College Hoops Chat Show

Here's the February 21, 2022 episode of the College Hoops Chat radio show (49 mins) with guests Connor Hope of Heat Check CBB & Mike Szabo, a St. John's student/campus radio broadcaster.

I open the show with the very happy news that all my teams won this past weekend: St. John's beat Butler, South Carolina beat LSU, Buffalo beat Western Michigan, UNC beat VA Tech, St. Bonaventure beat Duquesne, UNCW beat JMU & Iona beat Fairfield! It's probably the most successful CBB Weekend of my life! I also predict how my 7 teams will finish the season.

My first interview is with Connor Hope, an excellent CBB Analyst I met on Twitter, and we discuss the troubling post game brawl everyone is talking about between Michigan & Wisconsin, which led to the suspension of Coach Juwan Howard. We discuss how neither coach did anything wrong in the game, but both should've shown leadership and maturity since their actions sparked a brawl which included student-athletes fighting. We discuss consensus #1 Gonzaga and Zags chances to win big Dance, and end with chat about upcoming Villanova at UConn game.

Next up is Mike Szabo, and we discuss St. John's 2-game surge with big wins over Xavier and Butler and huge upcoming game at home vs Creighton. We also talk about Big East Tourney.

Both Connor (South Dakota State) and Mike (Memphis) offer Cinderella predictions for NCAA Tournament.

I wrap up the show with callers #KennyFrom Rye on Iona & Providence and #JohnFromPortChester on Iona.

This weekly college basketball radio show airs on WVOX, 1460AM in New Rochelle, NY every Monday night from 8 to 9pm. Check out our website at: collegehoopschat.com.

Email me if you have any questions or suggestions for the show.

Jim Maisano

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(Season 2/Episode 21)

Here's the February 14, 2022 episode of the College Hoops Chat radio show (47 mins) with guests Pat Kennedy (former coach, Iona, FL ST, DePaul, Montana & Towson), Ken Nixon (#KennyFromRye) & Patrick Madden (Big Big East Blog):

This weekly college basketball radio show airs on WVOX, 1460AM in New Rochelle, NY every Monday night from 8 to 9pm. Check out our website at: collegehoopschat.com.

Email me if you have any questions or suggestions for the show.

Jim Maisano

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(Season 2/Episode 20)

Here's the February 7, 2022 episode of the College Hoops Chat radio show (48 mins) with guests Tristan Freeman of Busting Brackets, Joe Jackson, Purdue Hoops Analyst, & Jack Milko, who covers St. Bonaventure for A10 Talk:

This weekly college basketball radio show airs on WVOX, 1460AM in New Rochelle, NY every Monday night from 8 to 9pm. Check out our website at: collegehoopschat.com.

Email me if you have any questions or suggestions for the show.

Jim Maisano

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(Season 2/Episode 19)

Here's the January 31, 2022 episode of the College Hoops Chat radio show (49 mins) with guests Rachel Lenzi from The Buffalo News & Neil Adler from Inside The Loud House.

I open the show with thoughts on 2 more wins for Iona, including Rick Pitino's 800th win, Kentucky's big win over Kansas & the Louisville split with Chris Mack.

Next is Rachel Lenzi who shares thoughts on Iona's next 2 road opponents, Canisius & Niagara, along with the mediocre season for the Buffalo Bulls (where I went to law school).

I also interview Neil Adler, who covers Syracuse, and we chat about the Orange's inconsistent season and hope for a NIT bid.

I wrap up the show with callers #KennyFromRye on Providence & St. John's & #JohnFromPortChester on Iona.

This weekly college basketball radio show airs on WVOX, 1460AM in New Rochelle, NY every Monday night from 8 to 9pm. Check out our website at: collegehoopschat.com.

Email me if you have any questions or suggestions for the show.

Jim Maisano

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(Season 2/Episode 18)

Here's the January 24, 2022 episode of the College Hoops Chat radio show (50 mins) with Pat Kennedy (former HC at Iona, FL St, DePaul, Montana & Towson) and Quinnipiac Asst. Coach Tom Pecora (former HC at Hofstra & Fordham).

I start with a review of another successful week for Iona Gaels (Now 5 in a row/16-3 overall/8-0 in MAAC) with road wins at Monmouth & Quinnipiac. I then discuss the new #1 team in nation, the Auburn Tigers (AP Poll), and the tremendous excitement on that campus sparked by motivated Coach Bruce Pearl and his talented, athletic and explosive Tigers.

Next, we have an informative college basketball class from Coach Kennedy & Coach Pecora. We start by discussing the Iona win over Quinnipiac and the improving MAAC Conference, and its strong coaches. We then discuss the current state of the CBB game and how it's changed over the years, especially now due to transfer portal.

