Ahead of the ACC Tournament, Wake Forest beat writer Dan Collins drops by and talks about this week's tournament, Wake Forest down the stretch and his memories of covering the ACC and NCAA tournaments. He shared some tales. He and Adam Houston had fun.

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PrepZone No. 25: The My Take on Wake edition

Technical difficulties forced the delay in this week's podcast. In an edited version, Kegan Lowe and Adam Houston discuss the start of spring sports for Forsyth County and the Northwest, online gaming, Wake Forest basketball against Louisville and mapping out the Deacons' NCAA Tournament prospects, and why anymore than 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament is a travesty.

PrepZone No. 24: Better late than never

Kegan Lowe and Adam Houston drop a late edition of the PrepZone Podcast this week. The two discuss the basketball conference tournament landscape before getting into college basketball talk, the NCAA basketball tournament, Wake Forest baseball, etc.

PrepZone No. 23: TGIF

Kegan Lowe and Adam Houston start with Super Bowl hot takes before getting into Reynolds-West Forsyth girls' basketball, West Forsyth wrestling, the UNC game Sunday in Greensboro, Reynolds-West Forsyth boys' basketball, FCD boys' basketball, Will Atkins qualifying for indoor nationals, the Super Bowl, a little rivalry known as UNC-DUKE, Wake Forest basketball and — last but not least — The Bachelor.

PrepZone No. 22: Starting out hot

Adam Houston and Kegan Lowe celebrate the PrepZone podcast growing up by having a ... Coke. Other topics include: North Davidson's hire of a new football coach, Cooper Wall's injury at Davie, the Reynolds-Mount Tabor thriller from Friday night, even more prep basketball, the NCHSAA dual-team playoffs, signing day, the REAL reason Adam went to Auburn, the Bachelor and the "Big Game."

PrepZone No. 21: Lil' bit of everything

Kegan Lowe and Adam Houston recover from last week to deliver a good podcast this week. They start out talking NW Guilford girls basketball and go to North Forsyth boys basketball, West Forsyth sophomore Amira Williams, the Wake Forest football schedule, expectations for Deacons football, Wake Forest basketball's win at N.C. State and loss at Syracuse, and wrap it up with a Bachelor recap.

PrepZone No. 20: Sticking to sports

In this week's podcast, Kegan Lowe speaks intelligently while Adam Houston meanders his way like a child lost in the woods. Wake Forest hires a new defensive coordinator, Wake Forest and ACC basketball, Roy's 800th win, prep basketball, prep wrestling and, finally The Bachelor.

PrepZone No. 19: Ramblin' men

Kegan Lowe and Adam Houston lay down a pretty good pod this week. They break the tradition of making listeners wait to discuss prep sports. It starts with a Journal West story on Calvary Day boys basketball then goes to prep basketball in the area resuming, the snow break, past exam preparation, disliking coffee, Wake Forest basketball, Week 2 of The Bachelor, and the CFP championship game.

PrepZone No. 18: Back to business

A lot of basketball in this one. Kegan Lowe and Adam Houston talk Snowpocalypse 2K17, a little bit of prep basketball, Harry Giles' debut in the starting lineup, Grayson Allen's return after an indefinite* suspension, Wake Forest basketball and "The Bachelor" as sport, *indefinite = one game

PrepZone No. 17: The New Year

Kegan Lowe and Adam Houston talk about the recent Frank Spencer Holiday Classic prep basketball tournament, the Journal's All-Northwest football team, Wake Forest basketball and Wake Forest's bowl victory.

PrepZone No. 16: The Frank

Kegan Lowe and Adam Houston go hard in the paint on basketball. Grayson Allen hot takes > Wake Forest vs. LSU > Coach Cal trolling a UNC writer > Adam's weekend in Durham > a rude Uber driver > Frank Spencer Holiday Classic.

PrepZone No. 15: Christmas (basketball) talk is here...

Normally, Kegan Lowe and Adam Houston spend 30 minutes talking about whatever. This week: it's WAKEYLKEAKS. The PrepZone pair discusses the developing scandal at Wake Forest before all of the information was released about Louisville. The two also get into prep basketball and the end of the high school football season in the Northwest.

PrepZone No. 14: WAKEYLEAKS

Y'all are in for a treat on this one. Kegan Lowe and Adam Houston start off talking about prep football, then it veers off into discussion of #TieGate, Adam's decision to ignore the Panthers and watch "True Detective," Tiger Woods' return to golf, Klay Thompson getting buckets and getting robbed by Steve Kerr, Kegan's analysis from covering two Wake Forest basketball games and then, finally, Mount Airy at West Montgomery football.

PrepZone No. 13: Lucky 13

Kegan Lowe and Adam Houston discuss the third round of the NCHSAA playoffs, the outcomes of their college teams' rivalry games (both of their teams lost) and how they avoided talking politics at Thanksgiving. Also, Adam was pretty terrible overall. Enjoy!

PrepZone No. 12: Round 3

Kegan Lowe and Adam Houston discuss Thanksgiving — a ranking of sides and conversation topics to avoid. There is also talk about what to do with a pet elephant. They eventually get to talking about this week's games in the NCHSAA playoffs.

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