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Greg & His Friends Talk Sports ... with Michelle Garmon, Mike Hutsell & Grant Shouse (2.231.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_03]: Welcome Central Indiana Sports fans to the Central Indiana Sports Report for my Daily Podcast Greg and his friends talk sports.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm your host Greg Mangel and every week afternoon, my friends and I are talking about whatever Central Indiana Sports fans are talking about.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Coming up today Tuesday April 14, 2026, the fever added three more players through Monday's WMBA draft.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Tipton Tribune and I would call either sports center Michelle Garmin will join me with her thoughts.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: I used men basketball added three players as well and should be adding more soon through the transfer portal.
• 0:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: We had an IE report earlier Tuesday that we released with my Cutsal and Branch Shows where we talked about the transfer portal and the expectations going forward for Darren to Breeze and the heaters we have a clip of that coming up for you.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: And we look ahead to Tuesday including the NBA play and getting underway in Charlotte and Phoenix.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Before we get to all that, I want to let you know what's going on at the Central Indiana Sports Report and it's been a busy last 24 hours.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Since yesterday we released our IU report with Grant and Mike and later this afternoon we'll have an MLB report with well-reuthered and Paul Tiffton looking at the early season and early Wednesday our Purdue report with Jake Dunn.
• 1:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: where we'll talk about the Spring Football.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Thanks so much for joining us, my friends, and I will be back tomorrow.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: 2026 WMBA Draft, the Indiana fever chose South Carolina star Raven Johnson, and later added Vanderbilt Wing, Justin, Passat, and Alabama Guard Jessica Timmons.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: You can't say Z-Food was the top overall pick to Dallas followed by
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  [SPEAKER_03]: former Notre Dame star Olivia Miles to the Lynx, our famed theme from Spain went to the storm, then UCLA's Lauren Betts went to Washington with a fourth overall pick followed by her teammates Gabrielle Haques to Chicago and Kiki Rice to the new Toronto tempo.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: 6 Bruins were taken in the first 18 picks.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Here is my friend and took the Tribune and Elwood Collider Sports Editor Michelle Garmin to talk about the fever and the WMBA draft on Monday night.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: And Michelle, of course, is a consumer of women's college basketball, so she has some insights into the WMBA draft in Michelle first, your thoughts on Raven Johnson to the fever.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, when we talked earlier in our some of our earlier fever report podcast, I said, I thought her and Hakez were good fits for the fever, and obviously Hakez was not available, and I don't know problem with the pick.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What I like about it is she's an elite defender, and that's what I like about both of them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The fever are an established team, and with the additions of Philips Harris and Heinz Allen,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They really don't need an impact player with Mitchell and all those guys.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They need somebody that can play elite defense in certain situations and can develop.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The one thing about Raven is she is a point yarn.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She suffers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I know people are concerned about her size.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: guarded Texas's booker in the national semi finals and booker is like six but one six but two and so she gave up inches.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She's got long legs long arm.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She's got a really nice wingspan.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She's quick.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She comes from South Carolina.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She's been well-coached.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As a point yard, you can't get better coached.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think then Don Staley.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: That's right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so she's gonna come in.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She's had success.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She knows the Lea Boston.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ah, you know, they've played together.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So she's going to fit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ali is going to help her fit in and blend in.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She's going to be a locker room bit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And that's what I liked about both of those players too, because they don't have to necessarily, they weren't needed to come in and be impact offensive players.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We have plenty of those.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: You know anything about Justin Pissot from Vanderbilt or Jessica Timons from Alabama.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: I know the SOT 64 can shoot.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, here's the thing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not I saw Pissot because I saw Vanderbilt play two or three times this year What I don't like is when you think the salt think miles turner What likes to hang out beyond the three point line?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, she can knock down three's 42% from three, but you know what her overall feel goal percentage is 39% Which means she's not a good finish her around the rim
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I've seen Alabama play a little bit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I would have in the third round with players that didn't get drafted, like Maggie Dugan and Yarding Garzone and Shashesky.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Any one of those three I would have taken over the Timons Girl from Alabama.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: I, uh, I had disappointed about Shesky not being drafted, but she'll land somewhere, right?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I would hope so.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I would think that Yardin would land Garzone would land somewhere too.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I know that the Phoenix Mercury have already signed Dugan to a free to a contract to command.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So I was a little disappointed because I just, when you saw some of these averages of these guards that were taken, they're shooting percentages, their points average, they're saying Chefs, he has heard numbers well surpassed those people.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And she did it being at the top of
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  [SPEAKER_03]: So, all right, shall you thoughts on AZFud to Dallas and anybody else that you think from this draft will be remembered long term?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: AZFud.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It didn't surprise me the Dallas drafted her because I think she was at the top of a lot of the draft boards until she really did not have a good in C2A Final 4 and really a good in C2A tournament overall as far as scoring and her shooting percentages.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I guess I want to try to ride two former UConn players, but I thought Dallas's knee was a big and now I really was surprised that they didn't take the form big girl that's supposed to be really good.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think AZFud can be because I do think normally she's a real, she's a pretty good shooter, but you know when you missed about two or one and a half years of your college because of injuries, you always wonder she's gonna be durable enough for the long haul in the WNBA.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Lauren Bats can have an impact a little bit too.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She's gonna have to get used to the physicality of the WNB, but she has worked hard to
