We spend time on the big South Dakota State/North Dakota State matchup. St Thomas' first Summit League Home win and every matchup this week in the Summit League. We also answer some fantastic listener questions. 

The guys hand out Christmas gifts to several teams in the Summit League and then talk last weeks Summit League opening action. 

We begin this episode talking news and notes, Then the guys dive into the first week of conference league play, including talking about the games they are excited about, predictions, and much more. 

The guys look back at the preseason Summit 1st and 2nd teams. Who would still make, who's making a case they belong. They also talk about the rumors of Kansas City leaving the Summit and the potential replacements if they do leave. 

Todd gave 1st quarter grade to each Summit League team and the guys discuss those grades and where Zack and Greg agree or disagree. We are also lucky to be joined by Western Illinois Head Coach Rob Jeter whose Leathernecks are off to a red hot start in the non-conference season. 

We start the episode with Todd discussing his trip to Tulsa to watch ORU take on Oklahoma State. Then the guys talk about the Kenpom ranks for each Summit League team and what we learned this week. Also where we think this leaves Summit League teams going forward. 

We had actual basketball games to talk about!! We won't be able to do this every week, but we felt it was important to talk the first week of every Summit League Team. We talked about the best win of the opening week, teams that surprised and disappointed, and newcomers that impressed. Some we praise, some we don't. Either way we're just excited college basketball is back!

Zack and Todd spend the majority of the episode previewing each Summit League teams non-conference schedule. They discuss games they are excited about, what teams might surprise and which games are the most important for Summit League teams during the non-conference. Maybe most impressively they avoid going on a long Anti-NCAA rant when discussing Oklahoma State playing Oral Roberts. 

We start off the episode by talking about conference realignment and its impact on college basketball and the Summit League. We then interview North Dakota Head Coach Paul Sather. Finish up the episode talking about players we are excited to watch this season. 

The guys start out by recapping the Preseason All-Summit 1st and 2nd teams and then are joined by South Dakota State Head Coach Eric Henderson for a fantastic interview. They wrap up the episode discussing the Summit League Tournament and their thoughts on how to run a 10 team tournament next season.