OVIES & GIGLIO

Nothing like breaking news to react to in the OG Mailbag. Tommy Lloyd is staying at Arizona. What's next for UNC? The Greatest Week of Triangle Good rolls on. James Giglio joins Joe Giglio to talk about Lloyd, baseball, rooting for laundry and lots and lots of Will Wade calls in the OG Mailbag. Lots of calls. Curse or Don't. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Justin Gainey was introduced as NC State's new basketball coach. He talked about loyalty, toughness and coming home. Hayes Permar joins Joe Giglio to breakdown the good (and bad) parts of Wednesday's press conference. Plus, Wolfpack legend Richard Howell joins them for a conversation about the direction of the program and a wide variety of topics from Javier Gonzalez's fighting skills and the officiating skills of Roger Ayers. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - Justin Gainey takes center stage 12:15 - Boo Corrigan fumbles his words 19:30 - Rich Howell on Justin Gainey 30:30 - Did Rich every think about transferring? 47:10 - The legend of Javy Gonzalez 1:08:10 - Hey Joe with Gordon Miller Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Tommy Lloyd sure is talking like a coach who is ready to leave Arizona. Will he jump to UNC, even if the Wildcats win the national title? Duke has an end-game problem and Justin Gainey faces a challenge in putting together his staff at NC State and being prepared to hit the transfer portal running. Hayes Permar joins Joe Giglio for Wednesday's show. OG pop-up shop: https://ogfans-swag.itemorder.com/shop/home/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGTriangleMedia OG Membership Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Qpevj6hElebdWc2SSGkWw/join Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Will Wade remixed the same lines at his introductory press conference at LSU from his introductory press conference at NC State last year. He did include one new line that seemed to be aimed at a certain podcast in particular. The Carolina Hurricanes are getting their investment back from Nikolaj Ehlers, who has 17 points in 14 games in March. He's hot but the goalies are not. Are the Canes Cup ready? Alex Nunnally joins Joe Giglio for Tuesday's show. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - Will Wade remixes his greatest hits at LSU presser 16:02 - A tiger can't change his stripes. T.J. Gassnola story time 27:00 - HOUSEKEEPING 32:00 - Canes talk. Ehlers is hot, the goalies are not 59:00 - Baseball umpires losing big. Just automate the strike zone 1:11:00 - Rick Pitino said what about NC State and North Carolina? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

NC State has turned to one of its own to run the men's basketball program. Justin Gainey is the new coach, replacing Will Wade. Duke's collapse against UConn will haunt the Blue Devils and coach Jon Scheyer but it does leave him in good company. UNC watches and waits for Tommy Lloyd. Alex Nunnally joins Joe Giglio for a special live edition of the OG! #ncstate #ncaabasketball #acc #justingainey #wolfpack #duke #uconn #finalfour TIMESTAMPS: 01:40 - What a week in the Triangle 03:03 - Justin Gainey's next at NC State 12:35 - The value of a good staff 16:40 - the kind of player State needs to get out of the portal 25:22 - Housekeeping 30:10 - the morning after Duke's epic collapse 46:00 - Duke getting more portal help 54:00 - Final Four. Who wins? Will Tommy Lloyd be UNC's next coach? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Duke had UConn down 19 points and a Final Four trip to Indianapolis was well within reach. And then it wasn't. The Blue Devils did everything they could to hold off the Huskies down the stretch — but critical mistakes at the worst possible moments led to a gut-punch turnover and a dagger three that ended Duke's season and sent UConn dancing to Indianapolis instead. Ovies and Giglio break down the stunning collapses and what it means for Jon Scheyer and the Blue Devils going forward. PLUS: Coaching search updates for UNC and NC State. While the Tar Heels are in a holding pattern for obvious reasons, the Wolfpack are close to hiring Justin Gainey. OG x BreakingT: https://breakingt.com/collections/the-ovies-giglio-collection?rfsn=7630833.c3bd9f7 OG Secret Stash: http://theog.shop/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGTriangleMedia OG Membership Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Qpevj6hElebdWc2SSGkWw/join Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

