Hooping with Hobson: Recent Episodes
Jack Hobson
Welcome to Hooping with Hobson, where host Jack Hobson dives into all there is to know about college basketball both in central Illinois and around the country. Other topics may include high school basketball, NBA, or other high level sports like college football, the NFL, or the MLB.
On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard, Mikey Terzakis, and Jack Hobson discuss some of the best games from last Saturday's slate and the rest of the weekend. We also talk about some bubble teams and where they stand, while wrapping up with a preview of some of the great games this upcoming Saturday.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Mikey Terzakis, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson take a look at the Power 6 Conference Title races as we approach the halfway point of conference play. We also discuss the Missouri Valley and Mountain West as some potential multi-bid Mid-Major conferences.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson discuss the Bears decision to fire OC Luke Getsy but retain HC Matt Eberflus and potential moves for Justin Fields, the #1 Pick, and more. Next, we talk about both #1 Purdue and #2 Houston going down in road conference games. Finally, we wrap up with our winners and losers of Christmas Break and all that transpired over the last 3 weeks.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Mikey Terzakis, Adam Pollard, and Jack Hobson recap a great slate of games from this past Saturday. The guys also do some trivia, guessing some of the All-Tournament Teams of the past decade. Finally, we wrap up with some questions from the audience and shoutouts.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, as Christmastime is coming up Mike Terzakis, Adam Pollard, and Jack Hobson give a check in on what's been going on in the college basketball world. We take a look at who has been the best, who has been a surprise, and who has been disappointing. We also talk about our teams of the week, stories of the week, preview a loaded upcoming Saturday, and close it out with shoutouts.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson discuss #1 Purdue falling to Northwestern in overtime along with some other upsets that happened throughout the week. We also talk about some of the conference challenges that have wrapped up and are still continuing with the SEC/ACC Challenge and Big East/Big 12 Battle.
*PROGRAMMING NOTE: We experience some technical difficulties and sadly our whole episode did not record like we thought it did. The episode will end abruptly after our discussion of the Big East/Big 12 Battle
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson are joined by recurring guest and new co-host Michael Terzaikis. The guys talk about all that happened with Feast Week, including Purdue's rise to #1 in the AP Poll after their 3-0 week in Hawai'i. Next, we discuss Night 1 of the ACC/SEC Challenge and look ahead to Night 2, as well as looking ahead to an exciting weekend of college basketball headlined by UCONN @ Kansas. In between we have our teams of the week, story of the week, the Valley Minute, and more.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson recap the last week in college basketball including the Champions Classic games and the Big East-Big Ten Gavitt Games. Then, the guys give their teams and stories of the week, along with a new segment: The Valley Minute. Finally, we wrap up with a preview of some of the best games over Feast Week with the headliner being the Maui Invitational.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, we finally have games to talk about. Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson discuss some of the games from the first three nights of the college basketball season, including James Madison's upset over Michigan State, some Power-6 matchups, and some close scares for Power 6 teams. We also bring on a new segment with our Teams and Stories of the Week. Finally, we wrap up with a preview of a wild next week in college basketball as well as shoutouts.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson wrap up our preview schedule with deep dives into the Big Ten, ACC, and Big 12. We discuss some of the best teams in each conference and what their strengths and weaknesses are. First though, we start off with a look around the news and notes in the college basketball world as well as some of the public exhibitions that took place over the past weekend. Finally, we wrap up with our preseason predictions for conference champions, National Player and Coach of the Year, and who we think will be in the Final Four come April.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson continue our College Basketball Previews by taking a deeper dive into the SEC and Big East conferences. The guys look at some of the best teams in each conference, what they bring back, bring in, lose, and what to expect from them as well as some storylines for the conferences.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson start previewing conferences for this college basketball season with the Pac-12 and several Mid Major conferences. We do a deep dive into conferences such as the AAC, WCC, Mountain West, Missouri Valley, and more. We also start with some playoff baseball talk. Next week: SEC and Big 12 Previews.
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As College Basketball season quickly approaches, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson start the Empty Gym Preview Schedule with a recap of what transpired this offseason. The guys talk coaching changes, transfers, conference changes, and more.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, it is our final episode before we start our College Basketball Preview schedule. Today, Adam and Jack discuss this past weekend in football as well as look forward to the upcoming week. We then talk about some of our expectations for the Ryder Cup with it starting this weekend. Finally, we talk a little baseball with the Cubs trying to hang on to a Wildcard spot and wrap the show up with the Damian Lillard trade to the Bucks.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson discuss the Bears 0-2 start as well as all the news coming out of Halas Hall. The guys then talk about the rest of the NFL, as well as Colorado's 3-0 start and a big weekend coming up in College Football. We then wrap up with shoutouts and a programming note: we now have an Instagram and our upcoming College Basketball Preview Schedule.
