Big Time Hoops Podcasts

Team Captains Jamier Rose (Noble), Bryce Guitard (Noble), Ella Pelletier (Oxford Hills) and Maren Maxon (Wells) draft their starting fives for the 2025 B/T Hoops All Star game that goes down on March 8th.

Maine College Round Up + Maine Celtics Updates.- Bowdoin hosts a first-round matchup tonight at Morrell Gymnasium.- Bates gets at-large bid, down in Scranton for first round action tonight. - The CMCC Women's Basketball team made it eight YSCC Tournament championships in a row - UMA Women get an at-large bid to USCAA.- The St Joes College Monks men- win the GNAC- Husson University Eagles Men win NAC - Honorable mentions!- UMaine Black Bears Updates. Interview (20:00)Tyler Ackley, head coach of the St Joesphs College Monks Men's basketball team. TCFCU LinksLINK TO: https://www.tcfcu.com/maines-best-checking-accountLink to: https://www.tcfcu.com/membership/ 

Taylor Mannix & Abi Davids discuss all the action from State Championship weekend. Plus, stay for the end as we have a great interview with Spruce Mountains finest, Scott & Jace Bessey. Starting 5: Caribou Vikings conquer Class B.Class A at the ACC goes to the South!Windham Eagles win back to back, while SoPo girls get it done for the first time since 1986.Two dominate performances in Class CSouth sweeps Class D. Interview: Scott & Jace BesseyTCFCU LinksLINK TO: https://www.tcfcu.com/maines-best-checking-accountLink to: https://www.tcfcu.com/membership/ 

The Starting 5 - Tourney Time!!! Presented By Town & Country FCUS3E11Maine College Round Up: Highlighting Maine programs and athletes in college  Simon Chadbourne set the University of Maine at Farmington single season three point record back on February 6th.  Bowdoin Women incredible season Cooper Flagg & Duke UMaine Updates  Maine Celtics Minute: Brought to you by Nosh Kitchen Bar! Starting 5:  Class B boys Quarterfinal recap: Friday night at the Expo did not disappoint!  AA Quarterfinal recap (boys/girls) Class C/D South Tournament updates.  Girls Tournament predictions (All Classes)  Boys Tournament predictions (All Classes) TCFCU LinksLINK TO: https://www.tcfcu.com/maines-best-checking-accountLink to: https://www.tcfcu.com/membership/

The Starting 5 - Who's Trending? Presented By Town & Country FCUS3E10Taylor Mannix is calling an iso and getting fans ready for the greatest stretch of the year, Tourney Time 2025

Welcome back to The Starting 5 Podcast Presented By Town & Country FCU.S3EP9: Maine College Round Up: Highlighting Maine programs and athletes in college  Cooper Flagg gets his first taste of Duke/UNC rivalry USM men are trending towards hosting the LEC Quarterfinal Kissy Walker earns 600th win at Husson University Alexis Ireland dominating at UMPI UMaine Updates: Maine Celtics Minute: Brought to you by Nosh Kitchen Bar!Starting 5:  Girls Rundown Boys Rundown Noble boys set a program record for wins in the regular season.  Power Rankings.  Bad behavior at games: A message from Abi & Taylor.

Welcome back to The Starting 5 Podcast Presented By Town & Country FCU.S3EP8: Maine College Round Up: Highlighting Maine programs and athletes in college  Bowdoin Women remain undefeated. Colby Men hot start to NESCAC play. St Joes men and women improve to 5-1 in GNAC. It was a memorable trip to Word of Life for both CMCC basketball teams. UMaine Updates Maine Celtics Minute: Brought to you by Nosh Kitchen Bar!Starting 5: Headlines: CMCC Game of the week: York & Lake Region boys.Stats:  Class A South: How it's shaping up down the stretch run.  Most likely to finish undefeated? Miss Maine Basketball rankings (Girls in the South)

Welcome back to The Starting 5 Podcast Presented By Town & Country FCU.S3EP7: Final StretchMaine College Round Up: Highlighting Maine programs and athletes in college.  Will Davies  Bryce Lauser at USM is cooking UMaine Update Maine Celtics Minute: Brought to you by Nosh Kitchen BarStarting 5:  Headlines: Boys - TA Boys, Lincoln Academy/Girls - The Wiscasset girls basketball team. Zack Keene wins 100th game CMCC Game of the week Class C South New proposal in the works, what it means, how could it look? Girls & Boys power rankings: Boys: Windham, Medomak Valley, Noble, York, TA.Girls: Oxford Hills, Marshwood, Mt Ararat, Biddeford, South Portland.

