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.

Roddie Anderson III joins the Rebound Rundown to talk about his re-commitment to play for Xavier under Richard Pitino, his goals for the offseason, what he enjoys about Xavier, his interest in other Xavier sports, and more.

Plus, some Q&A at the end.

Watch the interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/p3bIdugiAGI?si=nxyB-ULMDee3hMlz

Paul Fritschner brings on three guests to talk about the most recent additions to Xavier's roster from the transfer portal:

- Jevin Redman, the voice of the Evansville Purple Aces, joins the show to talk about Gabriel Pozzato

- Christian Proscia, who works in sports media in Florida, joins to talk about Tre Carroll

- Riley Corcoran, voice of the Montana Grizzlies, joins to talk about Malik Moore

- Q&A to close the show

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/LQIAa3e6mbY?si=Iq4WeBz0q7qx4o-Z

Watch Christian's interview with Tre Carroll: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ynJOlPpwBvxR

- Florida beats Houston to win the 2025 National Championship

- Portal news from Cincinnati and Kentucky

- Soundbite from Rick Pitino on the hiring of Richard at Xavier

- Final regular episode of '24-'25

Thank you all for listening this season!

- Recap of the Final Four

- Preview of Monday night's title game between Houston and Florida