Valley Hoops Insider Podcast

Steve Prohm was part of amazing success at Murray State and has returned to the Racer basketball program. He had to rebuild a virtually empty roster and tells Valley Hoop Insider's Harry Schroeder about his players and lessons he learned while coaching at Iowa State. 

Evansville Courier Press beat writers Hendrix Magley (Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles) and Anthony Kristensen (Evansville Purple Aces) joined Harry Schroeder to discuss the excitement around Division 1 basketball in Evansville, Indiana. 

After 18 years as the Director of Athletics at Valparaiso University, Mark LaBarbera has retired. Under LaBarbera's leadership, Valpo expanded and improved facilities and joined the Missouri Valley Conference. 

After 18 years in coaching, David Ragland has landed his first head coaching job. Taking over at Evansville is daunting, but Ragland is excited to be coming home to Evansville and the Purple Aces. Ragland starred at Evansville's University of Southern Indiana has show been a valuable part of numerous successful programs. 

Ryan Ridder begins his second season as the basketball coach at UT Martin with unusual roster stability. He spoke with Harry Schroeder about his new recruits and how he is attempting to build a contending team in the Ohio Valley Conference. 

The Springfield-News Leader's Wyatt Wheeler evaluates the Missouri State whole new roster. The Bears have added eleven new players and two new coaches. Four 'power five' program players are part of the influx of talent. 

We get to know new Illinois State basketball coach Ryan Pedon. We discuss his coaching philosophies, influences and his hopes for Redbird basketball. 

Marcus Wilson, Greg Lansing and Rich Zvosec are board members for The Basketball Classic. They met with ValleyHoopsInsider.com's Harry Schroeder to talk about this rebranded college basketball tournament. 

Braden Norris (Loyola Chicago) and Keaton Norris (Wright State) are the 'dancing Norris brothers'. These two brothers will both be participating in next week's NCAA Tournament. They spent time with ValleyHoopsInsider.com's Harry Schroeder to talk about their upbringing and how special it is to be playing in the same Big Dance. 

The CollegeInsider.com Tournament is back, but it is now known as 'The Basketball Classic' and has a different message connected to social justice. Rich Zvosec, Marcus Wilson and Greg Lansing joined ValleyHoopsInsider.com's Harry Schroeder to talk about the changes. 

Former Illinois State basketball coach Dan Muller tells ValleyHoopsInsider.com's Harry Schroeder about the his time at Illinois State and what might be next for the ten-year veteran of being a Division 1 head coach. 

Murray State is 30-2 and the Racers were perfect during the conference season. Head coach Matt McMahon joined Harry Schroeder to talk about his team and the upcoming NCAA Tournament. 

Northern Iowa broadcaster Gary Rima is retiring at the end of 'the Madness'. Whenever the UNI Panthers' season ends, so will Gary Rima's 29-year run as 'The Voice of the Panthers'. He sat down with Harry Schroeder prior to UNI's participation in Arch Madness to tall all about the journey and his retirement. 

Play-by-play broadcaster Dick Luedke is hanging up his headsets. The Illinois State broadcaster is retiring. He visited 'Voices of the Valley' to look back at his great career. 

Stan Gouard and his Screaming Eagles are joining the Ohio Valley Conference. They are making the huge move from Division II and Division 1 and the veteran coach tells his story and the USI story to Harry Schroeder. 

Rocco Miller (Bracketeer.org) joined Harry Schroeder on 'Voices of the Valley' to discuss bracketology with a specific emphasis on the Missouri Valley and Ohio Valley Conferences. 

Indiana State star basketball player Cooper Neese joins Harry Schroeder to talk about the Sycamores, his faith and his decision to return next season for a fifth season. 

SIU head coach Cindy Stein joined Harry Schroeder today prior to a weekend series with the Missouri State Lady Bears. She discusses the state of the women's game, her team and the Missouri Valley Conference. 

Kevin Saal joined the podcast to talk about Murray State's move from the Ohio Valley Conference to the Missouri Valley Conference. The Racers are currently 20-2 and are undefeated in OVC play. He and Harry Schroeder discussed the current team, the reasons behind the move and many of the outstanding things about Murray State University and specifically the basketball team. 

UIC is joining the Missouri Valley Conference and head basketball coach Luke Yaklich is coming home. A graduate of Valley member Illinois State, Yaklich also worked four seasons on Dan Muller's coaching staff. He joined Harry Schroeder to talk about UIC's move to the Valley and to tell people about the University of Illinois-Chicago. 

The radio voice of Arch Madness, Brendan Wiese joined 'Voices of the Valley' to talk about the Missouri Valley Conference. On and off the court issues and the upcoming tournament were all on the table. Brendan is the Sports Director for 'The Big 550 - KTRS' in St. Louis. 

Belmont is joining the Missouri Valley Conference. Director of Athletics Scott Corley joined the podcast to introduce us to Bruins athletics to give us some background on how it all happened. 

The legendary 'The Sporting News' is getting a facelift and a rebranded website, so we spoke with Senior Editorial Consultant Bob Hille about the new-look 'The Sporting News' and about the great history surrounding that great publication and website.

UA Little Rock Athletic Director George Lee and Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner Beth DeBauche discuss the process and reasoning behind the university's joining of the conference. The Trojans will officially join the OVC in July of 2022 and begin competition that fall. 

Loyola Chicago claimed Windy City Supremacy Saturday as they completed a sweep of the Chicago-land college basketball teams, defeating DePaul 68-64. Star guard Lucas Williamson joined Harry Schroeder during the bus ride back from DePaul to Rogers Park.