Clean the Boards

By Austin Barach

From hot takes to statistical and annecdotal evidence, a group of friends review and debate the recent events in the sports world, mostly the NBA.

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The podcast currently has 120 episodes available.

Clean the Boards episodes:

September 08, 20222022 NFL Season Preview: Predicting the Playoff Teams
(0:00) Contextualizing this episode...

(1:57) Predicting our seven AFC playoff teams (brief discussion about Logic from 33:46-34:56)

(40:24) Predicting our seven NFC playoff teams (Bears talk with Jacob White from (54:38-61:34)

(71:19) Super Bowl picks
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1h 19min
August 26, 2022The 4th Annual Sports Jeopardy Special
(0:00) Open segment that contextualizes the episode

(2:25) Quick hits on eight sports stories

(9:29) The main thing: sports (and some non-sports) trivia. Little over an hour here. Ridiculousness ensues.
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1h 14min
August 01, 2022Football! Various NFL and College Topics
(0:00) Open: observations from Pats camp on 8/1

(2:19) John and Anthony debate NFL topics, including: Chiefs without Hill versus Packers without Adams, the Bills, the loaded AFC West, Justin Herbert, no OC or DC in New England, Kyler, Julio, the NFC North, Baker, the Commanders, and the state of the Patriots. We end with talking about the passing of Bill Russell.

(64:20) Zach Kopelman previews college football topics, including: National title favorites, NC State, Pitt, Texas, UMiami, Notre Dame, coaches at new schools, Heisman odds, sleeper teams, and Syracuse
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1h 46min
July 14, 2022Winners and Losers of the NBA Offseason; Plus, Conference Realignment and 'Stranger Things'
(0:00) Contextualizing the episode

(0:43) Open #1: Conference realignment and what it means for Syracuse

(3:51) Open #2: 'Stranger Things' takes

(8:05) NBA Offseason Winners and Losers, including the Jazz-Timberwolves trade, the Lakers, the Celtics, small guards for Portland, Jabari Smith Jr., Durant's online humor, and a lot more. Good discussions.

(70:42) Will KD be traded this summer?

(76:35) Mystics/WNBA update... (78:14) Zac Wilson... (79:57) Red Sox update... (80:25) our 1v1 basketball tournament
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1h 26min
June 02, 2022Celtics-Warriors Finals Preview; Plus, Dhani Joseph on the Emotions of Game 7
(0:00) Open segment contextualizing the episode

(1:00) Celtics-Warriors Finals preview

(22:00) Series predictions

(26:16) ESPN Deportes

(27:09) Favorite Celtics players from 2013-14 to 2016-2017

(34:41) Mystics PSA

(35:36) Maryland-Cornell MLAX Championship

(36:57) NHL Playoffs update

SEGMENT 2 (38:02) Dhani Joseph on the Celtics' turnaround, the emotions of Game 7, and a Finals preview
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1h 1min
May 17, 2022Conference Finals Previews: Celtics-Heat and Mavericks-Warriors
(0:00) Open segment contextualizing the episode

(1:00) Celtics triumph against the Bucks

(3:09) Celtics-Heat ECF Preview

(25:11) Mavs-Warriors WCF Preview, plus some Suns slander

(46:56) Recap of our Conference Finals predictions

(47:21) NBA Draft lottery...
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54min
May 03, 2022Celtics-Bucks Post-Game 1 Thoughts, Other NBA Series', and More
(0:00) open segment contextualizing the episode

(1:30) In-depth Celtics-Bucks Game 1 thoughts and takeaways and our outlook for Game 2/the series

(29:19) Warriors-Grizzlies thoughts

(34:50) Suns-Mavs thoughts

(37:49) Heat-Sixers thoughts and where Bijan ranks Harden now

(44:37) Pats draft and the AFC East... and then the news of Smart being out for Game 2

(50:35) What's up with Trevor Story?
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52min
April 15, 2022NBA Playoffs Round One Previews and Predictions; Plus, the CtB 1v1 Tourney
(0:00) open segment previewing the episode

(1:13) Celtics-Nets

(29:16) Sixers-Raptors

(40:53) Bucks-Bulls

(47:23) Hawks-Cavs and the Heat series

(51:41) Grizzlies-Timberwolves

(60:03) Warriors-Nuggets

(65:06) Mavs-Jazz

(72:21) Pelicans-Clippers and the Suns series

(78:29) Conference Finals picks

(83:22) The CtB one-on-one tournament this summer
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1h 35min
April 02, 2022Final Four Preview, Celtics' Seeding, World Cup Draws, and More
Open segment

Rohit and Austin discuss the storylines and individual matchups of the Final Four before predicting the winners of Villanova-Kansas and of course, Duke-UNC

Bijan joins to discuss Group B of the World Cup, the Boston Celtics, and more
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41min
March 24, 2022Sweet 16 and Elite 8 Preview, First Weekend Recap, and More
(0:00) Open segment laying out the plan for the episode

(1:00) Biggest takeaways, lessons learned, and bracket frustrations through the first weekend

(10:07) Macro-level thoughts on the Sweet 16/remaining field

(15:25) Going through the West region: Gonzaga, Arkansas, Duke, Texas Tech

(31:16) Going through the South region: Arizona, Houston, Villanova, Michigan

(42:11) Going through the East region: Saint Peter's, Purdue, UCLA, North Carolina

(50:13) Going through the Midwest region: Iowa State, Miami, Kansas, Providence

(53:21) Our Final Four and Championships

(56:00) Other news: Tyreek Hill/AFC, the awesome Celtics, and CtB's Locks Vegas
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1h 2min

FAQs about Clean the Boards:

How many episodes does Clean the Boards have?

The podcast currently has 120 episodes available.