A Trophy Life: The Naismith Trophy Podcast
A podcast dedicated to the stories of the great men and women involved with the Naismith Trophy--the most prestigious individual national honor in amateur basketball! The family of Naismith Awards annually recognizes the most outstanding men’s and women’s college and high school basketball players and coaches. Hosted by Emmy-Award winning basketball play-by-play announcer Bob Rathbun.
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The basketball world is spinning fast, and we have you covered this week with ESPN's Recruiting Director Paul Biancardi! You won't want to miss this one—Paul tells us who has impressed so far during the summer evaluation period! Bob has the week's news and notes, all presented by Jersey Mike's!
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This week, Bob with news on 2025 Jersey Mike's Naismith Women's Player of the Year JuJu Watkins of USC. Later, a conversation with Jersey Mike's CMO, Rich Hope! Happy 4th of July!
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This week, we salute our Naismith NBA draftees! Then, Bob chats officiating with the ACC coordinator of men's officiating, Bryan Kersey! Presented by Jersey Mike's!
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Summer is here, and that means we are one season closer to a new season of college hoops! This week, Bob highlights the key matchups for the ACC/SEC challenge for both the men and the women. Later, he welcomes Kevin Blossom, SVP and GM, Retail of MOLECULE to talk about the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, presented by Molecule, and the benefits of sports sponsorships.
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This week, Bob chats with our 2025 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, presented by MOLECULE --Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner! He's one of the Creighton's and Big East's all-time greats! Plus, our weekly news and notes!
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This week, we welcome our 2025 Werner Ladder Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year: Coach Cori Close!
Plus, Bob with a newsy note on tournament expansion!
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This week, a look back at the 1987 Jersey Mike's Naismith Men's Player of the Year: David Robinson on this Memorial Day weekend 2025. Plus, Bob with a special podcast tribute.
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The 2025 WNBA season started this weekend, and with that in mind, we welcome author Howard Megdal to talk about his new book: Becoming Caitlin Clark, available from Triumph Books on June 17th!
A great conversation about our 2024 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year! Plus, this week's news and notes!
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Happy Mother's Day to all of our basketball moms worldwide! And this Mother's Day weekend, we check in with Hall of Famer Debbie Antonelli and her 7th annual 24HoursNBN.com to raise money and awareness for the Special Olympics! Join Debbie and your Bob presented by Jersey Mike's
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This week, we turn the page and start getting ready for the 25-26 college season! We welcome the new FSU head coach Luke Loucks to talk about his vision for Noles basketball! Presented by Jersey Mike's.
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This week, we conclude our review of our Naismith Trophy awards program from San Antonio! Our MC Fran Fraschilla announces our 2025 Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s Coach of the Year and our 2025 Naismith Men’s Defensive Player of the Year Presented by MOLECULE.
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This week, Part One of our look back at our fabulous Naismith Awards Ceremony from San Antonio. In this edition, MC Fran Fraschilla introduces our 2025 Jersey Mike's men's national player of the year Cooper Flagg from Duke! Plus his coach, Jon Scheyer joins the program!
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This week, we continue our look-back at our fabulous awards ceremony in Tampa at the Women’s Final Four! We got back to the podium and host Debbie Antonelli for the announcement of the Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year and the Jersey Mike's Naismith Player of the Year!
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This week, we share our big awards weekend with you! Thanks to our title sponsors—Jersey Mike's, Werner Ladders and Molecule! We start our recap by joining our host Debbie Antonelli in Tampa at the 2025 Women's Final Four awards ceremony!
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This week, we salute our Georgia college player and coach award winners! The Georgia Tech Women's Basketball program swept the women’s awards, with Kara Dunn winning Player of the Year and Nell Fortner Coach of the Year! Nell joins Bob to discuss the Jackets season and Dunn’s fantastic campaign!
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This week, we salute our 2025 Jersey Mike's Naismith High School Boys Coach of the Year, Andrew Moran, from Columbus High School in Miami, Florida! Bob chats with the coach of the country's #1 high school team!
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What does it take to host a Final Four? Find out from the NCAA VP for Men's Basketball, JoAn Scott, as she joins Bob! Our weekly news and notes as the mid-majors take center stage! Plus, follow us for this week's semifinalist announcements!
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This week, Fran Fraschilla joins Bob for a lively discussion as college basketball's regular season turns for the home stretch! And we announce our 2025 Jersey Mike's Girls and Boys High School Coach and Players of the Year!
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A stroll down memory lane with former ACC standout and UVA great John Crotty with Bob! And the latest from a wild week in college hoops!
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This week, the author of the Wilner Hotline, Jon Wilner from the San Jose Mercury News, provides a late-season West Coast update! Bob starts us off with this week's news and notes and two key injuries that occurred in the past few days.
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