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From January through the NIT's bitter and beautiful end, NIT Stu is joined by the best in the business to talk college basketball.

  1. 06/04/2025

    Episode 19: Dogfights With Eagles

    NIT Stu's back with two important updates and one starting five. The starting five? Summer resolutions. Hope you brought your VCR.

    10 min

  2. 05/27/2025

    Episode 18: Summer

    We have a special guest today: The best season of the year. With Memorial Day Weekend in the rearview, NIT Stu walks us through the Starting Five of Summer Days. Make sure you listen carefully. You don't want to get this wrong.

    9 min

  3. 05/20/2025

    Episode 17: Mark Titus on the Indy 500

    2008 NIT Champion Mark Titus joins NIT Stu to talk about something other than college basketball: The Indy 500, a race near and dear to America's heart.

    47 min

  4. 05/13/2025

    Episode 16: Bennett Conlin on the Rise of JMU

    Bennett Conlin, one half of JMU Sports News, joins the show to talk about the rise of James Madison athletics: How did JMU buck the conventional wisdom, growing with football—not basketball—leading the way? This week's Starting Five is "Things Named After Presidents." There is, of course, some NIT talk towards the end.

    31 min

  5. 05/06/2025

    Episode 15: Aaron Margelofsky on College Basketball's Best Gyms

    Aaron Margelofsky joins NIT Stu to talk about the 106 college basketball games he attended this season and to draft starting fives of college basketball's best arenas.

    42 min

  6. 04/29/2025

    Episode 14: NIT Stu on the Kentucky Derby and College Basketball

    No guest this week. The topic was too important. What was that topic? We're not sure. Five starting fives, though. Even though he says there are four, there are really five.

    27 min

  7. 04/22/2025

    Episode 13: Sam Federman on the MAAC, the MAAC, and the MAAC

    Sam Federman of Brackets, Bubble, and Bid Stealers joins NIT Stu to talk MAAC: Amarri Monroe's transfer decision, the excellence of MAAC nicknames, everything to know about MAACscots, and even more.

    1h 2m

  8. 04/16/2025

    Episode 12: Steve Helwick on NIT Alumni in the NBA Postseason

    College football writer Steve Helwick of SB Nation's Hustle Belt and Underdog Dynasty joins NIT Stu to talk NBA Playoffs: Who can win it all? Who can surprise? Then, we each draft a starting five of only NIT alumni playing in this postseason. Sorry for the late episode this week. Tuesdays are the plan. Execution is the problem.

    32 min
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From January through the NIT's bitter and beautiful end, NIT Stu is joined by the best in the business to talk college basketball.

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    The Barking Crow
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  • Episodes
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    © 2025 Barnaby & Lake L.L.C.
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