Coach Gottlieb explains what the NFL schedule release says about the NFL’s overall dominance across the pro sports landscape, looks back on the 2nd anniversary of his hire as UWGB Men’s Basketball Head Coach, and goes deep into how he’s scheduling the 2026-27 season.

Finally, he reacts to LeBron James’ petty game ball controversy, and why it could foreshadow problems for his final season.

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Coach Gottlieb gives credit to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for taking the NFL from a pro sports powerhouse and growing it into the Death Star that it is today, and ex[plains why the NCAA Tournament expanding to 76 teams isn't outrage worthy.

Then, he’s joined by UWGB Assistant Andy Ground to discuss what he’s learned in his 1st year as a DI hoops coach following 40-years in coaching, the biggest surprises, where he’s evolved the most this year with the Phoenix, his 35-year relationship with Doug, including coaching him in HS, and what it’s like coaching as an assistant for his former player.

Finally, 7-time MLB All-Star Matt Holliday discusses the Pirates and 19 yo budding star Konnor Griffin agreeing to a 9-year $140 million contract, if he would have taken the deal at 19, and his early MLB takes less than a month into the season.

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Coach Gottlieb discusses NFL Draft strategy and GM’s who covet the accumulation of picks vs. those who go all-in on individual players, the problem with the NCAA’s new proposed ‘5 for 5’ collegiate athlete eligibility proposal, why he doesn’t buy the largely unchallenged claim that nothing is better than NHL playoff hockey, and why even LeBron haters need to pause for a second to appreciate 41-year old Lebron’s super hero-like greatness.

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Coach Gottlieb explains the difference between lazy myths NBA haters rely on and the reality of the NBA product, and explains why the media swarm following Patriots HC Mike Vrabel and with former Athletic Reporter Diana Russini. poolside by paparazzi represents a point of no return in sports media coverage.

Then, he’s joined by long time NBA Insider - and author of Coachable - Ric Bucher discusses how the Giannis/Bucks drama could end, why NBA player backlash against the 65-game rule to qualify for postseason awards, and the overall effects of European players flooding the college basketball market, and what Steph and LeBron’s ‘last dance’ scenarios could look like.

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Coach Gottlieb explains how Michigan’s hoops title is a trickle down result of B1G Football financial dominance, how Rory’s first Master’s win changed his ‘choker’ image.]

Then, he’s joined by former NBA Champion and former UNC All-American Justin Jackson reacts to Hubert Davis’ firing, if Michael Malone is a personality fit in Chapel Hill, and year one expectations.

]Finally, 7-time MLB All-Star Matt Holliday discusses the Pirates and 19 yo budding star Konnor Griffin agreeing to a 9-year $140 million contract, if he would have taken the deal at 19, and his early MLB takes less than a month into the season.

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Coach Gottlieb looks at the field of 68 and fills out his NCAA Tournament Bracket, lays out his 1st round upsets, where he’s sticking with chalk, his Final Four, and which team will win it all.

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Coach Gottlieb talks March Madness, why it means so much to him, and why he firmly believes it’s the greatest postseason tournament in sports.

Then, UWGB Assistant Keil Ganz discusses his circuitous path from UWGB Student Manager to Assistant, his next step, what made this season so special with the Phoenix, and looks back at COVID life on the 6 year anniversary of the cancellation of college hoops at the front end of the global shutdown.

Next, Field of 68 Analyst Rob Dauster discusses the growth and success of Field of 68, the BIGGEST story of this college hoops season, if Jon Scheyer is ready to break through and win a title, which Power 5 teams are most likely to make Final Four, and if the era of the mid-major Cinderella Final Four team is a thing of the past, and why programs should start including buyouts in NIL deals.

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Following a tough season ending loss to Northern Kentucky in the Horizon League Tourney, Coach Gottlieb sits down for his own 2025-26 exit interview and looks back at his 2nd season as Green Bay’s HC, how the Phoenix made the massive leap from 4 to 18 wins, what went into his decision to pass up playing in the College Basketball Invitational, his approach to handling the upcoming portal, how he would resolve the ever increasing player tampering problem and why the media and fans don't appreciate the full scope of CEO duties of DI HC.

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