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***Subscribe at CurryHicksSage.com*** **This is the feed for free CurryHicksSage.com content** Burning Sage is a (mostly) weekly podcast with college basketball’s most interesting coaches and newsmakers. Hosted by Curry Hicks Sage, a pseudonymous internet poster turned insider, the show takes true college hoop heads behind the curtain for lengthy and substantive looks at the sport"s most interesting figures.

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193:43

#SearchSZN 5: Preview 4 (FULL SHOW)

Curry Hicks Sage Free Content ·

2026/02/02

Spaces that started 2/1/25 around 9 PM EST.

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134:50

#SearchSZN 5: Preview 3 (FULL SHOW)

Curry Hicks Sage Free Content ·

2026/01/29

Spaces that started Wednesday, January 28th, around 9:45 PM EST.

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19:43

The Basketball Junkie (First 20 Minutes)

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2026/01/10

***This is the first 20 minutes of The Basketball Junkie, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Fran Fraschilla, 67, is a basketball commentator at ESPN. He joined the network in 2002 after a decorated coaching career that included head coaching stints at Manhattan, St.John's, and New Mexico. A Brooklyn native, Fraschilla also worked as an assistant at Rhode Island, Ohio, Ohio State, and Providence. In this sprawling, two-and-a-half hour episode, Fraschilla

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16:42

From Marquette, Michigan With Love (First 15 Minutes)

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2026/01/10

***This is the first 15 minutes of From Marquette, Michigan With Love, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Matt Majkrzak (Mack-ER-Zak) is the head men's basketball coach at Northern Michigan University. He's been at a bunch of wildly remote places and he's an absolute rising star in the profession. Ignore the fact that he's less well known than many of our guests and give it a listen. It's a thoughtful, smart, digressive, and funny conversation with a guy

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15:37

Colleges That Change Lives (First 15 Minutes)

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2025/12/17

***This is the first 15 minutes of Colleges That Change Lives, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***I think I first came across the book Colleges That Change Lives when my sister was beginning to look at colleges in 1999 or 2000. It had come out in 1996 and represented something of an intentional response to the more corporate tome-of-a-college-guide-book that the Princeton Review and others put out each year. Google's AI machine actually does a good job

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15:16

How To Make It In America (First 15 Minutes)

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2025/11/26

***This is the first 15 minutes of How To Make It In America, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Dan Poneman is the foremost college basketball player agent in the rapidly evolving NIL landscape. An Evanston, Illinois native, Poneman has been a fixture in basketball circles since he started a scouting site as a middle schooler. Currently he leads a team of nearly 20 employees at the Weave Agency, which has quickly to dominate the basketball NIL market.During

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10:51

Yes We Dan (First 10 Minutes)

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2025/10/21

***This is the first 10 minutes of Yes We Dan, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Dan Earl, 50, is the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. A native of Medford Lakes, New Jersey and a graduate of Penn State University, Earl is set to begin his fourth season with the Mocs this fall. In year three of his tenure, Earl led the team to a SoCon regular season crown and an NIT title.Before taking the reins at UTC, Earl spent

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12:25

Yes We Jans (First 10 Minutes)

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2025/10/13

***This is the first 10 minutes of Yes We Jans, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Chris Jans, 56, is the head men’s basketball coach at Mississippi State University. A native of Fairbank, Iowa and a graduate of Loras College, Jans is set to begin his fourth season in Starkville next month. He's taken the Bulldogs to the NCAA tournament in all three of his seasons at the helm, an especially impressive feat considering that between 2009 and his arrival in

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10:26

Archbishop Caputo (First 10 Minutess)

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2025/10/06

***This is the first 10 minutes of Archbishop Caputo, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Chris Caputo, 45, is the head coach at George Washington, where he's about to begin his fourth season leading the Revolutionaries. A Queens native who played at the New York City powerhouse Archbishop Molloy, Caputo linked up with fellow Molloy grad Jim Larrañaga shortly after graduating from D3 Westfield State. He stayed at Larranaga's side for two decades, with lengthy

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10:25

Swat Team (First 10 Minutes)

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2025/09/29

***This is the first 10 minutes of Swat Team, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Landry Kosmalski, 47, is an assistant coach at Campbell University, where he's about to begin his first season helping rebuild the Camels program. Kosmalski joined former Florida assistant and current Campbell head coach John Andrzejek after a dozen years at D3 Swarthmore where he took a longtime doormat and turned it into a national power, nearly winning the national title on a

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9:46

The Power of Positive Pastner (First 10 Minutes)