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On this episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Adam and Jack discuss Week 0 of the College Football season and preview some of the big games for Week 1. We also get into some MLB, specificially the injury to Shohei Ohtani. Finally, we talk about the FIBA World Cup, and wrap up with shoutouts.
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On today's episode of The Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson discuss the Pac-12 officially losing 5 more schools and how that impacts the four that remain. We also discuss the implications this has for the ACC, Mountain West, and the basic landscape of College Athletics. Next we talk about the USWNT's Round of 16 loss to Sweden, and shift to the FIBA World Cup exhibitions for Team USA. We wrap up with some talk about baseball including the Cubs, the Tim Anderson-Jose Ramirez fight, and Kevin Brown's suspension from the Orioles, as well as closing out with shoutouts.
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On today's episode of The Empty Gym Podcast, Adam and Jack start out discussing some of the winners and losers of the MLB Trade Deadline as well as our own teams' moves and how that impacts the rest of the season. Next we talk conference realignment with Colorado's move to the Big 12 and how that could spark a domino effect not only the rest of this summer, but throughout the next couple years. Then, we get into some news and notes from the first week of NFL Training Camps. And finally, we wrap up with some shoutouts for the week including some talk about the USWNT in the Women's World Cup.
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On today's episode of The Empty Gym Podcast, Adam and Jack are again joined by guest Jackson Swanson. The guys start off with a football free swim that turns into making predictions for each division in 2023. We then finish with our Best Vibe Scramble Draft, where the guys pick three golfers to play with, a course to play, and a food or beverage to have with them.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Adam, Collin, and Jack are joined by guest and friend of the program Jackson Swanson. Jackson joins us to give a Home Run Derby preview (even though it's already happened by the time this airs). We also talk about the biggest news in college athletics with the Northwestern football team hazing investigation. We also touch on Victor Wembenyama's Summer League appearances, Bob Huggins resigning his resignation, and the U.S.A.'s PK win over Canada in the Gold Cup. We finish the show with our draft of the best "Big 3's" in sports history.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson discuss the first week of NBA Free Agency and all of the future implications it has on the next season. Then, the guys talk a little golf with Rickie Fowler winning the Rocket Mortgage Classic and hometown kid Tommy Kuhl making his PGA Tour debut at the John Deere Classic. Finally, we wrap up with our draft of all-time College Basketball Coaches.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, it is officially the dog days of summer which means draft season. Adam and Jack draft 5 rounds of the best college football mascots, live or costume. But first, the guys recap the NBA draft, talk Bedard to the Blackhawks, and play "Good or Bad" at the close to midway point of the MLB regular season. Finally, the guys close with "Shoutouts", including a preview of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest coming next Tuesday on the 4th of July.
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On today's episode of The Empty Gym Podcast, Adam and Jack discuss the Heat advancing to the Finals after almost giving up a 3-0 lead. We then preview the Finals between the Nuggets and Heat. Finally, we wrap up with discussing major draft deadline decisions in college basketball like Zach Edey, Terrance Shannon Jr. and more, as well as the transfer portal slowly coming to a close.
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On today's episode of The Empty Gym Podcast, Jack and Adam start off by discussing the NBA Conference Finals with the Celtics staying alive with a Game 4 win in Miami and the Nuggets advancing to the NBA Finals after sweeping the Lakers. Next, we dive into the PGA Championship with Brooks Koepka getting his 5th major and the awesome story of Michael Block. We wrap it up with a little talk about the NHL Playoffs and a quick update on some transfer portal tidbits in college basketball.
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On today's episode of The Empty Gym Podcast, Jack and Adam discuss the Celtics dominant win over Philly in Game 7 and Nikola Jokic's triple double in the Nuggets Game 1 win over the Lakers. Then the guys preview the Conference Finals between Boston and Miami as well as the rest of the Lakers-Nuggets series. Also, we talk about the Spurs getting the #1 pick in the lottery last night and presumably Victor Wembenyama. Next we talk about our beloved Edmonton Oilers falling in 6 games to the Vegas Golden Knights and how that leads to an unexciting pair of Conference Finals for the NHL. Then the guys wrap it up with some college basketball talk, recap the recent stretches for the Cubs and Cardinals, and give a mini-preview of the PGA Championship this weekend.
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On today's episode of The Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson get together with a "free-for-all" episode. We start with the NHL Draft Lottery and the Blackhawks effectively getting Connor Bedard. We then realize that the Edmonton Oilers are down 2-1 in their series, instead of up 2-1. Next, we talk about the NBA Playoffs and where those series stand, and wrap up with a little College Basketball talk. And all of this comes included with about 10 minutes of talking about the history of Chicago Sports tragedies.
