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Trent Shippen reflects on his basketball career and the evolution of sports at BYU-Idaho, joined by Sean and Miles McDonald discussing basketball culture.

Trent Shippen gets teary-eyed as he looks back on his basketball career and all the people he’s associated with through the years. The 60-year-old Rigby man is a sports advisor at Brigham Young University-Idaho, but was once part of a national tournament while a student at Ricks College in the 1980s. He later went on to play for Colorado State University, and eventually coached at BYU in Provo, Utah. This week on “It’s Worth Mentioning,” Shippen shares his memories of playing basketball for the Ricks College Vikings. He discusses some of the people he’s played or interacted with — some of whom played in the NBA — and reflects on the school’s transition from a two-year junior college to a four-year baccalaureate university. Shippen has been involved in intramural sports at BYU-Idaho for decades and talks about whether competitive sports will ever return to BYU-Idaho. Sean McDonald, and his son, Miles, also join us on this episode. Sean is the owner of Jumpstart Basketball Academy at 4141 East 645 North in Rigby, and has an extensive knowledge of basketball culture and history. Sean discusses his love for the game, how the basketball culture intersects with skating culture and some…

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