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Send us Fan Mail  On this week's deep dive into basketball culture and Indiana University Basketball we are joined by Galen Clavio Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Media School, Associate Professor of Sports Media and the Director of the National Sports Journalism Center at Indiana University. We finish by talking about how shows like Winning Time and Athlete Produced Documentaries a...

Send us Fan Mail In the University of Kentucky’s illustrious basketball history, Kyle Macy inherits a prominent place – and spawned a generation of boys named Kyle in Kentucky. Indiana’s Mr. Basketball in 1975 while playing for his father Bob at Peru High, the 6-3 point guard was a three-year starter for the Wildcats after spending his freshman season at Purdue. Macy helped the Wildcats capture th...

Send us Fan Mail  We are joined today by someone many college basketball fans have gotten to know over recent years and that’s Loyola Chicago standout Lucas Willamson. We’re going to talk with Lucas a bit about his career on the court for the Ramblers, where the Chicago native was a two-time Missouri Valley Conference honoree and the league’s two-time Defensive Player of the Year, but even more ab...

Send us Fan Mail Between the games keep yourselves hyped on basketball by checking out 19Nine Gear and learning about one of the best hype men in the business.  https://hardwoodheaven.19nine.com What is your basketball Origin Story? Let’s talk a little March Madness what have you thought about the tournament so far? You got to go to some of the conference tournaments should those be mid season? Do...

Send us Fan Mail In March 2000, the eighth-seeded Wisconsin Badgers rushed through the West Regional, defeating Arizona, LSU, and Purdue to claim the Badgers first Final Four appearance in more than 59 years.  Though the Badgers Cinderella run ended with Final Four loss in Indianapolis to Big Ten foe and eventual national champ Michigan State, that Wisconsin squad helped elevate the Badgers, long...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episdoe is a Tales from the Bench  The 1989-1990 Loyola Marymount squad is one of the most memorable college basketball teams of its generation, a reality rooted in its run-and-gun style of play as well as the tragic on-court death of its star, Hank Gathers, that turned the Lions into America’s team in March 1990.  Today, Jeff Fryer, the third-leading scorer on that L...

Send us Fan Mail The 2022 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament is upon us, as is the launch of 19nine’s Big Ten Tournament Collection. So, it’s a perfect time to connect with journalist and author Ed Sherman, who authors penned the authoritative history on the conference titled, This is Big: How the Big Ten Set the Standard in College Sports. The 5-pound book shares stories of the Big Ten dating ba...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest is a man who knows ACC basketball as well as anyone and some even consider him the unofficial commissioner of the ACC. David Teel of the Richmond Times Dispatch has been covering the Atlantic Coast Conference across 5 different decades.  He has amazing tales about Coach K, Dean Smith, Michael Jordan, and up to the Zion Hype Train.    David Teel - Sportswriter of the year...

Send us Fan Mail Aaron interviews The Chucker about his recent article that was posted and coincides with 19Nine's Launch of the DePaul Blue Demons gear. It focuses on their legendary coach who started his job insisting on a one-year contract! THE COACH WHO BROUGHT DEPAUL OUT FROM UNDER THE ‘L’ TRACKS https://19nine.com/blogs/news/ray-meyer-depaul-basketball DePaul Blue Demons Gear https://19...

Send us Fan Mail @30HomeGames a basketball connoisseur. Lorenzo Encomienda is halfway through his mission to visit all 30 NBA arena's and he might be the most basketball traveled fan in the history of the sport.  We talk about what it was like growing up learning about the game from abroad, Backpacking FIBA EuroBasket '11, Americas in 2013 & Asia in '15, Playing Pick Up All Over...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode , we are talking 98-99 era Cincinnati Bearcats with Alex Meachum who embodies the spirit of that team no nonsense hard working , and loves the game. We also get into his experiences after college starting Shining Star AAU playing a part in an Air Jordan 5 release and much more.    Cinncinati Bearcats - https://19nine.com/collections/cincinnati-bearcats...

Send us Fan Mail "Where is this place and how can I get there" Fox Sports Radio college basketball analyst and 19Nine Friend Doug Gottlieb.  I’m Aaron Meyer this is the 19Nine Podcast,  On this week’s episode we have Nick Otis my former Belmont Basketball Player and currently, the city attorney in my hometown who brought the top high school talent in the nation to LaPorte’s Historic Civi...

