Reaching The Summit: College Basketball Podcast

Zack, Greg, and Todd recap the Summit League Tournament and Oral Roberts run to the championship. 

Jordan Decker joins Todd to preview the Women's tournament and Jordan's prediction on what happens this weekend. We end the podcast with Jordan giving his predictions on the men's side as well. 

Zack and Todd didn't have Greg joining them today, but discussed the all-league suggestions and then previewed and predicted the tournament.

With one weekend remaining in the regular season, there is still a lot to shake out in the standings. Including who will be the one seed and who will be playing. The guys talk this, a player's courageous announcement, a cancelled game and much more. 

The standings continue to tighten and Greg, Zack and Todd talk about this last weekend and what they think Summit League fans have in store for them next weekend. 

Scott Holland joins for this weeks Thursday 30 minute preview

The guys talk about this week's Summit League action including the marquee matchups as South Dakota traveled to South Dakota State and Oral Roberts traveled to North Dakota State. All this weekend's matchups were discussed and what we think it means for the Summit League as we have 3 regular season weeks remaining. 

Mark Wendt and Jacob Von Bergen join Todd to preview this weekends South Dakota @ South Dakota State series. 

The guys start out by talking about some examples of players who waited for their chance and have now started to shine. They also discuss this weekends results and finish up the episode talking about what they think will happen next weekend as the top 4 teams face off. 

Tim Hill (Kansas City) and Brandon Geffre (North Dakota State) Preview this weekends NDSU/KC series

Zack, Greg, and Todd talk this weekends matchups and performances that stood out. They also discuss the upcoming Summit League Schedule that includes many matchups of the Summit Leagues' top 4 teams facing off. 

Mark Wendt, our USD writer, and Scott Holland, our Western Illinois writer join Todd to preview this weekend's upcoming matchup. 

Greg, Zack, and Todd talk about this week's matchups and discuss whether Covid was used to avoid an opponent. They also talk about the big Summit League news that there will be no fans at this year's tournament. 

Brandon Geffre and Garrett Bruce join to preview this weekends UND, NDSU  matchup

We talk about the weekends matchups, last-second shots, last-second steals, and all the action around the Summit. We answer whether the Summit League could get 3 teams into the NCAA tournament on the women's side and finish up talking about what the addition of St. Thomas brings to the Summit League. 

Tim Hill and Garrett Bruce join Todd to preview the Oral Roberts North Dakota matchup this weekend.

We finally got to compare Apples to Apples or maybe more appropriately Leathernecks to Bison. We start out the episode talking UND vs Kansas City and cover all of this weekend's matchups. We finish up answering some difficult questions about South Dakota State, just kidding we don't do that but I want Jackrabbit fans to tune in. 

The guys go team by team and recap what we know so far and predict where they think Summit Teams will finish. They finish up the episode answering several listener questions, including how the Summit League is handling conference attendance, seeding for the tournament if games are missed due to Covid, and scheduling officials. 

Summit League teams are approaching the end of the non-conference in a variety of ways. Whether it be Kansas City scheduling a double-header, UND a back to back in Southern Illinois, or SDSU currently having the next 3 weeks off. Zack, Greg and Todd talk about this and the action on the court this week in the Summit League. 

Greg, Zack, and Todd start off by talking about some of the big individual performances by Summit League players this week. After that, they talk about their ideas for ways to boost the Net rankings and in turn tournament chances of Summit League teams, including an intriguing idea of a multi-team event featuring 4 midwest conferences in between conference play and the conference tournament. They...

Starting with some news and notes, Greg, Zack, and Todd then talk about several Summit League teams who played exciting games against high major opponents. The guys then talk about the growth Summit league teams showed over the last week. The podcast finishes previewing the Dakota Showcase that will be played December 10-12. 

Zack, Greg, and Todd start off by talking about conference-wide teams putting new pieces together, poor outside shooting and high turnover rates, and what might be the cause of those early-season issues. They then move on to talk team by team about what happened on the court this week and what conclusions might be drawn from the small sample size. 

Greg with another fantastic interview, this time with North Dakota State Athletic Director Matt Larsen. Greg and Matt talk about what it has taken in this unique year to prepare for the upcoming season and what it will take going forward. Zack, Greg, and Todd finish up this episode discussing the upcoming schedule for the first week of the season. 

We start off the episode with Greg's interview with South Dakota State Head Coach Eric Henderson, then the guys talk about the interview and building winning cultures. In the Second half of this episode Zack, Greg, and Todd discuss the growing amount of Covid cases and what they think that might and should mean for the upcoming college basketball season and the Summit League specifically. 

Zack, Greg, and Todd sit down and talk scheduling non-conference games during the pandemic and talk about some non-conference matchups we know about right now. Todd chats with Western Illinois Head Coach Rob Jeter about the challenges of taking over a new team during a pandemic and how things are going in Macomb. The guys finish the show talking about what they're looking forward to during the upc...