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In Part 2 we discussed his early coaching years, working for the university's admissions department, recruiting insights, and creating lasting relationships as a Red Dragon. 

1:05 What are you looking for in a Red Dragon?

3:20 SUNY Cortland

7:40 Red Dragon Athletics

13:00 Fieldhouse battles

16:40 Keeping it in the family

20:30 Wearing many hats as a DIII Coach

23:10 Area in coaching that has improved the most

26:45 Creating connections as an assistant

30:00 Honesty in recruiting

31:30 Advice

32:30 Big Haiti's growth

36:00 Blue Mountain and CMB trips

38:40 Current team

41:00 Learning the Cortland offensive+defensive principles

45:50 Cortland's Love and Basketball story

51:30 EDL and lasting relationships

In Part 1 of our conversation with Coach Mo we discussed his path to becoming a student-athlete at Cortland, his playing career, knowing and filling a role, playing and coaching under Cortland legend Tom Spanbauer, and deciding to turn down an out of state job upon graduation to finish up a degree and begin a career at SUNY Cortland.

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1:09 2014 NBA Draft non-entry

1:34 Mo's love for the game

30:30 Choosing SUNY Cortland 

11:38 His "Welcome to Cortland" moment

15:18 His game as a college student-athlete

18:58 Red Dragon family

22:09 Knowing and playing your role

24:35 2013 SUNYAC Championship team

30:49 Playing for Coach Spanbauer

35:00 Decision to stay at Cortland

We spoke with Katie about her basketball playing career, her time with Syracuse Men's Basketball, the impact Kobe Bryant made on her life, coaching full time through a pregnancy, player advocacy, and more.  

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00:58 Basketball beginnings 

04:27 Takeaways from SU MBB coaching staff 

6:24 Roles as a manager and GA 

9:48 Different types of gym rats 

12:44 What makes the Cuse zone different 

14:14 Julie and the Boeheim family 

16:32 What is Coach Boeheim like 

19:03 Coaching players that don’t play like you 

24:50 UB Director of Ops 

26:30 Assistant Coach at Lafayette 

28:17 Covid cancelling the season 

30:00 Recruiting 

33:21 Learning about the history of the program 

34:33 Being pregnant during the pandemic 

37:16 Speaking out on social justice 

39:15 WNBA players sitting out season for change 

41:38 Mentoring while being mentored 

43:12 Support of Cuse nation 

44:27 Do you feel like you have made it

We brought on the boys to discuss their team's chances in the playoffs, sleeper picks, Finals predictions

Jordan Lyndaker: @bilo_LC

Tyler Sollenne: @tsollenne

Marcellus Bowie: @thelegitCEO

00:47 Opening arguments for their team to win a championship

4:22 Underrated x-factor on one of the top 3 teams in either conference

7:56 Playoff hot take or prediction

19:45 Finals predictions

29:01 Celtics talk

33:01 Marcellus talks Blazers individual matchups

34:41 Jordan’s Finals picks

In Part two of our conversation with James Williams of Between the Lines Sports, we learned more on his early days in scouting, grassroots basketball, and the future of BTL Sports

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0:10 G League work influencing grassroots scouting

2:38 Early scouting days

10:28 Open-minded scouting

22:31 Mindset of today’s elite athletes being different

26:05 Underrated figure in the grassroots basketball space

27:13 If I owned an NBA franchise

29:57 TJ Warren+ Phoenix Suns love

30:54 Future of BTL

34:37 Georgia talent

37:05 Nothing like mama’s cooking

Follow James at @BTLHoops on Twitter and Instagram, btlscouting.org

In Part One we speak with James about his experiences with the Canton Charge (G-League)  and Atlanta Krunk (ABA). He also shares his experiences to lend insight to aspiring basketball minds looking to break through in the industry.

6:02 Atlanta Krunk 

13:00 Athletes in Action- China 

16:12 Pursuing a career in basketball 

25:50 Working for the Canton Charge 

45:04 Players being prepared for opportunity 

47:35 Importance of resiliency 

Follow James at @BTLHoops on Twitter and Instagram, btlscouting.org

We spoke with Graham about his high school playing days at Campbell Hall High school with the Holidays brothers, working under Bo Ryan at Wisconsin, stops at VCU and Rice before landing full-time assistant jobs working for Jamion Christian at Mount St. Mary's, Siena, and now George Washington.  We also got his thoughts on mentorship, accountability, recruiting, and much more.

0:39 Campbell Hall

3:21 The Holiday's: upbringing, competitiveness, breaking backboards

8:43 Picking Wisconsin

12:03 Learning from Coach Ryan

13:53 Wisconsin to VCU

16:00 Working on a star-studded VCU staff

18:02 Recruiting, evaluating, being mentored

20:55 DOBO at Rice

24:00 Scheduling

25:11 Building success at Mount St. Mary's and Siena

28:00 Transitioning to GW, coaching staff roles

30:29 Leadership Program at GW

32:01 Love is accountability, accountability is love

35:15 Grading possessions

37:02 Recruiting and current roster

41:34 Embracing competition in a team setting

43:12 Standards vs goals

44:37 GW 360 

46:22 Importance of mentorship in your career path

48:07 There is no template for evaluation

50:30 Indigo love

51:16 GW elevator pitch

Joe discusses his basketball career, early interest in statistics, his process, and intrinsic values

00:53 Basketball

3:27 High school matchups

5:09 Scouting leading to working in analytics

10:17 Protecting your intellectual property

11:53 Optimizing his process

16:57 Process of working with clients and creating individualized plans

22:10 Gap between analytics community and basketball purists

31:04 Working with someone who likes the game of basketball but plays for money vs player who loves the game of basketball, and plays for the love of the game

41:40 What makes Steph Curry successful 

50:08 Most efficient offensive team in history

00:05 Basketball is a game of markets

11:35 "What killed him was the laughter" efficiency story

22:40 Player who is called overpaid that isn't

27:15 The NBA Twitter community

28:52 Owning cold takes, followed by blasphemous Luka take

31:40 Jon Tauer: background, success, program staples

40:10 George Floyd and civil unrest in Joseph's hometown of Minneapolis

47:50 Toeing the line between blunt honesty on Twitter and sabotaging potential client relationships

53:15 Future of Merc Analytic

57:40 Turnaround for reports

We spoke with Johnnie about his beginnings in photography, mental health, collective vs individual work, and some of his favorite work

00:00:47 Beginnings in photography 

00:10:28 Mental health 

00:12:57 Support and inspiration 

00:11:53 Mindset 

00:15:48 Navigating the business 

00:17:44 Relationships with photography subjects 

00:20:36 Favorite moments 

00:23:31 NYC Covid Video 

00:28:01 The Unreleased Collection 

00:30:34 Lessons learned from athletes 

00:33:56 Collective vs Individual work 

00:35:13 Peach Jam atmosphere 

00:36:44 Shooting in different areas of the country 

00:38:25 The moment he felt like he made it 

00:41:22 Parting shots