Chris McKee discusses news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. Interviews with coaches and players from college basketball and more. Go to www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee discusses some of the early season winners and disappointments in college basketball along with segments of an interview with Claude Nembhard the father of Gonzaga's Ryan Nembhard and Indiana Pacers' Andrew. (Interview was done while McKee was doing play-by-play for a prep school game). McKee discusses the likes of Kansas, Arizona, Villanova, Gonzaga and more also gives his thoughts of on coaches he expects to be fired mid-season inlcuding Tony Stubblefield at DePaul and Jerry Stackhouse at Vanderbilt + plenty more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee takes a look at 15 Canadians expected to make a big impact for their teams during the 2023-24 NCAA basketball season including Zach Edey at Purdue, Ryan Nembard at Gonzaga and Jaelin Llewellyn at Michigan and plenty more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee was in Toronto to see the Kentucky Wildcats win Globl Jam which is their preseason tournament. McKee recaps what he likes about the 2023-24 Wildcats including DJ Wagner, Reed Sheppard, Tre Mitchell and more. McKee also interviews Canadian's Addison Patterson (former Oregon Duck now at Northwestern State) and Jahmyl Telfort from Butler plus audio with Kentucky's Rob Dillingham and Justin Edwards. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee takes a look at 3 potential upsets in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in 2023. #MarchMadness
Chris McKee was on site in Laval, Quebec for The Northern Classic which featured 6 NCAA teams in Canada including Stephen F. Austin, UNC-Greensboro, Montana State, Hofstra, Middle Tennessee & Quinnipiac. McKee speaks with several coaches and players in this episode and also gets an inside look into the SFA locker room and more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee has a one-on-one interview with Appalachian State head coach Dustin Kerns to preview the Mountaineers 2022-23 season. They talk hoops, travelling, speed dating, getting to March Madness and goals for the season + more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee has a one-on-one interview with Western Michigan head coach Dwayne Stephens who was previously an assistant at Michigan State for 19 years. Stephens discusses the 2022-23 season for the Broncos including MAC leading scorer Lamar Norman Jr., freshman Jefferson Monegro and more. They also discuss Draymond Green's early days at Michigan State and more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee has a one-on-one interview with UTEP head coach Joe Golding to discuss the upcoming season in Conference-USA including his 10 new players. Golding also talks recruiting, leaving Abilene Christian, Tim Hardaway, his friendship with Chris Beard, along with his favourite concerts and recent books he's enjoyed and plenty more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee has a one-on-one interview with Wagner College Senior Forward Jahbril Price-Noel to discuss his upcoming final college basketball season including the new coaching change, goals for the season and more. Price-Noel also talks yoga, hip-hop, growing up in the Toronto as well as his career at Pacific before transferring to Wagner and more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee was in Toronto for Baylor's preseason tournament at Globl Jam and interviews head coach Scott Drew and freshman phenom Keyonte George. McKee also recaps Team Canada's NCAA players performances including an interview with Leonard Miller as well Louisville women's star Merissah Russell. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee goes through each game of March Madness Rd.1 and Rd.2 with audio from various coaches-players in the NCAA Tournament + betting picks and predictions for the Sweet 16. Comments from Gonzaga, New Mexico State, Davidson, Wright State, UAB, Chattanooga, Loyola-Chicago, Murray State, Saint Peter's, Saint Mary's, Richmond and Colgate. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee provides betting line predictions and analysis for every game in the East and Midwest brackets in the NCAA Tournament. Check out the previous episode of the podcast for the West and South bracket break down. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee provides and a complete breakdown of the West and South brackets for the NCAA Tournament with betting line predictions for all games with a slant to mid-major team coverage. www.undraftedfreeagent.com Look out for another podcast following that covers the East and Midwest brackets.