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2025/09/22

***This is the first 10 minutes of The Power of Positive Pastner, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Josh Pastner, 47, is the head coach at UNLV, where he's about to begin his first season leading the Runnin' Rebels. A basketball lifer who knew he'd be a coach even in childhood, Pastner's first head role came at Memphis, where he spent seven seasons from 2009-2016. He later led Georgia Tech for another seven seasons before spending the last two years as a

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5:56

Miller Time (First 5 Minutes)

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2025/09/16

***This is the first 5 minutes of Miller Time, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Wes Miller, 42, is the head coach at the University of Cincinnati where he's about to enter his fifth season leading the Bearcats. He previously spent a decade at the helm of UNC-Greensboro. He became one of the youngest head coaches in America when he took that job in 2011 in the same town he grew up in.He joined the show from his office in Cincinnati where he discussed how he

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18:55

Lobo in Paradise (First 10 Minutes)

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2025/09/10

***This is the first 10 minutes of Lobo in Paradise, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Eric Olen, 44, is the head men’s basketball coach at the University of New Mexico. A native of Mobile, Alabama and a graduate of Spring Hill College, Olen landed the New Mexico job this past offseason after leading UC San Diego to a 30 win season and the Tritons' first ever D1 NCAA tourney appearance. Prior to leaving for Albuquerque, he'd spent the entirety of his

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10:52

Bucky Ball (First 10 Minutes)

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2025/09/02

***This is the first 10 minutes of Bucky Ball, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Bucky McMillan, 42, is the head men’s basketball coach at Texas A&M University. A Birmingham native and graduate of Birmingham-Southern College, McMillan arrived on the college scene in 2020 when Samford University hired him out of nearby Mountain Brook High School, which he had turned into a national powerhouse. Deploying an entertaining style and relentlessly marketing

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20:12

The Forbes List (First 10 Minutes)

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2025/08/25

***This is the first 10 minutes of The Forbes List, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Steve Forbes, 60, the head men’s basketball coach at Wake Forest University. A native of Lone Tree, Iowa, and a graduate of Southern Arkansas University, Forbes arrived in Winston‑Salem on April 30, 2020 during the throes of COVID. At 55, Wake became his first power conference gig after decades of toiling in the junior college and assistant coaching ranks. He came to Wake

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8:06

Mussel Beach (First 5 Minutes)

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2025/08/24

***This is the first 5 minutes of Mussel Beach, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Eric Musselman, 60, is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California. A native of Ashland, Ohio, and the son of longtime coach Bill Musselman, Eric arrived in Los Angeles after five successful seasons at Arkansas, where he led the Razorbacks to three consecutive NCAA Tournament runs that included two Elite Eight appearances and a Sweet Sixteen. Before

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19:06

Ben McIowa (First 10 Minutes)

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2025/08/12

***This is the first 10 minutes of Ben McIowa, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Ben McCollum, 44 is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Iowa, which hired him this past offseason after a wildly succession debut season as a D1 level coach at Drake. A native of Storm Lake, Iowa, McCollum put together one of the most impressive stretches in recent coaching history during 15 remarkably successful seasons at Northwest Missouri State. Under his

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8:48

FRIAR (First 5 Minutes)

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2025/08/03

***This is the first 5 minutes of FRIAR, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Kim English, 36, is the head men's basketball coach at Providence College. A Baltimore native and former Mizzou Tiger, English arrived in the Renaissance City after two seasons as the head coach at George Mason. English began his coaching career after a stint playing for the Pistons and a number of top tier clubs overseas. He has also served as an assistant coach at Tulsa, Colorado,

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13:11

The Big Schert(z) (First 10 Minutes)

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2025/07/27

***This is the first 10 minutes of The Big Schert(z) full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Josh Schertz, 50, is the head men's basketball coach at Saint Louis University. After dominating the D2 ranks for a dozen or so years at Lincoln Memorial, the Brooklyn native and FAU alum turned around Indiana State during a three year stint in Terre Haute before winning the SLU job during the 2024 #SearchSZN cycle. He's held assistant roles at a range of D2 spots as well

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13:20

Skinn It To Win It (First 10 Minutes)

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2025/07/20

***This is the first 10 minutes of Skinn It To Win It, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***Tony Skinn, 42, is the head men's basketball coach at George Mason. A decorated Mason alum who helped lead the program on its miraculous Final Four run in 2006, Skinn returned to his alma mater prior to the 2023-2024 season. In his second year at the helm, he led the team to within a possession of an A10 title and 27 wins. His name emerged in a number of high profile

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