Podcast appearances and mentions of Dick Bennett

The College Basketball Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network talks about Tony Bennett retire from coaching. Ryan McIntyre (@Moneyline_Mac) and Noah Bieniek (@NoahB77_) analyze the most likely timeline that led to Bennett's decision. What's next for Virginia Basketball? Will players hit the portal? Who will become the sitting head coach? It is College Basketball preseason! Mac and Bieniek are diving head first into covering CBB's biggest preseason headlines daily this year. TCE Trims will be short form news content where we provide our analysis and takes on the day's biggest buzz. On today's episode Mac and Bieniek provide their thoughts on the surprise bombshell on Thursday. Was it weird timing for Bennett to announce this just two weeks before the season? Want to hear us talk about a specific college basketball news headline or topic on TCE Trims? Leave a comment or review on the podcast platform or YouTube. Another option is to tweet at or DM us on Twitter/X @Moneyline_Mac and @NoahB77_. Mac and Bieniek are pumping out conference previews left and right on The College Basketball Experience podcast. Stick with us throughout the offseason for other College Basketball News and takes! JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.com SUPPORT us by supporting our partnersNFL Freeroll Football Contest - $3500 up for grabs http://sportsgamblingpodcast.com/freerollPromo code FOOTBALL - 10% off everything http://sg.pn/storeUnderdog Fantasy code SGPN - Up to $1000 in BONUS CASH - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnRithmm - Player Props and Picks - Free 7 day trial! http://sportsgamblingpodcast.com/rithmmADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.io ================================================================ Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER CO, DC, IL, IN, LA, MD, MS, NJ, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY Call 877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY) Call 1-800-327-5050 (MA)21+ to wager. Please Gamble Responsibly. Call 1-800-NEXT-STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (KS, NV), 1-800 BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-270-7117 for confidential help (MI) ================================================================ WATCH The College Experience YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCollegeExperienceFOLLOW The College Experience On Social Media Twitter - tceonsgpn Instagram - tceonsgpn TikTok - tceonsgpn Follow The Hosts On Social MediaNoah Bieniek - noahb77_Colby Dant - thecolbydRyan McIntyre - moneyline_macNC Nick - nc__nickPatty C - pattyc831

Jim Rutledge and Molly Brown roll into Hour 2 with some more conversation about the sudden retirement of UVA basketball head coach and Wisconsin basketball icon Tony Bennett. To help provide more context on the legacy of the Bennett family in Wisconsin, Jim calls in his #1 "document-orian" Evan Cohen of Unsportsmanlike. Evan shares his special connection to Dick Bennett and the Bennett family from his time at UW-Madison, and he gives his opinion on our list of the greatest Wisconsin-born CBB coaches (including Tony Bennett, Rick Majerus, Shaka Smart and... no Greg Gard). Molly also gets personal with Evan about how he had to dispose of trash back when he lived in small-town Wisconsin, and Evan wants to know why Molly's husband is "cheating on her with another sports show"! They also delve into some of the great football coaches from Wisconsin and why Ben Brust is STILL on Jim Rutledge's mind! Jim and Molly continue talking trash with some of the most unbearable people -- litterers and garbage-burners. They wrap up with Throwing Stones, including takes on a missed opportunity with the Amazon delivery person and Kawhi Leonard's indefinite injury.

Jim Rutledge and Molly Brown welcome in Evan Cohen for a surprise appearance as they react to the sudden retirement of UVA basketball head coach and Wisconsin basketball icon Tony Bennett. Jim asks Evan to provide some insight as the #1 Bennett family "document-orian". Evan shares his special connection to Dick Bennett and the Bennett family from his time at UW-Madison, and he gives his opinion on our list of the greatest Wisconsin-born CBB coaches (including Tony Bennett, Rick Majerus, Shaka Smart and... no Greg Gard). Molly also gets personal with Evan about how he had to dispose of trash back when he lived in small-town Wisconsin, and Evan wants to know why Molly's husband is "cheating on her with another sports show"! They also delve into some of the great football coaches from Wisconsin and why Ben Brust is STILL on Jim Rutledge's mind!