I wrap up the show with #1 caller #KennyFromRye.

This weekly college basketball radio show airs on WVOX, 1460AM in New Rochelle, NY every Monday night from 8 to 9pm. Check out our website at: collegehoopschat.com.

Email me if you have any questions or suggestions for the show.

Jim Maisano

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(Season 2/Episode 17)

Here's the January 17, 2022 episode of the College Hoops Chat radio show (46 mins) with guests Kevin Sweeney, Kevin Long, #KennyFromChicago, Patrick Madden & #JohnFromPortChester.

I start with Iona's 3 game win streak over Fairfield, Manhattan & Niagara, along with weekend wins by North Carolina Tar Heels & St. John's Red Storm. I discuss with guests the latest AP Poll & Gonzaga Bulldogs, Baylor Bears, Auburn Tigers; Purdue holiday win over Illinois; Texas CBB teams Baylor, Texas Tech & Houston; 9 ranked teams lost on Saturday; Northwestern over Michigan St; and Marquette over Seton Hall.

This weekly college basketball radio show airs on WVOX, 1460AM in New Rochelle, NY every Monday night from 8 to 9pm. Check out our website at: collegehoopschat.com.

Email me if you have any questions or suggestions for the show.

Jim Maisano

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(Season 2/Episode 16)

Here's the full episode of the College Hoops Chat radio show (50 mins) from January 10, 2022 with guests Pat Kennedy & Matt Sak.

Pat Kennedy and I discuss how Iona found a Saturday night replacement game at St. Louis, which turned out to be exciting but a heartbreaking loss in closing seconds, plus Iona's upcoming 4 games over the next week.

Matt Sak and I discuss the top 5 teams in SEC: Auburn, LSU, Kentucky, Tennessee & Alabama, plus my SEC squad South Carolina.

#KennyFromRye and I discuss St. Louis over Iona and Providence over St. John's.

And we even got a call at end of show from TR, our friend in LA who is a big fan of unbeaten USC!

This weekly college basketball radio show airs on WVOX, 1460AM in New Rochelle, NY every Monday night from 8 to 9pm. Check out our website at: collegehoopschat.com.

Email me if you have any questions or suggestions for the show.

Jim Maisano

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(Season 2/Episode 15)

Here's the full episode of the College Hoops Chat radio show (48 mins) from January 3, 2022.

I open with thoughts on top games of weekend like Villanova over Seton Hall, Baylor over Iowa St and Auburn over LSU, plus Iona's win over Marist. I also review Iona's schedule changes due to Covid cancellations. Next, we chat with 6 guests:

This weekly college basketball radio show airs on WVOX, 1460AM in New Rochelle, NY every Monday night from 8 to 9pm. Check out our website at: collegehoopschat.com.

Email me if you have any questions or suggestions for the show.

Jim Maisano

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(Season 2/Episode 14)

Here's the full episode of the College Hoops Chat radio show (49 mins) from December 27, 2021. We begin with my thoughts on problems with current Covid protocols causing cancellations of games, the impact on Iona & St. John's, and the ACC's approval of much improved protocols. Next, Pat Kennedy joins us to discuss how coaches deal with cancellations and Covid, DePaul & Florida St, and Iona's win over Delaware. Up next is Jaden Daley from A Daley Dose of Hoops website, and we discuss his detailed review of the MAAC Conference so far and the tops teams that can challenge Iona. The show concludes with my weekly CBB chat with #1 caller Ken Nixon, #KennyFromRye.

This weekly college basketball radio show airs on WVOX, 1460AM in New Rochelle, NY every Monday night from 8 to 9pm. Check out our website at: collegehoopschat.com.

Email me if you have any questions or suggestions for the show.

Jim Maisano

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(Season 2/Episode 13)

Here's the full episode of the College Hoops Chat radio show (49 mins) from December 20, 2021. I begin with in-studio guest Peter Dibiasi, a Providence College Junior involved in broadcasting at WDOM campus radio, who is thrilled that Providence is now ranked #22 by AP. We discuss Covid cancellations/forfeits, upcoming games this week, Iona vs Delaware and Kentucky over North Carolina. Then we're joined by Ken Nixon (#KennyFromRye) to chat about Big East Teams with best resumes in November/December such as Xavier, Providence & Seton Hall, based on losses and best wins. We ask the question: Is Xavier the best team in Big East so far? We conclude with Patrick Madden and discuss the excellent start for Seton Hall and other Big East issues to watch.

This weekly college basketball radio show airs on WVOX, 1460AM in New Rochelle, NY every Monday night from 8 to 9pm. Check out our website at: collegehoopschat.com.

Email me if you have any questions or suggestions for the show.

Jim Maisano

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(Season 2/Episode 12)