College Hoop Thoughts With Ricky O’Donnell

SB Nation basketball Editor joins The SeanMoHoops Pod to share his 2020 college hoop thoughts. We kick around potential 1st Team All-Americans (and who gets left off), discuss 2020 title contenders (is Baylor legit?), as well as the current status of college basketball.

Catching Up on College Hoops and Draft Prospects

NBA Draft guru Mikey V joins the podcast to talk about his in-person viewings of James Wiseman, Tyrese Haliburton, Jaden McDaniels, and plenty of others. We bring back Buy/Sell with Gonzaga, Kansas, DePaul, UNC, and Arizona while sharing some other college / draft thoughts about the first month of the season.

Catching Up On Summer Hoops

Michael Visenberg from the Rookie Wire joins the Podcast after a lengthy summer break. The Basketball Tournament kicks things off, followed by 2020 Mock Draft Discussion and finally some 2020 high school analysis.

Dillon Boucher: New Zealand Breakers GM

Dillon Boucher, the General Manager of the New Zealand Breakers joins the podcast as the first international guest. During the conversation, Dillon talks about his playing career throughout New Zealand and Australia (13 total championships!) as well as how basketball is viewed in the country. With the recent RJ Hampton news, Dillon talks about everything that went into the signing, the clubs goals for RJ, the NBL Next Stars program, and much more.

Jake Kelfer – Pro Basketball Combine

Jake Kelfer, the Founder of the Pro Basketball Combine joins the podcast to discuss how he first created the event in 2017 which coincided with the advent of the 2-way contract. The PBC brings in 24 talented players each year with the 2019 event taking place May 21 & 22. Jake talks about talent identification for the camp as well as the sports tech companies involved and the off the court Developmental Program.

2019 Hoop Summit Review

Podcast regular Mikey V is back to recap his week at the 2019 Nike Hoop Summit. After being thoroughly depressed watching the 2018 Hoop Summit, Mikey V is re-energized talking about USA players such as James Wiseman, Cole Anthony, and Isaiah Stewart and World players Nico Mannion, Josh Green, and Precious Achiuwa. How will these players perform in college, how did they look in practice, and the actual Hoop Summit game.

UVA – 2019 CHAMPS

Scott Phillips re-joins the podcast after correctly calling UVA’s championship run through the Final Four. Scott provides an in-depth recap of the Final Four games and then a breakdown of the UVA-Texas Tech thriller. In addition, we take a walk down memory lane to discuss the importance of the 2016 recruiting class for UVA and what Kyle Guy, Ty Jerome, DeAndre Hunter, and Mamadi Diakite were like on the AAU circuit.

It’s Tony B’s World

National college basketball analyst Scott Phillips joins the podcast to take a look back at the scintillating Elite 8 games before previewing the Final 4. We are in agreement that UVA will be cutting down the nets on Monday and Scott provides key insights on each team remaining and how he expects each game to turn out and who will face-off against UVA in the final.

Talking March Madness With Clark Kellogg

With March Madness in full swing, who better to talk to than College Basketball Analyst Clark Kellogg. Before talking March, we chat about Clark’s McDonald’s All-American game, being one of the few NBA rookies to average 20 points and 10 rebounds, and his transition into broadcasting. We then dive into the preparation that is needed for March Madness and working with Ernie, Charles, and Kenny. To cap it off, we discuss some of the top players and teams to watch this weekend including Cassius Winston and the “octopus rim protector” in Kenny Wooten.

Inside Look: Dave Klatsky, Colgate

Dave Klatsky, an assistant coach at Colgate and host of a podcast StatChat joins The SeanMoHoops Pod to discuss a variety of topics including 1) Colgate clinching home-court advantage in the Patriot League tournament for the first time since the Adonal Foyle days in 1996 2) Dave’s transition from Finance into coaching at the D3 level 3) What a week in the life of an assistant coach looks like and how he prepares a scouting report using KenPom, Synergy, etc. 4) How teams scout on short turn-arounds and 5) Recruiting in the Patriot League and his thoughts on the new NCAA recruiting regulations