Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! We have a wild week of basketball to go over, with there being more chaos off of the court than on it! The most shocking news came from Air Force, who fired head coach Joe Scott for his “treatment of cadet-athletes”. We’ll dive into his tenure in Colorado Springs to try and find out what went wrong, and we’ll then talk about big time wins for San Diego State and Grand Canyon, though the Lopes upset of Utah
State wasn’t without its own outside controversy. To end the show, we’ll talk about the coldest team from the last week, who is unfortunately one of the three teams we tagged last episode. Lots of show to get through, let’s dive right in!
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Show notes:
- Air Force fires Joe Scott for “treatment of cadet-athletes”
- Grand Canyon knocks off Utah State, off-court drama included!
- Aztecs outlast New Mexico, Miles Byrd saves the day
- Colorado State continues to flounder
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