Marching to Madness

May 26, 2021

In this episode of Marching to Madness, hosts Blake Lovell and Ken Cross welcome back Virginia Tech head coach Mike Young.

Topics of discussion include:

• The resiliency of the program through COVID-19 last season
• Hiring DeMatha's Mike Jones as his associate head coach
• the development of Keve Aluma into a solid big...

May 24, 2021

In this episode of Marching to Madness, hosts Blake Lovell and Ken Cross welcome in New Mexico head coach Richard Pitino.

Topics of discussion include:

• Why New Mexico made sense as a destination
• Changing the culture of the Lobos program
• The entrance of 7 new players into the program
• Navigation of the transfer...

May 21, 2021

In this episode of Marching to Madness, hosts Blake Lovell and Ken Cross welcome in Austin Peay head coach Nate James.

Topics of discussion include:

• How the APSU job piqued his interest
• Playing and coaching under Mike Krzyzewski at Duke
• Returning Mike Peake and Carlos Paez
• Thoughts on the transfer portal

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May 14, 2021

In this episode of Marching to Madness, hosts Blake Lovell and Ken Cross welcome in Southern Utah head coach Todd Simon.

Topics of discussion include:

• Building the Thunderbirds into a major presence in the Big Sky
• The point where the T-Birds' started the upward move
• Tevian Jones as a catalyst
• Thoughts on the transfer...

May 12, 2021

In this episode of Marching to Madness, hosts Blake Lovell and Ken Cross welcome back South Carolina head coach Frank Martin.

Topics of discussion include:

• The Gamecocks' additions via the transfer portal
• Getting information via the NBA Draft process
• College basketball rules committee thoughts
• Comments on how he felt...