Bald Faced Truth with John Canzano
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John Canzano gives his thoughts on the 3-point line fiasco in Portland at the NCAA women's tournament regionals, and women's hoops insider Michelle Smith gives her perspective after covering games all weekend at Moda Center. Oregon state treasurer Tobias Read calls in with his experience attending games over the weekend and how the city of Portland fared as a host site, and Canzano talks Iowa-LSU and the strong postgame comments of Oregon State's Scott Rueck in the Elite Eight. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano talks to Oregon state treasurer Tobias Read about his experience attending the NCAA women's basketball tournament regionals at Moda Center, being a 'basketball dad' to his daughter, how the city of Portland did a great job as a host site, and his upcoming run for Secretary of State. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano talks to writer and analyst Michelle Smith about the storylines from the NCAA women's tournament, the three-point line controversy at Moda Center in the Portland regionals, the Oregon State run in Albany, and what she expects to shake out ahead of the Final Four. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano discusses Portland as a market for NCAA women's basketball and why some media members are taking issue with it, plus voice of Oregon State women's basketball Ron Callan calls in live from Albany, NY where the Beavers took down Notre Down 70-65 to secure a trip to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2018 and a showdown with undefeated South Carolina. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano goes live to Albany, NY as Oregon State women's basketball voice Ron Callan joins the show following the Beavers 70-65 victory over Notre Dame to punch a ticket to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2018. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano previews the upcoming action this weekend at Moda Center with the NCAA women's tournament regionals in Portland, plus longtime sports media personality Jason Puckett joins the show to talk about his decision to venture out on his own with PuckSports.com. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano talks to Jason Puckett about his decision to launch PuckSports.com and venture on his own in the changing landscape of sports media, and what led him to doing so. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano dives into the impact of sports gambling becoming mainstream and NCAA president Charlie Baker aiming to stop prop betting capabilities in collegiate athletics. USA Today's Lindsay Schnell previews the upcoming regionals action in Portland for the NCAA Women's tournament, KJR Seattle's Ian Furness talks reaction to Pat Chun's departure from Washington State for UW, and coach Ryan Svenson of Pure Focus Sports discusses the coaching carousel around college basketball. Read Canzano's column at JohnCanzano.com.
John Canzano talks to Ryan Svenson of Pure Focus Sports about the coaching carousel in men's college hoops, what goes on behind the scenes in a coaching search, the impact of Dana Altman potentially reuniting with Tony Stubblefield at Oregon, and more. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano talks to Ian Furness of sports radio KJR and Fox 13 in Seattle and proud Washington State alum about Pat Chun bolting Pullman for the AD job with the rival Washington Huskies and where WSU can go from here searching for a new athletic director and men's basketball coach. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano talks to Lindsay Schnell of USA Today about the upcoming Portland regionals in the women's NCAA Tournament as well as the Albany region Sweet 16 matchup of Oregon State and Notre Dame, plus the direction of women's college hoops after Caitlin Clark moves on to the pros, and what to make of the Kim Mulkey-Washington Post saga. Subscribe for great content.
Guest-host Spencer McLaughlin dishes on Pat Chun leaving Washington State for the athletic director job at University of Washington, plus 247 Sports' Carter Bahns discusses the move and what's next for Washington State and Oregon State in the "Pac-2". KXLY-TV sports anchor Julian Mininsohn talks Mark Few and Gonzaga's run to another Sweet Sixteen as well as the Zags women doing the same and coming to Portland. Also, Spencer talks NFL rule changes, QBs in the draft, and Shohei Othani developments, all on today's show. Subscribe for great content.
Guest-host Spencer McLaughlin talks with KXLY-TV sports anchor Julian Mininsohn out of Spokane about Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs reaching their ninth consecutive Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament, Pat Chun taking the AD job at Washington, and the Gonzaga women also reaching the Sweet Sixteen and a matchup with top-seed Texas this week at Moda Center as part of the Portland regionals. Subscribe for great content.
Guest-host Spencer McLaughlin talks to Carter Bahns of 247 Sports to discuss Pat Chun's departure from Washington State to become athletic director at rival University of Washington and the future of Oregon State and WSU in the "Pac-2." Subscribe for great content.
Guest-hosts Judah Newby & Steven Vaughan react to the opening rounds of the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments including Oregon coming up just short in double overtime to Creighton, and the Oregon State women punching a ticket to the Sweet Sixteen. Will Graves of the Associated Press details his perspective from covering the NCAA action in Pittsburgh including Oregon's run and the near-Cinderalla Sweet Sixteen run by Jack Gohlke and Oakland. Plus, Calvin Wetzel of Her Hoop Stats and CBS Sports talks about the teams coming to Portland for the NCAA Women's Tournament regionals and why he likes Oregon State to beat Notre Dame in the Albany regional semifinals. We play Punch It! Audio, the 5 at 5, and talk Shohei Ohtani's response to the alleged betting scandal with his former interpreter. Subscribe for great content.