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Primer defense.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She's a great young lady.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think she'll be fine.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think any of those.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Dirlik the other UCLA big.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, the four that was taken at six four.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I like her.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think she can have a nice WBA career.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Of course, I love hotcas.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think she will become one of the better WNBA.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think she's won't going to be a great defender coming in.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She's going to be one of the better ones.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'd say people were like the sky in the blackboard, but I'll tell you what, I think, when it comes to the off-season pre-draft, and then on draft night, I don't think the sky did too terrible.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I, you know, they brought in, they've got Skylar digging, so they brought in the veteran point guard.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're gonna be much improved from a year ago.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Big Day Monday for Darren DeVries and the IU Hoosiers landing three big time recruits from the transfer portal.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: The top prize is 2023 Mr. Basketball Marcus Burton, who averaged 18 points before sustaining an injury at Notre Dame.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Jayden Moostoff, formerly of Georgia Tech, and Darren Harris, formerly of Duke, also committed to DeVries and the Hoosiers on Monday.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: DeVries reportedly also has his eyes on Alabama's Aden Cheryl.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: and Anderson made of Jalen Harrelson who also recently left South Bend.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Here is a clip from the IU report from Monday morning with Grant Shows and my cuts will talk about what was really a big day for the losers.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: the portal is finally bringing some good news to Indiana basketball and on Monday picked up three big commits, Marcus Burton for Notre Dame, Jaden Moustoff from Georgia Tech and then also Darian Harris from Duke as well and you know these are guys where I think it's a contrast from last year we're Indiana wanted to kind of go the mid major out kind of
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It just didn't really work.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think you got to go and get guys that have played in power five programs and have played in established programs and could be adding eight in Cheryl here soon from Alabama, who significant minutes for Alabama, he's projected to also pick Indiana.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So these are guys on teams, especially Burton and Moostoffu.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Played on teams that haven't been successful, but have played power five basketball for a majority of their career, and you kind of bring these guys together and Indiana and try and fuse them together until you can get it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And you've got guys who, they're on court success at the collegiate level, may not be there, but the pedigree looks good.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: the projections look good, and in Burton's case, when healthy, he's been really, really affected player.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We're talking about a kid from Indiana, a Penn guy, Mr. Basketball, Notre Dame was eight and two right thing last year when he broke his ankle, and the season just completely fell apart from there now.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It may have still fallen apart.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Notre Dame was not particularly good last year, but he is about a 20-point per game guy for Notre Dame when he went down.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He did miss time as a freshman with a knee injury, so he's got two seasons under it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: under his belt, but he's been injured in both of them.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That's a little bit of a concern.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But Indiana hasn't had a lot of guards like him.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: The Lamar Wilkerson was a good score last year, but not necessarily a creator.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Burton seems like a guy who can put the ball on the floor when needed and get to the basket and also knock down shots.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And he's a really good free throw shooter on top of it all.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: The other two, Moostoff, looked eight out of the last 10 games last year,
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  [SPEAKER_02]: wasn't a particularly great shooter, but we could shoot her at the foul line.
• 10:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: He was going to the line six, seven, eight times a game.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: At a game where he got there 12 times.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So obviously a guy that Indiana hasn't had an athletic wing, probably a plus defender on the wing.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And we know that was a struggle.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They gave up so many just straight line drives to the basket last year.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So adding some athleticism and an athleticism.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Projectible outside shot.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's not necessarily there yet, but he did improve as the season went on from three so it's not like he's an 18% three point shooter, and then the last guy Harris from Duke a bit of an unknown.
• 11:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: He was a top 40 kid coming out of high school, but we know how goes at Duke.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: One thing they never lack is talent, and if you get behind Certain guys at Duke, you probably aren't going to be on the floor very much, and this year he was behind
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  [SPEAKER_02]: some really, really good players.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Didn't score a lot, only average about three points a game, but does have his film show somebody who's a pretty capable shooter.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And if you look at who he was in the end I was competing with for him, it's not like it was A10 schools or anything like that.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It was between Indiana and Virginia, which was the second place team in the ACC last year.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So they went out, they got guys that they didn't get last year.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: produced at the P4 level, others have projectibles that show they can produce at that level.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Last year, the only guy they got from a Power 4 program was the coach's son and he had played all of about eight games at West Virginia before he sat out with his shoulder injury.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Everybody else was, you know, Connor and Wright was a big East kid, Nick Dorm was from
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's a different way of going about it.
• 12:53
  [SPEAKER_02]: They're not playing money ball trying to spread the money out as much of this year.
