Heat Check with Myles Dread

Former Indiana Hoosier Xavier Johnson joins Myles Dread on today's episode of The Heat Check. Xavier Johnson reflects back on his college basketball career with the Indiana Hoosiers, his battles with injuries, the rise of Anthony Edwards, and much much more.  GET 15% OFF ALL MERCH WITH CODE HEATCHECK15: https://shop.teammercury.io/discount/HEATCHECK15?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fall For sponsorships...

Myles Dread is joined by former Purdue Basketball standout and B1G Ten Network college basketball analyst, Rapheal Davis, on today's new episode of Heat Check. Myles and Rapheal break down the current state of Big Ten basketball, reflect on the college basketball season, and give some early predictions for the 2024-25 college basketball season. GET 15% OFF ALL MERCH WITH CODE HEATCHECK15: https://...

Myles Dread is joined by college basketball personality Grant Peters on today's new episode of Heat Check. Grant Peters is an avid Kentucky basketball fan and is the Director of Content at Mercury. In this episode, Myles and Grant talk about the state of UK basketball, the downfall of the one-and-done era in college basketball, and why UConn will repeat as NCAA Champions in this year's March Madne...

Sam Sessoms joins Myles Dread on today's new episode of Heat Check. Sam Sessoms is a former Penn State guard (2020–2022) who finished his career at Coppin State before playing professional basketball overseas. Sam currently plays for SCM Universitatea Craiova in Romania. In this episode, Sam gives viewers an inside look at his decision to transfer to Penn State, what made him eventually leave Happ...

Shep Garner joins Myles Dread on today's new episode of Heat Check. Shep Garner is a Penn State basketball legend who played a key role in helping the Nittany Lions win the 2018 NIT Championship. The shooting guard still ranks as the No. 6 scorer in program history with 1,629 points, started 133-of-138 games played, and logged 4,443 career minutes—second in Big Ten history. As a senior in 2018, he...

Pete Lisicky joins Myles Dread on today's new episode of Heat Check. Pete Lisicky is Penn State Basketball legend, as he finished his career at Penn State as the program's second all-time leading scorer. Pete led the Lions to one NCAA tournament appearance as a 5-seed in 1996, as well as two NIT Final Fours at Madison Square Garden. After playing 11 seasons of professional basketball in Europe, Pe...

Denver Nuggets SG Jalen Pickett joins Myles Dread on today's new episode of Heat Check. Jalen Pickett talks about the lessons he has learned playing alongside Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and others during his time with the Denver Nuggets. Jalen also talks about the championship culture that the Denver Nuggets have built, Penn State's 2024 season outlook and more.  Get 50% off using code heatcheck50...

Penn State's former Director of Recruiting and now Notre Dame Director of Recruiting, Brian Snow, joins Myles Dread on today's new episode of Heat Check. Brian Snow explains how college basketball recruiting actually works and reveals what D1 coaches are looking for when evaluating players. Myles and Brian also reflect back on Penn State's Cinderella run in the Big Ten and NCAA Tournaments in the...

Temple Basketball Coach and former Penn State guard Cam Wynter joins Myles Dread on today's new episode of Heat Check. Cam Wynter reflects back on the best moments of his career at Penn State, including some of his buzzer beaters en route to Penn State's 2023 March Madness run. Cam and Myles also talk about Kanye Clary's development this season and explain why PSU has the toughest workouts in coll...

Former Penn State basketball player Andrew Funk joins Myles Dread on today's new episode of Heat Check. Andrew Funk talks about his iconic 27-point performance against Texas A&M in Penn State's 2023 March Madness run, adjusting to life in the G-League, what it takes to fully embrace the shooter mindset, and more.  GET 15% OFF ALL MERCH WITH CODE HEATCHECK15: https://shop.teammercury.io/discount/HE...

Former Penn State basketball players Myles Dread and John Harrar reunite on the first episode of Heat Check with Myles Dread. Together, Myles and John reflect back on the defining moments of their playing days at Penn State. John also opens up about his adjustment playing basketball overseas, the most hostile places to play in the Big 10, and the impact Coach Pat Chambers had on his career.  GET 1...