This week, we talked to Derek Easdon. Easdon is a Basketball official & Baseball umpire in Colorado. He is the president of the hs basketball official association in CO as well and is seemingly working every night at HS gym somewhere along the I-25 corridor. 
Easdon gives his take on refereeing in the state and his views on what would help them do their jobs. 

No guests  we review the first half of the season, talk about what we have seen , and how the 5A and 6A Top10 are doing 

Not only is Zo Contreras a top guard in Colorado's Class of 2024, but he is also now a published author.  We discuss hoops, the hectic start to the season, and how he became a published author. 

Check out his children's book here  

Sammy the Super Snail - Hero of the Garden: A Tale of Bravery and Kindness for Early Readers

Having Overland graduate and 2-time NBA champion Sean Nolan on the podcast was a pleasure.   Sean Nolan starred at Overland during his high school days and spent a post-grad year back east that propelled him to Northern Colorado.  From there, he spent time playing in Europe, started Colorado Elite and trained some of the state's best players, was hired at Colorado Academy to be the head coach but to only turned it down to become a G League assistant with that one team that wears yellow and purple and then returned home to be a coach with the NBA Champion  Denver Nuggets.  Sean has a great story!  oh, the places basketball can take you.

We are extremely excited to have Adam Mares of DNVR join us on the podcast.  Mares started at Thornton High School then attended Colorado College over the years he maintained his love of basketball and parlayed it into being one of the leading experts on the Denver Nuggets and 2 time MVP Nikola Jokic.   Join us and learn how Adam did it.

In this episode, we talk with Sam Masten.  The 6'3 guard played club with the Colorado Hawks, high school ball at Rock Canyon, then played college ball with Northern Colorado and then transferred to Northern State to finish his college career. 

While checking in on Sam we discuss his high school days, his college days and  his decision to transfer, and his out look on his pro career starting soon in England. 

Jon Miller and I discuss the 6A -4A Boys State Final 4 2023 

On this episode, we stop by the last night of the Grandview Fall League to talk with Frederick senior guard Luke Justice about his upcoming senior season and his college outlook. 

On this episode of the Colorado High School Basketball Podcast we talk with Colin Hawkins. He is a 2023 guard that currently plays with Colorado Prep.  Hawkins dicusses his journey at the prep school level and who is getting interest from.

We start our second season of the Colorado High School Basketball Podcast sponsored by http://www.ziggiscoffee.com/franchise . Our first guest is the number four player in the nation according to ESPN, currently attends Lutheran High School and plays on the club circuit with the Colorado Hawks: Baye Fall. 
Dev and Matt discuss a number of topics with the 6'11 forward from Lutheran, first offers, and the possibility of play for the Senegalese National Team.

This episode of the Colorado High School Basketball Podcast sponsored by Ziggi's Coffee; Dev, Matt, and Ryan look back at a couple of games from the first two rounds of the state playoffs and preview the sweet 16 games coming up on Wednesday. They also give their picks for the final 4 of the 4A and 5A boys state basketball tournament. 

Dev, Matt, and Ryan  discuss Cherry Creek securing the Centennial League title and then preview some big games remaining before the state tournament brackets are released on Sunday. Matt pontificates on the RPI, Dev thinks he will win the bracket challenge, and Ryan adds his opinion on the weekend ahead. 

Dev, Ryan, and Matt talk about Colorado High School Basketball.
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