[00:00:00] Andrea Buczynski: I don't mind doing some thought work by myself. But there's nothing like getting in a room with people who want to go to the same place, and to be able to put ideas out there, bat them around. And then it might be the same group of people, but it also might be a different group of people that comes in and says here's what it's going to take to do it. It resonates with me with the body of Christ that we all have a part to play and God's created us uniquely and we need others to bring the best out of each other. We build each other up when we're in that process. And the team that's working well together will be more brilliant than any individual player. Tommy Thomas: Our guest today is Andrea Buczynski. Andrea enjoyed a long and storied career with Cru. She took her undergraduate degree from Penn State. At Cru, she's known as a catalyst for transformation, seeking innovative solutions and addressing challenges and creating lasting impact. Her most recent leadership responsibility at Cru was Global Vice President for Leadership Development and Human Resources. Andrea, welcome to NextGen Nonprofit Leadership. [00:01:15] Andrea Buczynski: Thank you so much, Tommy. I'm glad to be here with you today. [00:01:18] Tommy Thomas: Yeah, people always want to know, how do we get these guests? And yours is a typical story. In my business, in the search business, anytime I'm looking for a CEO, at least one way to build the pool is to call a bunch of people, describe the job you've got and say, now if you were doing the search who would you get? And if you make eight or ten of those calls generally, you'll begin to see three- or four-people's names rise to the top and you might think I need to talk to these people. In your case, about a year ago, year and a half ago, I was interviewing your colleagues Barry and Dee Dee Rush and Bob Tiede. At the end of that conversation I said, now y'all been through this. It wasn't quite like a root canal. Who would you recommend? And your name came out of Barry and Dee Dee immediately. [00:02:04] Tommy Thomas: So then earlier this year, I was talking to our mutual friend, DeeDee Wilson, from InterVarsity and she says, who else have you got in the queue? And I began to tell her, and she says, you need to talk to Andrea. I said, okay. And then a little bit later, I was talking to Judy Douglas and Judy says who else are you interviewing?  And I told her, and she says, have you spoke to Andrea yet? And I said no but that's probably a sign. I'm excited about this. Before we dig too deep into your professional background, I always like to know a little bit about somebody's childhood and maybe a few of the things that brought them to where they are today. [00:02:40] Tommy Thomas: Do you have a couple of particular remembrances of childhood? [00:02:44] Andrea Buczynski: I grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania in a small town that was full of families who had immigrated to the U.S. which included my grandparents. And we grew up in what I'd call a front porch community, where everybody sat on the front porch and knew one another, and all of my grade school teachers lived within about five blocks of our home. And so, there was this sense of you're part of a community. If you actually did something naughty, chances are your mom would know about it before you got home. Somebody would be on the way or able to correct you. We also lived just a couple doors down from the church we went to, which was a big influence in my life. I'm the oldest of six. And so, growing up, sharing was a common struggle and was what made the family experience rich as it was. [00:03:43] Tommy Thomas: What was high school like in your town? [00:03:47] Andrea Buczynski:   By the time I got to high school, we had a consolidated district. You went from that class of maybe 30 or 60 to class of, let's say 270, something like that. Andrea Buczynski: It was just a different experience. What I enjoyed a lot was the kinds of activities that you got to do stuff together. Glee Club, Choir, Band, Marching Band, Color Guard, where you're having to actually work together to accomplish a result. When I look back on it, there was a lot that I really enjoyed. So, like any high school, if you've got your cliques, you've got all your athletic teams and stuff like that, that makes for kind of a rich experience. [00:04:37] Tommy Thomas: So back then, what did you want to be when you grew up? [00:04:41] Andrea Buczynski: I don't know that it emerged right away, but when I was a junior in high school, I had a really awesome chemistry teacher. And it was known to be a tough class. And so, I was prepared for the challenge of it, but I was fascinated by the fact that you could figure out what things were made of and what they could do. And he had a really good way of showing films about the practical applications of the chemical reactions we were studying. And so, I found myself really leaning toward being a research chemist. And that's what was my intention when I headed to Penn State. [00:05:26] Tommy Thomas: Did you follow through with that? [00:05:29] Andrea Buczynski: Not so much. Somewhere in my college years, the Lord got a hold of my heart in a big way. And as I considered what I was going to do I think by that time I was already active in ministry with Cru. And I was just loving helping people walk with the Lord and come to know him personally. I was also doing individual study with my supervisor that got my, what do you call that? With your college advisor and realize what life in a chem lab would be like. And as much as I enjoyed it, the big aha I had about myself, Tommy, was that I'm an all-in kind of person, so whatever I'm pursuing I want to get to that problem. [00:06:20] Andrea Buczynski: I want to get to the solution. So, I'd find myself thinking about the chemistry while I was actually talking to people about other things at night. And I thought, whatever I have to do, I'm not going to have any bandwidth to do something on the side. If I was thinking I'm going to come home from work and do ministry, I'm not wired that way, so I realized it would be all in on something. And then the Lord began to speak to me through the gospel of Luke, follow me. And there you have it. [00:06:55] Tommy Thomas: What's something that people are always surprised to find out about you? [00:07:01] Andrea Buczynski: That I was maybe a church organist for seven years through high school and played the organ at the church down the street for me. And then at another one across the river. And yeah, I'm both organ and piano, I have a piano here. And so sometimes people are surprised by that, like the music theme that kind of runs through my life. ++++++++++++++++ [00:07:30] Tommy Thomas: So, you joined the Cru staff and sooner or later you had people reporting to you.  What do you remember about that first, we'll call it management experience? [00:07:45] Andrea Buczynski: I'd say the first memory is being a little bit overwhelmed at thinking about what I was actually responsible for. And one of the beautiful things that happened was I ended up working with a guy who as we were leading the team together, who had been a rookie the year before. And he just looked at me at our first meeting and he goes, look, I know what it feels like to be new because I'm only a year further along. And he goes, so there's plenty of grace for it for you coming into this role. And we'll just take it one thing at a time, but I'm. I'm not going to sit here and say the bar is high and all that jazz. He goes, I understand what you're going through. And so when you have a colleague like that who's a brother in the Lord, who's looking at you with empathy and a lot of grace, it makes for a relatively easy transition. [00:08:49] Tommy Thomas: Would you have called him a mentor or a peer leader? [00:08:53] Andrea Buczynski: I'd say, we were roughly the same age, so it's more of a peer but what he demonstrated, I think, was just the kind of empathy and understanding of what a new leader goes through and made it just an easy transition. The first time I actually led a team by myself, Tommy, was when I took this role as Global Vice President. And so up until then, every role I had been in was a shared leadership. A partner kind of role and in that case when I stepped in, I was like wow, there's a lot more to this, when you're carrying that load by yourself and what made that somewhat daunting, are we doing the right things? Are we making decisions in the right places? What was helpful in that situation was I had a couple of guys on my team, Barry was one of them who would look at what needs to be done. And let's go be super supportive and big cheerleaders along the way. [00:10:02] Tommy Thomas:  If I could back when you came onto that job, so you've been in there about a year or so, and I could have been invited to a staff meeting and we dismissed you and I asked your staff, what was the most exciting thing about working for