baylor WBB's ceiling in the tournament before discussing Vic Schaefer's rant on Texas' poor attendance. Rundown: MBB 2:08 SFA beats Sam Houston, WAC standings outlook 12:51 SMU is living on the bubble 17:15 Previewing Baylo...

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson talk big about Tech vs Texas Pt. II before they dissect all the Texas teams that have a chance to win their regular season conference champiosnhip. MBB 11:08 Texas Tech beats Texas again 27:49 North Texas continues its incredible season 31:36 Texas State leads the Sun Belt 36:30 Rundown of the WAC, AAC, Southland, and the SWAC WBB 44:05 Texas routs Iowa Sta...

Matthew Brune and Ishmael Johnson talk through Baylor MBB's dominating win over Texas before getting into why CUSA WBB has disappointed this season. Then they play "Hate It or Love It" in the spirit of Valentine's Day and 50 Cent's performance as the Super Bowl. 

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson discuss Texas Tech WBB's near upset of Texas in Lubbock before asking if SMU MBB's upset over Houston says more about the Mustangs or Coogs. WBB 0:55 What if college basketball had trades? 4:56 Texas WBB beats Tech WBB in Lubbock MBB 11:08 SMU upsets Houston! 26:55 Tech loses to Mo Gibson and OU 32:55 UNT beat UTEP 38:13 A&M’s collapse

Matthew Brune and Ishmael Johnson go in-depth on Baylor and Texas WBB's two games last week and ask if Baylor's still that much ahead of Texas. Then Brune praises UTA WBB's run so far. Are we worried about Baylor MBB yet? And lastly, Houston is STILL that team. WBB 1:02 Baylor sweeps Texas over the weekend 20:02 UTA improves to 8-2 in the Sun Belt MBB 23:20 Are we worried about Baylor? 36:18 Houst...

Matthew Brune and Ishmael Johnson give their immediate thoughts on the incredible atmosphere in Lubbock during Chris Beard's return to Texas Tech in which the Red Raiders won 77-64.

Matthew Brune and Ishmael Johnson open with raving out how SFA WBB's hit its stride and are now the clear WAC favorites. Then they discuss the Big/SEC MBB Challenge and ask if it was really necessary for all involved. Then a quick preview of Tech/Texas MBB. Rundown: WBB 4:10 SFA is back on top 17:50 Texas loses to OU MBB 23:23 SEC-Big 12 challenge recap and takeaways (TCU, Texas, Tech, Baylor) 38:...

Matthew Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson discuss both Texas A&M MBB and what they're doing well this season before later talking about how Baylor WBB has looked more like the dominant force we expected. They also preview the SEC-Big 12 Challenge coming up this weekend. Rundown: MBB 2:20 Just how good is Texas A&M? 12:28 UTA takes down Texas State 17:33 Texas beats TCU 20:45 UTEP and UTSA get big w...

Matthew Brune 247 and Ishmael Johnson talk about Texas Tech's encouraging double overtime loss at Kansas and ask if Terrence Shannon should be "The Guy" for this team before examining the current state of WBB across Texas...it's not looking great.    Rundown: MBB 5:32: Texas Tech proved itself yet again 25:56: TCU looks legit?  32:48: Sam Houston: Kings of the WAC 39:14: SWAC update, what's going...

Matthw Brune of 247 and Ishmael Johnson talk about SMU MBB's impressive run. Plus, are Rice and Sam Houston turning their seasons around. Then Ishmael talks about UTA's last-second win over Texas State. Note: We were originally slated to talk about both SMU MBB and WBB but the women had both games postponed this week. We'll be sure to talk about Toyelle Wilson's squad when they're back on the cour...