Cam and Rich discuss the top players still in the portal, the teams that are winning and losing in the transfer battle, and the latest early entries in the 2024 NBA Draft. Coach James Jones, the all-time winningest men’s basketball coach at Yale, joins the show and talks about Bulldog hoops and the state of college basketball. Also, Doc joins the guys to examine the NBA Playoffs and answer a few listener questions.

CHAPTERS:

1. College Hoops Notebook (2:11)

• Top players still available in the Portal
• Which Teams are Winning and Losing in Terms of Transfers
• The Latest Early Entries into the 2024 NBA Draft

2. Coach James Jones Interview (36:22)


3. NBA Draft Stock Report — Portsmouth Edition (1:08:32)

• Big Winners
• Biggest Losers
• Mixed Bag

4. NBA Notebook (1:41:32)

• Reviewing the Hoops Prospects Consensus Playoff Picks
• Playoff Game Quality is OFF THE CHARTS
• Most Entertaining Game so Far
• Top Seeds in the Western Conference are Taking Care of Business
• Most Intriguing Series

5. Mailbag (2:18:26)

• Best Run NBA Organization?
• Brandon Ingram for LaMelo Ball - Who Says No?

The show switches gears, as Cam Reihl, Doc Louallen, and Rich Harris preview the 2024 NBA Playoffs with injury updates, analysis, and predictions. The guys also take a look at the teams that over- and underachieved during the regular season, and they discuss whether Zion will ever live up to expectations and if the Golden State Dynasty has ended.

CHAPTERS:

1. NBA Notebook (2:31)

• Fearless Forecast Debrief – Over/Underachievers
• The Zion Williamson Experience
• Is the Warriors era over?
• Key Playoff Injuries

2. NBA Playoff Predictions (50:31)

• Eastern Conference
• Western Conference
• NBA Champion

Rich, Drew and Cam wrap up the 2024 college basketball season, announcing Hoops Prospects’ annual season awards and sharing their final thoughts on the NCAA Tournament. The guys also look ahead to the 2025 season, discussing possible rules changes, expansion of the Big Dance, tweaks for the seeding process, portal developments, the biggest transfer commitments, coaching changes, the top early entries into the NBA Draft, and more.

CHAPTERS:

1. College Hoops Notebook (0:56)

• Final Tournament Thoughts
• Tournament Expansion
• Keeping Auto-bids
• The Coaching Carousel
• Most Significant Players in the Portal
• Most Significant Transfers to Date
• Top Early Entries into the 2024 NBA Draft

2. 2024 HP All-Americans and Awards (1:17:04)

• First Team
• Second Team
• Third Team
• Player of the Year
• Freshman of the Year
• Coach of the Year

3. Results of Bracket Contests and Final Tally for the “Picks of the Week” (1:35:30)

Caleb, Cam, Drew and Rich review the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, present a March Madness edition of the Draft Stock Report, and make their picks for the Sweet Sixteen and the Elite Eight. The guys also discuss the fate of the NIT tournament, the latest transfer portal developments, and the very early entries into the 2024 NBA Draft.

Chapters:

1. College Hoops Notebook (2:21)

• Most Entertaining & Craziest Tournament Games
• Inexplicable Upsets — WTF, Kentucky?
• NCAA Tourney Conference Scoreboard
• NIT Woes — 17 teams Declined Invitations
• Biggest Names to Enter the Portal to Date
• Very Early Entries into NBA Draft
• Injury Updates

2. NBA Draft Stock Report (39:37)

Who is Hot

• Ben Gregg
• Jack Gohlke
• Jaedon LeDee
• Jared McCain
• Kam Jones
• Koby Brea
• Kyle Filipowski
• Mark Sears
• Terrence Shannon Jr.
• Tristan Da Silva
• Tyler Kolek
• Tyon Grant-Foster

Who is Cold

• Aidan Mahaney
• Grant Nelson
• Reed Sheppard
• Ryan Dunn
• Tyson Degenhart

3. Picks of the Week (1:00:04)

• SDSU vs. UConn
• Illinois vs. Iowa State
• East Regional Champ
• Clemson vs. Arizona
• Alabama vs. UNC
• West Regional Champ
• NC State vs. Marquette
• Duke vs. Houston
• South Regional Champ
• Purdue vs. Gonzaga
• Creighton vs. Tennessee
• Midwest Regional Champ

The Hoops Prospects staff members pick their annual collective March Madness bracket. The guys discuss every matchup all the way to the National Championship game.

CHAPTERS:

• East Region (5:46)
• South Region (48:15)
• West Region (1:30:11)
• Midwest Region (2:03:41)
• The Final Four (2:33:26)

Drew Barton and Rich Harris preview Championship Week and make some fearless predictions. Roddy Gayle joins the show to talk about his game and the red-hot Ohio State Buckeyes, who just may sneak into the Big Dance. Rich and Drew also review the Player of the Year winners in a number of conferences, talk about recent key injuries, and debate the latest bracket projections.

Gayle, a former 4-star recruit, has emerged as a full-time starter this season for the Buckeyes, who have won five of their last six, including victories over Purdue and Michigan State. The 6-foot-4 sophomore guard is averaging 13.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game while shooting 45% from the floor and 85% from the free-throw line.

