A Trophy Life: The Naismith Trophy Podcast

About A Trophy Life: The Naismith Trophy Podcast

A podcast dedicated to the stories of the great men and women involved with the Naismith Trophy--the most prestigious individual national honor in amateur basketball! The family of Naismith Awards annually recognizes the most outstanding men’s and women’s college and high school basketball players and coaches. Hosted by Emmy-Award winning basketball play-by-play announcer Bob Rathbun.

Publisher

Bob Rathbun

Category

news · sports · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Jan 2020

Latest episode

31 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

353 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Oct 2026

   October 31st, 2026 - SEC Associate Commissioner: Garth Glissman

   Send us Fan Mail The 26-27 college basketball season is here! This week, join Bob as he welcomes SEC Associate Commissioner for Men's Basketball, Garth Glissman! They talk about the loaded SEC with seven pre-season Top 25 teams and much more, plus Bob highlights the big games in the week ahead! Presented by Jersey Mike's. WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback only helps make the show better, and we a...

2. 

   25 Oct 2026

   October 25th, 2026 - Looking ahead at Women's College Basketball with Debbie Antonelli

   Send us Fan Mail This week, get set for the new women's college basketball season with ESPN's Debbie Antonelli! Bob pays tribute to the late, great LSU coach Dale Brown. Presented by Jersey Mike's. WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback only helps make the show better, and we appreciate your support! For more information about the Naismith Trophy Award, visit our home on the web.

3. 

   18 Oct 2026

   October 18th, 2026 - Western Kentucky's Teagan Moore

   Send us Fan Mail This week for our 350th episode, we check in with Western Kentucky star guard Teagan Moore, the Conference USA men's pre-season player of the year! Bob pays tribute to the late Cliff Hagan, the great Kentucky MBB All-American. Presented by Jersey Mike's. WANT TO SUPPORT A TROPHY LIFE? Leave a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback only helps make the show better, and we appreciate your support! For more information about the Nai...

Who has been a guest on A Trophy Life: The Naismith Trophy Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Rich Hope
• Bryan Kersey
• Kevin Blossom
• Ryan Kalkbrenner
• Cori Close

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

46,487

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

54

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

68