Reaching The Summit: College Basketball Podcast

Team previews for Omaha, South Dakota State and North Dakota and also Omaha Head Coach Chris Crutchfield joins. 

Interview with South Dakota Head Coach Eric Peterson, Summit League news, team previews of South Dakota, North Dakota State and Western Illinois. ,

In the Middle of the episode Greg and Todd chat with South Dakota State Head Coach Eric Henderson, Zack, and Todd recap the Summit League Tournament and Preview South Dakota State's first-round matchup with Providence. They also chat about other Summit League news that happened this week including the dismissal of two Summit League coaches. 

The episode you want to listen to! We go through all of our picks for postseason awards including, player of the year, 1st and 2nd team, defensive player, coach, newcomer and freshman of the year.  We then preview the Summit League Tournament including a team winning via coin flip. We preview each 1st round matchup and what who we think will be facing off Tuesday night in Sioux Falls. 

After taking a week off, the guys are back. Started off the show talking the dust-up in Fargo. Then some Noah Freidel news. Finished up the show talking the battle for the 2 seed and focused mostly on the Summit League's top 5 teams. 

3 weeks remain before the Summit League tournament. We preview a bit of if the tournament started today, using what the matchups would currently be. Dig into the league's best freshmen and answer important questions for each Summit League team. 

The guys chat about the 10 team Summit League Tournament starting next season. The good the bad and the in-between of that decision. They also preview the second half of conference play. 

As always the guys talk everything Summit League Men's basketball. They also get distracted by a crazy NFL playoff game and somewhere in there Zack reads a bedtime story. 

Greg is back! The guys dive into this week's Summit League Action and answer some tough questions about each Summit League. Questions include can South Dakota State run the table in the Summit League, if Greg and Zack were starting a team how would they build it, and many more. 

Zack and Todd are without Greg for one more week. They recap the interview with Commissioner Josh Fenton and what that means for the future of the Summit League and also recap this week's Summit League basketball action. 

In a great opportunity to get to know and chat with Summit League Commissioner Josh Fenton. We talk the current state of the Summit League, future endeavors, ways to grow the league, television and so much more. If you are a fan of any Summit League sport this podcast is for you!

We spend time on the big South Dakota State/North Dakota State matchup. St Thomas' first Summit League Home win and every matchup this week in the Summit League. We also answer some fantastic listener questions. 

The guys hand out Christmas gifts to several teams in the Summit League and then talk last weeks Summit League opening action. 

We begin this episode talking news and notes, Then the guys dive into the first week of conference league play, including talking about the games they are excited about, predictions, and much more. 

The guys look back at the preseason Summit 1st and 2nd teams. Who would still make, who's making a case they belong. They also talk about the rumors of Kansas City leaving the Summit and the potential replacements if they do leave. 

Todd gave 1st quarter grade to each Summit League team and the guys discuss those grades and where Zack and Greg agree or disagree. We are also lucky to be joined by Western Illinois Head Coach Rob Jeter whose Leathernecks are off to a red hot start in the non-conference season. 

We start the episode with Todd discussing his trip to Tulsa to watch ORU take on Oklahoma State. Then the guys talk about the Kenpom ranks for each Summit League team and what we learned this week. Also where we think this leaves Summit League teams going forward. 

We had actual basketball games to talk about!! We won't be able to do this every week, but we felt it was important to talk the first week of every Summit League Team. We talked about the best win of the opening week, teams that surprised and disappointed, and newcomers that impressed. Some we praise, some we don't. Either way we're just excited college basketball is back!

Zack and Todd spend the majority of the episode previewing each Summit League teams non-conference schedule. They discuss games they are excited about, what teams might surprise and which games are the most important for Summit League teams during the non-conference. Maybe most impressively they avoid going on a long Anti-NCAA rant when discussing Oklahoma State playing Oral Roberts. 

We start off the episode by talking about conference realignment and its impact on college basketball and the Summit League. We then interview North Dakota Head Coach Paul Sather. Finish up the episode talking about players we are excited to watch this season. 

The guys start out by recapping the Preseason All-Summit 1st and 2nd teams and then are joined by South Dakota State Head Coach Eric Henderson for a fantastic interview. They wrap up the episode discussing the Summit League Tournament and their thoughts on how to run a 10 team tournament next season. 

Zack, Greg, and Todd start the episode by discussing the results of the preseason poll, focusing on teams 4-10. Then we have a fantastic interview with Oral Roberts Head Coach Paul Mills. 

Greg, Zack, and Todd are back for another year talking Summit League basketball. They start out the episode talking about the addition of St. Thomas and the newest Summit League Coach, Denver Head Coach Jeff Wulbrun. Zack and Todd then interview Coach Wulbrun and Denver SID Chris Smith. We wrap up the podcast debating who is best set up to win the Summit League between South Dakota State, Oral Rob...

Todd is joined by Tim Hill who covers Oral Roberts for Reaching the Summit. Tim and Todd start out by discussing the game against Florida and previewing Arkansas. Then They are joined first by assistant coach Sam Patterson, followed by a discussion with Kevin Obanor. 

The voice of Oral Roberts basketball Adam Hildebrandt joins Todd and Tim for a special tournament victory edition of the podcast. We talk about Adam's experience at the tournament, Oral Roberts victory over Ohio State and the upcoming matchup with Florida