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"The Haleakala Hammer" Colton Cowell is the guest on this episode of the podcast. The outside hitter for the Hawaii men's volleyball team talks about his altered approach to preparing for this season as well as his application of the "Mamba Mentality", evidenced by his change to jersey number 24. Before that, Kanoa and Jordan she their thoughts on the Ferd Lewis column regarding the "mediocrity" of the UH men's basketball program...UH football coach Todd Graham promoting his son, Bo, to the offensive coordinator position...the Rainbow baseball team busting out the bats against Hawaii Pacific....Dak Prescott finally getting a big money contract from the Cowboys...and as always, their "Best and Worst" to close the show.

The animals are on with the madness beginning in the Big West and the UH Rainbow Wahine Basketball team scoring a quarterfinal win against Cal State Bakersfield. The guys talk about college sports mainly, first to basketball where Chris Monter from College Basketball News talks about the teams trying to make a run for the dance. Then it's to Dan Wolken from USA Today Stalking about college football and Les Miles. And last, but never least, is the University of Hawaii men's volleyball head coach Charlie Wade who talks about his teams week off and return to the court versus UC Santa Barbara this week.

In this Big West tournament edition of the pod, one of the guys calling the action from the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas, Trent Rush, takes a break from his prep work to talk matchups on the men's side of the bracket. Does Hawaii have what it takes to emerge from the field as the 6 seed? First the Rainbow Warriors, who have not won a tourney game since 2016, must take their matchup with No. 3 UC Riverside. Meanwhile, the fifth-seeded UH women get No. 4 Cal State Bakersfield in their quarterfinal on Wednesday.

Josh Pacheco fills in for Bobby today. Jeff Risdon of Real GM comes on to talk the mass exodus of veterans in the NFL, as player after player are getting cut so teams can meet the smaller cap this year in the NFL. Lori Santi from Spectrum Sports previews today's Rainbow Wahine matchup in the Big West Basketball Championship, and the upcoming softball season as well.

The animals are on after the CAA tournament championship and Gary starts by going over an article that the Star Advertiser's Ferd Lewis wrote about the men's basketball team for UH. Bobby Curran joins the show live from Las Vegas and talks about the teams going into their first games at the tournament. And high school sports are returning soon, so Damien Memorial School Athletic Director and football coach Eddie Klaneski joins the show to talk about the return of high school athletics.

Josh Pacheco fills in for Bobby today. The Athletic's Brian Bennett talks college basketball, and what conference finals to watch this week as teams are punching their tickets into March Madness. CBSSports' Patrik Walker talks Dallas Cowboys news after Dak Prescott finally got the contract he's been wanting the last two years. 247 Sports' Scott Chasen comes on to fill us in on the situation at Kansas, where Les Miles mutually agreed to part ways with the university.

The animals are on just after the breaking news of Dak Prescott getting a big deal with the Dallas Cowboys, so RJ Ochoa from SB Nation will talk about that and if it is a good move for the Cowboys going forward. Also, this week the University of Hawaii will look to become conference tournament champions in Las Vegas, so UH Men's Basketball head coach Eran Ganot joins the show to talk about his team going into Thursday's quarterfinals. And "Selection Sunday" is almost here, so Jerry Palm from CBS Sports joins the show to talk about who's in and who's out.

Josh Pacheco fills in for Bobby today. Jonathan Tjarks of the Ringer talks NBA news, from a disappointing slam-dunk contest, as well as the big news of Blake Griffin heading to the Nets. Bobby Curran joins us from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas to preview the upcoming Big West tournament for the Rainbow Warriors and their matchup against UC-Riverside on Thursday.

Welcome to March! The first madness-month edition of the pod doubles as the first appearance by an active Rainbow Wahine basketball player, none other than senior forward Amy Atwell. The fifth-year sharpshooter from Australia is closing in on becoming the program's all-time 3-point marksman, but she has more pressing concerns on her mind -- namely, bringing back a conference championship to Manoa. And, who knows, she still might have a couple of cracks at it. But first, the UH women and men face UC Davis in the final games before the conference tournament.

University of Hawaii first baseman Alex Baeza joins Tiff Wells on this week's episode! Baeza, a redshirt junior out of West Jordan, Utah, started 15 games for UH in the COVID-shortened 2020 season. The previous year, Baeza started 48 games and hit .248 with 27 RBIs, 30 runs scored and 7 doubles. He was also second on the team in home runs (4).