OG After Dark is back — brought to you by Bloomin Blinds. It wasn't easy for Duke. Then again, this whole tournament has been test after test. The Blue Devils found themselves in a legitimate rock fight with St. John's and staring down a 10-point deficit in the second half with their season on the line. But when it mattered most, Isiah Evans delivered crucial buckets, Cameron Boozer showed why he's one of the most talented freshmen in the country, and Caleb Foster made his return when Duke needed him most. The Blue Devils gutted it out, escaped the Sweet 16, and punched their ticket to the Elite 8. OG x BreakingT: https://breakingt.com/collections/the-ovies-giglio-collection?rfsn=7630833.c3bd9f7 OG Secret Stash: http://theog.shop/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGTriangleMedia OG Membership Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Qpevj6hElebdWc2SSGkWw/join Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It has been one of the wildest weeks in Triangle sports history — and the OG Mailbag is here to make sense of all of it. Hubert Davis is out at UNC. Will Wade pulled his disappearing act after one season in Raleigh. But here's the thing — North Carolina and NC State are not fishing in the same coaching waters, and that's actually OK. Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio dig into the latest out of Chapel Hill, break down what would make the most sense for the Wolfpack, and answer the question nobody saw coming — is NC State football coach Dave Doeren the biggest winner in all of this chaos? Plus, did Boo Corrigan ever really have a chance to keep Will Wade in Raleigh? And more! OG x BreakingT: https://breakingt.com/collections/the-ovies-giglio-collection?rfsn=7630833.c3bd9f7 OG Secret Stash: http://theog.shop/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGTriangleMedia OG Membership Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Qpevj6hElebdWc2SSGkWw/join Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's been a week in Triangle basketball...maybe even the wildest! Ovies and Giglio are making sense of all of it. Will Wade is gone — one season in Raleigh and he's headed back to LSU, leaving NC State to pick up the pieces before the calendar even flips. Was there anything Boo Corrigan could have done to keep him? And more importantly, who's next for the Wolfpack? Then the guys shift focus to Chapel Hill, where the UNC coaching search is heating up fast. Two names are dominating every conversation — Arizona's Tommy Lloyd, who has been one of the best coaches in the country since taking over the Wildcats, and Billy Donovan. Would Donovan really walk away from the league for college basketball? Ovies and Giglio break it all down before closing things out with your OG Sports Phone calls. OG x BreakingT: https://breakingt.com/collections/the-ovies-giglio-collection?rfsn=7630833.c3bd9f7 OG Secret Stash: http://theog.shop/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGTriangleMedia OG Membership Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Qpevj6hElebdWc2SSGkWw/join Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio sit down with Carolina Hurricanes CEO Brian Fork in a special one-on-one episode recorded live from the new View Bar at Lenovo Center. The setting itself kicks off a wide-ranging conversation about where things stand on the arena renovations and what the long-term vision looks like for one of the best buildings in hockey. Fork also pulls back the curtain on what it actually takes to run an NHL franchise — including how the Hurricanes are navigating one of the most complicated media landscapes in professional sports history. OG x BreakingT: https://breakingt.com/collections/the-ovies-giglio-collection?rfsn=7630833.c3bd9f7 OG Secret Stash: http://theog.shop/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGTriangleMedia OG Membership Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Qpevj6hElebdWc2SSGkWw/join Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On a loaded episode of Ovies & Giglio, the guys dive into the resurfacing rumors connecting Will Wade back to LSU and what it could mean for NC State moving forward. Then, they unpack how things unraveled in Chapel Hill, leading to Hubert Davis’ exit at UNC, and take a look at where the Tar Heels turn next in their search for a new head coach. Plus, Duke is dancing into the Sweet 16—what’s the ceiling for the Blue Devils? And the Carolina Hurricanes are hitting another up-and-down stretch as the regular season winds down…is it just a blip or something bigger to watch? TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Let's set the table 03:00 - Will Wade back to LSU? 15:00 - Athletic's Brendan Marks on UNC 39:00 - Housekeeping 43:00 - On3's Conor O'Neill on Duke 53:00 - More on Wade and LSU 1:10:00 - Maniscalco on the Canes 1:27:00 - OG Sports Phone on Wade, Hubert and more OG x BreakingT: https://breakingt.com/collections/the-ovies-giglio-collection?rfsn=7630833.c3bd9f7 OG Secret Stash: http://theog.shop/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGTriangleMedia OG Membership Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Qpevj6hElebdWc2SSGkWw/join Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The waiting game in Chapel Hill is somehow still going. All indications continue to point toward North Carolina moving on from Hubert Davis — and yet the administration appears consumed by the desire to handle the transition "the right way". Ovies & Giglio see the