Send us Fan Mail “It was Dentyne.” If you know the source of those three words, then you know our guest here on the 19nine podcast.  It’s Buddy from the Hickory Huskers. That’s right, the guy Norman Dale chucked from practice, the man who magically reappeared on the Huskers undermanned squad mid-season, and the quintessential glue guy on Hickory’s state title team in the 1986 film Hoosiers. Brad L...

Send us Fan Mail  We break down the week in Basketball culture focusing on College Stories but bouncing around to all our interests.  IAN STONEBROOK - https://boardroom.tv/author/ian-stonebrook/ 19Nine Hoodies - https://19nine.com/collections/hoodies SUBSCRIBE TO THE 19NINE PODCAST! APPLE PODCASTS SPOTIFY Our YouTube Channel FOLLOW! 19Nine Instagram 19Nine Twitter 19Nine Stories Page Support the s...

Send us Fan Mail W e’re heading to press row with one of the college game’s premier writers: Dana O’Neil, senior writer at The Athletic.  Dana has been a college basketball reporter for more than 3 decades, including long stints with the Philadelphia Daily News and ESPN before joining The Athletic in 2017.  In this wide-ranging conversation, we’re going to chat with the Penn State graduate about h...

Send us Fan Mail Vahe Gregorian Before becoming a sports columnist for the Kansas City Star in 2013, Vahe spent 25 years at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A Pulitzer-nominated journalist, Vahe has covered more than 20 Final Fours and has spent a good chunk of his career reporting on college hoops, including the men’s basketball programs at Missouri and Kansas. In this wide-ranging conversation with...

Send us Fan Mail It’s time to talk Syracuse hoops with a man who knows the Orange basketball program as well as anyone outside of the Carrier Dome. Award-winning journalist Mike Waters has been covering Syracuse hoops for the last three decades at Syracuse.com and the Post-Standard. A graduate of the Univ of North Carolina and past-president of the US Basketball Writers Association, Mike is also t...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this week's 19nine Podcast. Aaron Meyer brings you deep inside the NBA with Dave Hartley bass player for Grammy winning band The War on Drugs. Dave has been a hoop head since the Magic and Bird Era. We get into his basketball origin story and talk about the modern NBA including his favorite team the 76ers. We look at their path from The Process to the current Ben S...

Send us Fan Mail We solve the following debates. Most fun players to watch in Kentucky History, The most memorable games in Kentucky history, Best Team in Kentucky History. If you are a fan of Big Blue Nation give it a listen and see if you agree. If you are a fan of college basketball history get ready to learn more about one of the true Blue Bloods of CBB History.  SUBSCRIBE TO THE 19NINE PODCAS...

Send us Fan Mail Kansas  19Nine recently added Kansas and the Kansas Quarter Zips you might need one of those. But I wanted to talk a little about your time there. What were some memories especially from that 2002 2003 run because so much happened in the program at that time? It was also when you met Danny right? Florida Atlantic/San Francisco/Tulsa/Wake Forest What is a Director of Basketball Ope...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are back talking to Jason Andreas former Michigan State Basketball Player and reoccurring guest. We have a previous podcast with Jason talking about paying college players this time we are circling Name Image Likeness. We also take some time to continue our fun with our NIL drafts and find out Jason’s top 5 NIL athletes in Michigan State History. Paying College Players -...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are speaking with Danny Manning current Maryland Basketball Assistant coach and full-fledged member of hardwood history. He was a part of the 1988 NCAA Championship team sometimes known as Danny Manning and The Miracles.  We also get into Danny’s extensive resume as an NBA player, assistant, and head coach. He has influenced so many parts of the game we all love that it i...

Send us Fan Mail T oday we are taking another deep dive into Kentucky Wildcat hoops -- this time with former Wildcat Aminu Timberlake. A 6-9 forward from Chicago’s DeLaSalle High School, Timberlake picked UK and coach Rick Pitino over DePaul, Michigan, and others as a coveted prep recruit out of the Chicago Catholic League in 1991. The only Aminu to ever play D1 hoops, Timberlake joins the 19nine...

Send us Fan Mail Today the Robert and I circle back around to talk to former Indiana Basketball Player and current Player Development Coach and Owner of Attack Basketball Academy Charlie Miller.  If you’re looking for IU Talk only. This is the short version. If you enjoy this I highly recommend checking out the rest of the episode.  Indiana Hoosiers - https://19nine.com/collections/indiana-hoosier...