By The voters have spoken and the quarterfinals of our Best of Texas High School Tournament are complete. After collecting over 500 votes the semis are now set. Joe and James go over all of them. Plus, Texas businesses are slowly re-opening after the governor announces a phased approach, but
Pod Special: Former Whittier College HC Justin Pudwill
Justin Pudwill ended a hugely successful 10 years at the helm of Whittier College’s men’s and women’s water polo programs to make his Houston return and take advantage of some slightly lower home prices compared to pricey SoCal. His journey started in Huntington Beach though, and he and Joe
By High school season ends, Best of TX first round complete, a chat with Justin Pudwill
It’s almost as hard to believe that this is our 40th episode as it is that James hasn’t gone past his front gate in five days. The quarantine goes on but we try to fill the water polo void with the very sad but not surprising news that the
Pod Special: Coach Mihai Oprea of St. Mark’s, Trident
In one of the most fascinating conversations we can recall we speak with the highly successful Head Coach at St. Mark’s School and Trident Water Polo Club in Dallas. Mihai Oprea has turned St. Mark’s in to one of the most consistently excellent high school teams in Texas having
JOs delayed, Best of TX tourney begins, and Mihai Oprea
The NCAA canceled this year’s final four ™. Be we haven’t. In fact, we’ve created the first ever Best of Texas high school tournament pitting teams from nearly a half-century of prep water polo. After you listen to Joe recall nearly every detail from every team since 1972 go
Best of Texas: Mac & Joe talk preps since 2000
Part two of a conversation with Mac MacDonald, Head Coach at Lamar HS and one of the pioneers of the sport in Texas. Plus some vamping about the first three decades of prep water polo as we kick off our Best of Texas programming. Powered by RedCircle Music Scott
Quarantined in, the best of, and the history of water polo in Texas
It’s a long one, but what else do you have to do? Today, a few items are still on the calendar and the UIL hasn’t shut the season down (yet). Then, we start getting in to the history of high school water polo in Texas. We talk with the
Pod Special: Olympic Silver Medalist Peter Hudnut
Back in December we spoke with 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist and Stanford All-American Peter Hudnut after his visit to Houston where he led a clinic for Houston Storm. We spoke about his connections with Texas, his career at Stanford, and, of course, about that amazing run in Beijing. A
Angela Uno, too much Tiger King, and generally occupying time
You know things are pretty slow when Joe and James chat about Tiger King. Well, not only that, but: Austin College wins the (virtual) CWPA DIII Championships! Which are the best high school teams in Texas history (we want you to tell us!) How to teach eggbeater (biggest takeaway,
Olympics delayed, summer season uncertain, and Scott Slay
What a week. Though it came as no surprise the Olympics have been postponed until 2021 after several Olympic committees and sports associations declared they would be absent from games held in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the delay of an Olympiad for the first time since World