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Post by kiyoat on Dec 6, 2018 9:05:36 GMT -6
www.thesummitleague.org/podcast/indexJust creating this thread as a placeholder to remind me/you about the Summit League Podcast. I think last year was the first time they did it, but I really enjoyed the interviews they did. They spent a lot of time with some of the league's standout basketball players and coaches, and did a good job making the interviews fun. Last year there were five episodes, spanning early January - to - mid-March, so approximately bi-weekly. Unfortunately, the podcasts for all but the final episode have been deleted from the SL website. I provided some transcripts last year for the Mooney and Duffy interviews, and I'll probably do that again this year, assuming they do it again.
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 18, 2019 8:46:30 GMT -6
Well, the Summit League Podcast is gone, but there is a Hoops podcast including Tom Nieman from MidcoSports that mostly talks about Summit hoops: StemeNiemaDosch Hoops Podcast Episode #1StemeNiemaDosch Hoops Podcast Episode #2Episode 1 is mostly about Jacks Football for some reason, so don't waste your time. Table of Contents for Episode 2: 0:00-11:30 NCAA paying athletes 11:00-25:30 St. Thomas University addition 25:30-36:30 Summit League Geography/stability/expansion 36:30-40:10 Summit Basketball preseason favorite teams MBB and WBB 40:10-43:30 UND new MBB coach
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Post by kiyoat on Jan 31, 2020 15:48:04 GMT -6
I haven't kept tabs on Midco's podcasts, but Kelly Stewart did an extended interview with Graham Hays at ESPN about three weeks ago: (LINK)(on the rise of women's mid-major hoops over the last decade:)GH: "... it parallels the overall growth of the women's game.... it starts with coaching.... on the women's side ...there's a lot of continuity in coaching staffs... that stability has allowed them to be more successful." "The growth of the sport at the youth level has provided a nice talent pool, and there has been a good number of athletes that have fallen through the cracks for major schools, that the mid majors have been able to take advantage of." (on the success of certain mid-majors:)GH: "I've noticed that the top mid-majors that are there every year schedule differently than other programs. Some years it bites them, some years it helps them. There really is a wide chasm between that class of mid-majors and others... Scheduling aggressively, over the long-term, has helped them a lot... it puts them in a different place, in terms of recruiting, it gets them ready to play more difficult games in-conference, it gets them ready for March, ... scheduling plays a huge role in where those teams are."
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Post by kiyoat on Jan 31, 2020 16:06:20 GMT -6
(on the risk of two top mid-majors playing each other:)
GH: "Those coaches schedule those games for a reason. It helps their team in the long-run (on the court). Where it hurts is how (poll voters) react to it, which is understandable. It's a slower recognition of what that game means.... I think it's getting better, but it's still not where it should be."
(on conference tournaments for mid-majors:)
GH: "I do think there's a better way, but I don't think it's going to change.... I don't like the idea of giving the auto-bid to someone who is good for 3 days, vs someone that has been good for three months. I think the team that wins the regular season has accomplished a lot more, has shown a lot more, has earned that prize a lot more, than someone who wins a conference tournament.....
If conference tournaments are worth playing, .. play them. But don't attach the automatic bid to them. You still can be the "Summit League Tournament Champion", get a trophy and cut down a net. You still have that experience to look back on.... That's what I would like to see, but I don't think it will ever happen."
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Post by kiyoat on Jan 31, 2020 16:18:57 GMT -6
(on mid majors in the 2020 NCAA tournament:)
GH: "I was looking at the recent Bracketology, and one of the things that really jumped out at me is that he had four or five mid-major teams seeded as the higher seed in the opening round.... I would imagine that it would be among the higher totals in recent years, to have that many mid-majors seeded in the first round.
I think that is a major development.... mid-majors are always expected to upset people in the first round, and that is the only way they can move on. I think there are always four or five mid-majors every year that get to the second round, but that's not always what the committee reflects (with their seeding) If that comes to pass (and Charlie is usually pretty accurate), that would show signs of progress. It puts mid-majors more on an even footing."
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