Valley Runs Deep

The World Turned Upside Down with Joey LeMaster

The NBA makes tanking worse, NCAA expands the tournament to the rejoice of nobody, and Bradley Braves players are leaving for Illinois State. The world has gone mad so Jizzle (@ValleyRunsDeep) and Joey (@tmlemaster) try to make sense of it all before doing a transfer portal update for the Illinois State Redbirds The NBA's 3-2-1 anti-tanking rule (1:25) NCAA Tournament expansion (11:08) Missouri Valley Conference inter-conference transfers (20:41) A Bradley fan and an Illinois State fan get all in their feelings about Demarion Burch (24:30) Noah Cleveland is going to have a massive impact for the Redbirds (43:04) Zaxton King (51:20) Leyton Wolf. Yes, he's Landon Wolf's brother (52:27) ISU's incoming freshman class (54:41) Showing love to the Redbirds that left (57:14)

Bradley Braves Transfer Portal Update with Ethan Diamond

Jizzle (@ValleyRunsDeep) and Ethan Diamond (@EthanDimes) dig into Ethan's experience interning at the NFL Draft and look at the players Bradley has brought in through the transfer portal. Make sure to follow Ethan @EthanDimes and subscribe to his Substack Inside the Diamond | Substack [https://ethandiamond8.substack.com/] Ethan's experience interning at the NFL draft and the Chicago Bears draft (1:20) Cooper Flagg wins Rookie of the Year live on the show (6:30) Bradley Braves transfer portal update breaking down all the new players coming to Peoria (7:52) Look at what other Valley teams lost and kept this offseason (52:34) The Chicago Cubs are BACK (59:51)

Valparaiso Beacons 2025/26 Season Recap and Portal Update with TheValpoVault

Jizzle (@ValleyRunsDeep) and Alex (@TheValpoVault) recap an amazing season for Valpo and provide an update on what has happened in the transfer portal so far. Please subscribe to The Valpo Vault substack if you enjoyed this episode! The Valpo Vault | Alex Wassilak | Substack [https://thevalpovault.substack.com/] (1:30) - Season recap (6:50) Alex's experience as a member of the press at Arch Madness (9:43) What Valparaiso will look like heading into next season. What players were lost and what players were gained

MVC Portal Update

We had an entire plan for a transfer portal update. Then Demarion Burch flipped to Illinois State and we got to as many players as we could Demarion Burch (1:30) Noah Cleveland (31:30) Kai Yu (39:50) Brian Wardle says no more small guards 46:50 Matthew Zobrist (51:28) Trevon Payton (57:05) Georgi Gerganov (59:51) Kyle Grill (1:06:22) Jaxson Fugate (1:09:18) Dre Kindell, Gabe Cupps (1:13:16) Mark Padjen (1:17:02)

25/26 Illinois State Redbirds Season Recap with Joey LeMaster

We are joined by Joey Lemaster! The most entertaining Illinois State Redbirds fan on the face of this earth. We discuss ISU's NIT run, recap the Illinois State season, Ryan Pedon, Chase Walker, Johnny Kinziger, Jack Daugherty, and what Illinois State needs to bring in from the portal to become Valley champions! Please follow him @tmlemaster NIT recap and Indy experiences (2:36) 2025/2026 season recap and memorable moments (7:29) Chase Walker love and Johnny Kinziger talk (11:29) Ryan Pedon (22:51) Where does Illinois State's offense need to go next season? (28:34) Jack Daugherty (31:16) Portal needs (34:40)