X's and Joe's, part of the Back Home Network, is a podcast that lets you eavesdrop on an ongoing, 25-year conversation between two friends and Indiana University grads who have an unusual passion for exploring the formula for winning in today’s modern college basketball.
Hosted by Bob Moats (cbobmoats) and Mike Wiemuth (iu-in-philly), this show examines trends in recruiting, metrics, strategy, and coaching -- with an emphasis on debunking myths and challenging popular assumptions.
And while Bob and Mike's rooting interests may lie with the Hoosiers, this show takes an expansive view of the college basketball landscape beyond just Bloomington.
In other words, it's a show for ALL serious college hoops fans who truly appreciate the nuances of the sport.
In Episode 1 of Xs and Joes, Mike and Bob provide the backstory on their decades-long research project and conversation trying to identify what it takes to build a winner in college basketball. Then they jump right into exploring one of the Big Questions they've been wrestling with since 1996.
Here's the outline for the episode:
Segment One: The Conversation at 7th and Washington that launched the primary question.
1) Dec. 7th, 1996...A Date That Lives In Infamy.
2) Comparing the two teams
3) The Initial Findings: Talent does matter, and IU was quite talented in their heyday
Segment Two: The Hoosiers Mythos: The movie is not a documentary.
1) Mike's Process: How Excel aggregated the paradigm?
2) Elements of Winning Programs: Two Good Examples and Butler.
3) "Convincing" the Barbershop
Segment Three: Is talent enough?
1) 2015: Wisconsin Saves the 1976 Legacy
2) The Tobacco Road Scrolls: Dean Smith on System vs Flexible Coaching
3) What this means for IU right now? Can Woodson get "buy in"?
Segment Four: 1996-97 Season Epilogue
1) A Trip to Tobacco Road, A Disaster, and An Open Practice: recognizing just how special the sauce has to be.
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