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After spending time with every A10 school this summer, Ryan Hammer and Blue Blooded podcast GM Adam Hammer kick off our first conference preview with the A10 conference. Are Saint Louis and VCU still the teams to beat? Who are the sleepers in the A10 conference? Will they have three tournament bids this year? And which players will take home awards? All of this and more on the new episode of Blue Blooded. Watch Ryan's A10 Trips Here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKMxc-jpcrZM&si=D3Rm1U6GwB3lYyu-00:00 - Intro06:57 - LinkU Invitational Review & Takeaways13:03 - A10 Preview Time16:10 - What’s the Biggest Story Going into this A10 Season?27:09 - Ryan’s A10 Rankings28:00 - Adam’s A10 Rankings29:28 - Who are the Sleeper Teams of the A10?37:23 - Dayton Preview40:03 - Can George Mason and George Washington Climb to the Next Tier?43:05 - Middle of the Conference Preview (Duquesne, St. Joseph’s, Rhode Island)45:41 - Final Tier (Richmond, LaSalle, St. Bonaventure, Loyola)49:18 - Predicting A10 Player Awards58:05 - Q&A

This week on Blue Blooded we are breaking down the mid-major teams we’re most excited to watch this season — the players, programs, storylines and we're sharing the teams that may surprise everyone in March for you to know before the season tips off. We also react to Chad Baker-Mazara suing his former coach at USC, Eric Musselman, and Iowa State's Tamin Lipsey seeking a return to the team with 5th year eligibility. 00:00 - Intro02:56 - Chad Baker-Mazara files lawsuit against Eric Musselman04:13 - Iowa State’s Tamin Lipsey Seeking 5th Year09:46 - Defining Mid-Major & Potential teams16:46 - GCU Basketball22:33 - High Point 27:51 - New Mexico28:35 - Big West Schools (Utah Valley, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, UC San Diego)30:50 - Keep an eye on the Campbell Fighting Camels32:27 - UT Martin36:21 - Tennessee State and Nolan Smith38:39 - Murray State44:03 - FlU Basketball47:45 - Wichita State 51:35 - Little Rock54:02 - Arkansas State 58:09 - Some MAC Schools01:01:12 - Q&A

Who are the biggest breakout candidates for the upcoming college basketball season? Is Trey McKenney become Michigan's next star? Can Derek Dixon be the latest UNC transfer to excel at Arizona? We also react to Trey Kaufman-Renn getting another year of eligibility, answer fan questions, and more on this episode of the Blue Blooded Podcast. 0:00 Intro3:33 Homefield4:37 News & Notes10:45 Pop Quiz16:15 Breakout Players18:53 Trey McKenney 21:16 Derek Dixon23:13 Davis Fogle26:08 Chance Mallory 29:00 Eric Dailey Jr.31:02 Malachi Moreno34:17 Collin Chandler36:27 Roman Domon40:18 Justin Menard42:02 Jordan Scott46:55 Jamarion Batemon49:00 Breakout Players54:36 Q&A

What are the biggest what ifs in College Basketball history? On the new episode of Blue Blooded we discuss what would have happened if Gordon Hayward made that shot against Duke in the National Championship?, what if BYU didn't have to suspend Brandon Davies?, what would have happened if the tournament wouldn't have been canceled in 2020, and more.

0:00 intro1:20 Homefield2:25 news & notes3:48 - Michigan Loses Brandon McCoy for the Season7:30 What if Memphis beat FAU?11:10 what if Gonzaga…15:40 what if Gordon Hayward…20:00 what if Brandon Davies…23:30 what if Fab Melo25:20 what if 2020…30:00 Q&A

The beginning of year 2 for the show we intro brand updates, talk through what schools are the TRUE blue bloods & beyond, give an update on 5th year commitments & much more.

