FULL SHOW: T.J. Otzelberger, USD guard Angie Robles, and Midco analyst Brad Newitt for "last call" before tipoff of the Summit League Tournament

Are we there yet?   Summit League Tournament enthusiasts have the same eager restlessness of little kids on long road trips.   Just hours before the first SLT games tipped off — those 8 vs. 9 "first round games — Happy Hour did a special edition of "Thirsty Thursday" from just off the floor in the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center on Wednesday afternoon.   We'll call it "Pre-SLT last call!"   Who beyond NDSU is best equipped to win the men's event? Who are the best and most fun players to watch? What must the USD women do to pull off a semifinal win over SDSU?    Will the lights be too bright for the NDSU women? Could the feel-good USD men's story end on Friday night vs. Denver?   Few humans are better equipped to provide a last-second cram session than Brad Newitt, who will be working his 14th SLT for Midco Sports. The former University of Sioux Falls assistant coach breaks down the best players and all the intriguing matchups for both the men's and women's side.   Newitt also weighs in on who he voted for Player of the Year and Coach of the Year on both sides, plus his predictions on how everything will shake out.   USD guard Angie Robles All the Coyote women did this season was double Carrie Eighmey's first-year win total from 11 to 22 and give USD a shot at a No. 2 seed in the regular season finale.   Not bad for an almost entirely new roster. Eighmey brought in transfers from all over the country, including four seniors who had one last stop and one last chance at glory in their college careers.   That chance is in front of them in Sioux Falls. Robles is at the forefront of the transfer crew. The point guard is the Yotes' second-leading scorer at 10 points per game and leads the team in assists and swagger.    A San Diego native who spent her first four seasons at Summit League opponent Denver, Robles walks through a basketball life that started as the offspring of a professional hooper from the Philippines. She explains how her collegiate plane landed in Vermillion, a far cry in so many ways from Southern California and Colorado, but a place she appreciates.   She offers reflection on the late January win over South Dakota State — the program's most relevant since Dawn Plitzuweit's crew beat SDSU for a third consecutive SLT title, then reeled off two NCAA Tournament wins in 2022 — and explanation of the 82-49 loss to the Jacks on Saturday. How does she see the Yotes stemming that tide in a likely Round 3 in Sioux Falls, a potential Saturday semifinal? Former SDSU coach T.J. Otzelberger In a re-release of a conversation from a Happy Hour last summer, the current Iowa State head coach looks back on his three-year tenure in Brookings that started rocky — a 1-6 record and a seat in the basement of the Summit League in his first season — and finished with two SLT championships and two regular season titles before he fled for the desert and UNLV, then to Iowa State, where he has piloted the Cyclones to four NCAA berths and two trips to the the Sweet 16.    Get ready for some Mike Daum and Michael Orris stories!