U Can B Mo

U Can B Mo Podcast: Episode 6

Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 9pm CST

Host: Brandon Morris

Co-Host: “The Bench”

Greg Leech, Corey Ciesielczyk, Jason Attanosoft

Guest: “The Starting Five”

Branden Joseph, Al Hanson, Joseph Winston, Nichole Ciesielczyk, Marcus Hill

1st Segment (45 minutes)

1. Why do you coach basketball?

1a. What’s your coaching style? Why do you coach the way you do?

1b. As a coach,

- are you coachable?

- are you flexible?

2. What advice would you give to those assistant coaches that are looking to be a Head Coach?

3. When it comes to coaching high school basketball, what’s the formula to winning?

- Consistent winning seasons?

- State tournament appearances?

4. What was your State Tournament experience as a player? Coach? Which is better?

- Are we seeing all the best teams with the best talent at the state tournament?

2nd Segment (45 minutes)

5. When you think of Wisconsin Badgers Basketball over the last 25 years and you think of the talent throughout the state of Wisconsin over the last 25 years,

- Can you name some big name players during 1990 - 1999, 2000 - 2009, 2010 - 2020 that played D1 basketball

- Why aren’t the Badgers one of the Top 10, 15, 20 teams in the country every year? Like a North Carolina, Kansas, Baylor, Kentucky, Duke

6. This is what I did, how I competed and this is who I am! If you don’t want to play how I play, then don’t.

- With age we get context, what does this quote mean to you?

U Can B Mo Podcast: Episode 5

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Host: Brandon Morris

Co-Host: “The Bench” Greg Leech, Corey Ciesielczyk, Mike Holden, Sed Young

Guest: “The Starters” Aaron Turner, Adrian Turner, Jason Coker, Jason Attanasoff

BBall Trivia Guru: Jon Atkins

1st Segment (45 minutes)

1. How do you handle players stating that they’re going to or they want to average 25, 30 points in college?

- What advice to you give them?

- With that mindset are they recruitable?

2. Should college basketball players get paid while they’re on scholarship? Is this a good thing for the game of basketball?

3. How do you advise players when it comes to choosing a college?

2nd Segment (45 minutes)

4. How will the G-League effect high school and college basketball?

5. UW schools will no longer require ACT, SAT scores during the next two years because of the pandemic? Marquette University made that decision back in 2019, but made it a permanent decision!

- How will this effect the recruiting process?

- If this had been in effect, would we have seen more college basketball players from this area?

****Bonus: What is your 3 Point Shot Philosophy and Rules???*****

U Can B Mo Podcast: Episode 4

Host: Brandon Morris

Co-Host: Greg Leech, Corey Mike Holden, Sed Young

Guest: Quardell Young, Dennis Coleman, Damon James, Mike Martin, Jason Attanasoff,

BBall Trivia Guru: Jon Atkins

1st Segment (90 minutes)

*Does anybody remember the Chicago Bulls player Craig Hodges?

- What years did he play for the Bulls?

- What type player was he stats wise?

- Why haven’t we seen him on this documentary?

*MJ will always be considered in the GOAT convo and LeBron is the next obvious BUT how special was Kobe Bean Bryant? How is he being left out of this convo by so many people across the globe?

*****Coach Nick Van Exel shoots a question for the coaches: “What drives you?? Everyday life”******

*If you were born before the 90s, you

- have probably witnessed Bird, Magic, Isaiah, Jordan, Kobe, D Wade, LeBron,

- Is there room for Steph Curry

- Should KD be considered

- Who’s the next Up and Coming?

We often hear the phrase “Buy Into the System”

- What exactly does that mean to you?

- How do you get players to buy into the system?

Do you prefer Man 2 Man Defense or Zone Defense?

- What percentage of college basketball teams playing Man?

- What percentage of college basketball teams playing Zone?

What does it really take to be considered a college scholarship player?

Speak to:

- Academics (ACT/SAT)

- Skills/Talent

- Position

- Height/Weight/Length

- Parents

- Players Character

Do you feel as a High School Basketball Coach, it is their J.O.B. to get their players college basketball scholarships?

Host: Brandon Morris

Co-Host: Greg Leech, Corey Ciesielczyk, Sed Young

Guest: Dennis Coleman, Damon James, Mike Martin, Jason Attanasoff, Quardell Young

BBall Trivia Guru: Jon Atkins

Layali Morris, my 4 year old daughter takes over the show as the host talking about some deep mediations and she serenades is with a song at the end.

1 College Basketball Coach, 3 High School Coaches talking about the game they love. Discussion around the docuseries “The Last Dance” MJ eliminated more 60 win teams than which of the best of the best players? How many NBA Finals series has Isaiah Thomas played in? How many did he win? How many did he lose?

Why isn’t his name brought into the conversation of Greatest players ever? Did him and his teams style of play somewhat tarnish his legacy? Or is it a combination of not enough championships + the bad boys style of play?

- What message can h.s. and college players take from this?

Has this documentary showed what you anticipated about all the talks of “how it would make MJ look?”

- example: there was talk about MJ saying people will look at him differently in a bad way after watching this documentary. They won’t understand. It’s hard to express nicely I wanted to win at all cost and I wanted everyone to raise to my level of competitiveness.

- What does he mean by that?

- With the quotes about rise to MJ’s level of competitiveness, does that help teammates? Especially when you mention the breakfast club? Comments and thoughts

- Does Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant and others still have the same success in their careers if they did not play with Michael Jordan? And/Or if MJ did not open up his home for morning workouts and push those players to live in the gym like Scottie mentioned?

- After they lost to the Pistons a second time in the ECF, 82 games already played, Conference playoffs series are played, facing the brutal series vs the Pistons, the TEAM didn’t go on vacation right after...they got back to work? How healthy was that?

4 H.S. Basketball Coaches and 1 College Coach share their knowledge on what it takes for high school players to go to the next level. Discussions about mental toughness, pre/post injury tips, how to learn from your mistakes, what it takes to get more playing time, how to get noticed by college coaches. And their reactions after watching the first two episodes of The Michael Jordan/Chicago Bulls docuseries “The Last Dance”

College basketball coach, H.S. Varsity Basketball Head Coach with 25+ years of experience, other H.S. Varsity Basketball Assistant Coaches dropping dimes on what it takes to succeed in the game of basketball and expressing what they look forward to the most in the ESPN Docuseries “TheLast Dance.”

Test run for Unk

Brandon Morris and David Tolefree talking about the NBA Finals...MJ vs LBJ Debate but not leaving KD out of the conversation!