0:00 Intro

6:42 News & Notes

16:13 Gonzaga

21:12 BLUE BLOODS of CBB

46:06 Q&A + surprise segment

Current legal expert & former D1 player & coach, Mitch Gilfillan, comes on the show to lay out EVERYTHING you need to know about 5th year eligibility right now. Kentucky lands Mark Mitchell & Ryan answers your questions!!!

0:00 Intro

1:42 5TH YEAR UPDATES

23:07 Donovan Dent to LSU

24:15 Mark Mitchell to Kentucky

29:47 Other News

34:57 Mid Major Stars

39:47 Build a Starting 5

44:00 Favorite Low Major Stars

45:31 Breakout Players

47:00 Teams Under Pressure

50:18 EPL Predictions

Ryan predicts the top 5 teams in 5 different categories for the upcoming college basketball season - offense, defense, shooting, depth and NBA Talent. Also have special guest All Hail Bball on to talk about his historic jersey patch deal with Robert Morris, talk through the Big 12 x Monster Energy patch agreement & more!

0:00 Intro

3:19 News & Notes

10:27 All Hail x Robert Morris Jersey Patch

25:14 Inside the A10 Series Update

28:23 Top 5 Offenses

37:46 Top 5 Defenses

43:38 Top 5 3 Pt Shooting Teams

50:10 Top 5 Teams of NBA Talent

53:50 Top 5 Teams with DEPTH

1:04:20 Q&A

Everything you need to know about conference realignment + Andre Curbelo the wrestler, Dan Hurley's opinion on 5th years + update on 5th year player commitments!

0:00 Intro

3:42 News & Notes

20:45 Conference Realignment

42:16 Q&A

Fully dedicated episode to the 5th year eligibility that could be coming to college basketball this season. Who is eligible? Will it hold up? Do teams get extra roster space? Is the portal open again???

Been a while... but we are BACK with a new studio (that is still being worked on) to talk through all of the major recent updates in college basketball this offseason.

0:00 Intro

4:46 Dusty May to Mavs

12:36 Gonzaga Point Guard???

16:00 5th Year Eligiblity???

23:30 Marcus Spears to Texas

28:06 17 Year Olds in CBB

33:00 Wooden Award Favorites

42:33 Q&A

Ryan ranks his top 60 prospects in this 2026 NBA Draft Class one last time with the draft starting on Tuesday night!

0:00 Intro

1:04 Top 4

1:58 AJ Dybantsa

4:45 Darius Acuff

6:06 Aday Mara

7:41 Labaron Philon

10:24 Kingston Flemings

13:30 Brayden Burries

13:51 Mikel Brown Jr

14:45 Hannes Steinbach

16:47 Keaton Wagler

18:33 Morez & Yaxel

19:29 Christian Anderson

21:31 16-30

23:23 31-60

One week away from the NBA Draft, Ryan does a FULL 2 round 60 pick mock draft of what draft night might look like.

0:00 Intro

1:49 1st Round

27:30 2nd Round

Usually a college basketball podcast, Ryan & Adam tap in to their 20-30 years of soccer experience as players & fans to give you a preview of the entire FIFA WORLD CUP taking place in the United States for the next month.

Doing this for all levels of soccer fan - the basketball fan that is always here that wants to learn all the way up to the fellow sicko footy fans locked in for predictions.

0:00 Intro

5:00 Messi & Ronaldo Last World Cup

10:10 USA TEAM PREVIEW

21:38 Dark Horses

33:40 Full Brackets & Predictions

45:14 Player Award Predictions

53:32 Q&A

After the NBA Draft Withdrawal Deadline, Ryan gives his early take on a top 10 teams for next season in College Basketball. Also get into Milan Momcilovic recruiting + Tounde Yessoufou committing to St. John's ffor $7.5M!!!!!

0:00 Intro

3:32 Tounde Yessoufou to St. John's

8:36 Milan Momcilovic

12:23 Knicks vs Spurs

16:46 Top 10 Teams in CBB

47:08 Q&A

The 2026 NBA Draft is one of the most loaded guard drafts ever. LeagueHim Founder Jacob Myers comes on the show to analyze the group + interviews with 3 of those guards - Kingston Flemings, Labaron Philon & Christian Anderson.

