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S4 Ep 16Conference Pick Lookback
This week on Check the Net, Impact 89 FM's mens and women's college basketball podcast, join your hosts Josh, Kylee, Porter, Cooper, and Eli as they discuss the first four games and take a look back at their preseason conference champion picks.
S4 Ep 15Going Cold from the Field
This week on Check the Net, Impact 89FM's College Basketball Podcast, join Josh, Kylee, Porter, and Eli as they discuss snowed out games, poor rebounding, and BIG basketball games in addition to all the news from the past week of college basketball
S4 Ep 14Panic Station for Iowa State University
Join Eli, Kylee, Porter and Josh as they discuss free throws and power conference teams collapsing over the past week.
S4 Ep 13Welcome Back
This week on Check the Net, Impact89FM's College Basketball Podcast, join Kylee, Eli, Josh and Porter as they discuss all their mid-season rankings and all the college basketball news from the past month.
S4 Ep 12Colin’s Last Dance
This week on Check the Net, Impact 89FM’s College Basketball Podcast, join Colin, Josh, Porter, Kylee, and Eli for Colin's final episode! It's the graduation celebration of recent basketball games and all of Colin's past picks that you won't want to miss!
S4 Ep 11Chaos on the Court
This week on Check the Net, Impact 89FM’s College Basketball Podcast, join Kylee, Eli, Porter, and Josh as they recap the chaos of Feast Week on the men's and women's sides!
S4 Ep 10Prepare to Feast
This week on Check the Net, Impact 89FM’s College Basketball Podcast, join Porter, Eli, Kylee, Colin, and Josh as they catch up with TCU, the ACC, and a bunch of different MSUs, as well as discussing games involving 13 different ranked teams on the Men's side and getting excited about Feast Week games next week!
S4 Ep 9Division 2 Dominance
This week on Check the Net, Impact 89FM’s College Basketball Podcast, join Josh, Porter, Kylee, and Colin as they preview the biggest games of the next week and talk about the most exciting games and upsets of last week, including MSU, South Dakota State, USC, Louisville, Gonzaga, Grace College, and more!
S4 Ep 8Season's Greetings
This week on Check the Net, Impact 89FM’s College Basketball Podcast, join Eli, Porter, Kylee, Colin, and Josh as they take on Christmas Music, the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Andy Katz's conference picks, and (perhaps most importantly) the first week of the 2025 college basketball season!
S4 Ep 7The Stakes Have Never Been Lower
This week on Check the Net, Impact 89FM’s College Basketball Podcast, join Porter, Eli, Kylee, Colin, and Josh as they review the preseason scrimmages! NCAA basketball has started, and the scrimmages have been electric, the upsets have been chaos, and we can't wait to talk about it!
S4 Ep 6Check Out Our Poll!
This week on Check the Net, Impact 89FM’s College Basketball Podcast, join Porter, Eli, Kylee, Colin, and Josh as they draft their annual Check the Net Preseason Poll and compare it to the preseason AP polls!
S4 Ep 5Preseason Predictions 2025: Part 4
This week on Check the Net, Impact 89FM’s College Basketball Podcast, join Josh, Eli, Kylee, Colin, and Porter as they preview the final 7 conferences and make predictions about who may be this year’s conference champions! This week’s episode features the Big Ten, NEC, WAC, CAA, Summit League, Ivy League, and WCC conferences!
S4 Ep 4Preseason Predictions 2025: Part 3
This week on Check the Net, Impact 89FM’s College Basketball Podcast, join Porter, Eli, Kylee, Colin, and Josh's Voice as they preview 8 more conferences and make predictions about who may be this year’s conference champions! This week’s episode features the ACC, MAC, MEAC, MAAC (including Merrimack), C-USA, America East, Patriot League, and A-10 conferences!
S4 Ep 3Preseason Predictions 2025: Part 2
This week on Check the Net, Impact 89FM’s College Basketball Podcast, join Eli, Josh, Kylee, Colin, and Porter in spirit as they preview 8 more conferences and make predictions about who may be this year’s conference champions! This week’s episode features the SEC, Big East, American, Big South, Southern, Sun Belt, ASUN, and Ohio Valley conferences!
S4 Ep 2Preseason Predictions 2025: Part 1
This week on Check the Net, Impact 89FM’s College Basketball Podcast, join Kylee, Josh, Eli, Porter, and Colin as they preview 8 conferences and make predictions about who may be this year’s conference champions! This week’s episode features the Big 12, Mountain West, Horizon League, Missouri Valley, Big Sky, SWAC, Big West, and Southland conferences!
S4 Ep 1Check Your Enrollment Status
On this season's first episode of Check the Net, Impact 89FM’s College Basketball Podcast, join Kylee, Josh, Eli, Porter, and Colin as they recap a summer filled with conference realignment, coaching changes, and the chaos of the transfer portal!
S3 Ep 25Courtside Convo 05/11: Second Round Check-In
bonusTim and Martin talk about second round matchups in the 2025 NBA Playoffs.