you? What do you think they would have said? [00:10:21] Andrea Buczynski: We're headed somewhere. [00:10:23] Tommy Thomas: And what would have been the most daunting thing about working for you or challenging? [00:10:31] Andrea Buczynski: You remember when I said I'm all in on stuff, so if I'm like mentally engrossed in a problem-solving kind of thing both these guys could tell at a glance whether I could really hear something that they wanted to bring to my attention that day. So, I think, is Andrea able to engage on this thing right now and I got that feedback from that and I was surprised. But I thought, it's true, it was one of the better pieces of feedback that I got. I can tell if you're ready to engage, or if you have something else on your mind, that's going to eclipse what I'm talking to you about. [00:11:12] Tommy Thomas:  As you've come through Cru, how have you learned to identify what's a good leadership role for you? [00:11:20] Andrea Buczynski: If you're familiar with Cru, placement when I came on staff was not a negotiable thing. When you were assigned, it made you, A, flexible, and B, adapting to different leadership styles or leadership situations. But the ones I enjoy the most are the ones where there's a really committed team. And that idea that together we're going somewhere and there's more that we can accomplish together than we can accomplish individually. One of my assignments was at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, and you might recognize this name. Dick Bennett was the coach. He went on to coach at Madison, Wisconsin. But he was a strong believer. And when he talked about basketball, it was the pure, the whole team plays. There's not an individual star. And I love listening to him for that, just for that analogy, because I thought that is good teamwork. And I love that kind of situation where you're making the best out of each other's strengths and seeing who else you might need if the team itself was weak in it. [00:12:40] Andrea Buczynski: So, I like that. And I also like to have someone to report to who is both accessible and supportive, so if I have something I want it. Think about it, it's not going to take me a month to get a meeting. [00:12:54] Tommy Thomas: Yeah. At what point in your career did you begin to feel comfortable in your leadership skin? [00:13:03] Andrea Buczynski: I'd say the last five years. Okay. Later along the line than you might think. And at some of that, I think it's just because the scale of what you're looking at in global leadership development and HR in Cru is pretty extensive. And the number of stakeholders. And could feel off balance for a variety of reasons. Most of my experience on the ministry side was in the US so understanding the lay of the land on other continents and what the impact of decisions that we were considering would be in those places was not necessarily something I felt comfortable in until yeah, I would say maybe seven years ago, but in the last 10 for sure. [00:13:54] Tommy Thomas: Going back to your team. What's the most effective team building exercise that you found to use? [00:14:02] Andrea Buczynski: This might be pretty basic, but other than taking some time to hear one another's histories and life experiences, the process of team formation is one of the best team building things that I think you could do. And those would be simple things like how do we want to treat each other? What are norms? Developing team norms and then taking the team through some kind of strategic planning process. What is it that you know, from our current reality? Where do we want to head? So doing those processes are kind of work processes, but it's what enables a team to see the big picture of what needs to happen. They understand the rationale they're participating in the decision making around what are we going to do? And how are we going to do it? And who are we going to be to each other? [00:14:59] Andrea Buczynski: And then I would say from then, it's just the continuous improvement, let's evaluate how it went. It's always fun. We love assessments, try to find out a little more insight about who you are. And so, I won't discount those because they give insight. But when I think about what really helps a team gel, it is knowing that we're going to the same place, we've agreed on who's doing what, we know the processes we'll engage in, we know our obligations toward one another, those kinds of things make for a good team experience. [00:15:32] Tommy Thomas: What's the most ambitious project you've ever undertaken with your team? [00:15:42] Andrea Buczynski: That's a tough question because we've had some good ones along the way, but I will say the most recent restructure my team was responsible for designing a process to care for 680 staff whose jobs would be eliminated because we were taking a level of the organization out. So how would we care for those people in transition? What help would we provide in finding a new assignment? Because we didn't want to lose them. They were all great people. It's just that we were going into a different structure, and we needed to be able to evaluate the role that might be best for them. So, you can imagine if you have those folks, many of them serving overseas in international assignments, moving in a family, or the way something was going to be structured now isn't going to fit exactly what they were doing. So that one and thrown in with that was a global leadership conference to celebrate the past 10 years, all in one package. [00:16:52] Andrea Buczynski: So different parts of my team participated in that, but the people care part was a multinational task force. I think eight to 10 original participants grew into something around maybe 100 to 150, if you include the conference. [00:17:15] Tommy Thomas: Now, was this done face to face, or was this all through via zoom?  This is probably a pandemic (ish) timeframe. [00:17:22] Andrea Buczynski: It was exactly. It was during the pandemic. And so, we did everything by zoom, even the Global Leadership Conference, three mornings, three hours each morning and working out a design that would somehow enable us to celebrate and to lament because all of us were in different situations and many people had lost family or friends. And then to anticipate what the Lord might want to do the next 10 years as we go forward. And it was an amazing time going, how do you do this in a relatively short amount of time? I think we had somewhere between 1,000 to 1,500 people participate online. Which was just an amazing thing. [00:18:09] Andrea Buczynski: I cried. I'm just watching people populate the chat high from this country, high from that country, coming in, in different languages. It gives me chills even thinking about it as I'm telling you about it, because it was such a work of God, how that, you know that team was different from the People Care Task Force. I had never led a conference planning team. And we got to a point where we had the design in place. And I didn't know what to do. And I got an email from one of my fellow VPs who said, there's a woman on my team who led the biggest staff conference in a certain part of the world. And I'd like to make her available to you. [00:18:58] Andrea Buczynski: And I called her that afternoon. And said I'm stuck. Like we have the design, and it turns out her husband was on my team, but I didn't realize he had program director experience. He was reporting to someone else on my team. And the two of them got on zoom with me and they said, let us look at what you have, and we'll come back with recommendations tomorrow. And the next day they came back, and they said, here's what needs to happen. And it said, the composition of the meetings needs to change. It needs to go to the production team now. And they said, do you really want us to lead this? And I was like, yes, I'm happy to be in the meeting, but I have no bandwidth. [00:19:41] Andrea Buczynski: Like to set an agenda for another set of meetings. And that was about four weeks out from the conference. Maybe three. And Tommy, it went off without a hitch. It was a beautiful experience of the provision of God, people operating in their giftedness. And all of this was happening. We had people on the team from Singapore, from Paris, the U.S. A couple of other places that I can't think of right now. But it was, that same kind of multinational over distance. How can we do this? Let's figure it out kind of situation. ++++++++++++++++++ [00:20:25] Tommy Thomas: Thinking about the pandemic and hopefully we're through it for the most part, from a leadership lesson perspective, what do you think maybe you and your team learned that's worth taking forward? [00:20:41] Andrea Buczynski: That's a great question. There's probably a couple of things. One is, Zoom showed us we were pretty reliant on face-to-face meetings to get anything done. And it slowed any kind of corrective action. If you're dependent on face to face, it takes six months to a year to plan