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With college hoops preview season in full swing, we're excited to welcome Hofstra senior Dylan Brett! Dylan, a play-by-play announcer and aspiring journalist, put together a 77-page CAA preview that contains more than 30,000 words on every player, coach, and storyline in the league. Along with his sharing his detailed analysis on UNCW and several other teams around the conference, he also explaine...

Uncle Bill provides a quick rundown of what happened in today's exhibition, which saw High Point escape Trask Coliseum with a 99-98 overtime victory.

The UNCW Seahawks play basketball this week! It's just an exhibition game, but it'll be a fun one against a solid, uptempo High Point program that is also looking to build on an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Chopped Unc Bill Jones and TeacherBracket join to discuss what we've heard about preseason practice and what we're most interested to watch on Saturday afternoon in Trask. Also, some thou...

Training camp is over and it's almost time to set up the tailgates, so naturally, we're talking hoops on this lovely August evening! With the CAA dropping the full schedule for the 2025-26 season, we've now got a full picture of the road to DC and UNCW's unprecedented 20-game home schedule. The Seahawks will have to find their footing on the road in January, but things set up nicely for Trask to b...

UNCW Director of Athletics Mike Oblinger stops by for his annual summer check-in just as college sports enters a new era thanks to the House Settlement and the seismic changes resulting from revenue sharing. Among the topics we covered: - Mike reflects on his second full academic year in Wilmington, with the Seahawks again hanging multiple banners while experiencing plenty of success beyond compet...

The man needs no introduction. UNCW Legend and CAA Champion Donovan Newby joins the program to talk about his career as a Seahawk!

We're thrilled to talk with former Seahawk guard Jaylen Fornes about his journey in life and hoops, including two different stints at UNCW that saw his teams hang banners in Trask Coliseum. Fornes, who also played pro ball in Denmark, played for three different coaches in Wilmington, with each at a distinct stage of building their program. He shares his perspective on getting to know Coach Takayo...

It's an *NCAA TOURNAMENT EDITION* of Perchcast! The Seahawks got it done in DC with heart, grit, and defense. There are so many incredible moments and individual contributions to talk about from UNCW's run to its seventh CAA title. We've enjoyed the celebration, but now it's time to go make some noise on the national stage against a GREAT Texas Tech team. The Hawks are going to have to play except...

DONOVAN NEWBY. (And every other guy on the roster, too.) UNCW plays for a banner on Monday night after another classic matchup with Charleston. The most joyful exhaustion.

Coming to you live from DC, here's a quick one looking back at the Seahawks' incredible defensive effort in the win over Hampton, and looking ahead to UNCW-Charleston, Part 3 on Monday night.

Now that we've got the schedule for Sunday, a quick look at how UNCW matches up with Hampton and how the Seahawks can avoid a repeat of the most recent meeting.

We've assembled a squad of CAA luminaries to talk hoops leading into the CAA Tournament, including head coach Pat Skerry of the regular-season champion Towson Tigers. After a good 45-minute chat with Coach Skerry, we were left to discuss everything tourney-related, including UNCW's possible opponents, the dream championship matchup, and more. Also included are Friends of the Show Jerry Beach, Jake...

Bonus Perchcast! With a big matchup in Buies Creek on Thursday night, we talked with Trevor Everette, a college hoops writer who has covered Campbell quite a bit this season. A great in-depth discussion on where these Camels came from, overcoming Jasin Sinani's injury, Eric Van Der Heijden flourishing, and what to expect in the game. Plus, we finished it off with a little look around the conferenc...

With their backs to the wall, the Seahawks went out and got their biggest + best win of the season by gutting one out at William & Mary. Brian Mull joins us to talk about how UNCW turned it around, toughness down the stretch, and feeding the post. We also took a good look around the league as we head into the final week of the regular season, tournament seeding possibilities and quick discussions...

It's been a very bad seven days, and here's what we're seeing with the Seahawks in their sudden defensive dropoff. Big opportunity to go turn it around at William & Mary tonight!

Recapping a roller coaster 48 hours for the Seahawks, from the high of beating Charleston to the low of a flat defensive effort against Elon. Looking ahead, we preview the trip to Hampton and William & Mary and then break down the final week of the regular season around the CAA.

We're in with a discussion of UNCW's absolute beatdown of Charleston, and quick preview of this weekend's matchup with Elon. Among the topics: - Harlan Obioha, absolute beast - UNCW's physicality was good - Chris Mack was right: Charleston is soft - Winning without a big night from Donovan Newby - Khamari's automatic offense - Siddle gets win No. 100 -- don't take this for granted - Looking ahead...

After a wild weekend of hoops for Seahawks, it's time for another edition of UNCW-Charleston on Thursday night with a national audience. Let's make them feel the teal! Want to be included in next week's show? Leave a voicemail on the Perchcast Hotline at ‪910-742-0674‬! A few things we covered: - Grinding out a win at Delaware - The turnovers have to be corrected before March - Greedy Williams, pr...

It's a Classico episode with Uncle Bill and Brant as both the men and women keep rolling! Among the topics we cover: - Taking care of business - Nolan Hodge is back! - Greedy Williams looking for his offense - The luxury of two good big men - Looking ahead at a trip north to Delaware and Drexel - Is Campbell going to the Final Four? - William & Mary vs. Charleston was fun! - Which Seahawk could pl...

Friend of the Perch Brian Mull joins us to catch up on the first month of CAA play, with the Seahawks taking a four-game winning streak into Thursday night's trip to NC A&T. Among the topics we covered: - Another win at Charleston (yawn) - A mature home win vs. Hampton - How UNCW's offense has evolved this season - Bo Montgomery and Sean Moore are DUDES - Greedy? They should call him Generous Will...

We're coming off a big 2-0 week that saw the Seahawk offense find another gear thanks to a faster pace and dominant play in the paint! It feels like UNCW is playing its best basketball just in time to head to Charleston. In this episode, we touch on... - Picking up the tempo and spreading the floor - Harlan Obioha's mobility + passing - Bo Montgomery playing with confidence - Noah Ross on the atta...

The Seahawks are heading back home after another weekend split, this time getting a win at Monmouth before dropping a tough one at Hofstra. In this episode, we touched on: - A strong performance against a sneaky-tough Monmouth team - Josh Corbin's best game of the season? - Sean Moore's continued rise - Donovan Newby's 30-point outing - A thin margin for error and the plays that shifted Saturday's...

The opening weekend of CAA play got off to a disappointing start with a loss to Towson, but the Seahawks showed some progress in grinding out Saturday's win vs. Campbell. Covering all that happened through those two games, plus a quick preview of the trip north to meet Monmouth and Hofstra, where UNCW hasn't won since 2017. Among the topics covered: - Another tough loss to Towson. What happened th...

It's time for our annual winter chat with UNCW Director of Athletics Mike Oblinger. As always, more than enough to cover in an hour. Here's what we got to: - Trask Coliseum renovation/replacement update - What does the market survey say about the arena project? - Brooks Field renovations, including the early arrival of a videoboard! - MBB + WBB locker room refreshes - Sports Medicine enhancements...

With two months of basketball down, we welcome back Friend of the Perch Brian Mull to take a look at the CAA and how our expectations have shifted from the preseason. Aside from the general conference discussion, we specifically touched on: - Elon's excellent start (:50) - Charleston continues to be Charleston (5:00) - Towson's unexpected struggles + a bit of UNCW-Towson preview (9:50) - Hampton a...