The official home for audio programming from Casual Hoya, SB Nation's community for fans of the Georgetown University Hoyas.
The Casual Hoya podcast is an absolute must-listen for any fan of the Georgetown Hoyas. Hosted by Bobby Bancroft, this podcast provides a perfect blend of entertainment and insightful analysis that keeps listeners engaged from start to finish. What sets this podcast apart is its ability to branch out from just covering hoops and dive into other sports like soccer, bringing in a diverse range of guests and offering a well-rounded perspective on the Georgetown sports scene. As an avid fan, this podcast has made following the team ten times easier and more enjoyable.
One of the best aspects of The Casual Hoya podcast is Bobby's ability to represent both the journalist take and the die-hard fan perspective. His insights are not only entertaining but also informative, providing listeners with a deeper understanding of the team and its dynamics. Additionally, he consistently brings in knowledgeable guests who further enhance the discussion and provide different viewpoints. The analysis provided by Bobby and his guests goes beyond surface-level commentary, delving into X's and O's, making it a captivating listen for basketball enthusiasts.
While there are countless positives about The Casual Hoya podcast, one area that could be improved is its consistency in releasing episodes. Although it is impressive that they have been able to put out solid content on a weekly basis during the offseason, there have been instances where episodes have been delayed or missed altogether. However, this minor hiccup does not overshadow the overall quality of the podcast.
In conclusion, The Casual Hoya podcast has done an outstanding job catering to Georgetown Hoyas fans' needs. With its entertaining yet informative approach to reporting, it has become an essential resource for anyone looking to stay updated on their favorite college basketball team. Whether you're a die-hard fan or just someone interested in sports analysis, this podcast covers all bases and leaves listeners eagerly anticipating each new episode.
Bobby caught up with Georgetown radio announcer Rich Chvotkin after the Syracuse game to talk a bit about his 50th year covering the Hoyas. Rich has outlasted Jim Boeheim and even has his own bobblehead to commemorate the golden anniversary. Listen and tell your friends!
It's been a minute but your favorite Casual Hoya basketball podcast is back baby. This is the TCU post game pod with Bobby Bancroft and Ben Standig (The Athletic). Watch this space for more pods this season. Also, tell your friends!
Bobby is joined by Andrew Geiger (Casual Hoya) after quite the eventful day on Georgetown twitter thanks to Providence fans. They also talk about the better program and get ready for Cooley's introductory press conference. Subscribe and listen today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by NationWideNolan after Georgetown officially announced Ed Cooley as the new men's basketball coach on Monday afternoon. What do we think about Cooley? What's the hope for next season and beyond?! Subscribe & listen today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Andrew Geiger (Casual Hoya) to talk about the latest on the Georgetown coaching search. Well, at least the vacancy. The Hoyas seem to be close to coming to an agreement with current Providence coach Ed Cooley after the Friars suffered another first round loss on Friday night. Subscribe & listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Casual Hoya and Nationwide Nolan to answer Georgetown twitter questions before the Big East Tournament. The Hoyas are once again the 11th seed as they will face the defending champion Villanova Wildcats on Wednesday night. Naturally most of the questions are about the future of the program, particularly the coaching situation. It's all here so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Ben Steele of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel after No. 10 Marquette had no problems in earing the season sweep over the Hoyas on Saturday. Other topics include Marquette's high-flying offense, Tyler Kolek and how Shaka Smart has reinvented himself since coming over from Texas. Ben also gives his thoughts on the Big East, Georgetown and coaching searches. It's all here so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Patrick Stevens after the Hoyas ended their 29-game Big East losing streak with a win over DePaul on Tuesday night. There just had to be a pod to document Georgetown's first conference win in nearly two years and we made it happen. Stevens also gave his thoughts on the Big East from his weekly Washington Post bracketology and then it ends on thoughts on the do's and don'ts of court storming. It's all here so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by NationwideNolan to catch up on Georgetown ahead of the Hoyas enormous matchup with DePaul. They also take a look around the Big East to talk about how the new coaches are doing through the first half of the season and which teams are set