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After a hiatus, HurleyMania and Mr. Hot Balls return to talk the latest comings & goings in the UConn MBB world, including

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HurleyMania and Meghan Bard co-host a recap of the HTP fundraiser at J Timothy's in Plainville.

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After some predictable technical difficulties, we fired up a show to discuss night 1 of the 2024 NBA Draft.

00:00 Postradamus goes all Fran Fraschilla NBA Draft Analyst off the top as we discuss Steph Castle going #4 to his hometown and the Spurs, as well as Donovan Clingan going #7 to Portland

18:23 Mister Hot Balls joins the proceedings

1:00:00 We dive into the recent UConn Top 10 Player ranking project put together by @walkrighter and what we had for our ballots

1:20:00 Gampel Pavilion is getting $100m in renovations. What do we want to see?

1:28:30 The highlight of the show, Bill Clingan drops in on the night his son gets picked in the Lottery, to tell us all about that experience.

The long-awaited upload of our June 10th space with the joyous news that Dan Hurley will NOT be the next coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, because Dan Hurley will remain the head coach of the UConn Huskies and there is nothing anyone can do to check our egos anymore.

Meghan Bard co-hosts at the start and Hot Balls joins at the 44-minute mark.

The Los Angeles Lakers are courting Dan Hurley. We discuss.

Meghan Bard co-hosts the first hour. Mister Hot Balls joins around the hour mark. We are sad but defiant.

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We discuss Alex Karaban announcing he's coming back to UConn for 2024-25, plus other NBA Draft decisions around college basketball. What's your starting 5?

Then it devolves into chat about the wonders of Saratoga, Hot Balls' college baseball escapades and a lookahead to UConn baseball's NCAA showdown with Duke.

Note: The audio levels are all over the place on this one, apologies; HurleyMania is still learning how to use his new mixer.

We discuss the 2024-25 UConn roster now that it is (mostly) set, Connecticut Sun preseason/UConn WNBA stuff, Kadary Richmond to St. John's, wonder if Seton Hall has any NIL at all, Dan Hurley on RAW and talk NBA Draft as we wait for Alex Karaban's decision.

00:00 Show Start

25:50 Mister Hot Balls joins

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Our first space of UConn's 2024 offseason. We discuss transfer portal visits, portal stuff and 2024-25 schedule news.

(00:00) Start

(03:30) Champ Merch Chat and Mister Hot Balls' war against Ryobi

(12:00) Tarris Reed Jr. is a UConn Husky

(28:45) Liam McNeeley (this was the day before he committed)

(39:26) Aiden Mahaney

(44:30) Koby Brea

(53:50) Requiem For Apostolos and Rec Center Drama

(58:10) The Martin Rosol Sausage Wiener Whiner Line opens with All Dressed Father discussing the Texas home-and-home and the full nonconference gauntlet

(01:09:30) Meghan Bard reflects on Kentucky fans and how UConn can possibly still have this coaching staff

(01:16:11) Are We Worried about some Big East programs

(01:28:00) Postradamus made the mistake of looking at his credit card statement after another Final Four, plus a tribute to StorrsSouth's compilation video

(01:49:40) A discussion of cultural exchange: Brigham Young at Providence, plus the rest of the final Big XII-Big East Battle

(02:06:45) Our offseason upgrade plans for the show