The Maine Basketball Rankings Podcast

Jay Baines wears a lot of hats in the high school basketball world--from making everyone's favorite brackets to leading the Old Town band--and everything in-between.

We planned on talking about scheduling, but it quickly went off the rails to include...everything. This is a really fun conversation, featuring a section on which team would have the best City Connect jerseys.

To preview the season, Adam Robinson, Tyler Krusz, and Mike Mandell joined me to draft teams based on how many games we think they might win.

All the way back in March, Windham won their first Gold Ball and now they've got a title to defend, but Windham coach Chad Pulkkinen argues that it isn't a title defense with a different roster. We discuss that, the natural Joe Mazzulla vibes of it, playing in the UK, the AA landscape, why we need shot clocks, and so much more!

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At Fitzy this weekend, Portland won their first Gold Ball since 2002 and Falmouth finished off their dream season with the first Gold Ball in school history, proving pundits and Sports Illustrated wrong (but not The Model, which had them winning by 11.5)

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My guest had to cancel last minute, but the show must go on! Plus I had already set everything up.

It's a preview of the football Gold Ball games, including who Sports Illustrated thinks will win.

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Basketball season is finally here! But first we've got a couple more football games.

Foxcroft Academy beat Winslow and Hermon survived a Medomak Valley comeback with a clock-killing drive and a little bit of luck.

Then, why you should consider moving from Twitter to Bluesky.

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The Forecaster's Michael Hoffer joins me to recap Gold Ball Saturday for field hockey and soccer, preview the Regional Finals in football and, of course, look even further ahead to basketball season.

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Facing a massive upset, Windham's soccer team found an equalizer with 3 minutes to play and then won on a penalty kick in overtime. But was the call correct? Maybe?

Then, Ryan McLaughlin of the Ellsworth American joins me to talk about week 8 in football, plus some more soccer, and half marathons.

The big news today is that Ace Flagg has committed to the University of Maine, giving the Black Bears their biggest commit in what seems like forever. Can he take them to the Promised Land (a 16 seed) or beyond (winning a game in the tourney)?

Then, I go region by region and pick a Cinderella for each one.

Every basketball season, I pick against the odds and try and find a team in every region that can pull off an upset. People like it, or at least they like to be mad about it. So today I go region-by-region through girls soccer in advance of the quarterfinals kicking off today.

Plus, we have a little bit of clarity on the Lisbon situation.