NEW EPISODE: College Hoops Chat Host Jim Maisano interviews the Head Coach of the Iona University Gaels Tobin Anderson.

They discuss issues like building a roster in the transfer portal and NIL era, Iona's difficult Non-Conference Schedule, and some of the key players that Iona brought in through the transfer portal for 2024-25 CBB Season. Coach Anderson talks about how the team should be stronger this season on grit, toughness and defense and chats about some of the players who may be lead scorers for Iona when the games start!

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Host Jim Maisano provides an introduction to the College Hoops Chat Podcast for 2024-25 College Basketball Season: 1) After airing as a Radio Show for 3 years (2020 to 2023), College Hoops Chat (CHC) became a podcast last season when WVOX closed. This season the show is changing from audio to video podcast, with shorter videos of 5-10 minutes long. 2) CHC will be doing "Shorts" on YouTube, Facebook & Instagram this season. 3) The show itself remains the same - discussing CBB news from across the country. Since CHC started in 2020, we regularly cover Iona, St. Bonnies, Buffalo, North Carolina, South Carolina, St. John & UNCW. We also cover Fordham & Providence. 4) We'll be interviewing coaches such as Iona’s Tobin Anderson & Fordham's Keith Urgo – great coaches and guys and popular guests! 5) We chat a lot about the Big East & ACC and will be doing a preseason preview episodes. 6) Iona is our hometown team. Jim has season tickets and attends all home games. We appreciate that Iona Basketball has been supportive of our show. Go Gaels! 7) We'll continue our popular segment - the NYC Top 10 Metro Area Ranking w/ Jaden Daly. 8) We will be doing panel discussions (like Pat McAfee) with several top CBB Analysts. 9) Vinny Parise will be back. He 's a terrific CBB Announcer on FOX & SNY and former coach. Vinny is a great friend of show and helps us get great guests. Thanks for watching our opening video for the 24-25 Season. Please watch all CHC videos this season! Jim Maisano

Click above to listen to April 17, 2024 episode of the College Hoops Chat podcast (53 mins) - our season wrap-up show!

In my opening, I chat about the Final 4, National Championship Game, changes for College Hoops Chat planned for next season, and my concerns about the future for College Basketball. I also salute the WCBB Champs, the South Carolina Gamecocks!

Then I'm joined by Guy Falotico of IonaHoops.com & #KennyFromRye as we discuss National Champs UConn, Runnerup Purdue, and do on offseason update on Iona Gaels!

In final segment, I interview lifelong UConn fan John Gaccione, who was the winner of the College Hoops Chat March Madness Bracket Pool that we ran!

Please follow our X (Twitter) page: @collhoopschat – we post daily updates on CBB there. If you have any questions or suggestions for the show, please email me. Check out our website at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.collegehoopschat.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thanks, Jim Maisano Host of College Hoops Chat CollegeHoopsChat@gmail.com (Episode 26/Season 4)