Welcome back to Titan Table Talk! Each week we sit down with Illinois Wesleyan coaches and student-athletes to hear their stories, reflections, and updates from around Titan athletics. 

On the heels of two College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Tournament crowns and ahead of the opening weekend of the NCAA Division III basketball tournaments, Matt Sosler opens the show with assistant women's basketball coaches Brian Ehresman and Kate Bullman. They are followed by women's basketball players Sawyer White and Leah Palmer. The IWU men's basketball team hosts the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2022. Captains Nathan Boldt and Karlo Colak join the show and are followed by assistant coaches Andy Etheridge and Liam Thompson.

0:00 – Assistant Women's Basketball Coaches Brian Ehresman and Kate Bullman
Coach Ehresman and Coach Bullman discuss the unique angles of preparing for postseason competition while reflecting on the team's second-straight CCIW tournament title. 

8:59 –  Women's Basketball Players Sawyer White and Leah Palmer
White and Palmer highlight the large IWU fanbase that made the trip to Carroll University for the CCIW tournament, reflect on the magnitude of the overtime win, and look ahead to the NCAA Tournament, beginning with Washington and Jefferson College.

21:29 –  Men's Basketball Captains Nathan Boldt and Karlo Colak
Boldt and Colak recap their comeback win in the CCIW Tournament Championship over Elmhurst University and preview their home NCAA Tournament tilt against Heidelberg University.

31:36 –  Assistant Men's Basketball Coaches Andy Etheridge and Liam Thompson
Coach Etheridge and Coach Thompson share their thoughts on the special environment of the Shirk Center after the CCIW Tournament and ahead of the opening weekend of NCAA Tournament play.