Jeff Boals is entering his seventh season as head coach of the Ohio Bobcats, and his 31st season overall as a coach.

Boals sat down with Paul Fritschner inside the Convocation Center to give a preview of the 2025-2026 Bobcats, reflect on his coaching career, share his thoughts on the new era of college basketball, and discuss some of his favorite interests outside of basketball.

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Amy Mallon, head women's basketball coach of the Drexel Dragons, shares what it's like to lead a program she's been part of for over two decades. She also discusses the '25-'26 Drexel WBB roster, the growth of the sport of women's college basketball, and how NIL has affected the women's game.

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Zach Spiker, head men's basketball coach of the Drexel Dragons, joins the Rebound Rundown to give a breakdown of the 2025-2026 Drexel roster, how he approached putting together this upcoming season's non-conference schedule, what it's like to coach in this new age of the sport, the importance of top-down alignment as a head coach, and much more.

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The Towson Tigers were CAA regular season champions in 2025. Pat Skerry, head coach of the Tigers, joins the Rebound Rundown to discuss getting his best two players back for this upcoming season, some of the scheduling difficulties he's encountered, and what it's like coaching in this new age of college basketball.

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Shannon Russell, former beat writer for Xavier and Louisville, and longtime writer for the Cincinnati Enquirer, joins the Rebound Rundown to share stores from her time covering the teams.

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On this emergency pod...

News broke on Thursday per Musketeer Reports Rick Broering that Xavier's Gabriel Pozzato tore his meniscus in summer workouts and had surgery to repair it.

Cincinnati announced this week that last year's leading scorer Jizzle James was dismissed from the team.

To conclude the show, a brief update on some upcoming content.

Travis Steele, the head coach of the Miami (OH) RedHawks, sits down with Paul Fritschner to talk about the resurgence of Miami's program, building for the future, what he'd like to see change about the college basketball scheduling process, and more.

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Darrin Horn, the head coach of Northern Kentucky men's basketball, joins the Rebound Rundown to share his thoughts on the current climate of college basketball, what the transfer portal is like at the mid-major level, the facilities at NKU, and what the '25-'26 Norse will look like on the court.

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McNicholas High School Varsity Boys Basketball Coach, Trey Scotti, sits down with Paul Fritschner to talk about the impact of NIL & Transfer Portal on high school players.

Scotti offers unique insight on the challenges that the new college landscape presents to his high school athletes with aspirations of playing at the next level.

His experience as a college video coordinator, high school varsity basketball head coach, and AAU director allows for a different perspective on one of the biggest topics in college hoops.

CBS Sports college basketball reporter Jon Rothstein joins the Rebound Rundown to share his thoughts on the state of the transfer portal, Xavier's hire of Richard Pitino, how Xavier has done in the portal, the Big East in general, the pressure on Cincinnati next season, what the Bearcats have done in the portal, and what the Big 12 looks like heading into '25-'26.