If you got a chance to join Pat Coleman and me for “Breakfast with Hoopsville” or “Lunch with Hoopsville”, you got to hear the exclusive announcements of the women’s tournament and the simulcast of the men’s tournament.
It was an incredible honor of mine – and for that matter the show – to have the Division III Women’s Championships Committee choose Hoopsville, after our invitation, as the place to announce the women’s teams (Sunday night) and then the brackets (Monday morning). I thank Pat Coleman for helping facilitate the invitation and then those on the committee, Shirley Egner (Chair & UW-Stevens Point Coach) and Kristin Steckmesser, for helping us get the information we needed, or even joining us on the show to answer questions.
As for the men’s show, while it was delayed, it was still incredible to see how many fans, teams, coaches, parents, etc. tune into our simulcast and then stay online as we talked about the tournament, interviewed coaches, and did our best to answer your questions. You all are very important to making Hoopsville the show that is and I thank you very much for joining us!
I would also like to thank Gary Grace, Chair of the Men’s Championships Committee, who not only agreed to call in to answer some questions on the show right after the brackets were announced, but also called a few minutes before hand to announce how the NCAA Production made a mistake with how the brackets were done and wanted to get us the correction as quickly as possible.
Now, below you will find the selection shows which we will keep up for only a few days, before removing them from the site. Take a listen and enjoy. I will be sharing a few stories from behind-the-scenes of the shows (including Sundays) in this week’s upcoming Around the Nation article.
However, there is one link I wanted to share ahead of time: enjoy the reaction of WPI when they had learned they were “dancing” in the NCAA Tournament.
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