OVIES & GIGLIO

Joe Ovies is going live on YouTube — and there is only one topic on the agenda. UNC just hired former NBA coach Mike Malone and nobody saw it coming. After weeks of speculation surrounding Tommy Lloyd, Billy Donovan and others, Chapel Hill went in a direction that nobody had circled on their board. Ovies breaks down the hire in real time — why it makes sense, why it caught everyone off guard, and...

Ovies hit save the moment news broke that UNC was set to hire former NBA coach Mike Malone — and what you're about to hear is a time capsule of sorts. After Ovies gives his real-time reaction to one of the most out-of-nowhere hires in recent college basketball memory, the rest of the episode is exactly what had already been recorded — a reminder of just how humbling and unpredictable UNC's coachin...

Nothing like breaking news to react to in the OG Mailbag. Tommy Lloyd is staying at Arizona. What's next for UNC? The Greatest Week of Triangle Good rolls on. James Giglio joins Joe Giglio to talk about Lloyd, baseball, rooting for laundry and lots and lots of Will Wade calls in the OG Mailbag. Lots of calls. Curse or Don't. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for...

Justin Gainey was introduced as NC State's new basketball coach. He talked about loyalty, toughness and coming home. Hayes Permar joins Joe Giglio to breakdown the good (and bad) parts of Wednesday's press conference. Plus, Wolfpack legend Richard Howell joins them for a conversation about the direction of the program and a wide variety of topics from Javier Gonzalez's fighting skills and the offi...

Tommy Lloyd sure is talking like a coach who is ready to leave Arizona. Will he jump to UNC, even if the Wildcats win the national title? Duke has an end-game problem and Justin Gainey faces a challenge in putting together his staff at NC State and being prepared to hit the transfer portal running. Hayes Permar joins Joe Giglio for Wednesday's show. OG pop-up shop: https://ogfans-swag.itemorder.co...

Will Wade remixed the same lines at his introductory press conference at LSU from his introductory press conference at NC State last year. He did include one new line that seemed to be aimed at a certain podcast in particular. The Carolina Hurricanes are getting their investment back from Nikolaj Ehlers, who has 17 points in 14 games in March. He's hot but the goalies are not. Are the Canes Cup re...

NC State has turned to one of its own to run the men's basketball program. Justin Gainey is the new coach, replacing Will Wade. Duke's collapse against UConn will haunt the Blue Devils and coach Jon Scheyer but it does leave him in good company. UNC watches and waits for Tommy Lloyd. Alex Nunnally joins Joe Giglio for a special live edition of the OG! #ncstate #ncaabasketball #acc #justingainey #w...

Duke had UConn down 19 points and a Final Four trip to Indianapolis was well within reach. And then it wasn't. The Blue Devils did everything they could to hold off the Huskies down the stretch — but critical mistakes at the worst possible moments led to a gut-punch turnover and a dagger three that ended Duke's season and sent UConn dancing to Indianapolis instead. Ovies and Giglio break down the...

OG After Dark is back — brought to you by Bloomin Blinds. It wasn't easy for Duke. Then again, this whole tournament has been test after test. The Blue Devils found themselves in a legitimate rock fight with St. John's and staring down a 10-point deficit in the second half with their season on the line. But when it mattered most, Isiah Evans delivered crucial buckets, Cameron Boozer showed why he'...

It has been one of the wildest weeks in Triangle sports history — and the OG Mailbag is here to make sense of all of it. Hubert Davis is out at UNC. Will Wade pulled his disappearing act after one season in Raleigh. But here's the thing — North Carolina and NC State are not fishing in the same coaching waters, and that's actually OK. Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio dig into the latest out of Chapel Hill,...

It's been a week in Triangle basketball...maybe even the wildest! Ovies and Giglio are making sense of all of it. Will Wade is gone — one season in Raleigh and he's headed back to LSU, leaving NC State to pick up the pieces before the calendar even flips. Was there anything Boo Corrigan could have done to keep him? And more importantly, who's next for the Wolfpack? Then the guys shift focus to Cha...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio sit down with Carolina Hurricanes CEO Brian Fork in a special one-on-one episode recorded live from the new View Bar at Lenovo Center. The setting itself kicks off a wide-ranging conversation about where things stand on the arena renovations and what the long-term vision looks like for one of the best buildings in hockey. Fork also pulls back the curtain on what it actuall...