a multinational meeting of any size and to get people there, budgets and all of that. Suddenly, we went, oh my goodness, there's another way to do this. We had to use Skype, but it was difficult in some cases and the efficiency of zoom was amazing. So, it changed the way we thought about how to do things. It gave people some bandwidth. If you didn't have little kids at home, it wasn't so hard for singles, the isolation was challenging. [00:21:45] Andrea Buczynski: And when you think about it changed, it actually affected my view of remote work and for whom will it be a challenge and for whom will it make life easier? In some ways. So, when you have some discretion about, how to use your time, I've never been one for, let's say, punching an office clock, although I like having an office, but it's my point of view has been if people are doing the work, I'm not going to count the hours that they're spending doing it. So, that was never a problem with me, but certain conditions for remote work. You have to have a place where you can be undistracted, or work without interruption. You just, all of those funny videos about kids or pets, coming into the meeting. You can live with them, but it's not good for an ongoing situation. [00:22:41] Andrea Buczynski: The other thing I would say was it actually prepared us for the kind of structure that we have now because we're more highly dependent on tools like zoom and then shared like a shared Google drive. Like, all those things have changed the way we get work done and the pandemic was like proof positive of that. Could we do work in a sort of asynchronous way and be together when we need to be together and move things forward? And then I'd say the third part would be there's nothing that replaces face to face contact. [00:23:18] Andrea Buczynski: So, I had a big birthday during the first year of the pandemic, and I'd been at home for two months by myself and I was sitting in this office, and I looked out the window and I could see people from my team emerging from cars. And what are they doing here? My assistant convened a birthday party. So, they were setting out chairs that were six feet apart from each other in the parking lot. And she went and got a couple dozen donuts. And they're singing happy birthday to me out in the parking lot of my condo complex. It was one of the kindest and most touching things looking at it, just, I'll never forget it. [00:24:02] Tommy Thomas: There's that fine line between nothing that can replace face to face contact with the economies that you get through technology. And I think that's a balance that we'll carry forward now that we've had to go through it. [00:24:18] Andrea Buczynski: Yeah, we're highly dependent on those economies right now. [00:24:21] Tommy Thomas: Yeah, you referenced Dick Bennett and basketball. One of my previous podcast guests was David Chadwick, who played for Dean Smith at Chapel Hill, and he wrote a book called It's How You Play the Game, the 12 Leadership Principles of Dean Smith, and one of his quotes was the concept of team may be Coach Smith's greatest contribution to basketball leadership and society. [00:24:47] Tommy Thomas: Obviously, you work with a lot of teams, and you may have already answered this, but how does that work? The concept of team impacted you. [00:24:57] Andrea Buczynski: I love it. I don't mind doing some thought work by myself. But there's nothing like getting in a room with people who want to go to the same place, and to be able to put ideas out there, bat them around. And then it might be the same group of people, but it also might be a different group of people that comes in and says here's what it's going to take to do it. I just look at it and go, when it resonates with me with the body of Christ that we, that we all have a part to play, and God's created us uniquely and we need others to bring the best out of each other. We build each other up when we're in that process. And the team that's working well together will be more brilliant than any individual player and that was Dick Bennett I'm sure that was Dean Smith when you and others other coaches who do team really well realize that, and you go the team can accomplish more than the individuals can accomplish when the team is leveraged to do their best. [00:26:06] Tommy Thomas: So, you would probably subscribe to this quote, A group is a bunch of people in an elevator.  A team is a bunch of people in an elevator, but the elevator is broken. [00:26:21] Andrea Buczynski: Yes, teamwork will emerge pretty quickly in that case, right? [00:26:26] Tommy Thomas: Join us again next week as we continue this conversation with Andrea Buczynski. Andrea shares a bit about the empowering world of Arete - The Executive Women of Influence and the wisdom that emerges when high achieving women come together in a spirit of confidentiality, shared values, and ethical leadership. We'll also be discussing whether the availability and abundance separate from my shin has impacted organizational leadership and how she, as a non-digital native has learned to thrive in this environment. Links & Resources JobfitMatters Website Next Gen Nonprofit Leadership with Tommy Thomas The Perfect Search – What every board needs to know about hiring their next CEO Connect tthomas@jobfitmatters.com   Follow Tommy on LinkedIn Listen to Next Gen Nonprofit Leadership with Tommy Thomas on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Dave and Duffy chat once again with the legendary Jonas Honick. This was a great discussion about the state of the game (NBA, college, high school), building and running a successful high school program, lessons learned from 40+ years of coaching, his more recent experience as an assistant at nationally-ranked Prolific Prep, his perspective on "competitive equity" in the high school playoff system, and much more.  Appreciate you, Coach. In the intro - Dave and Duffy provide an update on March Madness, including some bold (and likely wrong) predictions, explain the classic "Mikan Drill", and give some love to our dear friends Sean Canon and Johnny Kearns.  Show Notes: Musical intro credit to Stroke 9//Logo credit to Katie Levine Content and opinions are those of Dave, Duffy and their guests and not of affiliated organizations or sponsors. email us at: theruntmcpodcast@gmail.com check out our website at: theruntmcpodcast.com thanks to our sponsors: Caren Horstmeyer real estate, The Hub in San Anselmo, North Bay Basketball Academy, Medium, and San Domenico Nike Summer Basketball Camps AI Episode Summary Step right into the heart of basketball fever with hosts Duffy Ballard and David Levine in this episode of The Run TMC Podcast. Discussing their March Madness bracket predictions, they touch on different types of pools, women's and men's predictions, and big upset bets. Also, meet the Hub Challenge for high school athletes looking to prepare for varsity sports with a calorie-rich meal at a local favorite, the Hub. In a deep dive into creating successful basketball programs, legendary coach, Jonas Honick, talks about the importance of preparation, flexibility in coaching approaches, partnerships with players, minor life-style adjustments and maintaining high performance levels. Invaluable lessons await both young and seasoned coaches. Drawing wisdom from college basketball great Dick Bennett's coaching philosophy, the episode explores honing individual skills, preparing for all scenarios, recurring game situations, and the balance between strengthening weaknesses and honing strengths. Perfect for coaches, athletes or enthusiasts wanting a deeper understanding of the game. Explore the world of competitive basketball, Princeton's read-and-react offense, decision-making on the court and much more. The hosts share anecdotes about iconic games, legendary coaches, coaching styles and player development and the balance between practice drills and scrimmages. A unique exploration of man-to-man and zone formations in defense strategies paints a comprehensive picture of the game for coaches, players and fans. Pro-level basketball play strategies, countering hard closeouts, understanding player's angles, and choosing between long or short closeout are all elucidated, with a special spotlight on Prolific Prep, one of the country's top basketball academies. Tune in for an intimate look into the daily routine of the academy's players and a candid discussion about the team lineup, their competitiveness compared to other top amateur and professional teams and future prospects. Finally, get a holistic view of high school sports with a conversation featuring Coach Honick. From his journey in local and high-level sports programs to his thoughts on 'competitive equity' in high school sports, Coach Honick talks about preparing his teams for strong opponents and highlights the journey and growth of the players above all. Get ready for intense basketball talk, good laughs, and friendly wagers. Click play for an immersive basketball experience!  

