Brackets, Bubbles, and Bid Stealers College Basketball Podcast
by Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin
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S7E8: NBA Draft Deadline/State of College Basketball with Kevin Sweeney
May 28, 2026
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PHIL MARTELLI JR. JOINS THE POD! Brackets, Bubbles, and Bid Stealers S7E7
May 26, 2026
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS HEAD COACH MATT MAJKRZAK JOINS THE POD! Brackets, Bubbles, and Bid Stealers S7E6
May 19, 2026
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HIGH POINT HEAD COACH FLYNN CLAYMAN JOINS THE POD! Brackets, Bubbles, and Bid Stealers S7E5
May 18, 2026
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S7E4: NBA Mock Draft with Logan Adams
May 12, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 5/28/26 | S7E8: NBA Draft Deadline/State of College Basketball with Kevin Sweeney | Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin welcome Kevin Sweeney to discuss the NBA Draft Deadline with Tyler Tanner, Tounde Yessoufou, and Milan Momcilovic, as well as doing a State of the Union discussing Age-Based Eligibility, the NCAA's attempt to enforce rules on European players, NCAA Tournament expansion, and conference realignment. | — | ||||||
| 5/26/26 | PHIL MARTELLI JR. JOINS THE POD! Brackets, Bubbles, and Bid Stealers S7E7 | VCU head coach Phil Martelli Jr joins Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin on Brackets, Bubbles, and Bid Stealers to discuss Blake Harper, Brandon Jennings, the Jersey Shore, and much more! | — | ||||||
| 5/19/26 | NORTHERN ILLINOIS HEAD COACH MATT MAJKRZAK JOINS THE POD! Brackets, Bubbles, and Bid Stealers S7E6 | Northern Illinois head coach Matt Majkrzak joined the pod to discuss everything from game scripts to recruiting to Hardwood Empire | — | ||||||
| 5/18/26 | HIGH POINT HEAD COACH FLYNN CLAYMAN JOINS THE POD! Brackets, Bubbles, and Bid Stealers S7E5 | High Point head coach Flynn Clayman joins Sam Federman on Brackets, Bubbles, and Bid Stealers to discuss everything from scheduling to program philosophy to his Jewish Coach of the Year Award and more. | — | ||||||
| 5/12/26 | S7E4: NBA Mock Draft with Logan Adams | Sam Federman and Logan Adams do a first round NBA Mock Draft | — | ||||||
| 4/29/26 | S7E3: Emergency Pod, NCAA Tournament Expansion | Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin discuss NCAA Tournament expansion | — | ||||||
| 4/17/26 | S7 Special Episode: NBA Playoffs Preview | Jonathan Lidskin is joined by Harrison Vapnek and David Campbell to preview the 2026 NBA Playoffs. On this episode, we discuss:- Contenders- Hot seat Players- Who has the most to gain- Conference and Title Picks | — | ||||||
| 4/12/26 | S7E2: Portal Madness with Dylan Smith | Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin welcome Dylan Smith back to the podcast to discuss the first wave of commitments in the transfer portal. | — | ||||||
| 4/10/26 | S7E1: The Coaching Carousel Keeps Turning | Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin open up season seven of Brackets, Bubbles, and Bid Stealers with a discussion about the coaching carousel. A long conversation about Michael Malone to North Carolina, as well as discussions about every other high-major hire. Analysis provided on most mid-major hires too. | — | ||||||
| 4/8/26 | S6E108: National Title Game Recap | In the season finale of Season 6, Sam and Jonathan review Michigan's win over UConn to claim the 2026 National Championship. | — | ||||||
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| 4/5/26 | S6E107: Final Four Recap, Michigan vs UConn Preview | Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin discuss Michigan's dominant win over Arizona and UConn's win over Illinois.What to watch on Monday as well, and a discussion about the Final Four experience as a whole. | — | ||||||
| 4/1/26 | S6E106: Final Four Preview | Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin preview the men's and women's Final Fours. Jack Church joined. | — | ||||||
| 3/31/26 | S6E105: Regional Final Recap. Duke/UConn and more | Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin go in-depth on Duke/UConn and Braylon Mullins' buzzer-beater. Thoughts on the other three regional finals as well. | — | ||||||
| 3/28/26 | S6E104: Sweet 16 Recap, Regional Final Preview with Michael DeRosa | Sam Federman and Michael DeRosa recap the Sweet 16 games and preview the 2026 Regional Finals. | — | ||||||
| 3/25/26 | S6E103: Sweet 16 Preview and UNC Opens with Joe Jackson | Jonathan Lidskin and Sam Federman are joined by Joe Jackson to preview the Sweet 16 and talk a little about Hubert Davis being fired at UNC and possible candidates. | — | ||||||
| 3/22/26 | S6E102: NCAA Tournament Saturday Night Recap | Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin discuss the second round of the NCAA Tournament | — | ||||||
| 3/21/26 | S6E101: Chalk Friday with Michael DeRosa | Jonathan Lidskin and Michael DeRosa break down all of the action from Friday of the NCAA Tournament. | — | ||||||
| 3/20/26 | S6E100: THURSDAY NCAA TOURNAMENT ROUND OF 64 RECAP | Sam and Jonathan break down the first day of the NCAA Tournament. We go in-depth on a handful of games and Joey Dwyer joined us to talk McNeese-Vandy and other results from the Oklahoma City pods. | — | ||||||
| 3/19/26 | S6E99: FULL 2026 BRACKET PICKS! Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin reveal their full NCAA March Madness Brackets | Sam Federman and Jonathan LIdskin reveal their whole brackets, picking all 63 games and justifying the reasonRound of 643:28 East Region28:31 West Region44:30 Midwest Region59:45 South Region1:14:13 Round of 321:33:45 Sweet 161:41:20 Elite 81:47:20 Final Four and National Champion Picks1:52:20 Grant Salsman and the first ever BBB Parlay2:01:50 Harrison Vapnek reveals the All-One Shining Moment Team2:11:54 Harrison Vapnek reveals Dan the Monkey's Bracket | — | ||||||
| 3/18/26 | WBB BONUS: Fairfield vs Notre Dame Preview | MAAC Writer Sam Federman sits down with Notre Dame broadcaster Tyler Reidy to discuss Fairfield's NCAA Tournament opening round matchup with the Fighting Irish. | — | ||||||
| 3/18/26 | S6E98: Jonathan's Bracket Bible Review with Quentin Corpuel | Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin go over Jonathan's famed Bracket Bible with Quentin Corpuel. | — | ||||||
| 3/16/26 | S6E97: #SearchSZN with Curry Hicks Sage | It's #SearchSZN and Sam Federman welcomes Curry Hicks Sage to discuss some of the biggest and smallest jobs of the cycle! | — | ||||||
| 3/16/26 | S6E96: 2026 Initial Bracket Thoughts | Sam and Jonathan give their initial thoughts on the 2026 NCAA Tournament Bracket! | — | ||||||
| 3/14/26 | S6E95: Champ Week Friday Recap, Saturday lookahead | Sam and Jonathan take a look at the results from champ week Friday and preview some of the games ahead on Saturday just one day before the Selection Show. | — | ||||||
| 3/13/26 | S6E94: Two days out from Selection Sunday | After the entire bubble lost, the field is coming into shape. Sam Federman and Jonathan Lidskin celebrate the champions and discuss the bubble with two days to go until Selection Sunday. | — | ||||||
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Chart Positions
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