Rick Byrd is a Knoxville native, a Nashville icon and a Tennessee coaching legend.In Episode 13, the Hall of Fame coach reflects on his early days on the sideline with Coach Ray Mears at the University of Tennessee, how the greatness of Don...

Coach Hubie Smith is a Tennessee coaching legend. He finished his coaching career with 707 wins and just 250 losses.  He won his first state title at Bartlett in 2001, won the girls title twice at Ensworth and won four straight championshi...

From his early days of battling his older siblings in the driveway, to starring on one of the winningest teams in TN high school history, to ultimately ending up a fan favorite for the TN Vols, Dane Bradshaw has always been a winner.In ...

Alysha Clark is currently a professional basketball player and most recently a WNBA champion with the Seattle Storm. She shoots a staggering 39.8% from 3 (2nd among active players) and has twice been named to the WNBA All-Defensive Team; howeve...

Basketball is a family affair for the Bone brothers, Josh and Jordan. In Episode 9 of TN Hoop Talk, we caught up with the first family of basketball in Tennessee. Listen in as we discuss their early hoops years in Nashville and how they are ins...

Ron Slay is one of the most dynamic basketball players and personalities in Tennessee basketball history.   Having lived all over the state, he is a TN kid through and through that settled in Nashville where he became a legend.  In Ep...

Coach John Wild is a State Winning High School coach and one of the most successful girls’ coaches in Tennessee.  He is one of only 3 coaches to win a state championship in both the girls and boys game in TN history.  In Episode 7 of ...

If you like great basketball stories then you need to listen to Episode 6 as TN Hoop Talk host, Matt Kizer, visits with Perry County & Indiana Hoosier Great Kirk Haston.  Haston was a Tennessee Mr. Basketball and All-American at Indian...

In episode 5, host Matt Kizer sits down with All Around Game owners and cousins, Spencer and Jamal Richardson, to talk about their love of basketball and the business that they have built around the sport.Spencer and Jamal Richardson pl...

In episode 4 of Tennessee Hoop Talk, host, Matt Kizer sits down with former Goodpasture High School and Vanderbilt Commodore, Drew Maddux.  Maddux is basketball royalty in Nashville.  He is a member of one of the most memorable playin...

In episode 3, host, Matt Kizer, sits down with basketball giant, Ryan Stack.  Stack is the greatest basketball player in Cheatham County history.  After a successful career at South Carolina, Stack was drafted by the Cleveland...

If you have been around the game of basketball in Middle and West TN, you know the name Pete Froedden.  Host, Matt Kizer, talks all things basketball with Coach Froedden.In Episode 2 of Tennessee Hoop Talk, Coach Froedden talks abo...

In Episode 1 the host of Tennessee Hoop Talk Podcast, Matt Kizer, has his first guest on to reminisce about the glory days at Beech High School and Franklin High School. Coach Darrin Joines - shares fantastic stories about former players, games...