Mad About Hoops

The March Madness continues as we get closer and closer to Selection Sunday. We are jam packed in this episode. We first welcome on the senior writer for The Heat Check, Brian Rauf. Brian is based out of Raleigh so he knows Tobacco Road hoops better than anyone. And since we talked in depth on the Tar Heels last week, we get a read on who these Blue Devils are in advance of the big game part Deux....

Folks, it's the March edition, even though we're dropping it on Leap Day. We start by rocking out to the beautiful month that we're embarking on. Then Evil Bald Colin takes us through his thoughts about Purdue star Zach Edey. Is he overshadowing some very deserving NPOY candidates that are just as worthy of the talk? Then in the 2nd segment our guy Dave Nathan from the Tar Heel Sports Network join...

Whether the school will publicly talk about it or not, the Buckeyes are in the early stages of the search for its next basketball coach. We jump into it at the 16:15 mark. Names like Dusty May at Florida Atlantic, Sean Miller at Xavier and a couple Buckeye names in the NBA have surfaced. In the opening segment we take a look at the big games from the past week and talk about UConn's week. At the 1...

This one is dominated by the news that Ohio State fired HC Chris Holtmann. We hear from Gene Smith on the decision to move on from Holtmann. We form our lists for Ross Bjork to consider for the position. We finish off the week looking ahead to the weekend full of games!

Happy 100 to Mad About Hoops! We didn't even realize it was coming and sadly Evil Bald Colin is out in Vegas covering the Super Bowl and paying homage to Tark the Shark. The Buckeyes keep sliding and there was a super frustrating game ending from this week that we jump right into. Then I recruited some help on this pod in the form of Ohio University Head Coach Jeff Boals. The convo gets started at...

We open the pod and wind up talking about some of the other schools that keep us engaged when our current team's season is falling off a cliff. That takes us to Big Sky country because we're sick like that. At 15:40 we dive into the Buckeye breakdown and talk about an element to this season that is more trying than just the losses on the court. And at the 24 minute mark we talk about some CBB drip...

This one is juicy folks. If you are looking for answers as an Ohio State Basketball fan, we try to give them all to you in this podcast. Right after our opening segment that has some Dayton flare (we aren't trolling they're really good) we get with Adam Jardy of the Columbus Dispatch and find out if this team can save it's season and go to the NCAA Tournament. The big discussion starts at the 18 m...

Look at who just retired from our game in recent years. Giants of the sport like Coach K, Roy Williams, Jay Wright, Jim Boeheim are no more. So who are the guys in that next wave of great coaches in college basketball? Colin's got the list for you (27:14) in this episode so be prepared to know the future. We come right out of the gates talking about the current top coaches and we also hit on what...

It's another week into January and conference play caught up with 4 of the Top 5 teams in the AP Poll. Purdue, Houston and Kansas all go down. You can throw Tennessee into the mix as well. We hit on the mayhem and what it means, and also check out the Wooden Award Top 25 player list. Then we get knee deep into the issues we've seen from Ohio State in their back-to-back losses (16:55). What are the...

We have made it to Week 9 of the CBB season as conference play is here the rest of the way. The guys re-set the table and give some views on the top teams in the sport right off the top of the pod. They jump right into the Buckeye Breakdown (16:30) in Segment 2. Then in Segment 3 (25:46) it's all about the beauty and mystique of tiny gyms and a smooth transition into our favorite bucket getters of...

As if last week didn't bring the juice with monster non-con (and in some cases league play) matchups left and right....just take a look around. First off we have the Buckeyes playing UCLA in the CBS Sports Classic. And that's just a small part of a ridiculous weekend slate. From Arizona vs Purdue, to that game down the road in B-town. Anthony Rothman of The Fan went to Kansas and Indiana as a stud...

The guys are giddy about some of the ball they were able to soak in this past week. Shaka Smart won the Shaka Bowl as Marquette pounded Texas. The Jimmy V Classic brought the heat. Four teams in the Top 20 went after it as the guys love what they see with Marquette standout Tyler Kolek. Then sick Evil Bald Colin takes a breather as Andrew Zoldan drops by to talk about the Buckeyes and some burning...

