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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 intere ...
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Detlef grew up in West Germany and left his senior year to be a foreign exchange student in Washington state. He went on to play college ball for the University of Washington and was drafted to the NBA. During his 16-year career he was voted NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year twice and was the first European player to play in the All-Star game. Detlef’s s…
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From a hog farm in a tiny southern Minnesota town to becoming to the states leading scorer that was the path of today’s guest – Cody Schilling. Cody grew up in Ellsworth, MN with 21 kids in his graduating class but that close knit family and community raised him into a high school basketball superstar, a division two all-american and now head coach…
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For only the second time ever and for the first time since 1984, the same school has won both the women’s and men’s basketball championship in division two. That school is Minnesota State Mankato! In this two part episode you will hear from the coach of each of those teams. In her 12th season as head coach Emilee Thiesse led the Mavericks to a 32 -…
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For this episode I am joined by the head boys basketball coach of the Minnetonka Skippers – Bryce Tesdahl. Bryce and his team just won the boys class 4A state championship capping off a fabulous season. Coaching is not new to Bryce or his family. He is the grandson of Bob McDonald who is the all-time winningest coach in MN boys basketball history. …
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For this episode I’m joined by two MN boys high school basketball experts to help break down the upcoming MN boys state basketball 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. No one watches more hi…
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For this episode we’re trying something we’ve never done before and that’s two guests in separate interviews put into one episode. And these guests are legends in Minnesota girls high school basketball. First we have Alexandria head coach – Wendy Kohler. Wendy is in her 39th season leading the Cardinals and has been quite the fixture on the sidelin…
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Ryan James from Prep Hoops joins the program again to chat all things MN boys high school basketball. He recaps the Breakdown tip off classic, speaking on some of the great games and top performances. He also dives into a preview for each of the four classes for the boys high school season and who he sees as some of the top contenders to win it all…
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Back for his third appearance on the show - Grant McGinnis from Prep Girls Hoops joins the show to preview the MN girls high school basketball season and also recaps the recently completed Breakdown Girls Tip-Off Classic which brings in a good amount of the best teams and players to play on one weekend in the metro. Grant shares his thoughts on som…
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In the MIAC conference there are two schools that you need to start paying attention to as an opponent or a basketball fan if you haven’t before. Both St. Mary’s University and Macalester College have had tough seasons on the hardwood in the not so distant past but in the last 5 seasons have taken some steps to no longer be a pushover in their conf…
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For this episode the Bare's Den podcast producer (Dan Schultz) takes over the hosting duties and interviews two longtime pro sports executives. The host of the Bare's Den - Matt Bare who has worked for the Minnesota Timberwolves for 20 years and the longest tenured employee for the Minnesota Timberwolves - Jeff Munneke who has been with the club fo…
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Our guest for this episode is former Perham High School boys basketball head coach and newly hired M State Community College head men's coach - Dave Cresap. Coach Cresap has coached the last 37 seasons of high school basketball, including the last 28 seasons in Perham. Dave got that program going in the right direction taking the helm in 1995 and f…
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Mandy just finished her 8th season as head coach of the Bulldogs and what a season it was! Led by Division 2 player of the Year – Brooke Olson, UMD made it all the way to the national championship game for the first time in school history. Mandy did not set out to become a basketball coach but is glad to find herself in that profession. She started…
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Bryan is fresh off leading his team to the Minnesota boys basketball class 4A state title. This is Bryan’s second title in three seasons with the Trojans and he has built a very successful program, but it wasn’t always that way as the school had a 58 year drought between state tournament appearances. Not only is does Bryan coach at a high level but…
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We bring back Ryan James from the Breakdown and Prep Hoops to preview the upcoming Minnesota boys high school state basketball tournament. Ryan runs us through each class, gives us some the top players and picks his winner for each class. We also cover the Mr. Basketball finalists.Matt Bare
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Jake Sullivan is one of the greatest shooters to every lace them up in a Minnesota gym. Jake starred for Tartan high school graduating in the year 2000 but not before he put up some massive statistics. Jake amassed over 3,000 points in his high school career and led Tartan to the Class 4A state title in his senior season. From there he went on to h…
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For this episode we bring back our mini-series on Minnesota basketball legends as we are joined by Jordan Taylor. Jordan was a standout player at Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School. He led the Red Knights to the state championship in 2008 along with fellow star player Armond Battle. Jordan graduated as the school’s all-time leading scorer and also …
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For this episode we connect with Mountain Iron-Buhl girls varsity basketball head coach – Jeff Buffetta. Jeff has led the MIB girls program for the past 20+ seasons and has established that program as one of best in the state at the Class 1A level having reached the state tournament 11 of the last 12 seasons. Oh and by the way Jeff is also the head…