irony in all this. In trying to do this the right way UNC may be doing it in one of the most uncomfortable ways possible for the people whose professional lives are hanging in the balance. CBS Sports' Chip Patterson joins the studio to provide something genuinely valuable — a window into the Tar Heel group chat ecosystem. They don't post through it the way fan bases at some other high profile programs do. Which means the real temperature of Chapel Hill right now exists in private conversations rather than public timelines. Bomani Jones then joins the conversation for the kind of analysis that only Bo delivers. The discussion centers on UNC's place in the modern era of college basketball — what the program actually is versus what its history says it should be — and the specific danger of nostalgia as a navigational tool for an institution trying to find its footing in a landscape that has changed completely around it. Former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper — a double Tar Heel — comes into the studio to give his take on what's happening in Chapel Hill. And because he is by his own designation North Carolina's number one Caniac, the Carolina Hurricanes conversation was never not going to happen. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Hubert Davis waiting game 14:00 - Chip Patterson 24:00 - Housekeeping 34:00 - Bomani Jones 1:06:00 - Roy Cooper 1:27:00 - Hey Joe OG x BreakingT: https://breakingt.com/collections/the-ovies-giglio-collection?rfsn=7630833.c3bd9f7 OG Secret Stash: http://theog.shop/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGTriangleMedia OG Membership Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Qpevj6hElebdWc2SSGkWw/join Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fair warning — this episode might already be outdated by the time you press play. The situation surrounding Hubert Davis at North Carolina is moving fast. All indications out of Chapel Hill point to the university being ready to move on from Davis following the shocking first round NCAA Tournament loss to VCU. The mechanics of how the separation happens appear to be the remaining variable. But the direction the university is heading seems clear enough that Ovies & Giglio are treating this episode as the honest accounting of how Hubert Davis ended up here — and how dramatically different everything looked just three weeks ago. And when UNC makes Davis' status official — who do the Tar Heels go after? Then the basketball still being played — because the NCAA Tournament doesn't pause for Chapel Hill's administrative decisions. Duke is the only ACC team remaining in the Sweet 16. The Blue Devils got their Siena scare in the first round and then found something critical in a second half sequence against TCU that allowed them to look like themselves again heading into the Sweet 16. Cameron Boozer still shows up in the box score but the game isn't coming as easily as it did earlier in the season — the physical toll of a deep tournament run is showing and the question worth asking is whether something as straightforward as getting Patrick Ngongba back into the lineup is the piece that unlocks the version of Duke that nobody in the bracket wants to face. N&O's Shelby Swanson joins the show to discuss the Hubert Davis situation with the reporting and perspective that the moment demands. A Lightning Round follows. OG Sports Phone closes it out. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Hubert Davis convo is fluid 31:00 - Housekeeping 38:00 - Duke last ACC squad standing 1:01:00 - N&O's Shelby Swanson 1:18:00 - Lightning Round 1:30:00 - Hey Joe OG x BreakingT: https://breakingt.com/collections/the-ovies-giglio-collection?rfsn=7630833.c3bd9f7 OG Secret Stash: http://theog.shop/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGTriangleMedia OG Membership Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Qpevj6hElebdWc2SSGkWw/join Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

North Carolina basketball has a standard. It was set by Dean Smith and sustained by Roy Williams. In five years under Hubert Davis the Tar Heels have not met it. Making it more complicated — Jon Scheyer has built something real at Duke under the similar circumstances or replacing a legend. The Tobacco Road rivalry has always pushed both programs toward consistent excellence. But the problems at UNC go deeper than Hubert Davis. This looks less like a coaching issue and more like an identity crisis for the university itself. And until that gets addressed no coaching decision fixes what's actually broken. Everyone agrees on one thing — UNC basketball has to evolve or get left behind. OG x BreakingT: https://breakingt.com/collections/the-ovies-giglio-collection?rfsn=7630833.c3bd9f7 OG Secret Stash: http://theog.shop/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGTriangleMedia OG Membership Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Qpevj6hElebdWc2SSGkWw/join Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.