Every summer, Brad Brownell sits down with Tigerillustrated.com for a lengthy interview about the state of his basketball program.
The full Q&A from the 2026 session ran in written form in July.
Now we provide the full audio from that sit-down, which preceded the team's trip to Italy.
Some important developments have occurred in the months since that interview: Dillon Hunter re-joined the team, and talented guard Zac Foster suffered a re-torn ACL in last week's closed scrimmage against College of Charleston.
This is the first of two parts.
