Click above to listen to February 21, 2022 episode of the College Hoops Chat radio show (49 mins) with guests Connor Hope of Heat Check CBB & Mike Szabo, a St. John’s student/campus radio broadcaster.
I open the show with the very happy news that all my teams won this past weekend: St. John’s beat Butler, South Carolina beat LSU, Buffalo beat Western Michigan, UNC beat VA Tech, St. Bonaventure beat Duquesne, UNCW beat JMU & Iona beat Fairfield! It’s probably the most successful CBB Weekend of my life! I also predict how my 7 teams will finish the season.
My first interview is with Connor Hope, an excellent CBB Analyst I met on Twitter, and we discuss the troubling post game brawl everyone is talking about between Michigan & Wisconsin, which led to the suspension of Coach Juwan Howard. We discuss how neither coach did anything wrong in the game, but both failed to show leadership or maturity, since their actions sparked a brawl which included student-athletes fighting. We discuss the consensus #1 Gonzaga and the Zags’ chance to win the Big Dance, and end with a chat on upcoming Villanova at UConn game.
Next up is Mike Szabo, and we discuss St. John’s 2-game surge with big wins over Xavier and Butler and the huge upcoming game at home vs Creighton. We also talk about the Big East Tourney.
Both Connor (South Dakota State) and Mike (Memphis) offer Cinderella predictions for NCAA Tournament.
I wrap up the show with callers #KennyFrom Rye on Iona & Providence and #JohnFromPortChester on Iona.
This weekly college basketball radio show airs on WVOX, 1460AM in New Rochelle, NY every Monday night from 8 to 9pm.
Email me if you have any questions or suggestions for the show.
Jim Maisano
CollegeHoopsChat@gmail.com
(Season 2/Episode 21)