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This episode is a dive into the Minnesota boys high school basketball season with Ryan James from Prep Hoops and Breakdown Sports. Ryan recaps the recently completed Breakdown Tipoff Classic and share his thoughts on some of the exciting games and big performances that came from that event. He also gives a nice preview for each class of MN basketba…
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Grant McGinnis from Prep Girls Hoops Minnesota is back as a guest to preview the Minnesota high school girls basketball season and I could not think of a better person to have on than him to give his insight. Grant shares his thoughts from the Breakdown Girls Tip-Off Classic that was held recently at Hopkins and highlights some of the big games and…
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Coach Tauer is back as a guest as we discuss their school's unprecedented jump from Division 3 to Division 1. We chat about last season for his team as it was their first year as a division one program as a member of the Summit League. They played with basically the same roster as their previous season which was made up of players recruited to play…
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This episodes guest is professional golfer – Erik Compton. Erik has an unbelievable story both on and off the golf course and is someone that many around the country admire. Erik is a two-time heart transplant recipient who received his first transplant when he was just 12 years old. In his 20's Erik had a heart attack while driving and ended up ne…
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University of Minnesota head men’s basketball coach – Ben Johnson joins for this episode. Ben is entering his second season leading the Gophers program and is also a former Gopher player himself. Ben was also a star locally at DeLaSalle high school where he helped lead them to 2 state championships. For this episode we discuss Coach Johnson’s first…
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For this episode I am joined by a former girls varsity basketball coach, current social studies teacher and author – Carl Pierson. Carl spent 17 seasons as head coach at 4 different high schools and is also the executive director of the MN girls basketball coaches association. He is also the author of two books – “The Politics of Coaching” and “The…
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Our guests for this episode are two former University of Minnesota basketball teammates – Jim Shikenjanski and Richard Coffey. Jim and Richard were apart of the same recruiting class playing from 1986 - 1990 and were also a part of the team in Coach Clem Haskins first year as coach. Their team had struggles at first but found success as they reache…
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Joining me for this episode are two newly retired MN boys high school basketball coaches – Kris Fadness from Austin and Dana Kallman from Chaska. Between the two of them they were in the head coaching role for 47 seasons and have combined for nearly 800 wins. Both have coached their team in the state tournament, won numerous conference titles and w…
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In this episode we explore the world of Junior College Basketball. I think it’s slightly misunderstood and is an important area in the collegiate basketball landscape. Joining me are two legendary Minnesota coaches that were both successful coaches in the JUCO world. Jay Pivec has over 600 wins and a good majority of those came from his time as hea…
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Timberwolves radio play-by-play voice Alan Horton joins for this episode to chat about his path in broadcasting and the Timberwolves. Alan's career has brought him to San Diego, Seattle and then to Minnesota. He was the play-by-play voice for the Minnesota Lynx during their championship seasons of 2011 and 2013 and has now been the voice of the Tim…
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This episode newly crowned Minnesota class 4A boys state champion head coach James Ware of Park Center high school joins the show. James led the Pirates to a 31-1 and record this season and the first boys basketball state title in school history. James was also a decorated player himself starring at Hopkins high school and playing in college for bo…
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We brought back Ryan James from Prep Hoops, North Star Hoops and Breakdown Sports to preview the 2022 Minnesota boys state high school basketball tournament. Ryan gives his thoughts on some of the top teams and players and gives his prediction on a winner for each class. We also touch on some MN Mr. Basketball and Gopher men's hoops as well.…
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The mini-series on Minnesota basketball legends continues as we are joined by Randy Breuer. Randy was a dominating big man in Lake City who was 6 foot 8 as an 8th grader and grew to reach 7 foot 3. Randy helped lead Lake City to back to back to state championships in 1978 and 1979 where they finished the 79 season undefeated. He was also the Minnes…
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Basketball is in the family to say the least for Isaiah Dahlman. His grandfather (John Kundla) was the first coach for the Minneapolis Lakers and also coached at the University of Minnesota. His brother Noah and sister Rebekah were also prep stars that went on to play collegiately at the D1 level. Isaiah was one of the best players in the entire st…
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Starting with this episode we are going to bring back the mini-series on MN basketball legends. Last season’s guests were some of our most popular episodes where we had on Barry Wohler, Janet Karvonen, Blaine Joerger, Coach John Carlson and his son Alex and Khalid El-Amin. This season I’m excited to speak with a few more players that were standouts…
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The 24th Winter Olympic Games are about to begin and who better to have on as a guest than an Olympic gold medalist. John Shuster from Chisholm, MN will be the skipper for the US men’s Olympic curling team again this year and will be participating in his 5th Olympic games. John and his US squad won the first ever curling Olympic gold medal for the …