to make a run in March. It's all here so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Casual Hoya to recap a busy Wednesday that included a Big East record losing streak along with some interesting quotes from Patrick Ewing and Lee Reed. Yes, the Hoyas now own the longest regular season Big East losing streak at 25 games breaking a streak that DePaul accomplished twice. So, where does that leave everything in Hoya land? We bring you our thoughts and then answer some Twitter questions. Subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Patrick Stevens after Georgetown's New Year's Day blowout loss to Butler . The Hoyas have now tied the Big East record for consecutive regular season losses with 24. Is there any end in sight or is a repeat of last season possible? Also, I got Stevens thoughts on Dante Harris bolting for Virginia. It's all here on a post game edition of Kente Korner so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Steve Newhouse from DePaul 247 ahead of the Hoyas final Big East game of a very forgettable 2022. Steve gets us up to date on all things Blue Demons before tonight's game against Georgetown. We also talked about Stubblefield in his second season, the DePaul AD's twitter comments, great Christmas Day ratings and how Georgetown is seen from afar in Blue Demon territory. Subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Dave Borges of CT Insider ahead of the Hoyas game at No. 2 UConn. A veteran of the Huskies beat, Borges gives the skinny on UConn's great start, Sanogo's claim for Big East Player of the Year and how Dan Hurley has built the team back in five seasons. He also shared his thoughts on the impact of moving back to the Big East before giving us the UConn perspective on Georgetown's current downturn. We then wrapped it up with a Jim Calhoun update. Subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Xavier beat writer Adam Baum (Cincinnati Enquirer) ahead of the Hoyas Big East opener. Adam gave his thoughts on how the Xavier coaching change went down last season. He also filled us in on Xavier's NIL situation, he gave a scouting report on this year's Xavier squad, talked about Miller avoiding any punishment from his time at Arizona and let us know that Xavier fans still generally think that the league would benefit from a good Georgetown team. Subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Casual Hoya to go over what's happening and what's not happening with Georgetown ahead of the start of Big East play. Sitting at 5-6 the new look Hoyas haven't had the quick bounce back needed for Patrick Ewing. How are the fans handling this? Casual also talks about Iona's coach that you may or may not be familiar with. Subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Marcus Washington immediately following Georgetown's 74-70 upset loss to American on Thanksgiving Eve. The Hoyas suffered perhaps their worst loss under Patrick Ewing as the recent second half collapses continue. Where do the Hoyas and Ewing go from here? The season is only six games old but it's looking like many of the issues from last season remain despite almost an entirely new roster. Subscribe and listen today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Marcus Washington after Georgetown's 75-63 loss to Northwestern. Despite all of the player changes during the offseason there were familiar themes from the past - poor pnr defense, wide open 3s, iso heavy offense - that showed up in the Hoyas first loss of the season. They guys break it down from Capital One Arena. Subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Andrew Geiger (Casual Hoya) to talk about Georgetown's season opening win over Coppin State that took a little longer than expected. Despite snapping a 21-game losing streak in dramatic fashion, the Hoyas were once again back in the national spotlight for all the wrong reasons. On the positive side there were some impressive debuts from the transfers. So, what's the casual sense of what's going on? Subscribe & listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by NationWideNolan to preview the upcoming 2022-23 Georgetown season. The guys answered as many Twitter questions as possible while focusing on such topic as 'What will be a successful season for Coach Patrick Ewing's Hoyas after the disaster that was 21-22' and 'Will Jay Heath and/or Dante Harris take the court this season?'