Bald Men on Campus

Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg discuss Seth’s idea to play intercollegiate games during the summer, why it isn’t that different from teams playing overseas, when players might do something similar, making college basketball a year-round sport and playing games during lulls in the sports calendar. Then, the guys share updates on their summer golf tours, Jay goes down memory lane with his high school friends, and they hit on Rutgers linebacker Drew Singleton appealing the NCAA for reinstatement after not being drafted.

Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg discuss Jay’s weekend in Lake Tahoe at the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship, introducing Colin Jost to his wife, Miles Teller stopping by his table at dinner, his slow walk on the course and planning a tournament champions dinner. Then the guys get into Seth’s weekend in Las Vegas at the NBA Summer League, why he thinks it’s grassroots basketball on steroids, Summer League being the starting point for players, and fans overreacting to positive and negative play. Later, they talk about if conferences will start to add schools that don’t have football, if the NCAA Tournament could change and Scottie Pippen’s refreshing thoughts about the generational divide in the sport.

Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg hop on to break down the seismic realignment of USC UCLA joining the Big 10. Then, they discuss the business of media rights deals, Notre Dame’s independence, and the survival of the other conferences. Plus, they discuss what this means for college athletics as we know it and what it means for the tournament.

Jon Scheyer joins Seth Greenberg and Jay Bilas to discuss his new role as Duke head coach. Then, Jon shares what he has learned from his 13 years with Coach K and his favorite memories as a player. Plus, he discusses Paolo Banchero being the number one overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft.

Seth Greenberg and producer Taylor Schwink discuss side hustles on social media hustle, Seth’s top-five players in the NBA Draft, the interesting case of Shaedon Sharpe, Malachi Branham and Ben Mathurin shooting up draft boards, which players are being slept on, and the advice Seth gave his players going through the draft process.

Gonzaga head coach Mark Few joins Seth Greenberg and Jay Bilas to discuss the difficult draft process and the importance of healthy lines of communication between players and coaches. Then, they breakdown the impact Malaki Smith has a leader and force on the court. Next, they take a trip down memory lane sharing some favorite stories throughout their basketball careers and what coaches have impacted their lives the most.

Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg discuss why so many big men decided to return to college basketball, interesting transfers, the need for people in the game to embrace change, if pay-for-play today is different from old school booster culture, college sports powerbrokers seeking limitations for athletes and more.

Seth Greenberg and Jay Bilas talk to Duke's Kara Lawson and Stanford's Tara VanDerveer about the 50th anniversary of Title IX. They discuss their differing experiences growing up pre-and-post Title IX, frustrations with the enforcement of the law, media and corporate support for women’s sports, looking up to Olympic athletes and Calvin Murphy, how much their players know about Title IX, how NIL is impacting women’s basketball, what sticks with Kara from Pat Summitt, the continued unevenness of men’s and women’s college basketball, and Tara’s year away from Stanford coaching the 1996 Olympics team.

Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg welcome a newly retired Jay Wright to the podcast. The guys discuss delivering the commencement speech at Villanova, throwing out the first pitch at a Phillies game, not knowing how people would react to the announcement of his retirement, why it was harder to tell recruits than the players on the team, the pressure of coaching in the Olympics, the biggest difference between college and NBA players, Jermaine Samuels, Kyle Neptune, his retirement travel plans and if he has an itch to coach in the NBA.

Seth Greenberg and Jay Bilas talk to a pair of new SEC head coaches: South Carolina’s Lamont Paris and Florida’s Todd Golden. The guys get into if there were any jobs they had circled if given the opportunity, who do they lean on for advice, Paris bringing Silvio De Sousa to Chattanooga, the expectations at Florida, aspirations of consistency, their most fulfilling seasons in coaching, spending most of their time on roster management, Lululemon pants and moving their families.