Tamara Inoue, UC Irvine's WBB head coach joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Inoue’s run at UC Irvine is one of the most impressive turnarounds in college basketball. Taking over a program that finished 5–23 in her first season, Inoue has completely redefined the ceiling of UC Irvine women’s basketball. She’s now on pace to lead UCI to five straight 20+ win seasons, is already the all-time winningest coach in program history, and guided the program to a Big West Championship in 2023–24. This season, her team sits at 17–3, continuing a stretch of sustained success that few programs can match.

A Big West Co-Coach of the Year (2020–21), she’s steadily transformed the program from rebuild mode into a consistent conference contender. What started as a challenging rebuild has evolved into one of the most stable and respected programs in the Big West.

UC Irvine is positioned to remain a force in the conference and beyond. The main goal remains to get back to the NCAA tournament for the second time in three years. Will they win the Big West?

Joel Foxwell, one of the best young guards in the country joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Foxwell is in his freshman year with the University of Portland and has taken the WCC by storm as one of the best players in the conference.

Foxwell is from Australia where he played most of his youth years in the NBL1 South Division. A year before coming to the NCAA, Foxwell played in the NBL for Melbourne United as a developmental player. Foxwell credits much of his first year NCAA success to the year playing in the NBL; hear all about his experience and some of the top players he played with and against in the top league in Australia.

Foxwell has won the WCC Rookie of the Week award 5x, making his case for the Rookie of the Year award. The Australian guard is averaging over 14 points per game along with 7.2 assists which is currently 3rd in the country. The Portland Pilots are currently 10-11 (3-5) and coming up on the toughest stretch of their schedule. Hear all about Joel's career and the Pilots season in the full episode.

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Sneak Peak- 01:00-01:40

NY Knicks Troubles- 01:40-05:00

Intro to Joel Foxwell- 05:00-11:27

Australian Sport(s) Fandom, Australian Background / Basketball Community- 11:27-16:26

Family Background, Competition with Brothers- 16:26-18:17

NBL Experience, Mindset Coming to NCAA, Playing Against Owen in NBL- 18:17-26:48

Decommitting from Samford & Committing to Portland- 26:48-30:17

Film Breakdown- 30:17-38:16

WCC Experience/Competition, Future for Joel Foxwell- 38:16-41:55

Rapid Fire (Ideal Improvement in Game, Top 3 Australian NBA Players, Toughest Matchup in NCAA)- 41:55-45:44

Starting 5: Best NBL Players Played Against- 45:44-47:25

Outro, Not Even D2 Spotlight- 47:25-51:43

#5 ranked Johns Hopkins WBB head coach, Rodney Rogan joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . JHU looks like one of the best teams in the country holding a perfect 8-0 record. In just two years, Rogan and JHU have now won back-to-back Centennial Conference Championships and made multiple Sweet 16 appearences.

Rogan has now won at two different schools- beginning at his first head coaching opportunity at Rhodes College. Rogan led Rhodes to three straight Southern Atlantic Athletic (SAA) championships leaving with a 67-28 (.705) record.

This pod talks about his process of getting to JHU, what the expectations are for the 2025-26 season, and the background of Rogan getting into coaching women's basketball.

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