Marching to Madness

Coach Steve Forbes is back on "Marching to Madness" as he was one of my first guests on the show back in 2016 when we started. Coach Forbes has a 180-83 (.694) record in five years at East Tennessee State and three at Wake Forest. Currently, he has a top-rated transfer class headed to Wake Forest with key returnees in Cameron Hildreth, Damari Monsanto, and Andrew Carr. Topics of discussion include...

Coach Ritchie McKay took his Liberty Flames to the NIT where they took a win over Villanova before a 65-61 loss to Wisconsin. Liberty shared the ASUN regular season title with Kennesaw State before a 67-66 loss to the Owls in the ASUN championship. The Flames lose a stellar point guard in Darius McGhee, who was a three-time ASUN Player of the Year. Liberty moves into the CUSA next season as once a...

Coach Dustin Kerns has just finished his fourth season as the head coach of the Mountaineers as ASU once again possessed one of the country's top defenses, Coach Kerns returns his starting five which includes Appalachian State's top two scorers in Donovan Gregory and Terence Harcum. Coach Kerns discussed his thoughts on the four new teams in the Sun Belt which gave the conference 14 members. Topic...

SMC's Randy Bennett picked up his 500th win this season and the Gaels and Gonzaga tied for the top spot in the WCC. Coach Bennett's team is consistently one of the top defenses in the nation and SMC finished 27-8 as it allowed only 60.1 points per game and allowed opponents only 51.6 field goal attempts, 10th in college basketball. Topics of discussion include: The Gaels' defensive mantra The dict...

The Thundering Herd's 24-8 record was one win off of Coach D'Antoni's record of 25 'Ws' in 2018. Marshall finished one game back of Southern Miss in the Sun Belt regular season standings. Tavion Kinsey moves to the next level as he will likely be picked in the NBA Draft as Andrew Taylor and Micah Handlogten decided to work the transfer portal. Topics of discussion include: Analysis of the 24-win s...

North Florida Ospreys head coach Matt Driscoll always implores one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the nation as Gonzaga, Washington, Houston, Pitt, Duquesne, and Kentucky. The Ospreys finished in the middle of the ASUN Conference as they lost at the buzzer to Bellarmine in the first round of the ASUN tournament. Coach Driscoll also chats about analytics as he uses certain analytics th...

ODU Monarchs head coach Jeff Jones is back on "Marching to Madness" as he led the squad to a 19-12 overall record and 11-7 inside the Sun Belt Conference. The Monarchs finished 8-2 over the last 10 games and they finished tied for fifth in the conference. From the point, Chaunce Jenkins was the Monarchs' leading scorer with 13.5 ppg as he shot 36.6 percent from three. Topics of discussion include:...

Coach Bob Cantu is back on "Marching to Madness" as we wind up the college basketball season after UConn took its fifth national championship in the last 24 years on Monday night. The Huskies pulled away from San Diego State, 76- 59, after the Aztecs had cut their deficit to 60-55 with just over five minutes remaining in the game. Coach Cantu had his own close relationships with members of the Fin...

Coach Dusty May has had the Owls reaching its highest ground as a basketball program this season as they take on San Diego State in the Final Four in Houston on Saturday. They have registered 35 wins, most in school history, and they have knocked off Kansas State (Elite 8), Tennessee (Sweet 16), and Memphis (opening round). In the Round of 32, the Owls knocked off a tough Farleigh Dickinson team t...

Charlotte head coach Ron Sanchez led his 49ers to the CBI title with the win over Eastern Kentucky last week. Sanchez used a balanced attack as the 49ers were able to win four games against quality opponents in five nights to capture the CBI in Daytona Beach, Fla., at Ocean Center. Leading scorer Brice Williams posted 20 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Western Carolina while he had 25 as Ch...

The Utah Valley Wolverines won the WAC regular season title and have a 28-8 mark as they match up with UAB in T-Mobile Arena in the NIT semifinals on Tuesday evening. Coach Mark Madsen has a multi-faceted team that plays well on both ends of the floor which includes a mobile fastbreak that averages 14.7 of the Wolverines' 77.2 points per game. Madsen has raised the Wolverines into one of the top t...

Coach Bob Cantu once again joins "Marching to Madness" as he has worked as an interim coach at USC with assistant coaching jobs at UTEP, Portland, Sacramento State, and Cal Poly. Coach Cantu has coached or recruited 14 NBA players as well as working under four NBA coaches. In this episode, he discusses Thursday night's NCAA Tournament wins by Kansas State, Florida Atlantic, Gonzaga and UConn befor...

