No Conference for Old Men: Houston & Big 12 College Hoops

Welcome to another "Special Edition" offseason Episode (#27) of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast.

The 3 Old Men had the wonderful opportunity to sit down w/ UH Men's Basketball Director of Operations, Lauren Sampson, to talk about the Houston Cougars Men's Basketball program. We go into what her role is within the program, what it's like to work for her father, and get a sneak preview of what's in store for the program as the team prepares to "run it back" with 4 starters & 2 key reserves back in the fold for a run at a national title. Have a listen, Lauren provides some behind the scenes insight into the program you won't find anywhere else!

No Conference for Old Men is available for free via Spotify / Apple Podcast / SoundCloud & the GoCoogs.com website; we're also available via the Republic of Football Podcast feed from the folks at Dave Campbell's Texas Football as their only basketball-centric offering

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Welcome to a "Special Edition" offseason Episode of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast.

The 3 Old Men had the incredible opportunity to sit down w/ all-time Houston Cougar Great Reid Gettys, to talk all things Houston Cougars Basketball. We cover his playing days, as well as his transition into coaching & broadcasting, & then get his perspective on the Kelvin Sampson era. Have a listen, Reid covers some stories that you likely have never heard before anywhere else!

No Conference for Old Men is available for free via Spotify / Apple Podcast / SoundCloud & the GoCoogs.com website; we're also available via the Republic of Football Podcast feed from the folks at Dave Campbell's Texas Football as their only basketball-centric offering

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This is our 1st offseason Ad Hoc episode, as promised, where we'll be discussing the big roster decisions made shortly after the Portal season opened up. The coaching staff & the LinkingCoogs NIL Collective stepped up big-time w/ their creative "Run it Back" campaign to facilitate 4 of our 5 starters returning next season to make a run at that elusive National Championship! To complete the puzzle, Coach Sampson was able to hand select his desired top PG from the Portal (Milos Uzan) to run the show for what could be a historic run next year.

So we'll begin this Portal episode by making a few comments on the success of the "Run it Back" campaign, provide different perspectives on Milos Uzan's game & how we each believe it will fit in with this Cougars program, and then provide a "way too early" forecast of how we see the line-ups & rotations breaking down going into next season.

No Conference for Old Men is available for free via Spotify / Apple Podcast / SoundCloud & the GoCoogs.com website; we're also available via the Republic of Football Podcast feed from the folks at Dave Campbell's Texas Football as their only basketball-centric offering

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The Cougars finish the season 32-5, after a heartbreaker in terms of how things ended. We started fast in the Sweet 16 game, Duke had a "deer in the headlights" look to them, and the refs were letting the teams play. But a devastating game-ending ankle injury to Shead at the 6:50 mark of the 1st half (when we led 16-10), proved pivotal in allowing Duke to eek out a 54-51 win to end the Cougars’ season.

So we'll begin this final in-season episode summarizing the Duke game & the impact of Shead’s injury, forecast how the team looks heading into next season & what we should look for in the Transfer Portal as the gates are already open, and then provide a brief forecast of how we believe the Final 4 will play out.

No Conference for Old Men is available for free via Spotify / Apple Podcast / SoundCloud & the GoCoogs.com website; we're also available via the Republic of Football Podcast feed from the folks at Dave Campbell's Texas Football as their only basketball-centric offering

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Welcome to Episode 23 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast.

The Cougars are now 32-4, after overcoming some one-sided officiating & 4 starters fouling out to beat Texas A&M 100-95 in OT! This was a complete team effort, where the entire roster had to dig in & contribute to pull out the win. That included key contributions by Ramon Walker (who we all thought was lost for the season) & walk-on Ryan Elvin. It was truly just "survive and advance", and that now allows us to play our 2nd weekend games within the state of Texas in Dallas!

So we'll begin this Sweet 16 episode with some thoughts on the 1st 2 games of the tourney, focusing primarily on the A&M one. Then provide a preview of the Duke Sweet 16 matchup, while keeping an eye on potential opponents in a possible Elite 8 battle. And we'll wrap up with a re-projection of our brackets w/ the Final 16 teams left.

No Conference for Old Men is available for free via Spotify / Apple Podcast / SoundCloud & the GoCoogs.com website; we're also available via the Republic of Football Podcast feed from the folks at Dave Campbell's Texas Football as their only basketball-centric offering

Intro / Exit music: Ground Zero provided by FreeBeats.io

Please follow us on https://gocoogs.com/old-men/