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Gerald Kingbird from Red Lake joins the program for this episode. He shares how important the game of basketball is to those on the reservation in his area and beyond. We're also approaching the 25th anniversary of one of the most memorable Minnesota state tournament games of all time, where Gerald's Red Lake team took on Wabasso. As a sophomore in…
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There can't be many media members in the local market or nationwide for that matter that work as hard or are as involved in many ventures as Justin Gaard. Justin is very prevalent on KFAN and is best known as the producer for the popular "Bumper to Bumper" show with Dan Barreiro. "JG" or "Gaardsy" as he is affectionately known is also the sideline …
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Ryan James from Prep Hoops is back as our guest this episode to preview the Minnesota boys high school basketball season. Ryan gives us his prediction of a state champion for each class. We also spend time discussing one of Minnesota's biggest prep basketball events in the Breakdown Tipoff Class which is taking place this weekend. Finally the show …
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The Minnesota boys and girls high school basketball seasons will be tipping off very soon and this weeks guest has a lot to look forward to. Tara Seifert is the head girls basketball coach at Chaska high school. She led her team to the class 4A state championship last season capping off an undefeated run finishing 18-0 and securing the school’s fir…
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This episodes guest is Mounds View head football coach Aaron Moberg. Aaron played high school football at Mounds View and then played collegiately for Bethel. Aaron has been both the head girls hockey coach and football coach at Mounds View, and has led both teams to a state tournament appearance. I had heard a lot of good things about Aaron as a c…
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After a little time in between episodes we are back and Matt connects with Chad Hartman for a discussion on his time with KFAN, his Timberwolves broadcasting days and the one-year anniversary of the passing of his father - Sid Hartman. They also get into some fun back and forth with Chad on a segment of overrated/underrated/properly rated that he u…
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Basketball shoes and sneaker culture are a fascinating and popular topic for many, whether it be the original Jordan’s to the collaboration of sneaker releases with pop culture stars like Travis Scott. Basketball shoes that were once worn just on the basketball court are now popular with men and women off the court and even accepted as appropriate …
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Our discussion around the upcoming Summer Olympics continues and who better to join us for this chat, than someone who actually competed in the Olympics themselves. Carrie Tollefson was standout runner at Dawson-Boyd high school here in MN where she was a 13-time state champion. She has been inducted into both the Minnesota high school hall of fame…
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For this episode I connect with my friend Jared Carver to chat some Duke basketball and the upcoming summer Olympics. Jared is a sports encyclopedia and two topics that he knows a tremendous amount about are Duke hoops and the Olympics. We share our thoughts on how we met at a Duke game a few years ago, the final upcoming season for Coach K at Duke…
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The movie Hoosiers is universally adored among sports fans, especially hoops junkies. It is loosely based on a magical season from 1954 of a small Indiana school called Milan, who made it all the way to the Indiana state championship where their small school, which had an enrollment of 160 took down much larger Muncie Central whose school size was …
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If you have a son or daughter that plays high school basketball in Minnesota, chances are you know who Nick Carroll is. If you don’t, you more than likely are aware of or are familiar with his company – Prep Hoops. And if you are outside of Minnesota you are becoming more familiar with Prep Hoops as well as it is now in more than 30 states around t…
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This episode is a follow up to last year's episode in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. Now that it has been one year since that major event made headlines, sparked conversation and change - it deserves another discussion. Coach Larry McKenzie from Minneapolis North, Coach Omar McMillan from Richfield and Coach Dave Flom from Eden Prairie…
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Today is said to be a time when high school officials are dropping off and there is not enough replacements coming up to fill the need. For this episode Matt connects with someone who can speak to this topic. Josh Thurow is currently the athletic director at Minnehaha Academy, has also been a girls varsity basketball coach and is currently a basket…
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For this episode Matt connects with someone that is one of the shows sponsors but is also a good friend. Pat Freeman from Midwest Basketball training has been heavily involved in basketball for years. From his days at Champlin Park High School, to playing college basketball at Division 3 – St. Mary’s, working alongside Matt at the Timberwolves to n…
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For this episode Matt connects with newly crowned class 1A state champion head boys basketball coach – Chris Pack of the Hayfield Vikings. Chris comes from a coaching family as his dad was a high school coach and two of his brothers are currently coaching MN high school basketball as well. Chris’s journey took him from an all-conference pitcher at …
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For this episode Matt connects with former Hopkins basketball star and current Baylor Bears assistant coach Jared Nuness. Jared's title is Special Assistant and Director of Player Development and he is now a part of national championship team as Baylor knocked off Gonzaga in a highly anticipated matchup. Jared and I discuss the amazing turnaround o…
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Matt is joined by Ryan James from Prep Hoops and Breakdown Sports. Ryan shares his insight on the final four teams remaining in each class of the Minnesota state boys basketball tournament and gives us his prediction on a winner as well. We also hear Ryan's thoughts on new University of Minnesota men's basketball head coach - Ben Johnson and an upd…
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