HOOS Place Studio

Trey Murphy has foregone has college eligibility for the NBA Draft, and his mother, Albeda Murphy, joined Seattle Hoo to talk about Trey’s time at UVA, his decision, and her true feelings about Coach Tony Bennett and the Virginia Basketball program. Don’t miss this incendiary interview!

Hoos women’s soccer Head Coach Steve Swanson joins the HPS crew again to recap a most rewarding and successful season that ended with the Hoos as one of the Final Four teams in the NCAA Tournament, falling on PKs in the College Cup to Florida State. Coach Swanson discusses the many challenges of coaching in general, dealing with the pandemic, and drops some info on who is returning next season and who is not.

Don’t miss Coach Swanson, and don’t miss Seattle Hoo’s tribute to Hoo basketballer Trey Murphy, who announced yesterday that he is done with college, vaulted by his one year under Coach Tony Bennett into the first round of the NBA Draft!

Friend of the Show Coach Steve Swanson has his Hoos in the Final Four teams of college women’s soccer, and we are dancing with dreams of having a National Champion Coach on our show! Val Prochaska breaks down the path here and the trail forward, which goes through Florida State and likely North Carolina. Can Swanson do what Brian O’Connor did? Find out tomorrow! But hear what we think first!

Speaking of National Champion coaches, National Champion Coach Tony Bennett went overseas for another member of the 2021 entering class, 6-9 Croatian Igor Milicic, Jr. Is he a replacement for Trey Murphy as some are suggesting? Seattle Hoo lets us know exactly what he thinks of that idea. We talk 2021 forecast and some 2022 recruiting – including the heroics of 2022 commit Isaac McKneely and his Poca Dots.

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The HOOS Place Studio is all moved in and back on the air! Seattle Hoo and Val go back in time to touch on the NCAA Tournament loss and its significance, then discuss transfers out and in. Are the Hoos done adding players? What might the rotation look like? How did the changes affect the team overall? Then we talk about Trey Murphy testing the waters and what his prospects look like.

The Hoos had to play after a Covid pause and they predictably were cold shooting. Was it just bad luck that led to the defeat, or was it more than that? Seattle and Val analyze the loss to Ohio and even take a quick look at next year.

Spoiler alert: Seattle Hoo was not surprised at the loss and had some choice words for “Oh we just missed some shots because of the Covid pause.”

It was not long ago that the Virginia Men’s Basketball team was reeling from three straight losses, looking up at Florida State in the ACC, and seemingly figured out by the opposition. Now they are champions. Stumbling out of their home gym by the Seminoles and a series of adjustments by Tony Bennett and his brain trust – and maybe some loving trash talk from a mom? – have turned the season around just in time.

The Hoos are Champions Again. StLouHoo joins Val and Seattle in the studio to break down how it happened, then turn their attention to the ACC Tournament that begins today.

A lot of hoops to talk about so this episode is extra long. Listen, if for no other reason, to hear Seattle Hoo revel in being wrong.

It was difficult to watch and it was difficult to talk about: Duke’s 13th win over Virginia in the 17 games they have played in the Tony Bennett era. Seattle and Val sit down virtually to process it.

Thursday-Saturday. Friday-Sunday. Saturday-Monday. Virginia tangled with a North Carolina team with tournament talent on Saturday, then has to turn around two days later and take on a tournament team in Florida State. The Hoos handled the first leg in the comfort of home. How will they do in the hostile confines of the Tucker Center in Tallahassee? Seattle Hoo brings all the numbers as he and Val get deep into these matchups.

The discussion ranged freely from the key moments and plays in the Pitt game, to the tendencies of referees, to the importance of offensive rebounds, to a look ahead at Georgia Tech and UNC. Seattle shared some of his favorite hypotheses and Val expressed his appreciation for the importance of Tomas Woldetensae. The crew also marveled over Tony Bennett calling his team soft.

Seattle and Val are joined by very special guest Brian Geisinger of ACCSports.com. Brian helps us break down the distressing loss to Virginia Tech with some objectivity and rationality. We cover a lot of happier subjects, too, in one of our favorite episodes:

Isaac McKneely, the newest Hoo

The upcoming NC State game

The upcoming Louisville game

Other ACC teams and what players look the best

Offensive schemes and wild accusations

And Brian casually drops an NBA prediction

Check it out!