Episode 1,031: UMass head coach Frank Martin

Coach Martin is a proven winner who analyzes the depths of college basketball when we discuss the Minutemen's move into the MAC. He has turned his roster over with 10 new players for the 2025-26 season, which allows the program to look for only its second NCAA Tournament appearance since 1998. Martin has 335 career wins. He took Kansas State to the Elite Eight in 2010, and the Wildcats appeared in four NCAA Tournaments in his five years at KSU. He led South Carolina to the Final Four in school history in 2017. Topics of Discussion Include: Psychological analysis of situations that can permeate across college basketball Philosophies of how he approaches many different game circumstances Transitioning the program into the MAC as it has spent the past 49 seasons in the Atlantic 10 Developing a team identity with 10 incoming players