Ryan also talks through Florida getting Rueben Chinyelu back + the new Diamond Cup event in CBB.

0:00 Intro

1:30 Chinyelu BACK TO FLORIDA

5:05 Diamond Cup

11:20 International Eligibility

15:33 Kingston Flemings

38:53 Christian Anderson

56:00 Labaron Philon

1:07:54 Analyzing the Guard Class

1:47:44 Q&A

Good friend Christian Odjakjian joins the show to predict 20+ stay or go decisions to look out for in the NBA Draft & college basketball this week + talk through what a hypothetical world with Wemby in college before the NBA would have looked like.

Also get former Bucknell & Ohio State player & now Netflix Reality TV star Jimmy Sotos to join!

0:00 Intro

3:45 Christian

7:00 Stay or Go Decisions

52:31 Jimmy Sotos

1:09:34 Wemby in College?

Vince Wolfram joins the show to talk all things UNDERRATED in this offseason across college basketball. Underrated portal classes, underrated transfers & mid majors. Ryan also breaks down the NBA Draft Lottery results with a mock draft!

0:00 Intro

1:50 NBA Draft Lottery

7:17 Underrated TEAMS

9:45 Cincy

14:10 Florida State

17:55 Baylor

22:10 Virginia

27:30 Maryland

31:35 Marquette

35:25 Underrated Players

47:20 Montana State

51:15 Hawaii

55:25 Q&A

Jacob Myers, founder of League Him, joins the show to talk with Ryan Hammer on the biggest 'Stay or Go' Decisions in the NBA Draft & College Basketball. Ryan talks NCAA Tournament Expansion, NBA Draft Lottery changes & more!

0:00 Intro

1:07 NCAA Tournament Expansion

10:52 NBA Lottery Changes

19:30 Old vs New Media - Kenny Beecham

26:41 League Him Joins!

29:37 NIL Impact on the NBA

36:08 Draft Process Risers

46:35 STAY or GO Decisions

1:23:36 Q&A

Full Transfer Portal Episode!!! Ryan gives the 5 teams he is most excited about and "irrationally high" on based on their portal activity, the guys play Buy/Sell/Hold for other big teams in the portal & talk through early take on next season's preseason #1 team.

0:00 Intro

5:31 5 Year Eligibility Rule

13:55 Transfer Portal

17:40 Texas

22:25 Florida State

26:38 Miami

30:55 Vanderbilt

33:45 Illinois

37:26 Buy or Sell?

1:03:45 Q&A

Sam Hoiberg joins the show to roast me about picking Troy over Nebraska, Nebrasketball's best season in school history, his growth as a former walk on & so much more!!

3 of the best mid major coaches in the country come to the studio - Phil Martelli Jr (VCU), Josh Schertz (Saint Louis) & Brooks Savage (ETSU).Talk about their programs, their stories, NIL & transfer portal outlook from their perspective & so much more that you will not hear from them anywhere else.

0:00 Brooks Savage (ETSU)

19:55 Phil Martelli Jr (VCU)

46:10 Josh Schertz (Saint Louis)

The Michigan Wolverines are your 2026 national champions. On this episode, Ryan and Christian break down how they got it done, Dusty May’s impact, roster construction, and much more.

We are LIVE from Indy for the Final Four in the Hammer House studio. John Fanta & Evan Miyakawa join on to talk through Final Four expectations, analytics, tournament locations, Duke & so much more!

0:00 Intro

1:30 John Fanta

32:17 Evan Miyakawa

The Final Four is SET!!!! We talk through how UConn, Illinois, Arizona & Michigan got here & fair against one another in Indy this week. Touch on the Sweet 16 & Elite 8 games with Iowa's great run. Talk through coaching hires & transfer portal updates as well.

0:00 Intro

0:29 UConn vs Duke

10:00 Final Four!

20:53 Dark Side of March

22:47 What We Learned this March

33:00 Final Four Gut Takes

41:10 Coaching Hires

Recapping an AMAZING first weekend of the NCAA Tournament with storylines, reactions + taking a look ahead at the Sweet 16. Also touch on coaching hires and who might be in line at North Carolina...

0:00 Intro

6:20 NIL Impact on March

13:51 Our Apologies

18:46 Best Games of 1st Weekend

24:42 Big Ten DOMINANCE

39:00 Sweet 16

44:51 Coaching Hires

51:10 UNC Next Coach

Breaking down the entire Midwest region of the bracket with picks, storylines & more for every game.

Breaking down the entire East region of the March Madness bracket with picks, storylines & thoughts on every game!

The end of the bracket picks! Our Final Four & National Title Picks and breakdown of our brackets!

Breaking down the entire south region of the NCAA Tournament bracket with picks, storylines & more for every game.

Going through the entire west region of the March Madness bracket with picks, storylines & more on every game!

THE BRACKET IS HERE. We run through everything on first glance - from Cinderella candidates to final four picks, to seeding disputes, first round games we love & so much more.

0:00 Intro

2:40 Region Rundowns

38:24 Cinderella Teams

45:44 1st Weekend Matchups

47:56 Eric Joins! + Outro

Mid week episode filled with mid major talk on Furman, Hofstra, North Dakota State, Santa Clara & Troy. Talk through Duke's Caleb Foster injury & concerns there + Syracuse looking for a new coach...

0:00 Intro

2:07 Christian Odjakjian

2:44 Caleb Foster injury

13:10 Troy

17:50 Final Four Dark Horses

44:50 Mid Major Champs

45:50 Hofstra

51:15 North Dakota State

53:06 Furman

54:45 Santa Clara

58:15 Syracuse Job

Another packed March episode. Go through all the conference tournament action of this past week including our favorite of the already crowned champions and automatic bids. Project every tournament tipping off this week including our picks, bid stealer candidates, bubble break down AND talk to the FOUNDERS AND CREATORS of FINS UP at LIU.

0:00 Intro

6:45 News & Notes

15:00 FINS UP

27:00 Tournament Champions

35:10 D1 Tournament Eligibility

39:27 Bid Stealers

45:59 Bubble

51:28 Conference Tournaments

1:18:04 Schedule

JAM PACKED mid week episode with 3 guests. Nick Bateman joins to talk all things bracketology from 1 seeds to bubble teams, John Fanta joins to talk through title contenders, chalkiness & sausage biscuits. And Miami OH Head Coach Travis Steele joins to talk about his 30-0 team aiming for greatness & how they got here + the selection committee.

0:00 Intro

1:11 Bracketology with Nick Bateman

36:23 John Fanta

1:10:35 Miami OH Head Coach Travis Steele

It is MARCH. Conference Tournaments are here and we are here to preview all of the brackets that are set + talk about some of the big takeaways from the weekend including the top 4 contenders & Miami Ohio talk.

0:00 Intro

4:14 News & Notes

12:12 Gonzaga vs Saint Mary's

14:30 Is there a Big 4 Contenders?

23:11 Miami OH

29:23 Conference Tournament Previews

29:40 Horizon League

34:17 Fun Belt Sun Belt

41:00 MVC Arch Madness

48:30 WCC

54:00 MAAC

57:44 Big South

1:00:20 Summit League

1:03:03 SoCon

1:05:00 OVC, etc.

1:08:20 BUBBLE WATCH

1:14:15 Schedule + Q&A

2 HOUR EPISODE today with loads of stuff. T3 joins to talk bracketology, favorite Cinderella teams & bracket outlook. Adam & Ryan talk about the big games this weekend, Ryan vs the NCAA, injury updates & the usual segments.

0:00 Intro

3:00 News & Notes

14:20 Miami U Millett Hall

16:02 How Good is Saint Louis?

26:03 Duke vs Michigan

33:31 Arizona vs Houston

38:42 T3 Joins The Show!