• 12:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: It seems like it seems like they're trying to get some height.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I end guys in with this first run and then they'll fill the roster out from there.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And I'm telling you right now if they get Cheryl, that's a guy that Duke's looked at, that's a guy that...
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Michigan State would love to get.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's from Detroit and he played.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It was one of the best shot lockers in the SEC last year.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That's not a bad conference.
• 13:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: We're to say that about with the lack of on-gourd success and portal success last year, you can argue this is one of the best days of Darren DeVries, 10-year in Indiana.
• 13:32
  [SPEAKER_03]: In Major League Baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates extended their NL centrally to a full game with a 16-5 win over
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  [SPEAKER_03]: They're a game ahead of the 9-7 Reds, a game and a half ahead of the 8-7 Milwaukee Brewers, two ahead of the Cardinals who lost 9-3 at home to Cleveland on Monday and three ahead of the Cubs who were beaten 13-7 and Philly on Monday.
• 13:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: The Red started 3 game series at home against the Giants at 6-40 this evening, Brady Singer against Robbie Ray, and the Brewer's host, Raining AL Champion Toronto for 3 starting tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Also around the league on Tuesday, the D-Backs are in Baltimore, the Royals are in Detroit.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: The Angels are in New York to face the Yankees, Boston is in Minneapolis, Tampa is in Chicago to face the White Sox, Houston hosts the Rockies, the Mariners are in San Diego.
• 14:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: The A's hosts the Rangers,
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  [SPEAKER_03]: and the Dodgers look to extend their major league best record.
• 14:29
  [SPEAKER_03]: And the Dodgers look to extend their major league baseball best record, 12 and 4, at home against the Metz.
• 14:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: Later on Monday evening, we'll release our MLB report with Paul Tipton and Will Rutherford talking about the strange parody to start the season.
• 14:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: Indie car announced that it will permanently change its qualifying format
• 14:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: As they've done so far this year, qualifying on the streets and road courses will continue to be performed in groups all on the circuit at the same time, but the top drivers from each group advancing first to the top 12 and then to the top 6.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: And that's what's different now.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: The final round, the fast 6, will be done in a single car format from slowest to fastest in the previous round.
• 15:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: Please join us for our indie car report with Elijah Poe on Thursday where we'll preview the race at Long Beach.
• 15:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: A couple of local news and notes, Crown Point Cathedral to come set and Indianapolis Lutheran are the number ones in high school softball announced by the softball coaches Association on Monday.
• 15:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: Locally, Fisher's the sixth Hamilton South Eastern seventh, Western eighth and Noblesville, 10th in class 4A.
• 15:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: Ron Kali is second and 3A with new pal III, Yorktown, fourth and Logan's, fourth and eighth.
• 15:43
  [SPEAKER_03]: And 2A Alexandria is second to the Comsa.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Lapelle is fourth and Rochester ninth.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: No local teams in class A.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: By the way, number two Alexandria versus number four lapel is Thursday.
• 15:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: Open to get out there for that one.
• 15:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: In baseball center, Groove Garin, modern day and couch are number one, according to the prep baseball report.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Locally in 4A, Zion'sville's third Westfield, 8th and Noblesville, 9th.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: in three eight to three drills fourth, Western fifth, Ron Coli eight and new poutinth.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: In two eight, University of Second to Modern Day and Wabahani is sixth and in Class A, Clinton Prairie is Second to Counts and Rossville is sixth.
• 16:24
  [SPEAKER_03]: And here's what's coming up Tuesday, April 14th, 2026, the NBA play in tournament gets underway tonight in Charlotte and Phoenix.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: First is the Heat and Hornets 730.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: It's a loser go home, yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: The winner will face either the Magic Horse Sixers who ever loses Wednesday's game and Philly for the eight seed NA first from date with the Detroit Pistons.
• 16:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's in a clock it's the Blazers and Suns with the winners inheriting the number seven seed and a first-round matchup with Victor Wimbin Yamma and the San Antonio Spurs.
• 16:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: Magic Sixers is at 730 Wednesday with the winner taking the seven seed and a show down with the Celtics and the opening round, and that's followed by the Warriors and Clippers.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: for the eight seed and a date with a raining world champion Oklahoma City and the first round.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: The playoffs begin Saturday with the Raptors and calves of one followed by the Wolves Nuggets, Nix Hawks, and Lakers Rockets.
• 17:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: We will have NBA playoff updates for you on this show and throughout the Central Indiana Sports Network starting later this week and throughout the summer.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Also Tuesday and College Baseball 25 and 10 Purdue hosts Miami, Ohio and
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  [SPEAKER_03]: 14-11 I use at Indiana State and 18 and 17 Ball State is at 13 and 20th of Butler.
• 17:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: In college softball 31 and 10 IU hosts 17 and 24 Notre Dame on Tuesday and is at Louisville on Wednesday.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: My friends and I'll be back tomorrow, please join us.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: and I love Susie.