New Balance recently announced the addition of All-American Cooper Flagg to the NB family,

joining Cameron Brink and an elite player roster in the brand's mission of growing the game with the next generation of athletes.

In part of New Balance's ongoing commitment to supporting athletes off the court,

the Boston-based brand plans to work with Cooper on community initiatives in his home state of Maine.

To shop the two-way V-5, Hessilo V2, and all new balance basketball products, visit

newbalance.com today.

Well, I've talked about it many times here at Heartland College Sports, and that is just

how much we have seen an increase in our response, our reaction from you, the Big 12 fan

when it comes to our softball and our baseball coverage. We're now really in year two of spending

a lot of time on softball in particular. And a big reason for that is a guy that you read all

the time on the site. I hope you check out his portal podcast as well,

which is part of the Heartland College Sports Podcast Network. Just search portal podcast

or Heartland College Sports wherever you get your podcast. You'll find it there. And that's

Brian Clinton, who joins us on Heartlandcolleagelessports.com. Brian, it's your time of the year,

man. This is like, I imagine this is like Christmas morning for you

with softball regional starting this weekend. I love it. This is my favorite time of a year to cover.

I mean, I love football. It's got a good place in my heart, but there's nothing like softball

whenever the tournament starts. Yeah, this is, and, you know, with how good the Big 12 has been this year, it's pretty exciting.

So, you know, we got four Big 12 teams that are playing in regionals this weekend,

and obviously it's Oklahoma versus the field.

Let's just start off with OU.

They're 51 and 1, that one losses to Baylor back in February in non-conference play.

...