Isaac Dubey
22 episodes listed below
Local hoops, inside the Jaguars' season.
Jags Beyond the Baseline is an interview-led look at the Willamette Valley Jaguars, with players, coaches, and local partners explaining what is happening around the team. It moves from game flow and roster changes to youth programs, sponsorships, and the daily grind of TBL basketball.
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Jags Beyond the Baseline is a close-range companion to the Willamette Valley Jaguars. It treats the team like a living local project, not just a schedule of scores. The format is simple and effective. Hosts bring in players, coaches, team leaders, sponsors, and community partners, then ask them to walk through what is actually happening around Jaguars basketball. A game can start the conversation, but it rarely stays only on the final score. Recent episodes have covered the return of Troy Mix Jr., the team's reset after rough stretches, canceled-game breaks, early-morning practices, and how players prepare for opponents in a league with constant movement. The basketball talk has texture. There are questions about box-outs, offensive glass problems, shot blocking, intimidation at the rim, leadership, scouting, four-out motion, split action, and the influence of Golden State-style spacing. Short answers are not the point. The show gives guests room to explain how a TBL season feels from inside the gym, especially when travel, injuries, roster churn, and overseas opportunities are part of the backdrop. Coach Mary Stade's episodes add a broader view of ownership, system-building, and the pressure of shaping a team for more than an early-season burst. The community episodes matter too. Conversations with the Gate Community Youth Center and Akita Clips place the Jaguars inside Albany and the Willamette Valley, connecting basketball to youth programs, volunteering, business support, and local impact. The tone stays casual and invested. It sounds like people who watched the game, know the players, and care enough to ask a second question. For listeners who follow minor league basketball, it offers details that rarely make polished highlight packages. For local fans, it provides names, habits, stories, and context around the team they are watching grow.
Made for: For Willamette Valley Jaguars fans, TBL followers, and basketball listeners who like player-level detail more than national debate. It also suits local sports fans interested in how a team connects with Albany-area partners and youth programs.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by keeping minor league basketball grounded in games, practices, roster movement, and community relationships. It is as interested in chemistry, ownership, and local support as it is in buckets and blocks.
The Willamette Valley Jaguars compete throughout the Pacific Northwest in The Basketball League or TBL. The Jaguars are composed of players from across the country who battle every day to live out their dreams of playing professionally. We take you behind the scenes on the latest updates on the team, interview players, coaches, and administrators, and get a first hand account of what it takes to make it in TBL. Jags Beyond the Baseline airs every Tuesday @ 6:00 PM on KWVA 88.1 FM and KOCR Oakridge 91.5.The distributor of Jags Beyond the Baseline is RSS. If you're interested in starting a podcast...
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Player, coach, and owner interviews reveal the tactical choices and working realities behind the Willamette Valley Jaguars.
Jags Beyond the Baseline treats the Willamette Valley Jaguars as a working basketball operation, with Isaac Duby and Devlin Christensen moving from game results into the decisions and labor behind them.
A coach prints a 192-page Warriors playbook; you hear why the Jaguars stick with a difficult system.
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A return-focused interview built around Troy Mix Jr.'s time away, the move back, and what comes next.
Troy Mix Jr.'s return to the Willamette Valley Jaguars gives the conversation a steady center, as the focus stays on why he came back, what the time away in Seattle looked like, and how familiar faces pulled him back in.
A mid-season Jaguars check-in that earns its keep when the coaching talk turns technical.
Jaguars Beyond the Baseline makes the most of this mid-season check-in, especially when Mary Stade and Craig McPherson dig into how the Jaguars are being built in year three.
A conversational look at Jaguars turnover, scouting, and buy-in in TBL.
After the Jaguars' home game against the Grant County Red Tails, the discussion settles into roster turnover, scouting, and the effort it takes to stay ready in a showcase league where players can move on quickly.
A focused postgame conversation that keeps landing on effort, rebounding, and defense that does not always show up in the box score.
Jags Beyond the Baseline brings in Jerrion Henry and Micah Johnson Jr. fresh off the second weekend of the season, and the conversation stays fixed on the practical side of winning.
A long season finale with Jaguars owner Marion Clark in the studio.
Jags Beyond the Baseline closes its season with owner Marion Clark in the studio, giving the Willamette Valley Jaguars a direct local voice and a clear link to the Basketball League.
Fast takes, sharp turns, loud sports arguments.
Cavaliers playoff detail, every day.
Jeremy Iskowitz interviews Jaguars broadcasters Isaac Dubey and Devlin Christiansen, with sideline reporter Ashley Davidson joining the conversation.
Devlin Christensen welcomes Troy Mix Jr.
The host opens a mid-season check-in from Albany, Oregon.
Isaac Duby opens after the Jaguars' home game against the Grant County Red Tails.
Jags Beyond the Baseline opens with the Jaguars in year three and the sense that this season is starting to take shape.
Host Isaac Duby interviews Jaguars players Brandon Suttles and Kevin Fletcher about the upcoming 2026 season, training camp, and team growth.
Interview with Mary Stade, head coach and new owner of the Willamette Valley Jaguars, discussing her journey and the team's offseason.
Host Isaac Duby interviews Michaela Anderson about the partnership between the Willamette Valley Jaguars and the Gate Community Youth Center.
Host Isaac Duby interviews Akida Ramsey, owner of Akida Clips, the first Black-owned barbershop in Linn County, about his business and community impact as a sponsor of the Willamette Valley Jaguars.
Isaac Duby's Jags Beyond the Baseline special follows the Willamette Valley Jaguars at the Basketball League Summer League in Las Vegas.
This is the season finale.
Host Isaac Duby interviews Davion Burdette before the final game of the season, discussing his work ethic and experience in Salem.
Host Isaac Duby interviews Isaac Gurley, a player for the Willamette Valley Jaguars professional basketball team, discussing his role as a facilitator and his weekend reset.