Inside College Basketball Now

Jon Rothstein sits down with Creighton's new head coach Alan Huss. Alan discusses what the journey to becoming coach at his alma mater has been like, sets expectations for year 1 and much more!

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(00:00) Intro

(00:10) Becoming Head Coach At Creighton

(1:30) Relationship Between Creighton & Omaha 

(2:08) Last Season As Associate Head Coach

(3:28) Greg McDermott Retiring

(4:40) Transitioning To New Coaching Job

(5:45) Watching High Point Last Season

(7:06) Difference Between Creighton & High Point

(8:41) Influence From Dana Altman

(10:23) Creighton Under Huss vs McDermott

(11:55) Outlook For This Year’s Roster

(13:27) Biggest Jump From Returning Players

(15:17) Jackson McAndrew Update

(15:44) Non-Conference Schedule

(17:43) 32-Game Schedule

(18:45) Big East NCAA Tournament Outlook

(20:28) Best Win & Worst Loss Of Career

(21:53) What To Accomplish In Year 1

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Jon Rothstein sits down with Arizona State's new head coach Randy Bennett. Randy explains why this was the right time to say yes to Arizona State, saying goodbye to Saint Mary's and what needs to be done to compete at a high level in Tempe.

(0:00) Intro + Randy Bennett joins the show!

(1:15) Would you leave Saint Mary’s for anywhere other than ASU?

(1:30) When the Arizona State job felt like a possibility

(3:25) Did losing Gonzaga to the Pac 12 impact the decision?

(4:20) Advice to the incoming Saint Mary’s head coach

(5:15) Would you ever go play at Saint Mary’s?

(5:45) What was it like to finally say goodbye after 25 years?

(7:05) Retaining talent in this climate at Saint Mary’s

(9:00) Who taught Randy Bennett how to evaluate players

(11:00) Getting Arizona State to the NCAA tournament every year

(12:20) The realities of scheduling at a mid-major vs. high-major

(14:20) Getting a high-major opportunity is a chance to go against the biggest coaches in the sport

(16:35) Transfer portal vs. high school recruiting

(19:00) Upgrades needed to get Arizona State in the top 25 consistently

(20:45) First impressions of the roster

(23:50) Coaching against Arizona for the first time

(25:00) Randy’s coaching tree

(26:40) One win and one loss that stick with Randy

(29:15) Getting Arizona State to the tournament in year one

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