On a loaded episode of Ovies & Giglio, the guys dive into the resurfacing rumors connecting Will Wade back to LSU and what it could mean for NC State moving forward. Then, they unpack how things unraveled in Chapel Hill, leading to Hubert Davis’ exit at UNC, and take a look at where the Tar Heels turn next in their search for a new head coach. Plus, Duke is dancing into the Sweet 16—what’s the cei...

The waiting game in Chapel Hill is somehow still going. All indications continue to point toward North Carolina moving on from Hubert Davis — and yet the administration appears consumed by the desire to handle the transition "the right way". Ovies & Giglio see the irony in all this. In trying to do this the right way UNC may be doing it in one of the most uncomfortable ways possible for the people...

Fair warning — this episode might already be outdated by the time you press play. The situation surrounding Hubert Davis at North Carolina is moving fast. All indications out of Chapel Hill point to the university being ready to move on from Davis following the shocking first round NCAA Tournament loss to VCU. The mechanics of how the separation happens appear to be the remaining variable. But the...

North Carolina basketball has a standard. It was set by Dean Smith and sustained by Roy Williams. In five years under Hubert Davis the Tar Heels have not met it. Making it more complicated — Jon Scheyer has built something real at Duke under the similar circumstances or replacing a legend. The Tobacco Road rivalry has always pushed both programs toward consistent excellence. But the problems at UN...

Two Triangle teams. Two completely different first round NCAA Tournament stories. The Tar Heels blew a 19 point second half lead to VCU. And everything that has haunted this UNC team all season long showed up at the worst possible moment on the biggest possible stage. Duke nearly made history for all the wrong reasons. Siena pushed the Blue Devils to the absolute brink of becoming only the third n...

Is college basketball good? Is sports radio good? It seems like they are, and yet old men remain mad as hell about them. Joe and Demetri dive into what has caught their eyes and ears this week in sports media. -- Old sports radio guys going through it -- The teams have too much power -- Dicky V & Chuck deliver awful NC State call -- Bruce Pearl kayfabe Want the full episode? It's just $5 a month....

Will Wade didn't sugarcoat it. His first roster in Raleigh was — in his own words — the worst team Wolfpack fans will see going forward. It's a remarkable thing for a head coach to say publicly about his own program. The question Ovies & Giglio are asking is whether Wade's year one education in the ACC was enough to produce the changes that actually matter — players who genuinely fit the system he...

OG After Dark is live — presented by Bloomin' Blinds — and NC State's season is over. It ended in Dayton in the final moments against Texas in a game polar opposite of the one they lost to the Longhorns in the Maui Invitational. Let the accounting begin. OG x BreakingT: https://breakingt.com/collections/the-ovies-giglio-collection?rfsn=7630833.c3bd9f7 OG Secret Stash: http://theog.shop/ YouTube: h...

OG Lite Bracket Night is live from Longleaf Swine in downtown Raleigh. Ovies & Giglio bring the NCAA Tournament bracket insight, the picks, the sleepers, and the upset alerts worth paying attention to before the field of 68 tips off. Mia O'Brien and Mitch Northam from the Women's Basketball Podcast join the party to break down the NCAA Women's Tournament field, the storylines worth following, and...

The bracket is out. Ovies & Giglio are back at OG Media HQ. And the Triangle's NCAA Tournament picture couldn't be more complicated or more compelling. Start with Duke — because Giglio needs a moment. The Blue Devils come into March Madness as back-to-back ACC Tournament Champions with the most proven defensive identity in college basketball. The selection committee looked at all of that and hande...

Duke are your back-to-back ACC Tournament Champions — and Virginia made them earn every single second of it. The Cavaliers held Cameron Boozer to his lowest scoring game of the season. The game plan was right. The execution was there. And Duke found a way to win anyway with key rebounds, timely stops, clutch contributions from role players, and free throws that held up when it mattered most. Ovies...

OG After Dark is live from the ACC Tournament in Charlotte — presented by Bloomin Blinds — and the championship game is set. Duke and Virginia got there in the least dramatic way possible, with neither the Blue Devils nor the Cavaliers getting truly tested in ways that revealed anything new. But hey, the ACC Tournament Championship game will feature the two best teams from the 2026 regular season....

The OG Mailbag is live from the porch of the Charlotte Airbnb. Why does Herb Sendek still trigger Giglio? Did losing to St. Louis make the Hurricanes rethink their NHL trade deadline discipline — especially after passing on Jordan Binnington? World Baseball Classic stolen valor examined. And what exactly is Marquise Williams tweeting about Bill Belichick and UNC football? Plus more from the mailba...