The Backcourt Banter Podcast: Recent Episodes
Ethan Devey
The Backcourt Banter Podcast covers basketball like never before. An average fan, gives expert level analysis breaking down the top matchups, teams, players, and news
University of Utah's women's basketball Sophomore Sniper, Kennady McQueen, joins the Podcast to talk about what High school recruiting is really like. She talks us through her decision in signing with Utah, playing against other 4 & 5-star recruits and in front of Geno Auriemma on the Nike Circuit, adjustments to the college game, and expectations for herself as her sophomore season gets underway.
A few games into the season and we determine if the Warriors can keep up this level of play. We talk about moves Dallas needs to make before it's too late and the Lakers have a loaded roster built for the playoffs, but can the old guys make it there first? Finally we break down some of our early contenders for the 2022 NBA title and break down between Ja Morant and LaMelo Ball as cornerstone guards to build a team around.
Season 2 of the Backcourt Banter Podcast starts off with a heavy dose of the NFL. We talk biggest surprises of the NFL along with the most disappointing teams of the NFL. Is Lamar Jackson just the NFL's version of Donovan Mitchell? Destined to never be able to win in the playoffs? We predict the 14 teams who will be contending for the super bowl and give our top MVP candidates through the NFL's exciting first 6 weeks.
I make a public apology to Trae Young for rating him as my most over-rated player in the NBA. Rant on the Bucks disappearing in the 2nd round again. Clippers-Jazz will be the most exciting playoff matchup in round 2. One of the most complete teams in the NBA squares off against the MVP in the league Jokic. Why this year's playoffs is good for the league.
MINI EPISODE!!! It's been a long break, but I am back and talking the final weeks of the NBA Season. I talk the Play-In Tournament and make predictions on what teams will advance from the tournament. I make my best guess on how the East and West regular season standing will shake out.
This week on the Podcast we recap the first two rounds of a historic NCAA Tournament. We preview each Sweet 16 matchup and make our predictions of which teams will advance to the Elite 8. We close the podcast by talking the biggest rule changes that need to happen in college basketball.
We breakdown our biggest surprises of the NCAA Tournament Bracket including how ACC Champion Georgia Tech is a 9 seed. We select our favorite upset matchups and give a dark horse for each region to make a run to the final four. We breakdown key matchups in each region and select the teams we think will mostly like be playing in the final four and who will be hoisting the 2021 NCAA Championship trophy. We are giving away a $50 Amazon gift card for the best bracket in The Backcourt Banter Podcast Group on ESPN. To enter subscribe to the podcast and submit a bracket to the Backcourt Banter Podcast Group on ESPN.
Matt Morrell joins the podcast to talk the 2021 NBA Players most deserving of the All-Star Snub team. We also do our tradition of our very own Mock-NBA all star draft where we draft our teams and let our audience pick the winners. Vote on the best team on @edevs_27, @14_morrell, and @thebackcourtbanterpodcast on Instagram and Twitter.
Matt Morrell sits down to discuss the NBA season thus far. We talk surprise starts by the Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz, and a surprising New York Knicks Team. We talk first half disappointment for the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks (11:45). We talk Brooklyn and the rest of the East playing catch up(19:20). We predict the final half of the regular season in the East and West(24:00). We finish by ranking the Top 5 most Overrated and Underrated players in the NBA(30:35).
Matt Morrell joins the BB podcast today and we breakdown the 2021 NFL Playoffs. We review the Wild Card round and preview the Divisional Round games. We make our predictions for the rest of the playoffs and crown our Super Bowl Champion and NFL MVP. We close the episode by ranking our 8 biggest X-Factors of the remaining teams.
Quin Tilt returns to the show to recap the NBA after the first few games of the 2021 season and preview what the remainder of the season will look like. (3:23) Biggest surprises of the NBA season so far. (10:10) The Utah Jazz outlook for the season. (14:30) Bold Predictions for 2021 including a dark fate for the Clippers and Bucks, with a bright future for De'Aaron Fox.
(27:00) An implosion in Denver is coming. (29:55) Eastern Conference final standings prediction. (35:49) Western Conference final standings prediction.
Former Utah State Football
Assistant Braden Gibbs joins the show to talk everything wrong with the College Football Playoff Committee. We first review the final rankings and whether or not the committee got it right. We discuss how impossible it is for a Group of 5 team to make the CFP. We talk 8 and 16 team expansion playoff scenarios and wrap up by making our 2021 playoff prediction.
Guest Host Michael Vrska and I OVERREACT to the first week of College Basketball and the College Football Season thus far. We go through some hot takes and give BOLD predictions for the remainder of the season. We first talk about Gonzaga's potential, the ACC in a down year, and the SEC Champion being an unlikely winner. Our College Football hot takes start with a Group of 5 NY6 prediction, Chaos in the CFP, and turmoil down in Austin, Texas.
Longtime Kansas Jayhawk fan Matt Morrell joins the Backcourt Banter Podcast to preview the Big 12 Conference this upcoming season. We do team by team snapshots of The Big 12 teams. We rank our predicted order of finish for the Big 12 and close by handing out our pre-season awards.
Michael of Asher Golf sits down to chat new and exciting things in Asher Golf, and we give a preview of the 2020-2021 college basketball season. We rank our Top 10 teams heading into the season with a Dark Horse team everyone should be on the lookout for. We name our top 3 candidates for Player of the Year, and give a prediction of what our final four and national championship will look like. We close with a small snapshot of our Alma Mater, Utah State.
Special Guest Professional Women's Basketball player Katie Toole of RACA Granada joins the Backcourt Banter Podcast. We discuss her journey to playing overseas, her college career at Utah State, and what the Transfer Portal is like. We discuss her success at UC Davis and winning 3 straight regular season conference titles and appearing in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. Katie tells her story of deciding to play overseas and looking forward to her seas for RACA GRANADA.
Guest Host and big Jazz fan Quinn Tilt joins me today to review The Utah Jazz's 2019-2020 season. We first discuss our favorite Jazz games of the season. Review the playoffs, and debate whether or not the Jazz lived up to the preseason expectations. We close out the episode deciding what the Jazz should do going into the offseason and Free Agency.
Guest Host Spencer Herzog and I review our favorite highlights of the NBA Playoff Bubble. We breakdown the Thunder-Rockets, Clippers-Mavericks, and Denver-Utah first round series. We review the conference semi-final matchups, We predict the Conference Finals, and talk the best and worst moments of NBA Playoff Bubble.