The Stretch Big with Jacob Bigelow

The summer series roles on, this time Jacob Bigelow welcomes SEC associate commissioner for men's basketball Garth Glissman. Garth's story is a very unique one. A native Nebraskan, in college he was a walk-on basketball player and quarterback at Nebraska. What happened after he graduated law-school is a great story. Now, after working for the NBA for 7 years, Garth is now entering his second season overseeing men's basketball for the SEC. Discussion topics include: Garth's basketball origin story, going from a volunteer high school head coach to working for the NBA, traveling to SEC towns, coaches in the SEC, building a conference schedule, when did the switch flip with high school basketball in Nebraska, and more. Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod and follow Jacob on Twitter @JacobABigelow

The Old Friends Summer Series rolls on as Jacob Bigelow is joined by San Jose State head coach Tim Miles for a half hour podcast chat. Bigelow apologizes for the quality of his audio, but hey Coach Miles sounded great. Coach Miles is entering his 4th season as head coach at San Jose State and discusses the obstacles he's seen at San Jose, the evolution of recruiting, NIL, the Mountain West as a basketball conference, his coaching tree, when he first met Craig Smith, and of course how his golf game is doing. Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod and follow Jacob on Twitter @JacobABigelow

In the second installment of his old friends summer podcast series, Jacob Bigelow welcomes Colorado State men's basketball associate head coach Ali Farokhmanesh to the podcast. Ali is entering his 8th season as an assistant coach and his 7th season on staff at Colorado State. They discuss a variety of topics including relationships in recruiting, how recruiting has and may continue to evolve, this year's team at Colorado State, how Niko Medved operates, the Mountain West as a basketball conference, the rise in prominence of basketball in the Omaha area and more. Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod. Email the show: stretchbigpodcast@gmail.comFollow Jacob on Twitter @JacobABigelow

Jacob Bigelow welcomes Ball State Men's Basketball head coach Michael Lewis to the podcast to kick of a summer series of pods catching up with old friends and introducing some new ones. Coach Lewis is entering his 3rd season as the head coach at Ball State and was an assistant coach for 18 years prior including stops at UCLA, Nebraska, and Butler. Before getting into coaching he played 4 seasons at Indiana for Bob Knight and left IU as the school’s all time assist leader. Topics include how college basketball has changed in the last few seasons, some new faces on the Ball State roster, how important basketball is in the state of Indiana, the importance of relationships in basketball, lessons learned from two seasons as a head coach, and of course, a great Coach Knight story. Big thanks to Coach Lewis for joining the show.Follow the podcast on Twitter @StretchBigPod. Follow Jacob on Twitter @JacobABigelow

Jacob Bigelow is back to discuss Nebraska Basketball's recent additions via the transfer portal as well as some scheduling nuggets ahead of next season. Bigelow is then joined by Jacob Padilla of Hurrdat Sports to discuss Nebraska's portal activity, the movement of some local Nebraska high school products in the Big Ten and elsewhere, and finish with some NBA thoughts. Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod

Jacob Bigelow returns to kick off transfer portal SZN with a podcast. He gives some insight on what he’s heard on both the transfer portal front and the coaching carousel. Nebraska Basketball has a good day on Thursday with reognition for Fred Hoiberg and Keisei Tominaga. Bigelow is then joined by Wilson Moore of the Omaha World Herald to discuss the end of Nebraska’s season, some portal talk, and a little bit on Wilson’s background prior to moving to Nebraska. Bigelow wraps up the pod with some thoughts on both Final Fours this weekend.

Jacob Bigelow is on the road to Memphis at the time of this drop. Nebraska faces Texas A&M tomorrow in the program’s first tournament game in 10 years. He opens the pod by previewing A&M, what he likes and doesn’t like about the matchup, and what to expect. He is then joined by Amie Just of the Lincoln Journal Star to talk recent happenings around Nebraska Athletics. Bigelow then closes the pod by talking about some of his other favorite tournament storylines.

Jacob Bigelow is joined by Connor Happer, host of the Connor Happer Show on 1620 the Zone, and a ton of other things Happer does. These two are both varying degrees of basketball sickos and they discuss a wide range of topics about Nebraska's matchups for both the men's and women's teams, the bracket at large, possible trendy upset picks, and even Omaha Central Basketball. Just a couple fellas talking hoops for more than an hour. Enjoy it folks. Follow Bigelow on Twitter @JacobABigelow. Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod