The Stretch Big with Jacob Bigelow

It's been a rough month for Nebraska Basketball and Jacob Bigelow is back, with a blunt and honest assessment of where things stand with this current season. He was in the building on Sunday for the Huskers' sixth straight loss by a score of 83-55 against Wisconsin. Bigelow talks about what has changed and what hasn't changed with this Nebraska team. Is this the same team from the start of the season? Are the current concerns that same concerns this team has had all along? He ends the episode by answering an array of listener questions from social media. This season of the Stretch Big is presented by Bird Darts. Join the flock today at birddarts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello. It's been a little bit. Jacob Bigelow is back with a new podcast previewing Nebraska's matchup with No. 20 Purdue on Sunday at Mackey Arena and also talking some big picture Big Ten Basketball topics with returning guest Joe Jackson. Follow Joe on Twitter @JoeJacksonCBB and check out his Substack Feed The Post. This season of the Stretch Big is presented by Bird Darts. Join the flock today at birddarts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's rivalry game day in Nebraska. Jacob Bigelow opens the show by giving his thoughts on the state of the Nebraska vs. Creighton rivalry, talks about the fact that both men's basketball head coaches really acknowledged the Jaysker thing this week and gives some general thoughts on both basketball matchups between the two schools today. Bigelow is then joined by Creighton beat writer Jon Walker from the Omaha World Herald to preview and discuss both Nebraska vs. Creighton matchups. Be sure to give Jon a follow on Twitter @ByJonWalker and check out his work at Omaha.com This season of the Stretch Big is presented by Bird Darts. Join the flock today at birddarts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow is back from Sioux Falls and his return trip to the Sanford Pentagon. He opens the podcast by recapping Nebraska's loss to Saint Mary's 77-74 and waxing a little poetic about the Pentagon as a venue. Bigelow is then joined by Jacob Padilla of Hurrdat Sports to talk some more about Sunday's game in Sioux Falls. While it certainly does not feel like it, its Nebraska vs. Creighton week x2, so Bigelow and Padilla then preview both Nebraska vs. Creighton basketball games scheduled for Friday in Omaha. The first of two Red vs. Blue preview pods for the week. Follow Jacob Padilla on X @Jacob Padilla_ and check out his work at hurrdatsports.comThis season of The Stretch Big is presented by Bird Darts. Join the Flock today at birddarts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow is back after an unexpected early season layoff. He opens by sharing his early season thoughts on Nebraska following the first three games of the Huskers' season. What has he liked so far, what has he not liked so far, and how about that three point shooting. He then previews today's matchup with Saint Mary's at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, before wrapping up by mentioning some other early season college basketball storylines from around the country. Lots more to come from the podcast this week. Stay tuned. This season of The Stretch Big is presented by Bird Darts. Join the Flock today at birddarts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow is joined by the podcast's first returning guest, Nebraska Basketball beat writer Wilson Moore of the Omaha World Herald to preview the upcoming season for Fred Hoiberg's Huskers. They look at the roster from top to bottom, the two also discuss what players could determine the ultimate ceiling for this season's team, which new addition to the roster intrigues them the most, the importance of point guard play and outside shooting, and they finish some big picture Big Ten topics. Follow Wilson on Twitter @wilsmoore_ and go support his work at omaha.com or huskerextra.comThis season of The Stretch Big is presented by Bird Darts. Join the Flock today at birddarts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow gives his thoughts and takeaways from Nebraska's exhibition game against Grand Valley State that wrapped up the preseason for the Huskers. He also shares some nuggets from the secret scrimmage against Utah. Bigelow wraps up the show by discussing some other notable exhibition game and scrimmage results and shares thoughts on the passing USF head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. This season of the Stretch Big is presented by Bird Darts. Join the Flock today at birddarts.com.Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod. Follow Jacob on Twitter @JacobABigelow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow is joined by Tate Frazier from The Ringer's One Shining Podcast to discuss some big picture college basketball storylines as the new season gets closer with each day as we are now in the heart of secret scrimmage season. Topics discussed include Evan Miyakawa's online beef with Dan Hurley and UConn, college sports needing characters, Indiana's impending make or break season, Purdue in year one of the post Zach Edey Era, Dusty May at Michigan, as well as some other teams and players to watch in the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, and SEC. Would have loved to include the Big East, but we were pressed for time. This season of the Stretch Big is presented by Bird Darts. Join the flock today at birddarts.comFollow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod. Follow Jacob on Twitter @JacobABigelow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