Coach Brad Korn has led his Southeast Missouri Redhawks to a four-game trek to when they turned up as winners in capturing the Ohio Valley Conference Championship. The Redhawks took an 89-82 win over Tennessee Tech in the championship game as Phillip Russell scored seven points in the overtime to finish off the championship victory. Topics of discussion include: The presence of Philip Russell and...

The Tigers finished the season on Saturday with a 79-70 victory over No. 17  Tennessee. Auburn shot 49 percent and was 8-of-22 from three as Wendell Green, Jr. led four Tigers in double figures with 24 points. Auburn is the No. 7 seed against No. 10 seed Arkansas on Thursday evening. Topics of discussion include: Positive ballhandling numbers Defense has only allowed opponents to shoot 28.8 percen...

Coach DeVries is back on "Marching to Madness" as his Bulldogs are a deep and experienced team that are led by Roman Penn and DJ Wilkins in the backcourt and leading scorer Tucker DeVries in the middle. Drake has won 13 of its last 15 games and will look for potentially another showdown with Bradley as the Bulldogs split with the Braves in the regular season. Topics of discussion include: Being ab...

UNCG Spartans head coach Mike Jones has his club as the third seed in the Southern Conference Tournament with the 8:30 game on Saturday evening. The Spartans finished 14-4 in league play which was one game behind Furman and Samford who tied for the top spot. Topics of discussion include: A competitive 14-4 record in the Missouri Valley Conference Using the matchups and efficiency in averaging eigh...

Bradley Braves head coach Brian Wardle checks in as he has his Braves posted in a challenge with Drake as Sunday's winner wins the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title and the 1-seed at "Arch Madness" this upcoming week. The Braves are a solid inside-outside team on offense and they have an adjusted defensive efficiency rating in the top 9-percent in the nation. Topics of discussion inc...

Coach Donnie Tyndall has led the Chipola JC Indians to the JC Final Four in each of his first two seasons and currently, at 27-2, Chipola can win another Panhandle Conference with a win over Tallahassee CC on Saturday.. The Panhandle Conference is one of the top JC conferences in college basketball and Tyndall has an 80-13 overall record in leading the Indians in the third season. Tyndall is one o...

Coach Casey Alexander has his Belmont Bruins in line for a bye in their first Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. In order to nail that down, a win at Northern Iowa on Sunday will bring forth that opportunity for Belmont. Wednesday, the Bruins came from 19 down to defeat Indiana State, 89-88. Topics of discussion include: Ben Sheppard as an MVC first teamer 13 consecutive seasons that the Bruin...

Pitt assistant coach Jason Capel checks in to discuss the Panthers as they are currently tied for first in the ACC. Capel is the brother of head coach Jason Capel as the duo have been a key in the resurgence of Pitt basketball as the Panthers won 10 of 11 after a 1-3 start and they have won six in a row. Blake Hinson leads the Panthers in scoring at 15.9 ppg as the Panthers have four players who a...

Coach Alford currently has the Wolf Pack within one game of San Diego State in the deep and challenging Mountain West Conference. The Wolf Pack are led by. Jerod Lucas and Kenan Blackshear on the perimeter with Will Baker as a stellar presence on the inside. Nevada shoots 34.9 percent from three and are a solid team from the free throw line in making 79.7 percent from the stripe. Topics of discuss...

Coach Todd Simon is back on "Marching to Madness" as his Southern Utah Thunderbirds moved from the Big Sky to the WAC. SUU in tied in the loss column in second place as they are looking to challenge WAC leader Utah Valley. The Thunderbirds' offensive attack finds nearly 84 ppg (4th/CBB) and they split the season series with Utah Valley as each club won at home. Topics of discussion include: SUU's...

Yale head coach James Jones checks in as his Bulldogs are currently tied for first place with Princeton in the Ivy League. During the last 7-8 seasons, the Bulldogs are at 75-26 in the Ivy League with four championships, two tournament titles, four NCAA Tournament berths and seven postseason appearances.  Yale once again is a defensive force as the Bulldogs hold opponents to 39.3 percent from the...

The Toledo Rockets are one of college basketball's best offensive teams as they average 85.2 ppg, third in the game, and they also shoot 49 percent from the floor, 11th in CBB. Ray J Dennis leads four Rockets in double figures with 19.5 ppg while they shoot 38.5 percent from the floor (16th/CBB). Toledo has currently won eight in a row and is tied for first place in the MAC. Topics of discussion i...

Miami head basketball coach Jim Larrañaga has the Hurricanes currently in a position to finish at the top of the ACC in the regular season. Miami took an 81-59 win over Duke on Monday evening as Norchad Omier posted a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds. Isaiah Wong and Jordan Miller lead a deep Miami guard position around 6-7, 245-pound, Omier, who plays in the middle. Topics of discussion...