Welcome back to The Starting 5 Podcast Presented By Town & Country FCU.S3EP6: The New Year!Maine College Round Up: Highlighting Maine programs and athletes in college.  Cooper Flagg is HIM.  Mainers with big roles at St Anselm Maddy Werner is doing well at UNE Bowdoin men played Harvard, almost pulled off a major upset Monks men's basketball Win Middlebury Invitational UMaine Updates Maine Celtics Minute: Brought to you by Nosh Kitchen Bar!Starting 5:  Headlines CMCC Games of the week York boys are for real! Mr Basketball Rankings (Miss Maine next week) Player Participation and Fans.  TCFCU LinksLINK TO: https://www.tcfcu.com/maines-best-checking-accountLink to: https://www.tcfcu.com/membership/ 

S2E5 Presented by Katahdin Trust Company: Community Banking At Its Best! Tom Bard and Steve Carmichael bring you the week the was, some big time performances and the biggest games of the past week.  As we enter the halfway point of the season, they break down each region and start to separate the contenders from the pretenders on this weeks episode.  Katahdin Trust Company Links: https://www.katahdintrust.com/

Welcome back to The Starting 5 Podcast Presented By Town & Country FCU.S3EP5: 2024 Wrap Up!Maine College Round Up: Highlighting Maine programs and athletes in college.  Bates Bobcats men's basketball team beats SJC Monks Monday night. The Husson University men's basketball team completed a perfect 2-0 weekend at the Florida Sunshine Shootout. USM Men competing down in the Concordia Classic in Austin Texas. USM Women played in Puerto Rico Clasico UMaine Men & Women Updates Maine Celtics Minute: Brought to you by Nosh Kitchen Bar!Starting 5: Begins at 11:001. Headlines: Girls: Scarborough Girls take down Cheverus to end 27-game winning streak. Boys: South Portland comes back from two double digit deficits to beat Deering 2. Christmas Tournaments… How would we do it differently?3. Standings Updates.4. Can’t miss games this week…5. Best of 2024TCFCU LinksLINK TO: https://www.tcfcu.com/maines-best-checking-accountLink to: https://www.tcfcu.com/membership/ 

Welcome back to The Starting 5 Podcast Presented By Town & Country FCU.S3EP4: Semesters EndMaine College Round Up: Highlighting Maine programs and athletes in college.YSCCNACNESCACConference of New England,UMaine UpdatesMaine Celtics MinuteThe Starting 5: (begins 21:00)Game of the Week brought to you by CMCCBoys headlinesGirls headlinesEast/West playday at the Augusta Civic Center.Can’t miss games the rest of the week.Interview Of The Week: (begins 109:00)AD of Temple Academy Carrington Miller.TCFCU LinksLINK TO: https://www.tcfcu.com/maines-best-checking-accountLink to: https://www.tcfcu.com/membership/ 

Welcome back to The Starting 5 Podcast Presented By Town & Country FCU.In this episode, we're diving into some of the top stories from the first few weeks of the college sports season. We'll also be hearing from some of the athletes themselves about their early impressions of the year.Here's what we have in store for you: Maine College Roundup: This week, we'll be featuring Cooper Flagg, Cash McClure, Grace Jaffray, the Meader Cup, and UMaine updates. Starting 5: We'll kick things off with our "Starting 5" segment, where we highlight five of the top performances from the past week. This week, we'll be featuring Cooper Flagg, Cash McClure, Grace Jaffray, the Meader Cup, and UMaine updates. Game of the Week: We'll also be bringing you our "Game of the Week," sponsored by CMCC. This week's game features the Brunswick girls battling Biddeford on Friday, December 13th. Boys opening weekend headlines: We'll also be covering some of the top headlines from the boys' opening weekend, including Poland, Edward Little, Forest Hills, Deering at Cheverus. Girls opening weekend headlines: We'll also be covering some of the top headlines from the girls' opening weekend, including Cony Rams, Oxford Hills, The Wells Warriors, and Mt Ararat Eagles. Best first impression? We'll ask our guests about their best first impressions of the college sports season so far. Tuesday nights headlines, and a look ahead at the week: We'll also be giving you a quick recap of some of the top headlines from Tuesday night's games, and we'll take a look ahead at what's coming up in the week ahead. Interview with Andrew Morong, Head Coach of the CMCC Women's Basketball: We'll also be sitting down with Andrew Morong, Head Coach of the CMCC Women's Basketball team, to talk about his team's start to the season.TCFCU LinksLINK TO: https://www.tcfcu.com/maines-best-checking-accountLink to: https://www.tcfcu.com/membership/ 

EP2S3 Presented by Town & Country: Opening Week! Maine College Round Up: JP Estrella injury Bates Bobcats NACCostello Cup UMaine UpdatesThe Starting 5:South Portland preseason tournament Underclassmen to watch? (Girls & Boys)Who is going undefeated and why? (just one team)Who can repeat as regional champs? (Girls & boys)Opening week games to watch. (girls & boys)Girls: Oxford Hills hosts Edward Little, Cony hosts Oceanside, Mt Ararat hosts Greely. Falmouth hosts Gorham.Boys: Cheverus hosts Deering, Bangor hosts Portland, South Portland hosts Noble!, Messo hosts Nokomis warriorsTCFCU Links:LINK TO: https://www.tcfcu.com/maines-best-checking-account/Link to: https://www.tcfcu.com/membership/ 

EP1: For Pat MoodyWe wanted to dedicate this episode to the Windham community, moody family and in loving memory of Pat Moody, his love of the game was infectious. Intro: Windham Eagles College Roundup: - CMCC Women off to a hot start. - Monks, men & women have high hopes in GNAC.- UMaine Men & Women updates.Starting 5:- Summer Recap- Girls preseason poll- Boys preseason poll- Contenders in AA/A (Girls & Boys)- Our picks for Mr Maine & Miss Maine finalists. 

S2E9 Presented by Katahdin Trust Company: Community Banking At Its Best! Tom Bard and Steve Carmichael break down Class AA, A, B, C and D North for the boys and girls to get your ready for the greatest week of the year, TOURNEY WEEK.Katahdin Trust Company Links: https://www.katahdintrust.com/

S2E8 Presented by Katahdin Trust Company: Community Banking At Its Best! Tom Bard and Steve Carmichael bring you the week the was, some big time performances and the biggest games of the past week.  Many teams close out the season with huge rivalry games, we take a look at which ones to watch and also break down who's trending in the right and wrong directions as we hit tournament time.Katahdin Trust Company Links: https://www.katahdintrust.com/

S2E7 Presented by Katahdin Trust Company: Community Banking At Its Best! Tom Bard and Steve Carmichael bring you the week the was, some big time performances and the biggest games of the past week.  With many teams down to only a couple of games remaining in their regular season, we start looking ahead to the playoffs and picking what teams have legitimate chances of making a run.Katahdin Trust Company Links: https://www.katahdintrust.com/

S2E6 Presented by Katahdin Trust Company: Community Banking At Its Best! Tom Bard and Steve Carmichael bring you the week the was, some big time performances and the biggest games of the past week.  As we cross the halfway point of the season, they break down the weeks biggest games and ask if certain teams have begun to separate themselves from the rest of the field on this weeks episode.  Katahdin Trust Company Links: https://www.katahdintrust.com/

S2E4 Presented by Katahdin Trust Company: Community Banking At Its Best! Tom Bard and Steve Carmichael bring you the week the was, some big time performances and the biggest games of the past on Northbound.  Katahdin Trust Company Links: https://www.katahdintrust.com/