Mostly Hoops with Mark Titus and Co.

Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets have swept LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers out of the playoffs, en route to Denver's first NBA Final's appearance ever. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown continue to fold in a series against Jimmy Butler and the Heat, facing getting swept themselves tonight in the Eastern Conference Finals. Mark and TJ talk about all that's happened in the playoffs since we...

The Celtics might just have a Jayson Tatum problem on their hands, as any chance of a comeback win in game home was turned over, along with the ball, as Jimmy Butler and the Bulls stole Game 1. On the west coast, Nikola Jokic continues to prove that he is an absolute freak of nature alien, going for 42/21/14 en route to a Game 1 win over the Lakers. Mark and TJ break down the games. plus the Spurs...

The Process has officially come to an end, at the hands of Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics. The Celtics move on to face the Heat for a ticket to the NBA Finals. In the West, King James reigns supreme once again, as the Lakers send Steph Curry and the Warriors packing, with questions emerging about Golden State's future. The Lakers will face off against the Denver Nuggets in a rematch of the '1...

We've had 4 Game 5's since we last talked, and 5 very different outcomes. On Tuesday night the 76ers shocked the Celtics in Boston to put them up against the wall, and the Nuggets rode a Jokic triple double to take a 3-2 lead over the Suns. On Wednesday night the Knicks wanted it more to stay alive against the Heat, and Steph Curry and the Warriors cruised to a Game 5 win over a now very vulnerabl...

Sam Vecenie is a Senior Writer at The Athletic covering the NBA and the NBA Draft. He also hosts the Game Theory Podcast talking all things basketball and more. He joins the program to talk Bronny James to USC, Victor Wembanyama, the rest of the prospects in the upcoming NBA Draft, and a whole lot more (37:08-1:20:56). In other basketball news, the Lakers, led by Lonnie Walker and Austin Reaves, h...

After getting a big win in game one of the series, the Philadelphia 76ers got league MVP Joel Embiid back in the lineup, and promptly got blown out in game 2. Mark and TJ break the game down, and discuss if the 76ers are better off without Embiid in the lineup, and if Nikola Jokic is actually more valuable than him. This, plus Anthony Davis and the Lakers beating the Warriors thanks to a failed Jo...

Today we're joined by Barstool's own Adam "Rone" Ferrone (22:07-1:04:42). Rone is a Barstool Sports personality, known as cohost of "The Pat Bev Pod" with NBA Star Patrick Beverley, "Son of a Boy Dad" with Lil Sasquatch, and a member of "The Yak". Outside of those shows he also regularlly appears in a ton of other high level Barstool Content, including "Neighborhood Eats", "The Nicest", "Barstool'...

We didn't know if it was possible, but Jimmy Butler and the Heat went absolute god mode AGAIN to knock the top seeded Milwaukee Bucks out of the playoffs in round 1, The NBA Playoff script writers are absolutely cooking up some fire. All of a sudden the New York Knicks have home court advantage in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference, meanwhile the Celtics still haven't even made it that far....

After a long weekend we were blessed with two more absolute banger NBA Playoff games as Jimmy Butler had one of the all time performances to lift the Heat over the Bucks 3 games to 1, and Lebron James turned back the clock to drop 22 points and 20 rebounds on Dillon Brooks and the Grizzlies. Brandon Walker makes his return to the show (31:31-1:37:11) to talk all sorts of things, including this wee...

Draymond Green has once again provided the NBA Playoffs with a moment tor remember, stomping on Domantas Sabonis and attempting to fight the entire city of Sacramento, leading to his suspenion for game 3 of the Warriors/Kings series. Mark breaks down that situaion, Draymond's role as a villain, and much more, including an update on the Chinese Basketball point shaving controversy, Woj and Shams, w...

Another absolute banger of a set of NBA playoff games has come and gone, as the first round is firing on all cylinders. We have people arguing that charges should be banned, Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura are playing like the prime Showtime Lakers. Russell Westbrook is charging at fans inside of luxury suites. Playoff NBA really is the best. Mark breaks it all down, plus some life updates, an inv...

4 games in to the NBA play in tournament and we have madness in th 7-10 seeds. Trae Young and the Hawks overvame the aging Miami Heat. Lebron and the Lakers win a rock fight against Minnesota. The Bulls beat the Raptors with the help of DeMar DeRozan's daughter. And the Thunder beat a Zion-less Pelicans team. 4 great games, and Mark is here to break it all down. Plus Mark breaks down his first exp...