S3 Ep 24Check the Net 4/30: Spiraling
On this season finale episode of Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Kylee, Josh, Eli, and Colin as they talk about all things circular and spiraling including the 3 rounds of the WNBA draft, the coaching carousel, and the chaos of the transfer portal!
S3 Ep 23Check the Net 4/16: Please Proceed to Checkout
And just like that, March 2025 is over, and so is the NCAA basketball season. On this week’s episode of Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Colin, Josh, Eli, and Kylee as they talk about the last few games of the NCAA tournament and prepare themselves for a crazy transfer portal.
S3 Ep 22Check the Net 3/26: Missing Cinderella
Happy March listeners! On this week’s episode of Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Kylee, Josh, Eli, and Colin as they talk about the first two rounds of both Men’s and Women’s tournaments!
S3 Ep 21Check the Net 3/10: Reality Check: The Season Review
On this week’s episode of Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Josh, Kylee, Eli, and Colin as they look back on the season, reminiscing about the teams we predicted to be conference champions in the preseason, and talking about the excitement to come with March upon us!
S3 Ep 20Check the Net 3/1: Check your Calendars
On this week’s episode of Check the Net, Impact89 FM’s College Basketball Podcast, join Josh, Kylee, Eli, and Colin as they welcome the Month of Izzo with talk of MSU Men’s and Women’s basketball, NCAA tournament hopefuls, and more!
S3 Ep 19Check the Net 2/21: Bracket-ish Waters Part Two
Join the crew in Bracket-ish Waters Part Two where they discuss some unexpected stars in the Big Ten, potential bid-stealers in the MVC and A-10, and question the legitimacy of the SEC! You won’t want to miss this set of episodes with Check the Net!
S3 Ep 18Check the Net 2/21: Bracket-ish Waters Part 1
Join us this week on Check the Net’s, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, for a double feature as we welcome back Derrick Mitchell to the mic! In part 1, the crew talks a potential three-bid Ivy League, stars of the SEC, and top talent in the Women's NCAA.
S3 Ep 17Check the Net 2/8: Spelcheck
On this week’s episode of Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Colin, Kylee, Eli, and Josh as they discuss top teams on both sides, domination by the Ronsiek sisters for Colorado State, and even the iconic The Battle of the Real HU rivalry! All that and more, this week on Check the Net!
S3 Ep 16Hip Check
On this week’s episode of Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Josh, Kylee, Eli, and Colin as they discuss everyone from American University to Theryn Hallock to UCLA, and everything in between!
S3 Ep 15Check the Temperature
On this week’s episode of Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Eli, Kylee, Josh, and Colin as they discuss Vanderbilt beating Tennessee, Vanderbilt beating Tennessee, and more! Confused? Make sure to listen!
S3 Ep 14New Year, New Rankings
Join the Check the Net crew with special guest Josh Lee as they create their own top 25 rankings! Also, figure out why Josh was talking about Goldey-Beacom, Colin was talking about Stonehill, Eli talking about Utah Valley, and Kylee talking about (you guessed it) the MAC! All that and more this week on Check the Net!
S3 Ep 13Checked Out
On this week’s episode of Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join the exhausted Eli, Kylee and Colin as they talk about all the basketball they missed this week while studying for exams and give a preview of the games over Winter Break!
S3 Ep 12Feast Week Double Feature! Part 2
Join us this week on Check the Net's, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, for a special double feature! In part 1, Kylee, Eli, and Colin talk Feast Week chaos on the women's side, with the rise of MSU and the fall of Creighton. Then, join the crew in part 2 where they discuss a historic week on the men's side, with 24 ranked losses in a single week, followed by 4 losses in the top 5 the week after! You won't want to miss this special set of episodes with Check the Net!
S3 Ep 11Feast Week Double Feature! Part 1
Join us this week on Check the Net's, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, for a special double feature! In part 1, Kylee, Eli, and Colin talk Feast Week chaos on the women's side, with the rise of MSU and the fall of Creighton. Then, join the crew in part 2 where they discuss a historic week on the men's side, with 24 ranked losses in a single week, followed by 4 losses in the top 5 the week after! You won't want to miss this special set of episodes with Check the Net!
S3 Ep 10Kylee's Curse
On this week’s episode of Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Eli, Kylee and Colin as they discuss even more upsets on the Women’s side, the history of streaming services, the return of Kylee’s Curse, the Maui Invitational, and more!
S3 Ep 9'The Tournament of Champions Champions Classic'
On this week’s episode of Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Colin, Kylee and Eli as they discuss a week of upsets on the Women's side, the Champion's Classic, and more!
S3 Ep 8Tipoff Time
On this week’s episode of Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Colin, Kylee and Eli as they discuss MSU Women's Basketball's impressive start, Vermont nearly impossible defense, some strong performances from unexpected teams, and more!
S3 Ep 7'Twas the Week Before Tipoffs...
