Expat Hoops Podcast Episode 72 w/ Ryan Pearson

This is Episode 95 of the Expat Hoops Podcast and today we welcome Troy Vasco. The Baltimore native played for the Baltimore Catholic League power Mount Saint Joe's before heading off to Allegany College in Mountain Maryland prior to becoming a professional basketball player. In fact, he would even teach as his day job while training and playing semi-pro for a few years post college before officially becoming a pro player. When we sat down with Troy, he had played in Antigua for 3 years and is still looking for new challenges abroad.

In Episode 94 of the Expat Hoops Podcast, we welcome former overseas pro Sean McCaw. His pro career lasted over a decade and he enjoyed it so much overseas, he stayed. He joins us from Germany today to talk about his experiences in his career as well as what he does today to stay active in the world of overseas basketball.

We welcome Rocky Kreuser in Episode 93 of the Expat Hoops Podcast. After a stellar college career at North Dakota State University, the Minnesota native’s pro career started in 2022 in Germany. This season he joined Belgian powerhouse Antwerp Giants where he averages 7.9 points and 4.7 rebounds through 19 games so far. He sat down with us from Antwerp to talk about how his career overseas got started as well as his experiences on and off the court while playing basketball professionally overseas.

We welcome Roydell Brown in Episode 92 of the Expat Hoops Podcast. His pro career started in 2020 in Slovakia, then he joined KTP-Basket in Finland for the 2021-22 season and he has played there pretty much ever since (save for the summer of 2023 when he played in Columbia). He joins us from the home of KTP-Basket, Kotka Finland to talk about his experiences on and off the court while playing basketball professionally overseas.

In episode 91 of Expat Hoops, we sit down with Germantown, Maryland native Javon Daniels. Javon is a former Division III player who started out his overseas career in Scotland and has enjoyed it so much, he stayed. He is now in his third season in the Scottish Basketball Championship (SBC for short), now with his second club the Falkirk Fury.

In episode 89 of Expat Hoops Podcast, we're happy to welcome back Jay Threatt. The former George Mason and Delaware State player has been an overseas pro and is now 12 years in. He started off in Iceland and has taken him to all across Europe. Last time we caught up with him two years ago, he was in Poland. A lot has happened since then and he joins us now from Romania.

On this episode 88 of Expat Hoops, we’re happy to welcome Madi Torresin. The Pennsylvania native, but Canadian national, is a 2019 grad of West Chester University, by way of UMBC. She’s played in Germany, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Luxemborg, Australia. She’s currently playing in France’s League, albeit in the small nation of Monaco just off the southern portion of France.

In episode 86 of Expat Hoops, we sit down with Jared Kimbrough, who played for La Salle before transferring and graduating from the University of Hartford. Jared is in the midst of his first professional season overseas, and it has already been eventful with plenty of stories to tell.