Brad Cesmat
Cooper Flag, Rick Pitino, Danny Hurley and who?
The NCAA Women have more gravitas than the men. Sure, the TV ratings will show otherwise as the Madness of March starts later this week.Betting apps versus good basketball are what makes the mens game go-round. Give me JuJu Watkins,Paige Bueckers, Lauren Betts, and the powerhouse brands like South Carolina, and UConn.
Face it, the women are more compelling than the men. It’s been this way for awhile, but with the ladies 2026 Final Four coming to Phoenix next March, it’s time to start looking at the growth of the sport and wonder if the men will ever be relevant again? If you base success off of the betting handle, then I guess you win. The idea of knowing teams, coaches, and players is such a 90’s thing…
Find it hard to believe that Grand Canyon University President Brian Mueller would let Arizona State walk in and scoop up Womens Basketball Coach Molly Miller. If you think it’s that easy, you clearly don’t know the history between the two university presidents. Miller going to Arizona State and taking over the beleaguered Sun Devil program makes sense. Miller gets into a bigger conference, doesn’t have to move family, and continues her natural progression as one of the best coaches in the women’s sport. What we don’t know is what kind of NIL does Miller have to work with at GCU. What will the soon to come new arena plans at Arizona State look like? It would be quite a coup if ASU pulls away the popular GCU women’s coach…
MLS or NHL. Which one gets an arena deal done first here in the Valley? Today, I’d say that we will have both in place before 2030…
With the Yankees and Mariners both losing top of the rotation talent in the last week, it would come as no surprise if the Diamondbacks are the team that gets hit on most to fill the void. I was at HoHoKam on Wednesday and saw Ryne Nelson blow away the A’s. Jordan Montgomery is the big fish(if he can show any sort of consistency). No reason for the Hometown Nine to rush into a big move…
Oliver Miller passed away this past week. Cancer got him at the age of 54. Charles Barkley asked me once on the air, “Brad, you know Oliver could be one of the best big men in the NBA if he could just learn two words, “I’m full”…
Bradley Beal will go down as one of the most disliked players in Phoenix Suns history. The more he reminds us that he “holds all of the cards”, the more salt he rubs into fans wounds. I don’t of one Suns fans in my circle that want him here. Very hard trick for him to pull off in such a forgiving sports town as Phoenix…
Jacoby Brissett should push Kyler Murray.Laugh all you want, but Murray has never had anyone on the roster to make him feel threatened for his job for poor performance…
In this new world of college players getting compensation, Sam Leavitt and Jordan Tyson will be signing autographs at card show next Saturday, but here we are…
I’m sure the Arizona Board of Regents will not allow the plug to be pulled on NAU playing Arizona and Arizona State every other year in football, but if they were to look at the changing landscape of the College Football Playoff and strength of schedule being factored in, it would be wise to reconsider making that game part of the schedule for the Wildcats or Sun Devils each season…
John Feinstein as a guest on the show always made me smile. Much more than just someone dropping knowledge, John had been part of my broadcast experience all the way back to the late 80’s. If he had a book coming out or I wanted to talk college basketball or golf, he was guest number one and almost always made the time to come on…
The powers that be better watch out for the future of the Cactus League. Both the Dodgers and Cubs pulled up stakes two weeks early to play in Japan. The Diamondbacks and A’s went to Las Vegas for a couple of weekend games. Start chipping away at dates and before you know it, teams will start to look around at other options…
Lebron James groin injury showed up just in time for him to attend his sons high school state title came in California. Oklahoma City had all five of their starters out for a game last week and the Utah Jazz in the Cooper Flagg tank-a-polooza mode sat out Lori Markkanen with a healthy scratch, as Danny Ainge angles for the Cooper Flagg lottery ticket. I’m fine with all three. Lebron will never get back a moment like rooting for his son. OKC needs to rest for a deep playoff run, and Utah should be trying everything in their power to land a generational talent like Flagg…
