Though spreading the wealth may sometimes be a good idea, Stanley Cup contenders often have an elite top pairing, able to control the pace of play at both ends of the ice.

The Skippers were rolling at 8-0 when their best player, Nate Sheppard, now at Duke, went down with a broken fibula against Ponchatoula in a week eight victory.

The podcast takes a moment to get to know the resident hooper in the KBTX newsroom, Dylan Chryst Watkiss, who played semipro basketball overseas before joining the KBTX News staff.