Boy oh boy do we dive into a lot on this pod coming off of Feast Week as we break down the team that won the Maui and sits at no. 1 in the nation, Purdue (25:30). But we dive into a fun discussion in the first segment about how new TV platforms enhance our experience as CBB fans. We also talk about the one thing that quickly becomes a thorn in our side a couple games into a new season -- the REFS!...

We finally have some real basketball to talk about and as we head into Week 2 we deliver our Final Four picks as promised. I will tell you, between the two of us there are eight different teams, and only one Big Ten team. That Big Ten team is not who you expect. We jump into some Buckeye action right off the top of the pod, then the Final Four picks hit you at the 7 minute mark. At the 23 mark we...

It's a different kind of season preview with the passing of college basketball icon Bobby Knight. We share our thoughts on the legacy Coach Knight leaves behind in the first segment of the podcast, and Timmy brings along his two favorite Bobby Knight soundbites at the 36 minute mark. The two maniacs talking everything college hoops starts at the 12 minutes mark and ranges from everything to the Ch...

The college basketball season is a long and winding road. Funny, the marketing people at the NCAA think the same thing. That's why they call it the road to the Final Four. But we've made it there and we spend the better part of the first two segments talking about San Diego State, Florida Atlantic, UConn and Miami. We talk about why we both enjoy this mix of teams. At 23:45 we discuss another spin...

We are down to the Elite Eight and history was made with no one seeds making it to this round. We dive into the historical trends this tournament is breaking, and why Alabama being out isn't so bad. Kansas State looks like a team of destiny, and UConn vs Gonzaga could be a classic. We preview all of the Elite Eight games and share some thoughts on the recent hires of Rick Pitino and Ed Cooley.

The NCAA Tournament is completely off the chain and it only took it until Day 2. First it was Arizona losing to 15 seed Princeton. Then Purdue said, Hold my beer. Fairleigh Dickinson becomes the second 16 seed to knock off a 1 in NCAA Tournament history and the better part of the pod is our thoughts on it, combined with some general thoughts on the Opening Round and why it's so great. You also hav...

Tim Hall and Colin Barringer were live from the studio as the NCAA tournament bracket was revealed!

The middle portion of this podcast will be your magic potion for March. Our bracketologist Jason Carmello (no relation to Carmelo Anthony) joins us for a wide ranging look at the Field going into Selection Sunday. Follow him and his up to the minute projections from his twitter account @BigUnderdogBlog, yeah he's a guy that likes the little guy just like Evil Bald Colin. He joins us at 14:15. Our...

The guys are back at it and it couldn't be a better time of year. We've got a heart pounding, upset minded, buzzer beating, diving on the floor type of podcast to get March going. In the first segment we're talkin small conference tourneys and why we like them, plus we discuss the big programs and hit on Final Four contenders Kansas and Marquette. At the 15 minute mark we dive into Antoine Davis'...

Can you hear that? That CBS Sports theme building up to a crescendo? That's February ending, and March beginning. And in for Evil Bald Colin this week is our friend Matt "Matty Ice" Hayes from Rothman and Ice on 97.1 The Fan. We come outta the gates with some of Ice's recent observations including some CBB gambling tips. We even talk some UVA Cavs ball for you Hoos fans. Unfortunately we have a wi...

Our good friend, 10TV sportscaster and resident college basketball nut Dave Holmes is kind enough to fill in for Colin today. Dave will explain in the 2nd segment around the 20 minute mark where his fandom was born and what blue blood he attached to. In the opening segment we find our way into a good discussion about programs that have made a realistic turn from being crappy to being good over the...

Evil Bald Colin is going to be absent for a couple of pods, but he'll be back and better than ever before March Madness. So have fun speculating about that....but it gave us a chance to talk to a terrific Fan voice in T-Bone from the famous Common Man & T-Bone afternoon drive show. We start right off with some good stories where we got excuses to just sit back and watch hoops. We recap the week th...

We are back for another great week in the College Basketball season! Lots of great games set up the weekend, and we preview Detroit's Antoine Davis as he sets records. What is going wrong for the Buckeyes and why their season is effectively over. The players we wish we could've seen play live and why Pete Maravich would have set 3-point shooting records. The Weekend schedule is packed with good MA...