Aaron Torres Sports Podcast Ep. 231: Ashton Hagans, Archie Miller and the rest of the final weekend in college hoops

The final weekend of the college basketball season has come and gone, and Aaron Torres is here to wrap it up as only he can. He spans the country talking all the biggest storylines from the weekend, and then welcomes a special guest, as Danny Tarkanian, the son of legendary UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian joins the show. Here is a full rundown of what you need to know:

A full recap of the final regular season weekend of college hoops: Aaron opens the show by spanning the country, talking all the big storylines conference by conference. He discusses the Ashton Hagans situation at Kentucky, the Wildcats wild rally in Gainesville and why this might be one of the great regular season wins of the Calipari era (5:00). He then transitions to Archie Miller’s beef with Joe Lunardi, and why he actually believes Miller is right on this one (17:00). Aaron then wraps up the rest of the national scene, including Creighton emerging as the favorite in the Big East (26:30) and why you can circle Arizona as a potential upset victim in the NCAA Tournament (31:00).

Danny Tarkanian joins the show (41:00): Aaron wraps by welcoming Danny Tarkanian, the son of legendary UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian to the show. The guys discuss the best times of UNLV’s run under Tarkanian as well as the worst, when the NCAA and school forced him out shortly after reaching the 1991 Final Four. They talk about Tarkanian’s legacy battling the NCAA, and what Tarkanian would be like if he coached in today’s era of college basketball. Finally, can UNLV ever get back to the elite in college basketball?

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