From 4 wins a year ago, to first place in the Northeast Conference, Fairleigh Dickinson is the surprise of the Northeast Conference. First year head Coach Tobin Anderson joins Bryan DeNovellis to talk about his team's meteoric rise and his personal journey from a D3 player and coach, to D2 success at St. Thomas Aquinas, and now to the D1 level at FDU.

Plus Bryan recaps wins for St. John's and Seton Hall, and previews their upcoming matchup at Carnesecca Arena.

Bryan DeNovellis interviews Sacred Heart Coach Anthony Latina on the Pioneers recent wins over St. Francis (PA) and Fairleigh Dickinson. Latina also talks about the wide-open race in the Northeast Conference.

Bryan recaps the previous week for:

St. John's loss to Villanova - 28:00

Seton Hall's upset of UConn and loss to Marquette - as Shaheen Holloway sounds off on the status of Power Forward Alexis Yetna - 34:00

UConn's win over Butler - 43:00

Princeton's wins over Penn and Dartmouth - 45:30

Host Bryan DeNovellis is joined by Rutgers radio analyst and former player Austin Johnson to recap Rutgers thrilling wins over Northwestern on a Cam Spencer 3, and Ohio State in Overtime. Johnson has high praise for the work ethic of Spencer and teammate Mawot Mag, and also discusses the commitment of 5-star 2024 recruit, Airious "Ace" Bailey to Rutgers.

Host Bryan DeNovellis interviews Seton Hall's Women's Basketball Coach Tony Bozzella about his team's 11-1 stretch; The Pirates have one of the most electrifying players in the country in 5 foot 3 PG Lauren Park-Lane, who's on the Nancy Lieberman Watch List for the best point guard in the country.

Bryan also recaps the week for Rutgers, UConn, Seton Hall and Princeton men's teams.

Host Bryan DeNovellis interviews ESPN's Seth Greenberg on Rutgers upset of Number One and undefeated Purdue at Mackey Arena. It's the second straight year Rutgers has beaten the top-ranked Boilers. Greenberg calls Rutgers a "second-weekend team."

Plus Bryan also recaps St. John's loss to Marquette at Carnesecca Arena and Seton Hall's loss at Creighton.

Host Bryan DeNovellis provides a full recap and analysis of Seton Hall's 88-66 win over St. John's on New Year's Eve. Plus you'll hear postgame reaction from St. John's head coach Mike Anderson, Seton Hall head coach Shaheen Holloway and Pirates players.

Is Mike Anderson on the hot seat? Bryan gives his opinion and possible successors should Anderson not return next season.

Bryan also looks ahead to an important week for UConn, Rutgers, Seton Hall and St. John's.

Host Bryan DeNovellis recaps UConn vs Villanova, St. John's vs Xavier and Seton Hall vs Marquette.

UConn improves to 14 and Oh for just the third time in program history. Meanwhile, St. John's loses at home to Xavier while Seton Hall gets throttled at Marquette. This sets up a "must-win" for both Seton Hall and St. John's when the Pirates host the Red Storm on New Year's Eve. Bryan previews the matchup and offers 3 keys for both teams.

Host Bryan DeNovellis and Joey Wahler of ABC News Radio, break down Seton Hall's 45-43 upset of Rutgers at Jersey Mike's Arena. Joey and Bryan discuss what went well for Seton Hall and what went wrong for Rutgers, and where do both teams go from here.

Host Bryan DeNovellis is joined by former Rutgers great and current Stetson assistant coach, Jonathan Mitchell. "J-Mitch" discusses Stetson's upsets over Florida State and South Florida this season. And he relives his memories of the Rutgers-Seton Hall rivalry, and his infamous 4-point play to upset No. 10 Villanova in 2011.

Host Bryan DeNovellis is joined by Seton Hall Radio Broadcaster, Dave Popkin who breaks down the Pirates back-to-back losses to Oklahoma and Siena to close out the ESPN Orlando Invitational.

Dave also discusses Coach Shaheen Holloway's critical comments about his team following the Siena loss during his post-game radio interview.

Bryan goes around the Tri-State as well, recapping UConn's championship performance in the Phil Knight Invitational, St. John's 7-0 start behind the play of Joel Soriano, and Rutgers' perfect 2-oh week.