'Twas the week before tipoffs, and all through the league,Not a player was resting, not even fatigued.The jerseys were hung in the lockers with care,In hopes that game day soon would be there.The fans were all tuned in, earbuds were set,Listening to Colin, Kylee, and Eli on Check the Net.With insights and laughter, they'd preview the slate,Breaking down every matchup and hot debate.They spoke of new rookies and teams to surprise,Of coaches and schemes, of lows and of highs.Each story they told brought visions so clear,Of fast breaks and dunks, and crowds full of cheer.The Spartans were ready, the Big Ten on guard,With hopes for a season that’d play long and hard.So fans leaned in close, through each stat and bet,Counting down the hours ‘til that first buzzer was set.
S3 Ep 62024 Check the Net Preseason Rankings
This week on Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Colin, Kylee, and Eli as they make and explain the 2024 Check the Net Preseason Rankings! Follow along with the official rankings as you listen on the Impact 89FM website!
S3 Ep 5Preseason Predictions 2024: Part 4
This week on Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Colin, Kylee, and Eli as they preview the final 7 conferences and make predictions about who may be this year’s conference champions! This week’s episode features the Big Ten, WCC, Ivy League, WAC, CAA, Summit League, and NEC conferences!
S3 Ep 4Preseason Predictions 2024: Part 3
This week on Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Colin, Kylee, and Eli as they preview 8 more conferences and make predictions about who may be this year’s conference champions! This week’s episode features the ACC, MAC, A-10, C-USA, America East, MAAC, MEAC, and Patriot League conferences!
S3 Ep 3Preseason Predictions 2024: Part 2
This week on Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Colin, Kylee, and Eli as they preview 8 more conferences and make predictions about who may be this year’s conference champions! This week’s episode features the SEC, Big East, American, SoCon, Sun Belt, ASUN, Ohio Valley, and Big South conferences!
S3 Ep 2Preseason Predictions 2024: Part 1
This week on Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Colin, Kylee, and Eli as they preview 8 conferences and make predictions about who may be this year's conference champions! This week's episode features the Big 12, Mountain West, Horizon League, Missouri Valley, Big Sky, SWAC, Big West, and Southland conferences!
S3 Ep 1Coaching Changes
Back for another season! This week on Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Colin, Kylee, and Eli as they kick off the new school year talking about coaching changes that happened over the summer!
S2 Ep 22Please Proceed to Check Out: Season Finale
This week, join Colin and Kylee in the season finale episode of Check the Net! This episode is full of tournament review, the best stories of the past few weeks, and our Full Court Press segment makes a return!
S2 Ep 21Where'd Everyone Go?
Where did everyone else go? Listen to Check the Net this week as Colin has an exciting conversation with the voices in his head about the first two rounds of the NCAA March Madness tournament! Don't believe me? Just ask the host himself: "I promise, I'm not going crazy." -Colin
S2 Ep 20Check the Net LIVE Bracket Reaction Show
bonusThe Check the Net crew went LIVE on Sunday night to discuss the bracket reveal! A night of surprizes, jokes, mild chaos, throwbacks, debates, and cameras! A special thanks to Eli Flikkema for running our camera system tonight.
S2 Ep 19The Bracketology Episode 2024
This week on Check the Net, Impact89’s College Basketball Podcast, join Colin, Kylee, and Derrick as they show off their bracketology skills while discussing both college basketball as the tournament gets closer! Their final analysis can be found on the Impact89FM website at https://impact89fm.org/122059/podcasts/check-the-net-the-bracketology-episode-2024/We also have a very exciting announcement! Next week, we will not have a normal episode. Instead, we will be going LIVE FROM THE BASEMENT OF HOLDEN HALL for a bracket reaction show on Sunday night! More information about that will be posted on the Impact89FM website, Facebook, and X later this week.
S2 Ep 18Chess, not Checkers
This week on Check the Net, Impact89's College Basketball Podcast, join Kylee and Colin as they discuss the teams showing weakness and those playing chess not checkers as we enter MARCH!
S2 Ep 17That Checks Out
Roll the clip! This week on Check the Net, the college basketball podcast, join Derrick, Kylee, and Colin as they look back on their preseason picks and talk about Caitlin Clark's record setting career. It's an episode full of flashbacks, disses, jokes, light chaos, and even the occassional sound effect, so you won't want to miss it!
S2 Ep 16Check For Poison Ivy
This week on Check the Net, join Kylee and Colin as they discuss the top teams on the AP Poll, Norfolk State, the Ivy League, winless teams, top players, and men’s and women’s college basketball from the past week!
S2 Ep 15Check Your Alarm Clock
This week on Check the Net, join Kylee, Derrick, and Colin as they discuss alarm clocks, TCU tryouts, Tara Vanderveer, Vulcans, Purple Eagles, Keydets, Hippies, Dons, Big Red, Blue Hose, and (of course) men's and women's college basketball from the past week! If any of these things confuse you, this episode is for you!