Coach Gerdemen reviews the first two games of the 2025-26 season and looks ahead to the weekend tournament in Alabama.

Lindenwood University Head Men's Basketball Coach, Kyle Gerdeman kicks off the 2025-2026 basketball season with a review of the game against Top 10 Texas Tech University.  He also looks ahead to upcoming games against The University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy and Saint Louis University.

Assistant Coach Jestin Anderson also joins us on this podcast episode

This week's show includes a review of the exhibition game against SIU- Carbondale.  Coach talks about Milos Nenadic and Jeremiah Talton. He also looks ahead to the trip to #10 Texas Tech.

Pre-season questions for Coach Gerdeman:
1. Motivators for the team after the 2024-25 campaign.
2. Coach takes us through the development of some of the returning players along with new freshmen and transfers.
3. Coach addresses the focal points of practice as the season draws near.
4. He steps listeners through his plans for the challenging pre-conference games.

Coach Gerdeman joins us to give listeners an early update on the new players joining the LU men's basketball team for the 2025-26 season.

He also talks about the focus on this summer's practice sessions and on the OVC and its position on the portal and NIL.

Coach Gerdeman talks about all of the close games is LU MBB squad has had this year and looks ahead to the OVC tournament in Evansville, IN this week.

Coach Gerdeman reviews a big win at UALR and a tough loss at SEMO.  Plus, he looks ahead to the OVC tournament and discusses Jadis Jones as a Freshman of the year candidate in the OVC.

Coach Gerdeman looks back at a near-perfect game and a thriller from last week.  He also talked about Reggie Bass's tough shot to take the USI game into overtime.

We discussed Lindenwood's OVC stats in some strong and weak areas and looked ahead to a tough road trip to Arkansas-Little Rock and SEMO.

In our behind-the-scenes section, Coach Gerdeman talked about what goes on while a college basketball team travels on a bus.

Coach Gerdeman talks about the 4-point game winner at UT Martin and upcoming games against Moorehead State and the University of Southern Indiana.

Coach also steps us through the challenges of playing DI basketball road games.