On this week's episode, Nakissa “Keesa K” Koomalsingh joins the show and takes us through her journey creating Canada's first paid professional women’s basketball league in HoopQueens and discusses the growth of women's basketball in this country. She also shares her excitement around the Toronto Tempo, what areas need improvement for Canada to become a global leader in the game and preparing for season five of HoopQueens.

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Top Canadian prospect Yousaf Ahmad joins the show this week to detail his journey from an unknown player to taking high school basketball by storm this year and his recent commitment to Josh Schertz and Saint Louis. In the second half of the show, we put our intern, Jacques Leung, to a Canadian basketball knowledge test.

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Canada basketball president and CEO Michael Bartlett joins the show ahead of a busy summer for the organization. He takes us inside the senior men's national team, issuing commitment letters for the next Olympic cycle, addresses the senior women's team's failed World Cup bid for the first time since 2002, and answers questions sent in by listeners. At the end of the episode, Bartlett also teases a new special collab.

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Live in Portland at the Nike Hoop Summit, top Canadian prospect Miles Sadler joins the show and opens up about being snubbed from the McDonald's All-American Game and inside his recruitment to West Virginia. Sadler put together one of the greatest seasons we've ever seen from a Canadian high school player as we go through it all, plus his excitement heading into college as West Virginia's highest rated recruit in program history.

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Coming off a high school national championship and winning back-to-back Canadian Elite Basketball League titles, coach Victor Raso joins the show to talk Ridley College's recent success and why he jumped into the prep school scene. Raso also shares his concerns about the CEBL's future with the exit of Mike Morreale and what could go wrong with the league.

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On this week's episode, host Libaan Osman covers the latest news in Canadian basketball and players he's looking forward to watching at the All Canadian Games. Former three-time All Canadian player Keshaun Saunders joins the show to talk about the harsh realities of basketball in Canada for players and what people need to know about prep schools. Then, we end of the episode playing some Canadian basketball trivia with intern Todd.

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After calling the U Sports Final 8 tournament, national sports broadcast Arash Madani joins the show to discuss what changes need to be made and the state of university basketball in Canada. We also discuss Canada's senior women's national team failing to qualify for the World Cup and give an outlook on the men's national team.

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Dwayne Washington, the founder of UPlay Canada, now considered the largest AAU program in the country, takes us inside the development and journey of the Canadian stars like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Shaedon Sharpe and Will Riley. The basketball consultant guides us through his philosophy when working with Canada's rising talent and the work ethic needed.

Washginton's consulting service: https://www.askcoachdw.com/

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