The Valvanos got bored last night of The UVA game and talk about what they watched instead.  Bob talks about what happened that made the committee put UVA in.  He also has an on air apology for our friends at The Blind Squirrel.  We talk about how The NIT when embraced makes for fun environments.  We talk about the plight of Dick Bennett.  The Valvanos are flabbergasted by an allergy commercial.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former BYU and Virginia head coach Bronco Mendenhall joins FOX Sports' Bryan Fischer for phenomenal chat with Virginia men's basketball head coach Tony Bennett. The trio swap a few stories from The Grounds, lessons from Tony's father, Dick Bennett, learning from failure, the pillars of a program and much, much more. Be sure to subscribe to the HeadCoachU YouTube channel or give us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any platform that allows you to rate and subscribe.

This is a re-release of our interview from 2017 with BYU professtor Dr. Richard E Bennett, my name twin.  We're going to talk about temples, especially how LDS Temple worship evolution over the past 2 centuries in the LDS Church. How much did the Kirtland Temple cost? How is Masonry involved? What changes have been […]

Our 80th episode is a chat with Dr. Dick Bennett from American University.  A senior statesman in the Criminal Justice and Criminology field, Dick has been at AU for 41 years! A leader with the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, researcher, writer, editor, and trainer, he has inspired countless scholars over the years. An enlightening chat with Dick Bennett, I think you'll find enjoyable, a little history a little, present events, and a bit of the future of policing and CJ education.  Dick is a proponent of Evidence-Based Policing and improving training for police at the recruit and in-service levels. Dick earned his Master's Degree at Florida State University and a doctorate from Washington State University.  

Wisconsin Basketball as a whole has been standing on the shoulders of Legendary Coach Dick Bennett for 40+ years, and as you'd guess, the humble man takes very little credit for it. We do our best to extract his basketball, leadership, and general life insights in the latest episode of Inside Wisconsin. Subscribe! YouTube.com/InsideWisconsin

Justin Anderson catches up with 2022 Commit from Wauwatosa East, Wisconsin. They chat about his family, how he got started with basketball, his recruiting process and much more. Including Ice Fishing and his inspiration. Make sure you checkout more recruiting on our forums at: https://virginia.forums.lockerroomaccess.com/ For even more inside scoop. Become a VIP at:

Justin Anderson catches up with 2022 Commit from Wauwatosa East, Wisconsin. They chat about his family, how he got started with basketball, his recruiting process and much more. Including Ice Fishing and his inspiration. Make sure you checkout more recruiting on our forums at: https://virginia.forums.lockerroomaccess.com/ For even more inside scoop. Become a VIP at:

Justin Anderson catches up with 2022 Commit from Wauwatosa East, Wisconsin. They chat about his family, how he got started with basketball, his recruiting process and much more. Including Ice Fishing and his inspiration. Make sure you checkout more recruiting on our forums at: https://virginia.forums.lockerroomaccess.com/ For even more inside scoop. Become a VIP at:

Mike Max talks with Robbinsdale Armstrong Boys Basketball Head Coach and former Wisconsin star John Bryant about playing in the NCAA tournament, being a regional MVP, playing for Dick Bennett and more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coach C. Collins talks about the Pack Line Defense founded by Dick Bennett and later Refined by his son Tony Bennett.  How it has been effective for his teams and the pros and cons of its inner workings. For coaches that what to teach there teams how to play man to man defense without giving up 20 layups a game this might be the best way to go.  Click Here to follow IG: https://www.instagram.com/hoopstariam/FB: https://www.facebook.com/christopher.collins.106Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/Christo53408073Feel free to check out other episodes on our Main show "Bout that Life"Training Site: https://www.phenixfitness23.com/contact-usAAU Club Information: http://www.ybadawgs.com/Thank you for your support and time and as Rize to Prime!!! Want to have a topic discussed feel free to leave a question herehttps://www.instagram.com/direct/inbox/

Dick Bennett was one of the great coaches in Wisconsin basketball history. In part 2 of our SGG conversation, Coach Bennett discussed: 1.  The “brotherhood” among coaches. 2.  How his son Tony and bible study influenced the formation of Dick's beliefs and core pillars: humility, passion, unity, servanthood, and thankfulness. 3.  Modeling his life and ways of coaching after Christ. 4.  Getting “players you can lose with” – those who will stay the course during difficult times. 5.  How do you get players to play defense like that? “Every night!” (…and pay attention to the ball pressure) 6.  A lesson from Vince Lombardi: Execution comes through repetition…and keep it simple. 7.  The third great coach in the Bennett family. 8.  Wisdom from Ben Hogan on how to get really good at something. “It's every day.” 9.  “Stay the course, push them – without being nasty.” 10.  His annual summer gathering with former players. 11.  The importance of the time you spend with players, especially at the high school level: “They're like sponges.” 12.  Owning up to mistakes and apologizing.