Chris McKee provides a March Madness preview for each of the Mid-Major teams that have already qualified for the NCAA Tournament as of March 9-2022. Team breakdowns with coach audio for Gonzaga, Jacksonville State, Longwood, Delaware, Wright State, Loyola-Chicago, Bryant, Murray State, Chattanooga, South Dakota State and Georgia State. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee is joined by Eliot Clough (Northern Iowa Insider AM 950 + TownSquare Media) to discuss the MVC Arch Madness tournament March 3-6. We also discuss two bid mid-major conference possibilities ahead of March Madness which include the WCC, Mountain West, OVC and more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee has a one-on-one interview with South Dakota State head coach Eric Henderson. The Jackrabbits are 27-4 heading into the Summit League tournament. They also went 18-0 in conference becoming the first team in Summit League history to go undefeated. McKee also discusses Mid-Majors in the AP Top 25 this week and more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee has a one-on-one interview with Wagner head coach Bashir Mason. The Seahawks are currently 19-3 on the season and the No.1 team in the NEC. They have just 2 regular season games remaining before the conference tournament. Wagner had a 14 game winning streak this season. www.undrafedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee has a one-on-one interview with Troy (18-8) head coach Scott Cross from Feb 17-2022. Troy is a legit contender to win the Sun Belt in 2022. McKee also breaks down the mid-major teams in the AP Top 25 this week as well as discussing Dan Muller being fired by Illinois State. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee has a one-on-one interview with South Alabama head coach Richie Riley. The Jags are currently 17-8 (7-5) in the Sun Belt as of Feb 16-2022 just two weeks prior to the start of the conference tournament. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee is joined by Belmont head coach Casey Alexander for an exclusive interview on the Undraftedfreeagent.com Mid-Major podcast. Recorded on Feb 15-2022. Belmont is 22-5 in the OVC with two weeks left in the regular season. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee discusses all things Mid-Major hoops including Zags rolling over a bad BYU team + Drew Valentine (Loyola-Chicago) comments on Brian Flores lawsuit + Wagner on fire with nations longest win streak + Jelly Walker drops 42 for UAB and so does Jaelen House for New Mexico. Also comments from Mark Pope (BYU) and Ben Jacobson (Northern Iowa) and more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee discusses all things Mid-Major college basketball including Mid-Majors that should be ranked in the Top 25 + 2 bid mid-major conferences + Zags keep rolling along with MVC coaches audio and discussing Hunter Maldonado (Wyoming) and Ryan Rollins (Toledo). www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee discusses all things Mid-Major hoops including Gonzaga dropping to No.2 in the AP Top 25 + MAC, MVC, Sun Belt races wide open + Coaches audio (Drew Valentine Loyola-Chicago + Matt Lottich Valpo) + Mark Sears (Ohio) and Antoine Davis (Detroit) watch. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee discusses all things NCAA mid-major college basketball including mid-majors you can expect to see in March Madness including Gonzaga, Iona, Murray State and more + Under the radar players (Patrick Baldwin Jr., Darius McGhee and Jamarion Sharp) + MVC coaches call with Drew Valentine (Loyola-Chicago) and Darian DeVries (Drake) and more. Undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee previews every team in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) ahead of the 2021-22 season with writer and broadcaster Harry Schroeder including in depth looks at Loyola-Chicago, Drake, Missouri State, Northern Iowa and more. Twitter @fatherharry1 www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee breaks down the 11 best players leaving mid-major schools to play for high major programs ahead of the 2021-22 college basketball season. Some of the players discussed include Devonte Jones who left Coastal Carolina to play for Michigan along with Kevin Obanor who moved from Oral Roberts to Texas Tech and Joseph Yesufu who is headed for Kansas from Drake and more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Southern Conference season preview for 2021-22 with writer SoCon John Hooper of Mid-Major Madness along with host Chris McKee. Hooper and McKee preview every team in the SoCon ahead of the 2021-22 season and discuss key transfers in and out of the SoCon along with coaching changes as well as predictions for how the season will play out and plenty more. Nobody knows more about SoCon basketball than John Hooper. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In the opening episode of season two, Chris McKee interviews Keshaun Saunders who is a junior guard with the University of Toledo the 2021 MAC regular season champions. Saunders discusses his goal of helping Toledo to the NCAA tournament along with the loss of Marreon Jackson to Arizona State as well as new addition RayJ Dennis from Boise State. Saunders also discussed Canadians in the NBA he grew playing with along with his relationship with his father and head coach Tod Kowalczyk and plenty more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA basketball. In this episode, McKee wraps up the National Championship game as Baylor ends Gonzaga's perfect season with coach and player comments from both sides and plenty more. You will hear post-game comments from Scott Drew and Jared Butler from Baylor as well as Mark Few, Corey Kispert and Jalen Suggs from Gonzaga. McKee also breaks down the draft stock for players on both teams and more. We'll be back with new episodes focusing on more Mid-Major content in about a week or so with coach and player interviews from various teams across NCAA basketball. www.undrafedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA basketball. In this episode, McKee previews the Final 4 with betting line predictions along with audio from coaches and players including Mark Few and Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga), Mick Cronin and Johnny Juzang (UCLA), Scott Drew and Macio Teague (Baylor) and Kelvin Sampson and Dejon Jerreau (Houston.) www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA basketball. In this episode, McKee previews every game in the Elite 8 with betting line predictions along with audio from coaches and players in the NCAA Tournament including Mark Few and Andrew Nembhard (Gonzaga), Isaiah White and Andy Enfield (USC), Scott Drew (Baylor), Franz Wagner and Juwan Howard (Michigan), Ethan Thompson and Wayne Tinkle (Oregon State), Kelvin Sampson and Dejon Jerreau (Houston), Eric Musselman and Devonte Davis (Arkansas) and Mick Cronin (UCLA). McKee was 6 for 8 on his Sweet 16 predictions against the Vegas line. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. In this episode, McKee previews every game in the Sweet 16 with betting line predictions along with audio from coaches and players in the NCAA Tournament including Drew Timme (Gonzaga), Marcus Zegarowski (Creighton), Nate Oats (Alabama), Lucas Williamson and Porter Moser (Loyola-Chicago), Scott Drew (Baylor), Jay Wright (Villanova), Isaiah Mobley (USC) and Wayne Tinkle (Oregon State). www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. Opening weekend wrap-up from March Madness including Oral Roberts busting brackets with Loyola-Chicago, North Texas, Abilene Christian + Zags and more. Features audio from coaches and players from the NCAA Tournament. This episode features clips from Mark Few (Gonzaga), Cameron Krutwig and Porter Moser (Loyola-Chicago), Javion Hamlet and Grant McCasland (North Texas), Rick Pitino (Iona), Chandler Vauidrin (Winthrop) and Paul Mills and Kevin Obanor (Oral Roberts). www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee provides his annual upset picks for the NCAA Tournament. For his 2019 picks, he was 3 for 3 and then for 2018 was 2 for 3. Go to www.undraftedfreeagent.com to have a look. Just a quick pod for the people looking to wager on the upset picks for March Madness.
Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. Today we preview March Madness Mid-Majors with in depth looks at North Texas, Oral Roberts and Morehead State with coach and players comments from all teams including Grant McCasland, Javion Hamlet and James Reese (North Texas), Paul Mills and Max Abmas (Oral Roberts) and Preston Spradlin and Johni Broome (Morehead State). We'll be featuring more Mid-Majors all week ahead of the NCAA Tournament. Twitter @mrmckee www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In epsiode 29, Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. The March Madness bracket has been revealed! McKee provides initial thoughts on how the Mid-Majors will match up and who is capable of a deep run with potential bracket buster upsets. Don't forget to click subscribe to stay up to date on all latest news and info from the Mid-Major teams all throughout March Madness. Twitter @MRMCKEE www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In episode 28, Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. Several Mid-Major teams have punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament. Gonzaga is cruising past everyone in the WCC with ease. Morehead State upsets Belmont in the OVC behind a big performance by Johni Broome. Summit and Horizon League finals preview between North Dakota State vs Oral Roberts and Cleveland State vs Oakland. Betting picks and plus we have audio from various coaches and players from several Mid-Major teams in the postseason. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In epsiode 27, Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. We wrap-up all the Mid-Major conference tournament games this week. Plus we have comments from Rick Pitino ahead of the MAAC tourney as well as Shaheen Hollaway (Saint Peters) who doesn't want fans to attend. MVC coaches audio from Porter Moser post win over Southern Illinois as well as Indiana State's Greg Lansing on rumours he will be fired. Plus nobody cares about the WCC tourney as well as betting picks and more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In episode 26, Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. March is officially here! We break down Mid-Major postseason tournaments including the OVC-MVC-CAA-Sun Belt-Patriot League-Summit League. We have comments from Loyola-Chicago head coach Porter Moser and Drake's Darian Devries. McKee gets to vote for the USBWA Player of the Year and All-American teams and he lets you in on some of his picks. Gonzaga is gonna get whacked in March Madness. Loyola Marymount's Keli Leaupepe has a world class mullet. Plus betting picks and more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In episode 25, Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. NCAA postseason begins! Horizon League tourney Day 1 features a 46 point performance by Detroit Mercy's Antoine Davis (son