Episode 990: Coach Tom Penders

Marching to Madness

Coach Penders returns on “Marching to Madness” as we chat about the differences when he played at UConn in the mid-60s and now with the transfer portal and NIL atop the stories in college basketball. We discuss the Texas Longhorns who won the Barclays Classic over Syracuse and St. Joseph’s and thoughts on the Houston Cougars. Coach Penders built Texas basketball into a national entity while returning Houston to the NCAA Tournament in 2007 after it had fallen since the days of Phi Slamma Jamma.

Topics of Discussion include:

• The transfer portal and NIL and its effects
• Texas basketball and the move to the SEC
• The opening weeks of the season
• Thoughts and philosophies inside the game