B/T HOOPS

Fresh off a state championship and in the midst of a huge spring AAU season, South Portlands JP Estrella joins the podcast to talk it all on this weeks episode of Big Time Hoops The Podcast

EP12: Season Wrap
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Intro:
CMCC Mustangs Women’s basketball gets close to another National Championship.
UMaine Women's Basketball wins America East.
Brady Cummins lifts Colgate to the NCAA Tournament.
Mainers in March Madness.
Starting 5:
Favorite moments from BTH All-Star Weekend.
Mr/Miss Maine Basketball reactions.
State Champion Power Rankings (girls & boys).
Way too early 2025 predictions.
Southern Maine Stock Market (Rising Stars/Middle School game edition).
Nolan Ames - So - (Camden Hills) 17 ppg, 5 rpg, 4 apg, 3 spg
Quintin Eason - Fr - (Cheverus) 4.6 PPG, 3 RPG
Madelyn Grimaldi - So - (Spruce Mt) 9 PPG. 3 RPG. 2 APG. 3 steals per game. 1 BPG
Mary Allen - So - (Central) 25 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 4.5 APG, 4.8 SPG, 1.4 BPG
Olivia Breen - 8th Gr - (Oceanside Middle School) 35 ppg 3 apg 11 rpg 4 bpg 3 spg

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Intro:

• NAC Playoff Updates

Mens: East #1 Husson 74, East #2 UMaine-Farmington 68 (OT)

Womens: East #1 Maine Maritime Academy 67, East #2 Husson University 61 (OT)

• NESCAC Playoff Updates (Bowdoin & Bates women advance to Semi-Final)
• Anne Simon and Adrianna Smith both scored 16 points as the UMaine Black Bears women earned their sixth straight win. Maine native Sarah Talon added 15 points for Maine.
• #10 MDI making noise in B North postseason, while the top-seeded Ellsworth Eagles (19-0) set a girls’ tournament record for all classes with 14 3-pointers (including six by Lizzie Boles) as they advanced to the Class B North semifinals with a win over the No. 8 Presque Isle Wildcats.

Starting 5:

1. AA North & South Headlines
2. Action at the Expo. (Class A/B South discussion)
3. Biggest surprise thus far.
4. Cole’s Game Ball.
5. Can’t miss games this week.

Special Guest: Cole Purvis

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Intro:

• NAC Playoff seeding set on the men's side.
• NAC Playoff seeding set on the women’s side.
• The Bowdoin Polar Bears are the top seed in the 2024 NESCAC Women’s Basketball Championship.
• Mackenize Holmes of Gorham became Indiana’s all-time leading scorer on Sunday.
• UMaine’s Anne Simon earns sixth America East honor of the season.

Starting 5:

1. Mr/Miss Maine Basketball Semi Finalists.
2. Class A South Bracket Breakdown
3. Class B South Bracket Breakdown
4. Class C South Bracket Breakdown
5. Class D South Bracket Breakdown

Special Guest: Travis Lee

The Starting 5 Podcast is presented by Town & Country Federal Credit Union.
Intro:
1. Saint Joseph's College (Kolbyn Dunphe and Grace Ramsdell)
2. Simon McCormick named Maine Men's Basketball Co-Player of the Week in NESCAC.
3. Playoff time is here! The action starts with preliminary games at higher seeds on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then shifts to the Portland Expo, Augusta Civic Center and Bangor’s Cross Insurance Center on Friday. In addition, Class AA teams have quarterfinals at higher seeds next week before the winners head to Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. State championships in five classes are scheduled for March 1-2.
4. MVC Championship Games.
Starting 5:
1. AA North & South Headlines.
2. Who ran the regular season table in Southern Maine? (Undefeated teams)
3. Defending champions in good position for another title run out of the South?
4. Favorites for Mr/Miss Maine Basketball
5. Southern Maine Stock Market (Regular Season)
- Biddeford girls. 0-18 last year in Class A, are 11-7 and a ninth seed in B South.
- Waynflete girls. The second seed in D South, led by Lucy Hart, after missing the Class C tournament last year. (St Doms under Brandon Rogers has become formidable)
- Poland girls are the sixth seed in C South after going 0-18 last year in B.
- Deering girls. 8-50 in AA the last three full seasons, are the fifth seed in A South.
- Noble boys. The Noble boys, who at 14-4 are the third seed in A South behind Gray-New Gloucester (16-2) and Falmouth (15-3). The Knights had one winning season in 35 years entering this winter.
Special Guest: Thomas Curtis