Calvin Wetzel of CBS Sports and Her Hoop Stats joins the program to talk about the Women's basketball tournament. Wetzel gives his picks for the two Portland regional as well as some players to watch. Wetzel talks about Caitlin Clark and if Iowa is the team to beat as we inch closer to the Women's Final Four.
Will Graves of the AP joins the show to talk about the Pittsburgh regional in the men's NCAA Tournament. Graves talks about the phenomenon that Jack Gohlke was from Oakland. Graves also talks about the performances by the Oregon Ducks and how special it felt in the arena. Subscribe to this podcast for more great content.
John Canzano broadcasts live from Killer Burger in West Linn as we get ready for the Oregon Ducks run in the NCAA Tournament that begins Thursday in Pittsburgh against South Carolina in the first round. Ducks freshman guard Jackson Shelstad joins the program from his hotel room in Pittsburgh, plus Eric Prisbell of On3 Sports gives his favorite upset picks and Final Four predictions in the bracket. Canzano talks Shohei Ohtani controversy, we play Punch It! Audio and Anna brings the 5 at 5. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano talks to Oregon Ducks freshman guard and West Linn native Jackson Shelstad ahead of Oregon's first-round matchup with South Carolina on Thursday in Pittsburgh in the NCAA Tournament. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano talks with Eric Prisbell of On3 Sports for the best upset picks of March Madness ahead of the NCAA Tournament. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano talks to Oregon State women's basketball head coach Scott Rueck as the Beavs earned a 3-seed in the Albany-1 Regional, hosting 14-seed Eastern Washington on Friday night at Gill Coliseum in the first round. Plus, Jon Wilner of the Bay Area News Group talks Pac-12 teams in the men's and women's tournaments. Anna joins the show, plus the 5 at 5 and John gives his thoughts on team's turning down invites to the NIT. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano gets the thoughts of Jon Wilner of the Bay Area News Group on the Pac-12 getting four teams into the NCAA Tournament field, how many wins the conference can get and in turn increase the payouts for the two lone remaining conference schools in Washington State and Oregon State, and the news of the College Football Playoff and ESPN agreeing to a massive extension of their broadcast partnership. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano talks with Oregon State women's basketball head coach Scott Rueck ahead of the Beavers upcoming run in the NCAA Tournament. The Beavers are the 3-seed in the Albany-1 Region, and will host 14-seed Eastern Washington in a first round matchup from Gill Coliseum in Corvallis on Friday night (5:00 p.m., ESPNU). Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano dives into Oregon's run to win the Pac-12 Championship in Las Vegas and the Ducks earning a 11-seed in the Midwest Region and a first round matchup with 6-seed South Carolina in Pittsburgh, PA on Thursday at 1 p.m. South Carolina beat reporter Jordan Kaye previews the matchup from the Gamecocks perspective, and Greg Woods of the Spokesman-Review talks Washington State basketball as the Cougs drew a 7-seed in the East Region and a first-round matchup with 10-seed Drake on Thursday in Omaha, Neb. Subscribe for great content. Read him: JohnCanzano.com
John Canzano gets the low-down on South Carolina men's basketball from beat reporter Jordan Kaye of The State newspaper in South Carolina. The Midwest region features the 6-seed Gamecocks facing the 11-seed Oregon Ducks in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at 1 p.m. on TNT and 750 The Game. Subscribe for great content. Read him: JohnCanzano.com
John Canzano gets the latest on Washington State basketball from Greg Woods of the Spokesman-Review as the Cougars are the No. 7 seed in the East Region and face No. 10 seed Drake in the NCAA Tournament first round on Thursday in Omaha, Neb. Subscribe for great content. Read him: JohnCanzano.com
John Canzano broadcasts live from T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas ahead of the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals as Oregon takes on Arizona and Colorado faces Washington State. Cindy Brunson, former KATU anchor and current play-by-play voice of the Phoenix Mercury, talks about her Cougs in the Tournament and the state of women's college hoops today, and former Jefferson HS standout and current Montana State guard Robert Ford III talks about guiding his Bobcats to a Big Sky Tournament championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano talks to Robert Ford III, Montana State guard and former Jefferson high school standout, about his road to Montana State after playing at Jefferson and Clackamas community college, guiding the Bobcats to a Big Sky Tournament championship, earning an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, and winning Big Sky Tournament MVP. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano talks to Cindy Brunson, former KATU anchor and Washington State grad and current play-by-play voice of the Phoenix Mercury and studio host at ESPN and Pac-12 Network, about her rise in the industry, thoughts on the state of women's college basketball and her Cougars making a run in the men's Pac-12 Tournament. Subscribe for great content.
John Canzano broadcasts live from T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, site of the final Pac-12 Men's Tournament as we know it, and checks in with WSU superfan Pastor Matthew McNelly who has arrived in Vegas after his long road trip from Pullman. Longtime head coach and ESPN analyst Tom Crean gives his thoughts on conference tournament week, and KSL.com's Josh Furlong checks in from the broadcast set with Utah playing well in the tournament. John reacts to Oregon's win over UCLA to advance to Friday's semifinal against Arizona, plus Punch It Audio and the 5 at 5. Subscribe for great content.
