The Maine Basketball Rankings Podcast

This season, Adam Robinson made the lucrative move from sports reporter to JV basketball coach at St. Dom's. We talk about that, the things he learned, the surprising things about the first month, and which chairs make for the best Bobby Knight moments. Plus: can we stop fighting in the stands? What are we doing?

The Tourney Odds are one of the most popular features on the site and they're back! Find out if your team is IN, OUT, or has work to do. Also, let's take a look at the football play in the Camden/Medomak game, the updated top 10, and more.

This week Windham beat Cheverus in a thriller in front of a packed house. On Saturday, Oxford Hills blew out Brunswick, but the Dragons were missing 4 starters. But the big story Saturday was the two dunk technicals, both of which were pretty soft. It's not a great look. Then, I go over the top 10 boys and girls teams in the Power Rankings. This episode was recorded with Streamyard. Click here to...

I've got your first look at the reclassification plan for the next two seasons. Every two years we go through this whole cloak-and-dagger thing where I'm getting what seems like state secrets sent to me anonymously and I've got to try and verify it and that's an adventure and there's hand-written notes and it's a whole thing. And every two years I make the joke that the MPA could just send it to m...

The Easton fans got rowdy during their blowout win over Ashland and then they wanted people to pretend it didn't happen, which is never a good thing. Plus, we're a week into the season, so it's time to start looking at the power rankings.

Jay Baines wears a lot of hats in the high school basketball world--from making everyone's favorite brackets to leading the Old Town band--and everything in-between. We planned on talking about scheduling, but it quickly went off the rails to include...everything. This is a really fun conversation, featuring a section on which team would have the best City Connect jerseys.

To preview the season, Adam Robinson, Tyler Krusz, and Mike Mandell joined me to draft teams based on how many games we think they might win.

All the way back in March, Windham won their first Gold Ball and now they've got a title to defend, but Windham coach Chad Pulkkinen argues that it isn't a title defense with a different roster. We discuss that, the natural Joe Mazzulla vibes of it, playing in the UK, the AA landscape, why we need shot clocks, and so much more! Subscribe with our Black Friday sale: https://www.mainebasketballranki...

At Fitzy this weekend, Portland won their first Gold Ball since 2002 and Falmouth finished off their dream season with the first Gold Ball in school history, proving pundits and Sports Illustrated wrong (but not The Model, which had them winning by 11.5) Subscribe to the site with a trial period . 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://str...

My guest had to cancel last minute, but the show must go on! Plus I had already set everything up. It's a preview of the football Gold Ball games, including who Sports Illustrated thinks will win. Recorded with Streamyard .

Basketball season is finally here! But first we've got a couple more football games. Foxcroft Academy beat Winslow and Hermon survived a Medomak Valley comeback with a clock-killing drive and a little bit of luck. Then, why you should consider moving from Twitter to Bluesky. Subscribe to Maine Basketball Rankings with a free trial: https://www.mainebasketballrankings.com/tryouts 🎙️ New to streamin...

The Forecaster's Michael Hoffer joins me to recap Gold Ball Saturday for field hockey and soccer, preview the Regional Finals in football and, of course, look even further ahead to basketball season. Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6412992292323328

Facing a massive upset, Windham's soccer team found an equalizer with 3 minutes to play and then won on a penalty kick in overtime. But was the call correct? Maybe? Then, Ryan McLaughlin of the Ellsworth American joins me to talk about week 8 in football, plus some more soccer, and half marathons.

The big news today is that Ace Flagg has committed to the University of Maine, giving the Black Bears their biggest commit in what seems like forever. Can he take them to the Promised Land (a 16 seed) or beyond (winning a game in the tourney)? Then, I go region by region and pick a Cinderella for each one.

Every basketball season, I pick against the odds and try and find a team in every region that can pull off an upset. People like it, or at least they like to be mad about it. So today I go region-by-region through girls soccer in advance of the quarterfinals kicking off today. Plus, we have a little bit of clarity on the Lisbon situation.

A tie in the Heal Points is super-rare, but you know what's even MORE rare? A tie that isn't a tie. Let me explain. That, plus the updated football rankings!

I took my kid to his first-ever football game and he did not like it, but the winner joined this week's top 10 and pulled into a 3-way tie at the top of C North. I go over this week's rankings, then WHOU's Rob Kennedy joined me for the Week 6 overreactions. We talk about broadcasting, the growth of WHOU, do a roundup of games from around the state, and Rob reveals the best mozzarella sticks in the...

Most people expected TA to rise to the top spot in the Power Rankings and there they are after a thrilling win over Noble. The rest of the top 10 has a couple of surprises, including an 8 man school and a team that's got a negative scoring differential. Then, Tyler Krusz joins me to overreact to week 5, take a peek at week 6, and do a quick preview of some teams that we expect to impress during ba...

We're at the halfway point of the season and the rankings are starting to take shape. Then, Marc Calnan of Eastern Maine Sports joins me to overreact to week 4. We talk about Stearns' stunning win over Orono, Falmouth's win over Fryeburg, Bangor/Lawrence, Leavitt/Cony, Dexter's blowout of Valley, and so much more.

One of the early surprises of the football season has been Falmouth. After a season in which they had to forfeit a game to Portland and players petitioned for a coaching change, the Navigators brought in new coach Spencer Emerson and they're off to a 3-0 start, with a huge win over Cony and the stingiest scoring defense in the state. I sat down with Emerson to talk about the challenges of re-b...

There's movement in the rankings this week and Falmouth has nearly worked their way into the top 10 after their impressive win over Cony. Then, WHOU's Ethan Snow joins me to overreact to Week 3. We talk about Deering, OOB, Orono, Leavitt, TA, and so much more.

Week 2 is in the books so it's time to overreact to what we've seen so far. I'm joined this year by one of the hardest working guys in Maine, Jarod Richmond. One of the many things Jarod does is color for WHOU's football broadcasts all fall. We talk about that, the Patriots, and a bunch of games from all over the state. Plus, of course, basketball.

Week 1 of football season is in the books and it was awesome. The Patriots won!!! Notre Dame lost!!! Leavitt got shut out?!?! OOB scored HOW MANY? Adam Robinson joins me to overreact to all of the weekend's games. Plus! Autism Awareness in football. The Battle of the Witches. And so much more. Subscribe to Adam's Substack: https://mainesportstoday.substack.com/

Football season is nearly here, so I had the man behind the exhaustive resource MaineHighSchoolFootball.com on to preview the season. We talk about the coming season, the rise (and fall?) of 8-man football, Leavitt's dominance, the contenders in each region, which football coach could run for VP, and so much more. Maine High School Football on Facebook Football Rankings

Back from a short summer hiatus and Southern Maine Sting and CMCC's Steve Carey joins me to talk about the value of AAU, finding a program that isn't out to exploit your kid, and how AAU has changed over the years. Plus, how can a parent get their kid crossed off a college's list of recruiting targets? What a program like CMCC is looking for and so much more.