Dick Bennett was one of the great coaches in Wisconsin basketball history. Coach Bennett mastered the “re-building of programs,” achieving success at every stop from small high schools to major Division 1 programs – including leading the Wisconsin Badgers to the NCAA Final Four. Coach Bennett has served as a mentor to countless players and coaches, and he impacted countless lives along the way. In part one of our conversation on the SGG podcast, we discussed: 1. Reconnecting with his high school basketball coach, Jerry Grunska, who had a significant influence on Coach Bennett wanting to become a coach. 2. Why high school was his favorite level at which to coach. “All there was to the job was a love of the game and a love for the kids.” 3. Making early mistakes and learning on the job during his first years as a high school coach: “I don't think I made it quite simple enough.” 4. Taking a coaching class from Marquette's Al McGuire, attending clinics around the Midwest – and sitting, listening to Adolph Rupp, John Wooden, and Henry Iba. 5. Seeing the game the same way as Bob Knight – who almost became the Wisconsin Coach. 6. The Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. 7. Advocating for Terry Porter in tryouts for various national teams. 8. Having dinner with Coach Knight in Bloomington the night before playing the Hoosiers, and maintaining a long-term friendship with him. 9. Coach Knight's proposed “son swap” that never happened. 10. Al McGuire's advice about scheduling opponents.

Coach Scott Berseth In my early 20’s I coached freshman girls in the Cloverbelt Conference at Fall Creek. I also scouted for Hall of Fame Coach Arnie Skrukrud as they won multiple state titles. Went College at UW Eau Claire, where I watched some of the best D3 College basketball coached by Dick Bennett, Ken Anderson and Bo Ryan. Next was Bloomer High School (Heart of the North Conference) where I coached lower levels. I left there and went to Chippewa Falls (Big Rivers) where Jeff Olson and I rebuilt program and started their youth program (Cardinal Flight). They are currently the dominant D1 program in our area now. Like most coaches in the state especially those on and around my age, we are heavily influenced by Dick Bennett and Bo Ryan. Coach Divilbiss are linked by a passion for basketball and love for the Buzz Defense. Coach Mike Divilbiss Currently Coach Mike Divilbiss is the Athletic Director at Lakeland High School in North Idaho. He coached Collegiate women's basketball for 30 years. 21 years as a head coach at Lewis Clark State and the University of Idaho. Associate Head coach at Wisconsin Green Bay and the University of Illinois. 12 of the 30 teams he coached played in National Championships. He has developed All Americans in programs that had never had any prior to or after his time at those schools. His overall record is 558-305. He has a tremendous family. His wife Judy and him have been married for 34 years. They have 2 wonderful children Zach and Chantel. Zach and his wife Taz had their first baby 17 months ago. Zoey is a light for all of us. Divilbiss decided to make basketball his life's passion while growing up in Chicago's northwest suburb of West Dundee after watching Bobby Knight coach a game for Indiana University in 1972, according to a 2004 Moscow-Pullman (Idaho) Daily News profile. He played basketball at Winona State University in Minnesota and graduated in 1981 with a degree in physical education and then was an assistant coach at Eastern Washington University, where he earned his masters. He landed his first head coaching job in 1987 at Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho, and over the next 14 years built the program into an NAIA powerhouse. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-furtado/support

Greg Gard is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin. As a winner of multiple conference titles and numerous awards, he's recognized as a leader in the profession. Those who work with Coach Gard admire his skill and steadiness as a leader in Madison. In this SGG episode, we discuss: 1. His early interests in college basketball – and why he was initially an Iowa Hawkeye fan. 2. His experience as an eighth-grade basketball coach. 3. Attending Bob Knight clinics as a young coach. 4. Coaches as teachers who pay attention to detail. 5. The importance of interpersonal communication on teams. 6. Being vulnerable as a head coach. 7. Developing a staff that has diverse ideas, but a unified voice. 8. His relationships with other head coaches, including Bo Ryan, Tom Izzo, Dick Bennett, and Matt Painter. 9. The decrease in high school coaches working inside the schools. 10. “Being where your feet are” – paying attention to the job in front of you – not other jobs you covet down the line. 11. Researching the intangibles of potential recruits. 12. Where he sits (and why) when he attends a high school game to recruit. 13. Why he talks to secretaries and janitors at the schools he visits. 14. Seeking quality family time as opposed to chasing “balance.”

He talked one-on-one with WTMJ's Jay Sorgi.

He talked with WTMJ's Jay Sorgi, a former Badgers Radio Network teammate, about Dick Bennett's squad.

We talk about the latest news involving allegations that a UW staff member used a racial epithet. Jesse Temple of TheAthletic.com and Jeff Potrykus of JSONLINE both join the show. Plus we celebrate the 2000 Final Four team with a conversation with former coach Dick Bennett.

Our family has been around athletics our entire life. My dad was an AD and principal for 25 years. He presided over 12 state championships and is in the Hall of Fame for football. My wife, my self and both brothers played in State Championships. The first basketball camp I went to as a 12 year old was coached by Dick Bennett (at the time head boys coach at Eau Claire Memorial HS) In my early 20’s I coached freshman girls in the Cloverbelt Conference at Fall Creek. I also scouted for Hall of Fame Coach Arnie Skrukrud as they won multiple state titles. Went College at UW Eau Claire, where I watched some of the best D3 College basketball coached by Dick Bennett, Ken Anderson and Bo Ryan. Next was Bloomer High School (Heart of the North Conference) where I coached lower levels. I left there and went to Chippewa Falls (Big Rivers) where Jeff Olson and I rebuilt program and started their youth program (Cardinal Flight). They are currently the dominant D1 program in our area now. I went back to Bloomer and Coached both my lower daughter’s lower level teams then the head varsity jobs in Girls Golf, Boys Golf and Girls basketball. I started their youth program (Momentum Basketball) when I was there. These last 4 years my daughter played 3 sports at the varsity level and I wanted to watch and not miss anything, I currently spend time with (2) teams (coached both this summer). Arcadia girls (Coulee Conference) and Thorp boys (Western Cloverbelt). Like most coaches in the state especially those on and around my age, we are heavily influenced by Dick Bennett and Bo Ryan. Coach Divilbiss are linked by a passion for basketball and love for the Buzz Defense. I am currently working on a parent handbook surrounding athletics. My plan is to speak to parents starting next fall. Much will be based on my experience as a coach but also plenty on my path as a parent. @scottberseth --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-furtado/support

UVA Coach Tony Bennett sits down with Mark Jerome and Justin Anderson to talk shop. Watch as Coach Bennett gets comfortable chatting about the championship. They talk about the father/son/coach relationship, Coach Bennett brings up his gray hairs bc of Justin Anderson. Mark asks him about the night after UMBC. Coach Bennett talks about a time when he lost his cool as a player!

