The Bare's Den w/ Matt Bare

About The Bare's Den w/ Matt Bare

The Bare's Den Podcast is hosted by Matt Bare and this podcast will be an interview style podcast having conversations with coaches, players and friends of the basketball community. I also hope to connect with people from other sports down the road. I’ll focus on interesting stories that have happened around the state and hopefully the country as well. I hope to share the path of many of these guests and how they got to be where they are today. The goal is to connect with you to share interesting stories and perspectives about a particular event, person or team.

Publisher

Matt Bare

Category

society & culture · sports · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Apr 2020

Latest episode

19 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 96 episodes have a transcript.

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   19 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode #97 - MN Boys State Basketball Tourney Preview 2026 - w/ Ryan James & TC Hoops Czar

   Two Minnesota boys basketball experts join me for this episode to preview the upcoming MN boys basketball state tournament. Ryan James from Prep Hoops and TC Hoops Czar are here to give us their insight into each bracket for the 4 classes, some of the top players to watch and who they think will win it all. Surprisingly they agree on 3 picks.

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   16 Dec 2025

   Episode #96 - MN Boys High School Basketball Preview w/ Ryan James

   Ryan James from Prep Hoops is back to preview the MN boys high school basketball season. RJ shares his thoughts on who the top teams are to watch in each of the four classes for Minnesota boys basketball and highlights the top players to keep an eye on. He also gives an overview of the University of Minnesota Men’s basketball team under the new leadership of Niko Medved.

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   8 Dec 2025

   Episode #95 - MN Girls High School Basketball Preview w/ Grant McGinnis

   Grant McGinnis from Prep Girls Hoops is back to preview the 2025-26 Minnesota Girls High School Basketball season. No one knows the girls basketball landscape in MN like Grant and he gives us his thoughts on the favorites in each of the four classes and tells about the players to keep an eye out for. He also gives a recap of the recently completed Girls Breakdown Tip-Off Classic. To up your knowledge for this basketball season check out this episode.

Inside a recent episode

Episode #97 - MN Boys State Basketball Tourney Preview 2026 - w/ Ryan James & TC Hoops Czar

Published 19 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Defending champ is Dawson Boyd, who didn't make it back in this year. So we'll have a new state champion at Class 1A. And maybe let's start with Uzar, since you mentioned him. Henning comes in as the one seed. for Class 1A. Who do you like in Class 1A? Who are some of the big players that people should keep an eye out for? Yeah, I mean, talking about Henning, you have to start with Cale Mizzagades. Southwest Minnesota State commit guard has been absolutely outstanding for them. I'm biased because I picked Henning at the start of the year, so I'm going to pick him again here. But it's a really fun field. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

40 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

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Quality

21

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

84

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