CHAPTERS:

1. College Hoops Notebook (3:17)

• Conference Players of the Year Selections
• Bracketology Update
• Injury News and Other Notable Developments

2. Roddy Gayle Interview (34:12)

3. Picks of the Week — Conference Championships (49:53)

Rich Harris and Drew Barton, along with special guest Tyon Grant-Foster, cover everything you need to know for the final weekend of the regular season and the beginning of March Madness. Topics include injury updates, the latest bracket projections, a special Stock Report (The Player of the Year Candidates Edition), and picks for the early conference tournaments and season finale games.

Grant-Foster is the star of Grand Canyon Lopes (26-4) and a POY candidate in the Western Athletic Conference. He currently leads the WAC in scoring (19.4 PPG), PER (23.8), win shares (5.0), and P/M (5.7). The 6-foot-7 wing also ranks in the top 10 of the conference for SPG (1.6), BPG (1.3), FG% (44.6), FT% (78.2), offensive rating (116.4), and defensive rating (95.2).

CHAPTERS:

1. College Hoops Notebook (1:10)

• Wrapping up the WCC Regular Season
• Princeton Takes Control of the Ivy League
• Injury News and Other Notable Developments
• Bracketology Updates

2. Tyon Grant-Foster Interview (1:11:14)

3. Draft Stock Report — The POY Edition (1:30:45)

• ACC: Kyle Filipowski (Duke), Jared McCain (Duke), RJ Davis (UNC) & PJ Hall (Clemson)
• Big 12: Hunter Dickinson (Kansas) & Jamal Shead (Houston)
• Big East: Baylor Scheierman (Creighton), Tristen Newton (UConn), Devin Carter (Providence), Tyler Kolek (Marquette) & Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton)
• Big Ten: Zach Edey (Purdue), Kel'el Ware (Indiana), Braden Smith (Purdue), Coleman Hawkins (Illinois) & Marcus Domask (Illinois)
• Mountain West: Jaedon LeDee (SDSU), Isaiah Stevens (Colorado State), Great Osobor (Utah State), Tyson Degenhart (Boise State) & Nique Clifford (Colorado State)
• Pac-12: KJ Simpson (Colorado) & Caleb Love (Arizona)
• SEC: Dalton Knecht (Tennessee), Mark Sears (Alabama) & Johni Broome (Auburn)
• A-10: DaRon Holmes (Dayton) & Max Shulga (VCU)
• A-Sun: Isaiah Cozart (Eastern Kentucky) & Chaz Lanier (North Florida)
• American: Kasean Pryor (South Florida), Johnell Davis (FAU) & David Jones (Memphis)
• Big Sky: Dillon Jones (Weber State), Saint Thomas (Northern Colorado) & Cedric Coward (Eastern Washington)
• Big South: Drew Pember (UNC Asheville)
• Big West: Ajay Mitchell (UC Santa Barbara)
• CAA: Tyler Thomas (Hofstra), Darlinstone Dubar (Hofstra) & Amari Williams (Drexel)
• C-USA: Isaiah Crawford (Louisiana Tech)
• Horizon: Trey Townsend (Oakland) & Tristan Enaruna (Cleveland State)
• Ivy: Caden Pierce (Princeton), Xaivian Lee (Princeton) & Danny Wolf (Yale)
• MAC: Enrique Freeman (Akron)
• MVC: Tucker DeVries (Drake) & Robbie Avila (Indiana State)
• OVC: Riley Minix (Morehead State)
• Sun Belt: Tre'von Spillers (Appalachian State) & Terrence Edwards Jr. (James Madison)
• WAC: Tyon Grant-Foster (Grand Canyon)
• WCC: Graham Ike (Gonzaga), Augustas Marciulionis (Saint Mary's), Jonathan Mogbo (USF) & Anton Watson (Gonzaga)

4. Picks of the Week (2:51:45)

• ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, CAA, Horizon, MVC, NEC, OVC, Patriot, SoCon, Southland, Summit, Sun Belt & WCC Championships
• Top Games on Saturday, March 9, 2024
• Top Games on Sunday March 10, 2024

Continuing the “Hidden Gems” series, Rich Harris talks with Dayton wing Koby Brea, Appalachian State forward Tre’von Spillers, and Nevada forward Nick Davidson. All three are All-Conference candidates and will very likely be competitors in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

Playing for the 21st ranked Dayton Flyers, Brea is one of the top shooters in the country. He leads all DI players with a 3-point percentage of 48.7, and also ranks second in the nation for TS% (70.2). Sporting the third best plus-minus rating in the Atlantic 10 (7.5), he is averaging 10.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game while shooting 50 percent from the floor and 86 percent from the free-throw line.

Spillers ranks 12th in the nation with a FG% of 63.2 and is a POY candidate in the Sun Belt Conference. He ranks in the top 10 of the Sun Belt for FG%, RPG (8.4), BPG (1.4), offensive rating (131.8*), defensive rating (92.8), PER (25.9), win shares (4.5*), and plus-minus (5.2). The Mountaineers are 26-5 on the season and are currently leading the Sun Belt by one game over James Madison.

Davidson has helped lead the Nevada Wolfpack to a 23-6 record this season. After starting just once as a freshman, he has been in the starting lineup for all 29 games so far this season, averaging 12.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and a combined 1.4 steals and blocks per game. The 6-foot-9 forward currently ranks in the top 10 of the MWC for a TS% (63.2), FT% (75.7), REB% (15.5), offensive rating (128.1), defensive rating (97.8), PER (22.3), win shares (4.3), and plus-minus (4.2).

CHAPTERS:

1. Koby Brea Interview (1:34)
2. Tre'von Spillers Interview (29:25)
3. Nick Davidson Interview (46:15)