College basketball season is right around the corner and Jacob Bigelow is back with thoughts on Nebraska's intrasquad scrimmage this past weekend at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln. Bigelow shares some general thoughts and observations, because it is just a scrimmage after all. He finishes the episode by talking preseason projections from the notable analytics sites and teases a significant guest for the next episode of the podcast. This season of the Stretch Big is presented by Bird Darts. Join the flock today at birddarts.comFollow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod. Follow Jacob on Twitter @JacobABigelow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The summer series roles on, this time Jacob Bigelow welcomes SEC associate commissioner for men's basketball Garth Glissman. Garth's story is a very unique one. A native Nebraskan, in college he was a walk-on basketball player and quarterback at Nebraska. What happened after he graduated law-school is a great story. Now, after working for the NBA for 7 years, Garth is now entering his second season overseeing men's basketball for the SEC. Discussion topics include: Garth's basketball origin story, going from a volunteer high school head coach to working for the NBA, traveling to SEC towns, coaches in the SEC, building a conference schedule, when did the switch flip with high school basketball in Nebraska, and more. Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod and follow Jacob on Twitter @JacobABigelow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Old Friends Summer Series rolls on as Jacob Bigelow is joined by San Jose State head coach Tim Miles for a half hour podcast chat. Bigelow apologizes for the quality of his audio, but hey Coach Miles sounded great. Coach Miles is entering his 4th season as head coach at San Jose State and discusses the obstacles he's seen at San Jose, the evolution of recruiting, NIL, the Mountain West as a basketball conference, his coaching tree, when he first met Craig Smith, and of course how his golf game is doing. Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod and follow Jacob on Twitter @JacobABigelow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second installment of his old friends summer podcast series, Jacob Bigelow welcomes Colorado State men's basketball associate head coach Ali Farokhmanesh to the podcast. Ali is entering his 8th season as an assistant coach and his 7th season on staff at Colorado State. They discuss a variety of topics including relationships in recruiting, how recruiting has and may continue to evolve, this year's team at Colorado State, how Niko Medved operates, the Mountain West as a basketball conference, the rise in prominence of basketball in the Omaha area and more. Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod. Email the show: stretchbigpodcast@gmail.comFollow Jacob on Twitter @JacobABigelow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow welcomes new friend of the podcast Joe Jackson of Feed the Post and the Boilers in the Stands podcast to the show. After Joe gives the people his basketball origin story, they discuss Big Ten transfer portal classes, incoming freshman to watch, Purdue post-Zach Edey, and of course Nebraska's newcomers and thoughts on the Huskers' roster for the coming season. Follow Joe on Twitter @JoeJacksonCBB and check out Feed the Post on YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow welcomes Ball State Men's Basketball head coach Michael Lewis to the podcast to kick of a summer series of pods catching up with old friends and introducing some new ones. Coach Lewis is entering his 3rd season as the head coach at Ball State and was an assistant coach for 18 years prior including stops at UCLA, Nebraska, and Butler. Before getting into coaching he played 4 seasons at Indiana for Bob Knight and left IU as the school's all time assist leader. Topics include how college basketball has changed in the last few seasons, some new faces on the Ball State roster, how important basketball is in the state of Indiana, the importance of relationships in basketball, lessons learned from two seasons as a head coach, and of course, a great Coach Knight story. Big thanks to Coach Lewis for joining the show.Follow the podcast on Twitter @StretchBigPod. Follow Jacob on Twitter @JacobABigelow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow is back to discuss Nebraska Basketball's recent additions via the transfer portal as well as some scheduling nuggets ahead of next season. Bigelow is then joined by Jacob Padilla of Hurrdat Sports to discuss Nebraska's portal activity, the movement of some local Nebraska high school products in the Big Ten and elsewhere, and finish with some NBA thoughts. Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow returns to kick off transfer portal SZN with a podcast. He gives some insight on what he's heard on both the transfer portal front and the coaching carousel. Nebraska Basketball has a good day on Thursday with reognition for Fred Hoiberg and Keisei Tominaga. Bigelow is then joined by Wilson Moore of the Omaha World Herald to discuss the end of Nebraska's season, some portal talk, and a little bit on Wilson's background prior to moving to Nebraska. Bigelow wraps up the pod with some thoughts on both Final Fours this weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow is on the road to Memphis at the time of this drop. Nebraska faces Texas A&M tomorrow in the program's first tournament game in 10 years. He opens the pod by previewing A&M, what he likes and doesn't like about the matchup, and what to expect. He is then joined by Amie Just of the Lincoln Journal Star to talk recent happenings around Nebraska Athletics. Bigelow then closes the pod by talking about some of his other favorite tournament storylines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow is joined by Connor Happer, host of the Connor Happer Show on 1620 the Zone, and a ton of other things Happer does. These two are both varying degrees of basketball sickos and they discuss a wide range of topics about Nebraska's matchups for both the men's and women's teams, the bracket at large, possible trendy upset picks, and even Omaha Central Basketball. Just a couple fellas talking hoops for more than an hour. Enjoy it folks. Follow Bigelow on Twitter @JacobABigelow. Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow gives his reactions to both the Nebraska Men's Basketball team and the Nebraska Women's Basketball team being matched up with Texas A&M in the NCAA Tournament. He gives a brief preview the men's matchup with A&M.He also gives his thoughts on his trip to the Big Ten Tournament. Talks Nebraska's loss in the semi-finals to Illinois and his thoughts on his time in Minneapolis. More fun to come on the pod this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow recaps Nebraska Basketball's night to remember, a dominant win over Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament and looks ahead to the matchup in the semifinals tomorrow afternoon against Illinois. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow is in Minneapolis for the Big Ten Tournament and gives his thoughts on the basketball and also on an eventful week surrounding Nebraska Athletics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow returns with plenty of thoughts to share. He recaps Nebraska's wins over Indiana and Minnesota. He then looks ahead to their game at Ohio State and kinda previews it, before sharing some big picture thoughts on Nebraska's season, some high school basketball for a minute, as well as some thoughts on the court storming discourse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow recaps Nebraska's win over Penn State and quickly previews the Huskers' trip to Indiana. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow returns from his own self-imposed bye week to talk about the current outlook for Nebraska Basketball heading into the stretch run, including a preview of this weekend's game against Penn State and a look around recent happenings in the Big Ten. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow returns to discuss Nebraska's thrilling comeback victory over #6 Wisconsin. He also looks ahead to Sunday's game at Illinois and discusses recent happenings around the Big Ten. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow recaps Nebraska's pair of big wins at home over Northwestern and Ohio State. He also preview's Saturday's trip to Maryland and takes a look around recent happenings in the Big Ten.Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod and follow Jacob there as well @JacobABigelow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow recaps Nebraska's tough road loss at the RAC and then is joined by Gary Sharp of Omaha's 1620 the Zone and the play by play voice of the Omaha Mavericks to talk a little ball. Sharp and Bigelow talk about the current state of Omaha Basketball, Nebraska Basketball, and recalls some Danny Nee stories and talks about the Danny Nee Era ahead of Coach Nee's return to Lincoln for Saturday afternoon's game. (Bigelows audio isn't the best in the discussion, his bad, will be better next time). Following the discussion, Bigelow talks Northwestern's personnel and provides a min-preview of the Saturday matinee contest. Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod and follow Jacob there as well @JacobABigelow Email any questions or inquiries to the show at stretchbigpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow returns to touch on a historic win for Nebraska Basketball that was sandwiched in between two duds on the road. No game recaps here. Mostly big picture for the season at hand. Some questions some observations. With a little bit of look ahead to Rutgers. Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod and follow Jacob there as well @JacobABigelowEmail any questions or inquiries to the show at stretchbigpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow previews Nebrasketball's matchup with #1 Purdue, he runs through Purdue's personnel, metrics, and what he feels will be the keys to the game. Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod and follow Jacob there as well @JacobABigelow Email any questions or inquiries to the show at stretchbigpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alright, so full transparency, this was recorded the day after Nebraska beat Indiana but is coming out now, a couple days late due to work schedules and technical difficulties, still trying to find that thing called consistency. Jacob Bigelow recaps Nebraska's dominant win over Indiana, gives an abbreviated preview of Wisconsin (a nice time capsule to look back on now), and reflects on the Gretna Basketball story from the Metro Holiday Tournament.Follow the show on Twitter @StretchBigPod and follow Jacob there as well @JacobABigelowEmail any questions or inquiries to the show at stretchbigpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow recaps Nebraska Basketball's back to back wins over Kansas State and North Dakota to improve to 10-2 on the season. He asks some big picture questions that he has about the Huskers heading into the holiday break, and takes a look around the Big Ten including some recent notable results. Happy Holidays everybody. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow previews Nebraska Basketball's final marquee non-conference game of the season on the road against Kansas State. He goes over K-State's personnel, some of their strengths, and keys to the game for both teams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a little bit a gap between episodes, Jacob Bigelow returns to discuss 8-2 Nebrasketball, and look back on their losses to Creighton and Minnesota, as well as the win over Michigan State. Bigelow's got thoughts on all 3 games. He finishes the episode by taking a look around the Big Ten conference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's rivalry game weekend in Nebraska. Jacob Bigelow previews the biggest game of the Fred Hoiberg Era at Nebraska against #15 Creighton. He shares some of his thoughts on the state of the rivalry, some first hand experiences being a part of it, a preview and overview of Creighton, and what he thinks it will take for Nebraska to possibly win back to back games in the series for the first time since the late 90s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow recaps Nebraska's 2-0 week against Duquense and Cal State Fullerton to improve to 7-0 for the first time since December of 1992 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow introduces himself by telling the audience his basketball story and including his time as a part of the Nebraska Basketball program, and what got him to the point of being affectionately labeled as a "basketball sicko." He then gives 5 things he has liked the most through Nebraska's first four games of the young season, as well as 5 lingering questions going forward. He then gives a little insight into the matchup with Oregon State in Sioux Falls. Updated audio with no cough this time. Recorded 11/17/2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Bigelow recaps Nebraska's dominant win over Oregon State at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He includes 3 things he liked, 3 questions he has, and then looks ahead to Nebraska's matchup with Duquense on Wednesday night. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.