. For the answers to those and other great questions, make sure to subscribe & listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Andrei Greska from the Marquette blog - Paint Touches - to go over everything related to Big East TV rights. With Fox Sports going all in on the Big Ten, where does that leave our favorite basketball conference when they are up for a new deal in 2 years? Paint Touches has done all the research anyone would need this summer and he shared it on Kente Korner. Oh, we also talked basketball towards the end. It's all here so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Andrew Geiger (Casual Hoya) to go over Georgetown's non-conference schedule release! The guys tell you what they like, provide suggestions for future schedules and then give out their record predictions. They also go over Patrick Ewing's offseason interview with Fox Sports and then they wrap it up with twitter questions dealing with the Hoyas and Mountain Dew. It's all here so subscribe & listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by pod favorite Marcus Washington for the first time since the season ended to take a look at all of Georgetown's moves while also giving a first hand account of the spring AAU circuit. They went into detail on the return of center Qudus Wahab, looked at the program's response to Lee Reed's statement on coach Patrick Ewing from March and spoke about local recruiting and what Marcus has seen this spring. It's all here on Kente Korner so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Casual Hoya and Nationwide Nolan to catch up all the most recent changes with Georgetown's roster heading into the 2022-23 season. After landing Akok Akok during the recording, can the Hoyas land a true 5 man before the musical chairs stop? Is Jordan Brooks going to become an official staff member? Also: Casual gives us the rundown on his favorite Final Four parties, we talk about hope for NIL at Georgetown, side teams and then basically plead for Allen Iverson to show ANY interest in the program. It's all here and more so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Andrew Geiger (Casual Hoya) after Georgetown's season ending loss to Seton Hall in the Big East Tournament. The Hoyas March Madness will now be a waiting game. Will we hear from school president Jack DeGioia? Will we hear something definitive from head coach Patrick Ewing? The guys make the case both for change and for going in a different direction plus they answer your twitter questions. It's all here so subscribe & listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by NationWideNolan after Georgetown's loss to Xavier completed an 0-19 Big East season for the Hoyas. They looked at the game as well as everything else that happened this week from the statements, the tweets and the possible changes coming for the 2022-23 season. It's all here so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Andrew Geiger (Casual Hoya) and Philly Hoyas to go over Georgetown's statement backing coach Patrick Ewing. Georgetown AD Lee Reed gave an Ash Wednesday vote of confidence for Ewing who has coached the Hoyas to a school record 18 straight losses. Was this statement meaningful, who's really in charge, and how are the fans feeling? It's all here so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Steve Newhouse from DePaul's 247 site to talk about the upcoming Hoyas - Blue Demons rematch before getting some perspective on what it's like to go winless in the Big East. There's no doubt about it that Thursday's game is the Hoyas best shot at avoiding 0-19. One of the best follows in DePaul twitter, Steve - @wearedepaul - has been on the Blue Demons beat for years and gives us all the details on that infamous 2009 season when then-coach Jerry Wainwright was able to survive the offseason despite going 0-18. Subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Zach Braziller of the New York Post to talk about his most recent story on Patrick Ewing's struggles at Georgetown. Braziller gives his thoughts on everything's that happened in the last year for the Hoyas from winning to the Big East Tournament to being the worst team in the league. He also filled us in on what's happened at St. John's post Chris Mullin plus he gave his overall thoughts on the Big East and more It's all here on Kente Korner so subscribe & listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Ben Standig (The Athletic) to talk about Georgetown's 56-53 loss at Butler as well as give some bigger picture thoughts. Georgetown has now lost 8 straight and is 0-7 in Big East play So, what's next?. Subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Casual Hoya and Nationwide Nolan to go over the State of the Hoyas in the latest emergency edition. Tuesday seemed like the longest three weeks on Hoyas twitter in quite some time so it was only right that the Kente Korner band got back together to discuss everything from the ESPN.com article to the all-time defensive clunker up at UConn and everything in between. Twitter questions were also answered. Subscribe & listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by NY Hoya to go over the latest on Georgetown ahead of their Gray Out game vs No. 11 Villanova this weekend. They Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Ben Standig (The Athletic) on location to ring in the New Year's and talk some Hoyas. They discuss the resurgence of Georgetown players in the NBA, Bobby's outdoor holiday decorations, fast food, Hoyas resolutions and where the program is in Year 5 with Patrick Ewing. It's all here so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by longtime Big East and Providence insider Kevin McNamara to talk about the league's unpopular forfeit policy and other issues. Kevin was back after Georgetown had to - at least for the time being - forfeit it's game at Providence that was scheduled for tonight. Kevin went over why the policy was put in place and how it could be changed to make more sense in today's environment. He also provided the latest on the Friars 11-1 start that has Ed Cooley's squad ranked for the first time in five years. It's all here so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by March Washington to go over the Georgetown's 80-73 loss to TCU in the last non-conference game of the season. It was another game and another lineup surprise as Dante Harris arrived in a walking boot and was unavailable for Patrick Ewing. Aminu Mohammed had his 5th double-double of the season but the Hoyas had just three in double-figures and allowed TCU to shoot a season best from beyond the arc. The guys go over the entire non-conference slate and look ahead to Big East play. Subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Marcus Washington from Making the Cut for a post game pod after Georgetown's 85-73 win over Howard Wednesday night. Patrick Ewing' Hoyas started the game with seven scholarship players available and ended it with just four plus walkon Chuma Azinge on the court as Tyler Beard and Malcolm Wilson had career games to help Georgetown improve to 6-4. What do we think of the smaller lineups, is playing two point guards the way to go, and do we think the Hoyas can exceed their current KenPom projections? It's all here so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Marcus Washington for immediate post game reactions to Georgetown's 79-75 comeback win over Syracuse. Behind Mohammed's incredible second-half performance, Ewing and the Hoyas were able to knock off the Orange and all three Boeheim's. What was the difference in the second half, will we see more small ball going forward, does Tyler Beard deserve more minutes and how good was that crowd? We get to all of that and more so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by FL Hoya to go over the Hoyas 4-4 start and preview the upcoming matchup with old Big East rival Syracuse. We talk lineups, attendance ideas, and what to expect as we approach the 5th meeting between Patrick Ewing and Jim Boeheim as coaches. Subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Georgetown men's soccer coach Brian Wiese ahead of the Hoyas College Cup semifinal game against Washington on Friday night. Don't look now but the Hoyas are two wins away from a second national title in 3 seasons. Wiese literally joined us from the road as his squad made their way to Cary, NC. We talk about the season, preview the Huskies, pre-match routine, Wiese's thoughts on the Voodoo Science of Penalty Kicks and his concerns about tweeting. He even dropped in a 1990 Loyola Marymount reference for the basketball folks. It's all here so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by NationWideNolan ahead of Georgetown's challenging West Coast Thanksgiving road trip. They go over what they've seen in the Hoyas 2-1 start, what they hope to see in the Wooden Legacy starting with San Diego State, how Patrick Ewing might spread out the minutes with a full, healthy roster and of course answer your Twitter questions. They also take a look back at some old NCAA brackets where the Hoyas and Aztecs just missed out on multiple matchups. It's all here so subscribe and listen to Kente Korner today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Marcus Washington after Georgetown's season opening 69-60 upset loss to Dartmouth. We won't call it an emergency pod but it's pretty damn close as the Hoyas drop a game against a school that last beat a major conference opponent in 1989. The players change but the 3-point defense remains a huge hole for the Hoyas. Aminu Mohammed had 17 points but it wasn't enough as Georgetown fell behind by 22 points early and used up all of it's energy in the failed comeback attempt. Where does this loss rank in recent memory? How can they fix it? Subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Marcus Washington from Making the Cut to talk about Big East Media Day. Marcus was live and on the scene at Madison Square Garden this week for the conference's kick-off event. Marcus gave his thoughts on everything Hoyas as well as what impressed him the most from some of the other schools and coaches. The season is almost here so subscribe and listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bobby is joined by Amanda Christovich of Front Office Sports to get up to speed on everything having to do with the brand new Name, Image and Likeness rules in college athletics! Christovich - a Hoya alum - explained the NIL rules, gave some examples of schools that are already ahead of the curve, what it means for recruiting, talked about Georgetown's Blueprint program and what built in advantages she thinks the Hoyas brand already can provide student-athletes. We also heard some of her stories from her time in Hoya Blue including Chiptole and JT3. It's all here so subscribe and listen to Kente Korner today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices