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The Bare's Den Podcast is hosted by Matt Bare and this podcast will be an interview style podcast having conversations with coaches, players and friends of the basketball community. I also hope to connect with people from other sports down the road. I’ll focus on interesting stories that have happened around the state and hopefully the country as well. I hope to share the path of many of these guests and how they got to be where they are today. The goal is to connect with you to share interesting stories and perspectives about a particular event, person or team.
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Starting with this episode we are going to bring back the mini-series on MN basketball legends. Last season’s guests were some of our most popular episodes where we had on Barry Wohler, Janet Karvonen, Blaine Joerger, Coach John Carlson and his son Alex and Khalid El-Amin. This season I’m excited to speak with a few more players that were standouts on the hardwood here in Minnesota. Dusty Rychart is our first guest and I couldn’t be more excited to share this episode with yo...
The 24th Winter Olympic Games are about to begin and who better to have on as a guest than an Olympic gold medalist. John Shuster from Chisholm, MN will be the skipper for the US men’s Olympic curling team again this year and will be participating in his 5th Olympic games. John and his US squad won the first ever curling Olympic gold medal for the United States back in 2018 and he is looking forward to defending their title in Beijing. Also joining for this episode is my fri...
Gerald Kingbird from Red Lake joins the program for this episode. He shares how important the game of basketball is to those on the reservation in his area and beyond. We're also approaching the 25th anniversary of one of the most memorable Minnesota state tournament games of all time, where Gerald's Red Lake team took on Wabasso. As a sophomore in that game Gerald helped lead his team all the way back from 19-point 4th quarter deficit to send the game to overtime. The...
There can't be many media members in the local market or nationwide for that matter that work as hard or are as involved in many ventures as Justin Gaard. Justin is very prevalent on KFAN and is best known as the producer for the popular "Bumper to Bumper" show with Dan Barreiro. "JG" or "Gaardsy" as he is affectionately known is also the sideline reporter for Golden Gopher football and is the new play by play voice for Gopher women's basketball.Gaardsy joins the Bare's Den to tal...
Ryan James from Prep Hoops is back as our guest this episode to preview the Minnesota boys high school basketball season. Ryan gives us his prediction of a state champion for each class. We also spend time discussing one of Minnesota's biggest prep basketball events in the Breakdown Tipoff Class which is taking place this weekend. Finally the show wraps up discussing the Minnesota Gopher men's basketball team and their hot start.
The Minnesota boys and girls high school basketball seasons will be tipping off very soon and this weeks guest has a lot to look forward to. Tara Seifert is the head girls basketball coach at Chaska high school. She led her team to the class 4A state championship last season capping off an undefeated run finishing 18-0 and securing the school’s first ever girls title. A highlight of their state tournament run was ending Hopkins High School's state record tying 78-game winning stre...
This episodes guest is Mounds View head football coach Aaron Moberg. Aaron played high school football at Mounds View and then played collegiately for Bethel. Aaron has been both the head girls hockey coach and football coach at Mounds View, and has led both teams to a state tournament appearance. I had heard a lot of good things about Aaron as a coach and how he engages the community to build his football program. We discuss their mission and values as a program and I...
After a little time in between episodes we are back and Matt connects with Chad Hartman for a discussion on his time with KFAN, his Timberwolves broadcasting days and the one-year anniversary of the passing of his father - Sid Hartman. They also get into some fun back and forth with Chad on a segment of overrated/underrated/properly rated that he uses on his own show at WCCO. Chad has been in the business for 30 years and counting and is a broadcasting great. Enjoy thi...
Basketball shoes and sneaker culture are a fascinating and popular topic for many, whether it be the original Jordan’s to the collaboration of sneaker releases with pop culture stars like Travis Scott. Basketball shoes that were once worn just on the basketball court are now popular with men and women off the court and even accepted as appropriate with business casual attire. Who better to discuss this topic with than someone who lived that world for over two decades. Archie...
Our discussion around the upcoming Summer Olympics continues and who better to join us for this chat, than someone who actually competed in the Olympics themselves. Carrie Tollefson was standout runner at Dawson-Boyd high school here in MN where she was a 13-time state champion. She has been inducted into both the Minnesota high school hall of fame as well as the national high school hall of fame. Carrie attended Villanova University where she was a 5-time NCAA champion and ...
For this episode I connect with my friend Jared Carver to chat some Duke basketball and the upcoming summer Olympics. Jared is a sports encyclopedia and two topics that he knows a tremendous amount about are Duke hoops and the Olympics. We share our thoughts on how we met at a Duke game a few years ago, the final upcoming season for Coach K at Duke and our favorite Duke player. In looking at the upcoming summer Olympics we explore the topics of these games being the first wi...
The movie Hoosiers is universally adored among sports fans, especially hoops junkies. It is loosely based on a magical season from 1954 of a small Indiana school called Milan, who made it all the way to the Indiana state championship where their small school, which had an enrollment of 160 took down much larger Muncie Central whose school size was 1,600. In the movie the winning shot in the state title game was made by a sharp-shooter named Jimmy Chitwood. Back in 1954 that ...
If you have a son or daughter that plays high school basketball in Minnesota, chances are you know who Nick Carroll is. If you don’t, you more than likely are aware of or are familiar with his company – Prep Hoops. And if you are outside of Minnesota you are becoming more familiar with Prep Hoops as well as it is now in more than 30 states around the country. Nick, who is the co-founder of Prep Hoops, started the company as a way to better connect high school players to coll...
This episode is a follow up to last year's episode in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. Now that it has been one year since that major event made headlines, sparked conversation and change - it deserves another discussion. Coach Larry McKenzie from Minneapolis North, Coach Omar McMillan from Richfield and Coach Dave Flom from Eden Prairie join to discuss things they've learned in the last year, change they have seen and something they're hopeful for.
Today is said to be a time when high school officials are dropping off and there is not enough replacements coming up to fill the need. For this episode Matt connects with someone who can speak to this topic. Josh Thurow is currently the athletic director at Minnehaha Academy, has also been a girls varsity basketball coach and is currently a basketball official, football official and baseball umpire. He has a wide view of this topic with experience in all of those different ...
For this episode Matt connects with someone that is one of the shows sponsors but is also a good friend. Pat Freeman from Midwest Basketball training has been heavily involved in basketball for years. From his days at Champlin Park High School, to playing college basketball at Division 3 – St. Mary’s, working alongside Matt at the Timberwolves to now owning his own basketball training business and facility. Pat’s joy and energy shine through in all that he does and those tha...
For this episode Matt connects with newly crowned class 1A state champion head boys basketball coach – Chris Pack of the Hayfield Vikings. Chris comes from a coaching family as his dad was a high school coach and two of his brothers are currently coaching MN high school basketball as well. Chris’s journey took him from an all-conference pitcher at the college level to coaching in the high school state championship game in his first year at Hayfield. In between that first yea...
For this episode Matt connects with former Hopkins basketball star and current Baylor Bears assistant coach Jared Nuness. Jared's title is Special Assistant and Director of Player Development and he is now a part of national championship team as Baylor knocked off Gonzaga in a highly anticipated matchup.Jared and I discuss the amazing turnaround of the Baylor Bears program, how they battled back from a Covid pause late in their season and the national title game as they took down previ...
Matt is joined by Ryan James from Prep Hoops and Breakdown Sports. Ryan shares his insight on the final four teams remaining in each class of the Minnesota state boys basketball tournament and gives us his prediction on a winner as well.We also hear Ryan's thoughts on new University of Minnesota men's basketball head coach - Ben Johnson and an update on some of the players he's looking to add.
Matt is joined by Minnesota Prep Girls Hoops writer Grant McGinnis. Grant breaks down the final four teams remaining in each class of the Minnesota state girls basketball tournament and gives us his prediction on a winner for each class as well.We also chat a little Paige Bueckers, because why not, she is awesome!
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