{"id":165812,"date":"2019-01-04T18:58:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T02:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=165812"},"modified":"2023-03-21T14:26:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T21:26:08","slug":"talking-holiday-hoops-in-the-paint-podcast-5th-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/talking-holiday-hoops-in-the-paint-podcast-5th-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Holiday Hoops: \"In The Paint\" Podcast 5th Episode!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ballislifes-in-the-paint-show\/id1447162261?mt=2\"><span class=\"s1\">Subscribe to our new Podcast on iTunes here<\/span><\/a>\u00a0| \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/whats-next-for-ucla-in-the-paint-podcast-4th-episode\/\">Podcast: UCLA Coaching Change, Pac-12 Hoops\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the fifth episode of our all-new <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ballislifes-in-the-paint-show\/id1447162261?mt=2\">\"<em>In The Paint Show,<\/em>\"<\/a> hosts <strong>Ronnie Flores<\/strong> and <strong>Devin Ugland<\/strong>\u00a0discuss the recent holiday tournaments around the country and how the results affected the <a href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/new-fab-50-there-is-a-new-no-1-for-new-years\/\">FAB 50 National Rankings<\/a>. Our guys break down The Classic at Damien in Southern California, <a href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/no-29-shadow-mountain-rolls-in-torrey-pines-final\/\">Torrey Pines Holiday Classic<\/a>, The City of Palms Classic in Florida, the Beach Ball Classic in South Carolina, and Iolani Tournament in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>Flores and Ugland also discuss how many state associations are barring their member programs from playing independent FAB 50 powers and talk individual standouts from each tournament, including unsigned senior guard and Beach Ball Classic MVP <strong>Jordan Brinson<\/strong> of Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.).<\/p>\n<p>The guys also bring on a special guest: Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) head coach <strong>Steve Baik<\/strong> to talk the UCLA coaching situation, The Classic at Damien and the impending Los Angeles Unified School District strike, which could mean no games for Westchester, Fairfax and all L.A. 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