1 - Beginnings
The best March Madness story you didn’t know begins with … Alexander Hamilton?
A Lasting Legacy
I broadcast sports at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy for 15 years. And I never enjoyed it more than when the men's basketball team made an improbable, amazing, worst-to-first, two-year run to the NCAA Elite 8.
This is a 10-part podcast about the players and coaches who made it happen.
2 - The Magnificent 7
A group incoming freshman who would change the Coast Guard Academy men’s basketball program forever.
3 - The Foundation
What life is like for a Coast Guard Academy basketball player and cadet.
4 - Survive and Advance
A star player departs and a strange season begins.
5 - Play Well, Beat Anybody
The worst possible season becomes the best possible season.
6 - Calm Confidence
The 2007 Bears men’s basketball team improbably won the NEWMAC Championship. The 2008 Bears had greater expectations.
7 - Perseverance
The greatest team in Coast Guard men’s basketball history had the greatest run through the NCAA Division III Tournament in 2008.
8 - A Better Ending
So what happened to everyone from the 2007 and 2008 Coast Guard men’s basketball teams?
BONUS: There's More To Remember
This episode is for those stories and players we didn't cover in the previous episodes.
BONUS: Onward and Upward
The Academy's women's basketball team had a great run too. We remember their accomplishments.
