Hoops Prospects Podcast (HPP)
HPP Talks with Tomorrow’s Hoops Stars — The Hoops Prospects Podcast is the perfect show for NBA Draft junkies and general basketball fans. Each week, Rich Harris and the rest of the Hoops Prospects staff cover college basketball and the NBA Draft inside and out, discuss the biggest topics in the NBA, and generally have fun. HPP regularly interviews top pro prospects from around the world and also features guest appearances from various people involved with pro and college basketball, including coaches, sportswriters, and TV personalities.
Hoops Prospects Podcast (HPP)
Bubble Watch with Nevada’s Kenan Blackshear & Chattanooga’s Jake Stephens — HPP S2-E20
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The HPP crew examines the teams on the "bubble" for the NCAA Tourney, and host a pair of guests from teams that are still in the fight for a spot in March Madness — Nevada guard Kenan Blackshear and Chattanooga big man Jake Stephens. Bunni and Rich also release a new Draft Stock Report, make their weekly game predictions, and answer listener questions in the “mailbag.”
CHAPTERS:
1, Kenan Blackshear Interview (2:21)
2. College Hoops Notebook (19:27)
- What did you make of the NCAA Selection Committee’s top four seeds in each region?
- Looking at the schedules of these 10 teams that appear to be tenuously in the tournament: Florida Atlantic, Nevada, Boise State, Memphis, West Virginia, Missouri, Kentucky, North Carolina, Clemson, and Wisconsin, which are mostly likely to stubble and lose their spot?
- Looking at the schedules of these 14 teams that appear to be on the outside, looking in (unless they win their conference tourney): Mississippi State, USC, Oregon, Charleston, New Mexico, Utah State, Seton Hall, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Dayton, Michigan, Penn State, Texas Tech, and Drake, which are the best candidates to displace one of the teams above?
3. Jake Stephens Interview (47:04)
4. Draft Stock Rising (1:09:10)
- Jarace Walker, Houston
- Isaiah Wong, Miami (FL)
- Judah Mintz, Syracuse
- Chris Livingston, Kentucky
- Devin Carter, Providence
- Isaiah Stevens, Colorado State
5. Draft Stock Falling (1:32:04)
- Dillon Mitchell, Texas
- Jett Howard, Michigan
- Jalen Wilson, Kansas
6. Game Predictions (1:46:20)
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
- Baylor (9) at Kansas State (14)
- Tennessee (11) at Texas A&M (25)
- Miami (13) at Virginia Tech
- Mississippi State at Missouri
- Akron at Toledo
- Marquette (10) at Creighton (19)
- Iowa State (23) at Texas (8)
- Indiana (17) at Michigan State
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
- Providence (20) at UConn (18)
- Iowa at Wisconsin
- New Mexico at Boise State
Thursday, February 23, 2023
- Michigan at Rutgers
- Northwestern (21) at Illinois
Friday, February 24, 2023
- Xavier (16) at Seton Hall
Saturday, February 25, 2023
- Clemson at NC State
- Michigan State at Iowa
- Arkansas at Alabama (2)
- Texas (8) at Baylor (9)
- Texas A&M (25) at Mississippi State
- Auburn at Kentucky
- Virginia (6) at North Carolina
- Indiana (17) at Purdue (5)
- Virginia Tech at Duke
- Saint Mary's (15) at Gonzaga (12)
- San Diego State (22) at New Mexico
Sunday, February 26, 2023
- Northwestern (21) at Maryland
- Wisconsin at Michigan
- Drake at Bradley
- Rutgers at Penn State
Monday, February 27, 2023
- Baylor (9) at Oklahoma State
7. Mailbag (2:04:43)
