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Send us Fan Mail Welcome back, Brandon! Today, the guys caught up with 2024 grad Brandon Adelman about his journey post SJU, which includes a successful season in Kosovo and then a run with the Iowa Wolves of the G League. Thanks for making the time, Brandon! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustin...

Send us Fan Mail Today, the boys caught up with senior assistant coaches Danny Quinn and Zach Filzen. Thanks, guys, for making the time! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and Marty McCaslin - Steve Cummings at Nova Group for the use of their beautiful facilities  - Matt Johnson - Ri...

Send us Fan Mail Today, the boys caught up with senior Thomas Menk. Thanks Thomas for making the time! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and Marty McCaslin - Steve Cummings at Nova Group for the use of their beautiful facilities  - Matt Johnson - Rick DesLauriers - Sue and Jim Bowe...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the program the guys caught up with freshman Jack Gross, Brayson Sawyer and Deonte Meeks. Thanks guys for making the time! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and Marty McCaslin - Steve Cummings at Nova Group for the use of their beautiful facilities  - Matt...

Send us Fan Mail Today, the boys caught up with sophomore Gavin Olson and freshman Noah George and Max Spanier. Thanks guys for making the time! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and Marty McCaslin - Steve Cummings at Nova Group for the use of their beautiful facilities  - Matt John...

Send us Fan Mail Today, the boys caught up with freshman Tommy Auge and junior Jamison Lien. Thanks guys for making the time! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and Marty McCaslin - Steve Cummings at Nova Group for the use of their beautiful facilities  - Matt Johnson - Rick DesLauri...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back! Today, the boys caught up with managers C.J Cummins, Harisson Kreft, Logan Schad and Justin Holden (4 for 4 on celebrity shots) who talked with the guys about all things managing, how they ended up with the team and much more. Thanks guys for making the time! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Found...

Send us Fan Mail Today, the boys caught up with freshman Peyton Podany and Hudson Hochstedler along with a quick midseason visit with the head coach. Thanks guys for making the time! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and Marty McCaslin - Steve Cummings at Nova Group for the use of t...

Send us Fan Mail In honor of the 2020 team's upcoming recognition at Saturday's alumni day game we're republishing last year's episode with the team. Enjoy! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and Marty McCaslin - Steve Cummings at Nova Group for the use of their b...

Send us Fan Mail Today, the boys caught up with sophomore guard Justin Johnson and junior Anthony Thorman. Thanks guys for making the time! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and Marty McCaslin - Steve Cummings at Nova Group for the use of their beautiful facilities  - Matt Johnson -...

Send us Fan Mail We're back! Today, the boys caught up with junior guard A.J. McCleery and freshman post Evan Weichert. Thanks, guys, for making the time! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and Marty McCaslin - Steve Cummings at Nova Group for the use of their beautiful faciliti...

Send us Fan Mail Hello! We're taking a break from publishing new episodes over the holidays. We'll be back with brand new episodes in January. Until then, happy holidays!

Send us Fan Mail Thanks to Charlie, Parker and Eli for making the time to talk to the guys!  ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and Marty McCaslin - Steve Cummings at Nova Group for the use of their beautiful facilities  - Matt Johnson - Rick DesLauriers - Sue and Jim Bowe - John Sch...

Send us Fan Mail We’re back to our regularly scheduled programming this week as they guys caught up with sophomore guard Liam Farniok and redhsirt freshman Henry Tschetter. Thanks guys for making the time! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and Marty McCaslin - Steve Cummings at Nova...

Send us Fan Mail We're off this week, but wanted to stay on track with our weekly updates on the latest with the Cardinal and Blue. So we decided to re-air one of our favorites from past seasons in anticipation of the return of the rivalry. Enjoy! Happy Thanksgiving! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and...

Send us Fan Mail Today, the boys caught up with juniors Vincent Hillesheim and Baiden Bean, who talked some early-season ball with the guys, their roles on the team and some academic success stories. Thanks Vinnie and Baiden for taking the time! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and...

Send us Fan Mail Today, the boys caught up with new assistant coach Zach Filzen, who was nice enough to take some time to talk a bit about the path that led him to SJU. Thanks, Zach, for making the time!  ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and Marty McCaslin - Steve Cummings at Nova...

Send us Fan Mail We're back! Season four starts today with a portion of the second annual Tip-Off Party at Basement Bar. Today's show includes interviews with Kyle Johnson, Thomas Menk and Vincent Hillesheim as well as with head coach Pat McKenzie. The full video is available at our YouTube page @benchwarmersmediamn .  ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth M...

Send us Fan Mail Hello everyone and welcome back! We’re here today with assistant coach Danny Quinn, who was nice enough to take some time Wednesday evening between team activities in Chicago to talk with the guys about the team’s travel plans changing due to the winter storm, some sight-seeing while in the windy city and the proper way to prepare a hot dog from a Chicago area native. Thanks, Dann...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to the Season 3 finale! Today, we welcome Jubie Alade, Lucas Walford, Colton Codute, Kyle Sorensen, Oakley Baker, Ethan Novacinski and Sean Ryan from the 2020 team who were generous enough to tell us about their experience with the covid-shortened 2020 season and NCAA tournament -- with a couple assists from Mark Lewandowski.  ... Support for benchwarmers media p...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back! Today, we welcome back Griffin Rushin and Luke Budzyn to the program, who were nice enough to take some time Tuesday morning to get into the weeds on defensive philosophies, post graduation plans and a little breakdown of the final two regular season games. ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Fami...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back! Today, we welcome a handful of parents of this year’s team for our second installment of our version of The Parent Trap. We can’t thank Dave Scwhob, Cathy Budzyn, Heather Bean, Brian Healy, and Jeanine Wagner enough for their willingness to put into words what their experience with Johnnie Basketball has been from the perspective of a parent. ... Support fo...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back! Today, we welcome back Luke Healy and Kyle Johnson to the program to talk about the last couple games of the regular season and how practices can differ from early in the season to now. Thanks guys for making the time! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustin...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back! Today, we revisit a fairly notable piece of the legacy of one of our previous guests this season … Fr. Roman Paur and his relationship with The Rats. Along the way we have some contributions from Joe Deignan, Troy Bigalke and Mike Dady along with the usual crew. Thanks to those guys for their contributions! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions pro...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back! Today, we have the pleasure of welcoming back Andrew Wagner, Kooper Vaughn and Zach Longueville to the program to talk about their senior season. Thanks guys for making the time! ... Support for benchwarmers media productions provided by: - Sixth Man Enterprises - The Sexton Family Foundation - Bobbi and John Augustine - Maggie and Marty McCaslin - Steve Cu...