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Welcome to BlueBlooded! This is a new modern POV on college hoops with Ryan Hammer that will dive into the best all around content year round & nationwide on all things CBB & beyond.

This is just a small taste of what is to come every Monday starting this August so subscribe & join in on the journey.

The official opening intro episode of the show - we talk about the origin stories of our love for college basketball, Ryan's come up in the content space, the goal of the podcast & what to expect going forward, + favorite College Hoops memories growing up.

The first OFFICIAL full episode of the BlueBlooded Podcast. Talking on the 5 most interesting experiments to watch this season in college hoops. Teams with new looks & styles, rule changes - Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, UNLV & the Coach's Challenge new rule. Also get into news & notes around the nation & your questions in Q&A.

If College Basketball had a stock market... well here we are. Buy Sell Hold for some of the top teams across college hoops for this season, extra underrated teams Ryan is buying + talk of a 32 team tournament in November next year???

CBB Analytical Guru Evan Miyakawa (@ EvanMiya) joins the show to talk about the transfer portal & its impact on analytics and how we can look at the transfer portal to predict what teams will be best this upcoming season in college basketball.

Ryan also talks about Arizona's new basketball court, a possible Big East & ACC merger???? + more!

Purely Q&A on this Mailbag Episode. Get into John Wall's retirement, Penn State traveling to New Haven, Hawaii Football, best mid major coaches & conferences + is Duke being underrated???

Ryan heads out to San Francisco to the home of the Dons to talk with Head Coach Chris Gerlufsen about all things mid majors & WCC: how to get into the NCAA Tournament, the future outlook of the WCC, life after Todd Golden (+ some San Francisco food spots).

Also on this episode - the intro of the UTRGV Vaqueros Football Program & EA vs 2K College Basketball video game battle.

Conference Preview Episodes are HERE & we are starting off with the mid majors, maybe the most important teams to know. From MVC to Summit League to Ivy League to SoCon... we talk on who will be the best mid major teams in all of college basketball this upcoming season.

Also have a special guest, ETSU Head Coach Brooks Savage on to talk the current state of mid majors & about ETSU/SoCon Basketball!

Conference Preview Episodes have arrived & we start with the Mountain West. One last loaded season adding GCU before 5 programs leave for the PAC 12 in 2026, we preview every team with power rankings, award predictions & hot takes on the league.

Also touch on the current meal plan crisis, suspension & firing at Wofford, Siena getting its highest ranked recruit in program history & more.

0:00 Intro

0:57 Wofford's Meal Plan Crisis

3:57 Ryan's Bad Week

5:38 Siena's Best Recruit Ever

9:18 Indiana Football

11:30 Mountain West Preview

52:56 Q&A

56:46 Thanks For Listening!

NC State Wolfpack brand new head coach Will Wade joins the show in person down in Raleigh, NC. From inside his own office, he talks with Ryan about everything: adjusting to the ACC, team outlook, how to build a culture & program, & much much more.

Enjoy the exclusive inside look to the new look NC State Wolfpack!

Big boy conference preview time starting with the ACC. Talk all predictions & expectations ACC basketball - power rankings, all conference teams, player awards & hot takes.

Ryan talks through his underrated teams he loves, how he thinks the ACC could be kinda be back & college basketball being SO BACK with midnight madness events across the country.

0:00 Intro

1:22 Jackson Shelstad Injury

3:58 College Basketball is BACK

5:53 ACC Power Rankings

43:00 ACC Awards

47:23 Hot Take + Q&A

Time for the A10 basketball conference preview for 2025/26! Power rankings, player awards, bold takes + Sister Jean retiring, how many teams can ACTUALLY win the A10 & be dangerous in March.

Also touch on Taylen Kinney's commitment to Kansas over Kentucky & Louisville!

0:00 Intro

1:05 Taylen Kinney to Kansas

4:11 Sister Jean Retiring

8:10 Virginia Football Field Rush

10:50 A10 Preview

54:39 Q&A

This is the Big Ten conference preview episode!!! LOTS of long talk on all 18 teams in the conference, power rankings, awards & more. Also get to the KenPom preseason rankings, Sister Jean & lots more.