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On today's podcast, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson start off with discussing the entertaining ending of the RBC Heritage. Then the guys discuss the NBA and NHL Playoffs and make their NBA Finals predictions as well as a future on our Stanley Cup Champion prediction. Finally, we wrap off with a little discussion on the Transfer Portal and NBA Draft entries, as well as our awards for the week.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, the guys talk about the wild 2023 Masters including Rahm's solid Sunday, Brooks's collapse, Rory's disappointing showing, and more. After that, we dive a little bit into the latest news of the transfer portal.
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On today's episode of the Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard is joined by guest Max Callarman to talk about the upcoming masters and give a preview of everything you will see this weekend.
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On today's episode, the guys recap the National Championship game with UCONN being your 2023 National Champions. After that, the guys give an update on the transfer portal and coaching carousel. Then, we wrap up with our awards for the episode.
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On today's episode, Jack Hobson and Adam Pollard start off with recapping the Final Four games from Saturday including SDSU's buzzer beater to beat FAU. Next, the guys preview the National Championship game between UConn and SDSU, then finish with our March Madness Starting 5 Draft, Awards, and an update on the Transfer Portal.
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On today's episode, Jack Hobson is joined by Michael Terzakis. They do a draft of the best moments, storylines, and performances so far in the tournament. The whole crew will be back later this week to do a deep dive preview into the Final Four games.
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On today's episode of The Empty Gym Podcast, the guys recap the Elite 8 as well as Friday's Sweet 16 games and some of the crazy finishes and performances of the weekend. The guys also give an update on how their Redemption Brackets are going as well as the nominations for this weekend's awards.
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On today's episode of The Empty Gym Podcast, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson talk about the Sweet 16 games from Thursday, especially the instant classics between Gonzaga and UCLA (2:54) as well as Kansas State and Michigan State (20:24). We start off the episode by discussing the new rebrand, then after the recaps get into a preview of Friday's games (38:33), some talk about the Transfer Portal (60:31), and giving out the Awards for the night.
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On today's episode of HP Hoops, Collin, Adam, and Jack are all back together to recap the Round of 32 (1:30). Then, the guys do their redemption brackets for the rest of the tournament (1:15:23). Finally, we wrap up the show with touching a little bit on the coaching carousel (1:47:32) and the awards for the Round of 32 (1:56:18).
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On today's episode of HP Hoops, Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson recap all 16 games from Friday including the historical 16 over 1 upset with Fairleigh Dickinson taking down Purdue, a couple game winners, and much more. We also briefly preview some of the Round of 32 matchups and go through tomorrow's slate of 8 games.
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On today's episode of HP Hoops, Adam Pollard, Collin Roche, and Jack Hobson are all back together to discuss today's games. We recap all 16 of the games played on Thursday with some mini-previews of the Round of 32 matchups as well as a quick look at Friday's slate. We will be back again tomorrow night with the same format, recapping all 16 Tournament games from Friday.
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On today's show we go in a little different format with Jack Hobson being joined by two guests: Luke Bentley and Michael Terzakis. First, Jack and Luke do a deep dive on Northwestern's surprise season and what it will take for them to make a run in March Madness (1:30). Then, Jack and Michael do a couple drafts with our upset picks and our favorite time slots for the First Round games (18:45). The whole crew will be back tomorrow night to recap the first 16 games of March Madness.
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This week Jack and Adam are joined by recurring guest Collin Roche. The guys talk about the Big Ten, some of the big games from this weekend, and dive into some new segments.
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In the first episode of HP Hoops, hosts Adam Pollard and Jack Hobson talk about their favorite teams, Selection Sunday quickly approaching, the state of the Big Ten, the Missouri Valley, and much more. Podcasts will be coming out every Wednesday evening/Thursday morning. Enjoy!
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Today, Jack talks about what happened this past weekend with 3 of the top 4 teams losing, along with a little bit about the Big Ten, and who he thinks the 1 seeds are as of today
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On this episode of Hooping with Hobson, Jack welcomes guests Adam Pollard and Collin Roche to the show. The guys talk about Illinois' upset win in Happy Valley over #9 Penn State, the conference races in both the Big Ten and ACC, some background on what is going on in the Top-25, and also discuss NBA All-Star Weekend. A new segment this week is each person will have their own college basketball "All-Star Team". And to wrap it up, we will preview the next week in college basketball on both a local and national scale.
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In the first episode of Hooping with Hobson, Jack Hobson talks about college basketball both in central Illinois and around the country. Illinois and Bradley get mentioned in the first half, then Jack goes really in depth to the ending of the Duke-North Carolina game from Saturday.
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