of head coach Mike Davis). The Big South tourney starts Sat Feb 27 with Winthrop as the heavy favourite. We also discuss the Big South postseason awards. Plus Gonzaga get tested by Santa Clara as well as betting picks for 6 games and more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In epsiode 24, Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. Mississippi Valley State head coach Lindsey Hunter who is an NBA champ sends me an angry DM because I said his 1-17 team isn't very good. Gonzaga is destroying their brand playing non-televised games on YouTube streams + MVC coaches comments from their weekly press conference. We go through the Horizon League year end awards plus betting picks and more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In episode 23, Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. Gonzaga should move to the Pac-12 or Mountain West because the WCC is not preparing them for March Madness. Loyola-Chicago v Drake MVC two-bid league with comments from both head coaches. Valpo is changing the Crusaders name because its "offensive" + Belmont is on fire setting OVC records + under the radar players David Jenkins Jr. from UNLV and Nevada's Desmond Cambridge Jr. plus betting picks and more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In episode 22, Chris McKee interviews NBA and NCAA scout Wes Brown and he provides a full scouting report on Jalen Suggs and Andrew Nembhard on Gonzaga. Brown also explains what players from Canada are the biggest recruits in college basketball for 2021-22 as well as discussing what players will be key for mid-majors this season and plenty more. Check out Wes Brown at www.nbaprospects.com www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In epsiode 21, Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. We rank the top 11 Mid-Major teams which includes Gonzaga + 10 others. We have the very early Final 4 predictions for March Madness + Zags beat Pacific and now 18-0 after being down at the half. Pacific head coach Damon Stoudamire immaturity cost his team the chance to beat Gonzaga and why he will never get a high major coaching job. Toledo now the clear cut best team in the MAC plus betting picks for Saturday Feb 6 and more. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. Drake Bulldogs finally crack AP Top 25 at 16-0 + Gonzaga 17-0 and putting up numbers like UNLV in 1990. It's a team for the ages and must be paid attention to. Jovan Blacksher on Grand Canyon under the radar player watch + betting picks and plenty more. McKee went 4 for 4 on his betting picks on the last podcast (Ep.19) and is 7 of his last 10. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. Stephen F. Austin head coach Kyle Keller talks about escaping death in 2001 in the plane crash that killed 10 members of the Oklahoma State family. It was the 20th anniversary of the plane crash this week. Colorado State is the gutsiest team in the NCAA and they deserve to be in March Madness. Gonzaga still perfect after an easy win over San Diego + Utah State has an NBA player in Neemias Questa. Fordam fired their coach plus McKee gives betting picks and plenty more in this episode. www.undraftedfreeagent.comÂ
Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. Gonzaga is 15-0 and still ranked No.1 in the AP Top 25 (they play San Diego and Pepperdine this week). Boise State, Drake, Toledo, Appalachian State and Winthrop all close to be ranked. Coach K vs student reporter and me at press conferences = bush league move. Coach K gave me the same treatment at a 2018 press conference. Plus betting picks and a run down of all the mid-major games and scores from this week. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In episode 17, Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. McKee tells the compelling story of SIU Edwardsville twins Shamar & Lamar Wright who are the sons of murdered NBA star Lorenzen Wright. Their mother Sherra is serving 30 years for being involved in the murder. We preview Gonzaga v Pacific plus betting picks and news and info from Mid-Major basketball along with McKee's take on FIBA fining Canada basketball $227,000 for not playing 2 games. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In episode 16, Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. Gonzaga remains No.1 in the AP Top 25 after beating a slow and stiff St.Marys with "white guy with leg brace." We talk under the radar Mid-Major players + betting picks of the week as well as the possibility that Winthrop could go undefeated. McKee also breaks down all the key scores and storylines over the past week from the NCAA. The website is still down but is being worked on and will be back up by Jan 26/27. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In episode 15, Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. We have an interview with Florida Atlantic head coach Dusty May. We compare Gonzaga to the greatest teams ever in college basketball. Under the radar player watch plus betting picks and news and notes from NCAA basketball. We also provide an update on the website which will be down for the next week but back up shortly. www.undraftedfreeagent.com
In episode 14, Chris McKee breaks down all the key news and storylines from NCAA mid-major basketball. We rank all 24 mid-major conferences from best to worst. Gonzaga beat Portland and is now 12-0 and still No.1 in the AP Top 25 with Saint Louis No.24. We also talk betting picks, teams on hot streaks and the weekly wrap up of games and news from across NCAA mid-major hoops. www.undraftedfreeagent.com