41:40 Bracketology

51:32 Miami U

1:01:20 Cinderella Potential Teams

1:21:21 Favorite on Each Seed Line

1:38:10 Panic & Excitement

1:52:10 Schedule + Q&A

PACKED episode after a wild week in college basketball. Live from Iowan State, Ryan talks with Fran Fraschilla about all things Big 12, talk to Caden Pierce before* his commitment to Purdue, Providence & St. John's fight, can Florida win the natty? + much more.

0:00 intro

6:26 News & Notes

15:21 Iowa State

18:05 Providence/St. John's

24:20 Miami KEEPS WINNING

28:05 Can Florida go B2B?

34:00 Fran Fraschilla & the Big 12

59:19 Caden Pierce

1:20:19 Panic & Excitement + Schedule

With the Super Bowl over, all eyes in the sports world are now on college basketball and no better time to have the best weekend of the season. Duke/UNC, UConn/St Johns, Michigan State + Jeremy Fears drama, eligibility drama & much more!

0:00 Intro

3:00 News & Notes

12:53 St Johns at MSG

15:20 UConn vs St. John's

24:20 Big East Outlook

30:15 Duke vs UNC

40:34 ACC Outlook

51:38 MSU & Jeremy Fears

56:20 UMass vs Coastal

57:05 Panic & Excitement

1:10:10 Schedule + Q&A

Another big week of college hoops with lots to hit. Darryn Peterson is amazing, but only plays 50% of the time. What does that mean for Kansas? Coaches on the hot seat, who would be coach of the year + much more!

0:00 Intro

4:53 News & Notes (Amari Bailey)

15:09 Saint Louis

17:14 Darryn Peterson & KU

28:10 BYU

34:45 Coach of the Year

45:10 Coaches on the HOT SEAT

59:30 Secret Segment

1:05:53 Panic & Excitement

1:15:56 Schedule + Q&A

Busy episode after a wild week in college basketball. Talk about how good Saint Louis truly is, how elite this freshmen class really is & what teams are TRUE title contenders + more.

0:00 Intro

2:08 News & Notes

8:30 Homefield

10:24 FRESHMEN

21:52 Houston & Texas Tech

25:48 Title Contenders

47:30 Saint Louis

55:45 Panic & Excitement

1:04:32 Schedule + Q&A

Jam packed episode with GM Adam returning to the show! Arizona's dominance in hopes of a national title, Darryn Peterson looking like Kobe, Virginia looking like a Final Four Team + so much more.

0:00 Intro

3:11 News & Notes

13:17 DePaul!!!

17:00 Virginia

25:30 Florida

31:38 Arizona

40:10 Darryn Peterson

45:00 Texas Tech

48:06 Kentucky Cardiac Cats

50:55 Miami Ohio

57:30 Panic Meter & Excitement Scale

1:12:07 Schedule + Q&A

After a hectic week in college hoops, Ryan talks on Utah State, the Big 12 having 4 national title contenders, Michigan going down, Florida big week + much more!!

0:00 Intro & new jerseys!

3:02 Utah State Fans

7:24 Utah State is ELITE

11:50 Down Goes Michigan

19:38 Arizona & the Big 12

27:48 Florida

32:26 Murray State

36:57 Panic & Excitement

49:21 Schedule + Q&A

Joined by Christian Odjakjian from Enjoy Bball to talk through the games that kicked off the new year + the best trios in the nation. Talk about Nebraska, Miami Ohio, North Carolina & SMU + the entire SEC.

0:00 Intro

2:10 News & Notes

4:05 NEBRASKETBALL

14:00 Miami Ohio

21:12 SMU vs UNC

29:50 SEC Games

44:10 Best Trios

56:45 Panic Meter & Excitement Scale

1:14:55 Schedule + Q&A

College basketball eligibility issues have reached new heights! We talk through all of it, go through each of the top 10 conferences to make title and March picks, show you an updated Trapezoid of Excellence & have Belmont head Coach Casey Alexander on the show to talk about Belmont's hot streak heading into MVC play & the life of a mid major.

0:00 Intro

3:43 GM Adam's surgery

5:36 College Eligibility Concerns

26:48 Conference RE-Previews

50:12 Trapezoid of Excellence

53:33 Belmont coach Casey Alexander

1:21:50 Schedule + Q&A

Holiday Special episode where we write letters to Santa, give the naughty + nice list, talk Texas Tech beating Duke, Houston over Arkansas, Seton Hall in the Big East + much more!!!

0:00 Intro

1:47 Mid Season Additions & Injuries

4:53 Homefield Holidays!

5:39 Texas Tech & Duke

14:08 Houston & Arkansas

19:50 Utah State & Mountain West

25:12 Jayden Quaintance

27:23 UNC & Seth Trimble

28:45 Nova vs Wisco

30:33 Letters To Santa!

38:30 Naughty & Nice List

42:55 Panic & Excitement

47:00 Schedule + Q&A

This week we talk on the big games from UConn to BYU to Nebraska to Arkansas, get into panic meter & excitement scale and MORE NEBRASKETBALL.

0:00 Intro & Spongebob

2:37 Darryn Peterson injury

4:40 Quad 1A Wins

6:37 Seton Hall

8:50 Nebrasketball

15:00 BYU (vs Clemson)

21:00 UConn vs Florida

28:55 Arkansas & Texas Tech

35:35 Arizona vs Alabama

37:37 Kansas vs NC State40:20 Murray State vs Akron

41:00 Mid Major Minute

48:12 Panic Meter

52:20 Excitement Scale58:00 Game Schedule

1:01:46 Q&A

JAM PACKED episode today from all over the sports world. Talk through Iowa State, Arkansas, Colorado State & more teams we are excited about. Also talk on Kentucky, Purdue, Indiana, Tennessee & teams that looked not as good. Even get into the CFP Bracket, what it means for college hoops & even some World Cup talk!!!

0:00 Intro

1:08 World Cup

3:40 CFP Bracket

8:14 College Hoops News

9:15 Taylor U Silent Night

11:50 Iowa State

23:35 Purdue

24:23 Top Teams Separating

26:12 Big 12

27:35 Arkansas

32:49 Underrated Mid Majors

39:30 Wooden Award

44:05 Panic Meter

54:12 Excitement Scale

59:45 This Week's Schedule

1:02:13 q&a

After a loaded Feast Week, we talk through all major notes & opinions around the nation. Panic Meter + a new Excitement Scale + much more.

0:00 Intro

2:00 News & Notes

5:40 Utah State

7:17 Feast Week

8:50 IM SORRY MICHIGAN

15:20 Big Ten Natty Year???

17:05 Vanderbilt

20:47 Iowa State

27:18 Big 12 Best League?

30:48 Big East...

34:50 UC San Diego

38:23 Panic Meter

46:03 Excitement Scale

53:09 Schedule + Q&A

Live from Players Era in Vegas, we talk through the big games of the week, previewing FEAST WEEK & what team should be the #1 team in the country...

0:00 Intro

1:52 News & Notes

8:13 FEAST WEEK

14:40 Purdue vs Texas Tech

17:23 BYU vs Wisconsin

19:50 UConn vs Arizona

21:16 Alabama vs Illinois

23:36 Champions Classic & Michigan State

25:03 Troy

26:13 Who is the #1 Team?

34:00 Panic Meter

The biggest & newest event in college basketball is the Players Era. I talk candidly with CEO and Founder Seth Berger about everything. From his background, how the event got founded, how they select teams, the vision for the future of the tournament & much more!

0:00 Intro

0:57 CEO Seth Berger

4:03 The Birth of Players Era

8:05 Players Era vs Maui & the rest

11:33 Money in College Sports

21:13 This Year's Tournament

21:28 Selecting The Field

25:45 NCAAT Resumes

29:20 Jalen Warley

33:40 ELITE games

37:30 Why Vegas?