City of Basketball Love

Stephen Pianovich (@SPianovich) & Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)

We’re one week away from college hoops! To celebrate, we’re breaking down the Big 5 in the latest edition of the Podcast of Basketball Love.

We have perspectives for all five teams with Kale Beers (play-by-play voice of La Salle); Steven Tydings (covers Penn for the Daily Pennsylvanian); Matt Gifford (covers St. Joe’s for HawkHillHardwood.com); John DiCarlo (covers Temple for OwlScoop.com) and Chris Lane (covers Villanova for VUhoops.com).

We spoke with each about their thoughts for the ensuing season and asked some rapid fire questions, including win total predictions for each team. Here’s the breakdown of when each guest appears:

Kale Beers -- 3:30 to 14:00
Steven Tydings -- 17:30 to 29:50
Matt Gifford -- 30:45 to 45:10
John DiCarlo -- 46:30 to 1:00:15
Chris Lane -- 1:00:50 to 1:15:00