Top cat

Good morning! One quick announcement: The Mid-Major Show featuring Rocco Miller, Sean Paul and hosted by Vince Wolfram premieres today at 5 pm ET. Watch it on YouTube or X/Twitter.com.

Today’s Daily is written by Mike Miller. Follow him on Twitter/X.com at MikeMillerF68. Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe here.

🚨 Automate Podcast Guest Spots and Fill Your Calendar Fast

If you’re a coach or consultant, podcast guesting is the NEW proven & fastest path to full calendars. Stop burning budget on ads and hoping for clicks. Podcast listeners lean in, hang on every word, and buy from guests who deliver real value (like you!). But appearing on dozens of incredible podcasts overnight as a guest has been impossible to all but the most famous until now.

Podcast guesting gets you permanent inbound guests, permanent SEO, and connects you to the best minds in your industry as peers.

PodPitch.com is the NEW software that books you as a guest (over and over!) on the exact kind of podcasts you want to appear on – automatically.

⚡ Drop your LinkedIn URL into PodPitch.
🤖 Scan 4 Million Podcasts: PodPitch.com's engine crawls every active show to surface your perfect podcast matches in seconds.
🔄 Listens to them For You: PodPitch literally listens to podcasts for you to think about how to best get the host's attention for your targets.
📈 Writes Emails, Sends, And Follows Up Until Booked: PodPitch.com writes hyper-personalized pitches, sends them from your email address, and will keep following up until you're booked.

👉 Want to go on 7+ podcasts every month and change your inbound for life? Book a demo now and we'll show you what podcasts YOU can guest on ASAP:

Book Your Incredible Demo Now

1. Auburn’s task? Replace nine seniors

Bruce Pearl said recently that his contract runs another five years, and he “would be surprised if I were to last five years.” Last week, it emerged that the Auburn basketball coach talked with various people about replacing Tommy Tuberville as one of Alabama’s Senators. (He’s taking a few more weeks to decide; Tuberville’s term ends in 2027 and he’s running for Governor of Alabama.)

What about basketball?

Pearl’s coming off his second Final Four appearance with an Auburn team that started the 2024-25 season 21-1, featured nine seniors and an All-American in big man Johni Broome.

How did he reload? By retaining the one non-senior from the roster, then bringing on four transfers, two JUCO players, an international wing, and three freshmen. And … that’s not so bad as Matt McCall and Jeff Goodman noted in their offseason grades.

This group might not be the defensive force Auburn was last season. In fact, it might have trouble making stops. But Pearl likely will find a way to maximize his players. The Tigers have finished in top 10 of defensive efficiency in three of the last four seasons.

It’ll be just as interesting to see how this squad scores.

UCF transfer Keyshawn Hall averaged nearly 19 a game last season, but needed a lot of shots. D-II transfer Elyjah Freeman has size (6-8), shooting and can put the ball on the deck. Abdul Bashir is essentially the same. Texas Tech transfer Kevin Overton and Miss State transfer KeShawn Murphy should fill supporting roles.

Most of the scoring should come from sophomore Tahaad Pettiford, the 6-1 jitterbug who can get by any defender and heat up from outside (37% from deep last season). He’s expected to be among the contenders for SEC and NPOY, which would make this the third time in three seasons Pearl’s team can revolve around one of the game’s top five players.

The previous players (Broome and Jabari Smith) were big men who could score efficiently and impact the game on defense. Will that be an issue for Pettiford?

That’ll be the biggest question for Auburn’s continued success.

2. Mackenzie Mgbako out until November

If Bucky Ball gets off to a slow start, it might be to missing one of its key pieces.

Subscribe to Premium to read the rest.