Dave Mader the former Wisconsin Badger is our Sportsfaith Podcast guest Episode #4. Dave talked about his Badger career and playing for the legendary coach Dick Bennett. Also we spent some time talking about all the players Dave played with including Mike Kelley, Alando Tucker and Devin Harris. Hope your enjoy it everyone!!

Virtue is kind of that common denominator that is part of all our lives. - Coach John Lamanna Coach John Lamanna is entering his third year as Director of Athletics at Ave Maria University and fourth as the head men's basketball coach. Coach Lamanna is no stranger to working with a transitioning program. Prior to Ave Maria, Lamanna lead the men’s basketball program at NCAA Division III program Franciscan University as its first Head Men’s Basketball Coach at the NCAA level. Prior to his four-year stint at Franciscan, Coach assisted the University of California, Davis in the transition from NCAA Division II to NCAA Division I. With the renewed focus of athletics at Ave Maria, Lamanna is excited about the rare opportunity that coaching basketball presents. Coach Lamanna received his start in college basketball at Washington State University, where he was a Student Assistant from 2000-2004. During his time at Washington State, he had the opportunity to work under Dick Bennett and current Head Coach at the University of Virginia, Tony Bennett. It was also at Washington State where he worked with Gary Stewart, who was the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at UC Davis. Outside of coaching, he is a published author with an article published by Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director Magazine entitled “How to Establish an Academic Philosophy as a Coach” and an article published by Winning Hoops Magazine which was a comparative analysis of two different man-to-man defensives. Additionally, he was featured in American Basketball Quarterly Magazine in an article about how scouting and technology can lead to success. A Spokane, WA native, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from Washington State University and a master’s degree in Counseling from Loyola Marymount University. He lives with his wife, Sara, and has three children, Gabi, Tony, and Louis. Kathy and John dig into decision making, handling adversity and failure, goal setting, and deconstruct the four virtues he uses to guide his coaching; prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. His passion for mentorship should not be missed! If you enjoy the show, please like, share, and rate us in your favorite place to listen. Kathy would love to hear from you! Connect with her on social media @sportpsychworks and through https://www.kafcounselingandsportperformance.com/contact.

It's the NCAA Tournament Wrap-Up with Andy Katz and first-time National Champs, the Virginia Cavaliers (who beat Texas Tech in an overtime thriller in Minnesota on Monday night)! Experience the emotion of the moment as Andy speaks with Coach Tony Bennett and a host of players including Kyle Guy, Ty Jerome, Mamadi Diakite, and Kihei Clark on the floor of the US Bank Stadium just after the Cavs clinched the title. Andy also exchanged a few emotional words with Tony's father, former coach Dick Bennett. Plus, Andy shares a pre-pre-season look at the Power 36!

Badgers beat reporter Jeff Potrykus joins host JR Radcliffe to discuss the look of next year's Badgers basketball team -- how different it will be without Ethan Happ and whose development will be the most crucial. How does he evaluate the 2019 season. Was it fair to call it "ugly basketball?" How did Tyler Herro's change to Kentucky impact this team? What should we expect from Micah Potter and Tyler Wahl next year? What's the rationale behind Tai Strickland's departure?  Finally, Jeff discusses his takeaways from a conversation with Dick Bennett after his son, Tony, and Virginia clinched a spot in the 2019 Final Four, and he gives some early thoughts from Badgers football spring practice.  Music intro: "Rumble" available at https://www.bensound.com.

Dick Bennett joins Wilde and Tausch and discusses why he has forgiven Roy Williams. Coach Bennett also comments on criticisms of college basketball and pace of play.

The Brewers do it again! Plus we hear from former Wisconsin basketball coach Dick Bennett as his son prepares to lead Virginia at the Final Four. Jeff Potrykus of JSONLINE too and Tom Silverstein of JSONLINE on the Packers.

Mike Heller and Joel Finkelman talk all things horse, Christian Yelich, the Bucks loss to Atlanta, plunking batters after bombs, and much more. Don Banks, Dick Bennett, and Matt Lepay all join the show.

Nearly two decades ago, the Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team made an improbable run to the Final Four and set the table for a cycle of success that featured 19 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament for a program that was seldom a qualifier for the Big Dance beforehand. Hear from players on that team -- Mike Kelley, Andy Kowske, Mark Vershaw, Jon Bryant and Maurice Linton -- as well as coach Dick Bennett. They think back to those four wins in March and subsequent loss in the national semifinal and attempt to paint a picture of how a team without any all-conference players could have huge postseason success. This special episode and more can be found at the Journal Sentinel Wisconsin Badgers podcast feed at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.   Audio clips from NCAA on YouTube. Music: Scott Holmes, "Driven To Success" available at freemusicarchive.org.

Nearly two decades ago, the Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team made an improbable run to the Final Four and set the table for a cycle of success that featured 19 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament for a program that was seldom a qualifier for the Big Dance beforehand. Hear from players on that team -- Mike Kelley, Andy Kowske, Mark Vershaw, Jon Bryant and Maurice Linton -- as well as coach Dick Bennett. They think back to those four wins in March and subsequent loss in the national semifinal and attempt to paint a picture of how a team without any all-conference players could have huge postseason success. This special episode and more can be found at the Journal Sentinel Wisconsin Badgers podcast feed at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.  Audio clips from NCAA on YouTube. Music: Scott Holmes, "Driven To Success" available at freemusicarchive.org.

