This week’s Mike Hlas Podcast is with Rus Bradburd, who spent 14 years as a Division I men’s basketball assistant coach at Texas-El Paso and New Mexico State before transitioning to a career as a writer and a teacher.

Rus talks about his recently-released novel “Make It, Take It,” set inside the world of a fictional major-college basketball program. He also discusses the fickle and often crazy world of recruiting, and what he sees as the questionable role of basketball at major universities.

For more information on Rus and his book, visit his website.

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