We are BACK after a short hiatus as we enter the long dark college basketball offseason. Thankfully for us there is plenty to talk about. The NBA Playoffs are about to begin, and Mark has a theory for how to make the NBA regular season more interesting. College Basketball is an absolute warzone with the Transfer Portal in full swing. Plus Mark and TJ recap some things going on in the Barstool univ...

For the fifth time in the last 25 years, the University of Connecticut Huskies are National Champions in college basketball. A dominate tourney run for the ages concludes with a dominant title game win over San Diego State. Jake Marsh joins us via Zoom live from NRG Stadium in Houston to break down what he saw courtside. What a season it was. We'll be back with a new episode next Tuesday as we ent...

FAU and SDSU gave us an all time classic at the Final Four, and UConn continued their dominant tournament run. We have a National Championship matchup between Huskies and Aztecs, just like everyone thought would happen at the start of the tournament. Jake Marsh joins the show once again to break down all the action of the weekend, including the Women's National Championship game. It's finally the...

The time has come. The Final Four is here. FAU, SDSU, Miami and UConn. Two will move on to Monday's National Championship game, two will go home Saturday night. Mark breaks down his top 4 storylines heading into this weekend's showdown in Houston, TX. It's finally the best time of the year again, and we will have new episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday throughout the duration of the tourn...

Big Cat from Pardon My Take makes his debut on the podcast feed to help us break down this weekends matchups between Florida Atlantic and San Diego State, and UConn and Miami. Who will win and move on to Monday's National Championship? We also talk College Basketball vs NBA, and Wisconisn's NIT Semifinal hopes (spoiler alert: they lost to North Texas). It's finally the best time of the year again,...

The Final 4 teams have emerged. The slipper still fits for Florida Atlantic, who as a 9 seed are headed to their first Final 4 in school history after beating Markquis Nowell and Kansas State. UConn looks like world beaters as they absolutely smashed Gonzaga. San Diego State outlasts Creighton, and Miami completes a comback against Texas to make up the Final 4 teams that we all expected when the s...

Just an absolutely wild day one of the Sweet 16. Four more teams pack their bags, while another 4 live to play another day. Markquis Nowell and Kansas State stole the show at the Garden, holding on to beat Tom Izzo and Michigan State behind Nowell's NCAA Tournament record 19 assists. UConn looks like the most dominant team on earth, as they crushed Arkansas. The slipper still fits for 9 seed Flori...

16 teams remain in College Basketball, but the offseason drama has already begun. St. John's has hired Rick Pitino as their next head coach. Ed Cooley has flipped inside the Big East from Providence to Georgetown, Dave Portnoy is in College Basketball twitter wars with Jeff Goodman, and a whole lot more has happened. Mark breaks down all the news as we have it, plus gives out three storylines for...

The first two rounds of the NCAA tournament are in the books, and a TON has happened since we last talked on Friday morning. Most shockingly, A 16 seed beat a 1 seed for just the second time in history, and we have a 15 seed in the Sweet 16. Jake Marsh joins for the entire episode, and Mark's Dad joins to talk Indiana and Purdue (48:53-1:13:13). Only 16 teams remain. Who is going to win it all? It...

What a banger of a first day. We got Virginia throwing it away at the last second, Princeton takes down Arizona, and Duke might just be back. All this and a ton more coming at you from a hotel room in Columbus, Ohio as Jake Marsh joins us to try and make sense of everything that happened on day 1. It's finally the best time of the year again, and we will have new episodes every Monday, Wednesday,...

The ball is tipped. The madness is underway. Let's GO. The first play in games are in the books and two teams have packed their bags to go home before the round of 64 even gets underway. On today's show Mark breaks down what has happened so far. Plus he is joined by Coleman Crawley, a foremost expert on all things Cinderella. He helps us break down the underdogs and try and pick this years St. Pet...

WE HAVE A BRACKET. Mark is joined by Pardon My Take's Jake Marsh to react to the bracket reveal, before filling out the entire 64 team field. Mark's national champion pick has been eliminated in the first round 3 out of the last 4 seasons, is he cursed? Mark and Jake also take some time to adress the elephant in the room, the fact that Rutgers was snubbed from making the tournament, despite having...

It's Episode 3 of The Mark Titus Show, and March Madness is underway. We're joined by Stanford Steve to talk his teams that can still win it all (25:37-1:06:57), plus Merrimack College Head Coach Joe Gallo hops on the show to talk the absolute injustice preventing them from playing in March Madness (1:08:34-1:17:52). All this plus Mark goes through his regular season awards as we prepeare for a fu...