Nearly two decades ago, the Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team made an improbable run to the Final Four and set the table for a cycle of success that featured 19 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament for a program that was seldom a qualifier for the Big Dance beforehand. Hear from players on that team -- Mike Kelley, Andy Kowske, Mark Vershaw, Jon Bryant and Maurice Linton -- as well as coach Dick Bennett. They think back to those four wins in March and subsequent loss in the national semifinal and attempt to paint a picture of how a team without any all-conference players could have huge postseason success.  Audio clips from NCAA on YouTube. Music: Scott Holmes, "Driven To Success" available at freemusicarchive.org.

It's been nearly two decades since the Wisconsin Badgers basketball team went on a crazy run to the Final Four, employing its airtight defense and cadre of blue-collar Midwesterners who weren't destined for NBA greatness. Host JR Radcliffe sits down with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel colleague Mark Stewart to discuss the 2000 Final Four run. What were the memories from that surreal March Madness scene? COMING NEXT WEEK: A series of interviews with players from that team, including Mike Kelley, Dick Bennett, Andy Kowske, Mark Vershaw, Jon Bryant and Maurice Linton. Download the mp3 file here, listen to the stream here or below, or subscribe to it in the Apple Podcasts or Stitcher stores.  Music intro: "Rumble" available at https://www.bensound.com.

Episode 180 Tony Bennett has been the men's basketball coach at the University of Virginia since 2009. He's led the Cavaliers to 3 ACC regular season titles, and 2 ACC conference titles. In 2018, Virginia was the number one overall seed in the NCAA Tournament after finishing with a 31-3 record. For his accomplishments, Bennett was named the NABC Coach of the Year, the Naismith Coach of the Year and the AP National Coach of the Year.  After playing his college basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay under his father Dick Bennett, Tony was selected in the second round of the 1992 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets. He would go on to a 4-year NBA stint from 1992-95 before a foot injury would end his career.  Prior to Virginia, Bennett was the head coach at Washington State, where he brought that program to the national spotlight by winning 26 game in back-to-back seasons in 2006-07 and 2007-08.  On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Coach Bennett about becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, how he was able to face that adversity with humility and grace, where his faith journey in Christ began, why beginning his day in the Lord is a discipline that he instilled into his life and how he lives his faith out everyday as a prominent coach, and the Bible verse that he is clinging to right now.  For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

In this episode of Marching to Madness, hosts Blake Lovell and Ken Cross welcome in Charlotte head coach Ron Sanchez. Topics of discussion include: the challenge of rebuilding the Charlotte program, recruiting philosophy, using the Pack Line defensive scheme, the connection to Tony Bennett and Dick Bennett, importance of fan support, and much more. It’s another exciting episode of Marching to Madness!  About the Hosts: Blake Lovell has over 10 years of experience in sports media. His work has been featured on The New York Times, Athlon Sports, Rivals, Scout.com, Time Warner Cable, FanRag Sports, and many more. He covers national college basketball for College Hoops Watch, and also covers SEC basketball for SoutheastHoops.com. He’s also a member of the USBWA. You can follow him on Twitter @theblakelovell. Ken Cross has a plethora of experience over a 20-plus year period in both print and broadcast journalism. He has worked in some capacity for ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio, Sporting News Radio, Yahoo! Sports Radio and many more. This includes coverage of college football, college basketball, Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets/Bobcats, and the Carolina Hurricanes. His print and internet experiences include a college basketball writer and internet writer for Lindy’s Sports Annuals and www.lindyssports.com, Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, and  Rivals.com. He’s the founder and editor of collegehoopswatch.com. You can follow him on Twitter @KennyBuckets333.

Dick Bennett, emeritus professor of English at the University of Arkansas and co-founder and former president of Fayetteville's OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, reflects on the peace movement in Northwest Arkansas from 1965 to 2000. Recorded August 15, 2007.

Dick Bennett, emeritus professor of English at the University of Arkansas and co-founder and former president of Fayetteville's OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, reflects on the peace movement in Northwest Arkansas from 1965 to 2000. Recorded August 15, 2007.

Dick Bennett, emeritus professor of English at the University of Arkansas and co-founder and former president of Fayetteville's OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, reflects on the peace movement in Northwest Arkansas from 1965 to 2000. Recorded August 15, 2007.

Dick Bennett, emeritus professor of English at the University of Arkansas and co-founder and former president of Fayetteville's OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, reflects on the peace movement in Northwest Arkansas from 1965 to 2000. Recorded August 15, 2007.

Dick Bennett, emeritus professor of English at the University of Arkansas and co-founder and former president of Fayetteville's OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, reflects on the peace movement in Northwest Arkansas from 1965 to 2000. Recorded August 15, 2007.

Dick Bennett, emeritus professor of English at the University of Arkansas and co-founder and former president of Fayetteville's OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, reflects on the peace movement in Northwest Arkansas from 1965 to 2000. Recorded August 15, 2007.

Dick Bennett, emeritus professor of English at the University of Arkansas and co-founder and former president of Fayetteville's OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, reflects on the peace movement in Northwest Arkansas from 1965 to 2000. Recorded August 15, 2007.

Dick Bennett, emeritus professor of English at the University of Arkansas and co-founder and former president of Fayetteville's OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, reflects on the peace movement in Northwest Arkansas from 1965 to 2000. Recorded August 15, 2007.

Dick Bennett, emeritus professor of English at the University of Arkansas and co-founder and former president of Fayetteville's OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, reflects on the peace movement in Northwest Arkansas from 1965 to 2000. Recorded August 15, 2007.

Dick Bennett, emeritus professor of English at the University of Arkansas and co-founder and former president of Fayetteville's OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, reflects on the peace movement in Northwest Arkansas from 1965 to 2000. Recorded August 15, 2007.

Dick Bennett, emeritus professor of English at the University of Arkansas and co-founder and former president of Fayetteville's OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, reflects on the peace movement in Northwest Arkansas from 1965 to 2000. Recorded August 15, 2007.