0:00 Intro

2:10 KenPom Preseason Rankings

5:08 RIP Sister Jean

6:21 Secret Scrimmages

10:22 Oklahoma State Football Fans

12:46 Big Ten Preview

16:25 Power Rankings

1:03:00 Conference Awards

1:08:56 Q&A

Big Ten special episode - Bennett Stirtz joins the show ahead of his first year in the Big Ten. We talk Coach McCollum, his incredible season last year with Drake, Iowa Hoops, his new relationship with Braden Smith, recent engagement and much more.

In the Big 12 Conference Preview Episode, talk all things Big 12: power rankings, awards, Darryn Peterson & AJ Dybantsa vs the world, BYU for real?, Texas Tech dark horse title contender & tons more.

Also get into Tyon Grant-Foster eligibility denial & notes from the tons of scrimmages and exhibitions across the country.

0:00 Intro

1:08 Tyon Grant-Foster

3:45 Scrimmage SZN

8:09 BYU Football Crowd

9:57 Big 12 Preview

12:18 Power Rankings

45:38 Awards

50:29 Q&A

SEC Conference Preview episode runs through the entire SEC - power rankings, thoughts on every team, all conference teams & player awards.

Also talk on the scrimmages, specifically how elite the freshmen in college basketball are going to be & Missouri's new changes to their student section.

0:00 Intro

1:11 Missouri Student Section

3:42 Adam Njie & Dayton

5:39 Elite Freshmen

12:42 Homecourt Advantage

14:17 SEC Preview

15:30 Power Ranks

52:56 Awards

56:57 Q&A

SUPER PACKED show with tons of great stuff - recapping big games talking on BYU, UConn, Illinois, Purdue. Get into mid major teams on fire like Saint Louis, have the UT Martin Head Coach Jeremy Shulman join the show to talk about his Skyhawks on fire. And then the panic meter... is the Big East cooked?

0:00 Intro

1:25 News & Notes

5:20 Homefield Big Ten Blood Drive

6:45 Houston vs Auburn

14:15 Arizona UCLA

17:25 BYU vs UConn

23:43 Purdue vs Alabama

30:00 Texas Tech vs Illinois

34:30 Kentucky vs Louisville

39:11 Mid Majors on Fire

49:23 UT Martin Head Coach Jeremy Shulman

1:15:16 Panic Meter

1:25:50 This week's schedule + Q&A

Week 1 of the college basketball season full recap. We go over the top games like Arizona/Florida, UNC/Kansas, MSU/Arkansas and then get into the teams and players that have stolen our hearts so early in the year.

Also talk Seth Trimble injury, Neoklis Avdalas, New Haven & much more!!

0:00 intro

2:15 News & Notes

4:20 Seth Trimble injury

6:20 New Haven Home Arena

9:15 Giveaway Winners!

10:15 UNC vs Kansas

17:39 MSU vs Arkansas

21:10 Arizona vs Florida

27:00 Virginia Tech & NEO

33:00 UT Martin

35:50 IU Indy

39:47 Bonnies

41:46 Gonzaga

44:20 Indiana

45:50 Panic Meter

56:40 This Week's Schedule

102:30 Q&A

The College Basketball Season is SOOOO BACK. Season starts, we go over all of the games to watch this week with what to watch for, make some final four and All American picks.

0:00 Intro

2:00 Braden Smith Podcast

6:48 GIVEAWAY

7:51 Final Four

20:30 NPOY & All Americans

28:57 Opening Week Games

51:44 Q&A

Big East Conference Preview! The season is here, we run through power rankings, all conference teams/awards & everything to look for in Big East basketball.

Also touch on the Arkansas freshmen & Tyon Grant-Foster's eligibility.

0:00 Intro

2:23 Tyon Grant-Foster is Eligible!!!

4:05 Scrimmages

4:38 NBA on NBC

6:09 Big East

8:35 Power Rankings

42:52 Awards

45:45 Q&A

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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!!