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Get to know basketball coaches from around the United States and beyond while hearing about the greatest games they have ever been involved in.
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Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 66 as Coach Brooks Miller, Head MBB Coach at Trine University, talks with us about his greatest game. Coach Miller takes us back to his days at Texas Tech and we hear about Coach Bobby Knight’s 900th win. We also learn more about Trine University, the facilities there and what makes Trine such a special place.
Follow Trine Men’s Basketball on Twitter at @TrineThunderMBB.
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Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 65 as Coach Brian Eskildsen, Assistant MBB Coach at Harvard, talks with us about his greatest game. Coach Eskildsen takes us through his journey and how he worked his way into his assistant coaching role at Harvard. He also tells us the value of being with a championship level program like Harvard. And speaking of championships, Coach Eskildsen takes Kris and Brian through an incredible game in which the Crimson defeated Yale in the Ivy League Playoff, 53-51, to earn a fourth-straight trip to the NCAA tournament back in 2015.
Click here to view a 4 minute rundown of Coach Eskildsen’s greatest game.
Catch Coach Eskildsen on Twitter at @BrianEskildsen.
Follow Harvard Men’s Basketball on Twitter at @HarvardMBB
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Sunday Oct 18, 2020
Sunday Oct 18, 2020
816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 64 as Coach Jason Powell, Athletic Director at Westwood High School in Blythewood, SC, talks with us about his greatest game. Coach Powell takes us to an incredible matchup between powerhouses Lower Richland and Richland Northeast with rosters full of high Division I talent and future pros. Don’t miss this highly-entertaining episode with this highly-successful basketball coach turned AD.
Coach Coach Powell on Twitter at @ADJP71.
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Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 63 as Coach Greg Lansing, head men’s basketball coach at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, IN, talks with us about his greatest game. Coach Lansing tells us about an incredible run through the Missouri Valley Tournament in 2011 to earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament. He is one of the most genuine and caring coaches you will ever come across in this business, and that shines through in this episode.
Follow along with Coach Lansing on Twitter at @CoachLansing. Catch Indiana State Men’s Basketball on Twitter at @IndStMBB.
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Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 62 as Coach Bret Jones, head boys basketball coach at Dutch Fork High School in Irmo, SC, talks with us about his greatest game. Coach Jones has coached both boys and girls at various high schools in South Carolina. Yet another in a long line of people who have honed their skills at Lexington High School and Presbyterian College. Coach takes us through a tough loss with his White Knoll High School team in their first ever trip to the state playoffs.
Catch Coach Jones on Twitter at @BretBJones.
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Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 61 as Chris Mongilia, director of operations for Princeton Men’s Basketball (@princetonmbb) and the host of The Pursuit Podcast (@Pursuit_Pod), talks with us about his greatest game. Coach Mongilia is a hungry, ambitious, old school coach who has climbed the ladder from volunteer middle school coach to Division I Men’s Basketball in a little less than a decade. He tells a great story of the Princeton Tigers almost upsetting Notre Dame in the 2017 NCAA Tournament and the importance of playing with a smile!
Follow Coach Mongilia on Twitter at @chrismongilia.
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Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 60 as Coach Elliott Pope, head boys basketball coach at Lexington High School in Lexington, SC, talks with us about his greatest game. Coach Pope is a young energetic coach who has recently taken over one of the storied programs in the Midlands of South Carolina. He tells us about a game while he was coach at West Davidson High School in North Carolina and how they went up to rival Thomasville and won there for the first time this century.
Follow Coach Pope on Twitter at @LHSCoachPope.
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Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 59 as Coach Barry Sanderson, head boys basketball coach at Tuscaloosa Academy, talks with us about his greatest game. Coach Sanderson, son of legendary Alabama Coach Wimp Sanderson, tells us about his fascinating journey throughout college basketball and now about his journey as a highly-successful high school coach. Hear about winning a state championship in his first season at Tuscaloosa Academy plus other great games in his long coaching career. Kris and Brian had the pleasure of working alongside Coach Sanderson during their time at The University of South Carolina.
Follow Coach Sanderson on Twitter at @Barrysanderson.
Barry is also a host of The Inside the Locker Room Show in Tuscaloosa with his father Coach Wimp Sanderson. Download the Tide 100.9 App and listen from 7-9 Central Time. Catch The Inside the Locker Room Show on Twitter at @LockerRoom1009.
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Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 58 as Jamie Shaw, creator of Absolute Basketball, talks with us about his greatest game. Jamie knows an enormous amount about the game of basketball, and is one of the most genuine guys you’ll ever meet around the game. He has an incredible knack of spotting talent early (think Ja Morant), and is on speed dial for every college coach in the country. If you have a player that you think has a chance to play at the next level, you need to get in touch with Jamie Shaw.
Jamie is a MUST follow on social media for basketball fans. Check him out at @JamieShaw5 on Twitter, @Jamie_Shaw5 on Instagram, and Absolute Basketball Experience on YouTube. You also don’t want to miss his podcast: Absolute Basketball Experience with Jamie Shaw available everywhere podcasts can be found.
Here is the boxscore from the 2015 Bojangles Bash game between Hammond and AC Flora Jamie mentions in this episode. The Bojangles Bash is an international elite high school basketball showcase hosted at Ridge View High School in Columbia, SC each year. Learn more at BojanglesBash.com and @BojanglesBash on Twitter.
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Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 57 as Billy Kegler, retired Head Coach at Madison College in Wisconsin, talks with us about his greatest game. Coach Kegler brings an incredible amount of wisdom coupled with an amazing love for the game, and it shines through in this episode that covers the value of working camps, traveling the world and much more.
Learn more about Coach Kegler’s current venture, Billy Kegler Basketball, at @BillyKeglerBall on Twitter.
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