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Greg & His Friends Talk Sports ... with Grant Shouse (2.219.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome Central Indian sports fans to the Central Indian Sports Report for my new daily podcast Greg in this friend's talk sports.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm your host Greg Mingo and every week afternoon, my friends and I are talking about whatever Central Indian sports fans are talking about whether it's the pace of free recruits IU Purdue, Indicard, National Sports, Local Colleges, High School Sports, whatever it is, whatever Central Indian sports fans are talking about.
• 0:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: And it's what we're talking about, and coming up today, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026.
• 0:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Paces is one again!
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Fernando and the Angelo dazzle at Pro Day and the IHSA released its new sectional assignments for volleyball and boys and girls basketball plus lots of local and national news and notes and then Grant Shouse joins me to preview a busy busy weekend and then the
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And before we get to all of that, we'll let you know what's going on at the Central Indiana Sports Report.
• 1:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: We released our Purdue Report with Jake Dunn earlier this morning recapping the season and looking forward to next year for the Boilermakers.
• 1:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: Expect to have an indie car report later Thursday if we can work it out with Elijah Poe.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: three weeks off between races so we may wait till next week but we're going to try to have one this week.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And a final four preview with Grant Shouse and my cuddle which was a lot of fun and that one will be out first thing Friday morning.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for joining us.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: My friends and I will be back tomorrow and every week day afternoon.
• 1:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: Your Indiana Pacers set a new season high with 145 points and blitzed a very disinterested Chicago Bullsteam 145 to 126 on Wednesday night.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Everything they put up with in, it was unreal.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Pascal Siakum 25 points and 8 rebounds Ethan Thompson career high 24 points.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Indiana's one three of its last five games and is no longer in the basement.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Moving past the wizards into a 28th place tie with the Brooklyn Nets, and they can ill afford to move up any more in the standings if they want the best odds possible to get a top four pick, and the June 25th NBA draft.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The basers are now a game and a half behind the Sacramento Kings for the last safe spot.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Next up our trips to Charlotte and Cleveland, two teams that will definitely be interested in winning those games.
• 2:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: We were scheduled to have our Pacers guy Mike Rich on today.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He was not feeling well.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We will get his take on everything on Monday's Pacers report.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Get well Rico.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: 23 Indiana Hoosers participated in NFL Pro Day and Bloomington on Wednesday, including Eisenhower, Winner, and expected number one overall pick for Dando Mendoza, reports were of a stellar performance from him in front of all the NFL scouts.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And he and Zaloponz made his case to be chosen in the first round.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: After not running in the NFL Combine, Ponds reportedly ran a 4.3-1-40 on Wednesday.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We'll have a full recap of Pro Day and talk some basketball on the IU Report on Tuesday with Grant Shows and my Cutsal.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: New sectionals were announced by the IHSA for volleyball and boys and girls basketball sectionals.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: and here's how it looks locally.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The biggest news is Madison Grant dropped from Class 2A to Class 8.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The R-guiles will now be in Sectional 55 with Cowan Delville, North Miami, Northfield, Southern Wells, Southwood, and Westel.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Moving Tri-Central out of that sectional is a sectional 54 with Carroll Clinton Central Rossville, Bethesda Christian Trader's point and Frontier.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Other than Madison Grant moving down, the class 2A sectionals are all the same.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: O'Kill, Eastern Cast, McConauguape, Haru, and Rochester in sectional 38.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Elwood Frankton, Tipton, LePell, Sheridan, and Taylor in sectional 39.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And now sectional 40 is a 5-team field with Alexandria Blackford, Eastbrook, Burris, and Wapahani.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And Class 3A, our local teams will no longer go north to the Fort Wayne area, instead.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Mrs. Nwa and Marion will be in section 23 with Northwestern, Western, West Lafayette, Logan's Port and Twin Lakes.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Gary and Catholic moved up a class and intersectional 24, which is typically played at New Castle in the Boys Basketball sectional, and they replaced Conner'sville.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: 4a locally is exactly the same except new pal moves from 3a to 4a and join sectional 10 with Lawrence North, Lawrence Central, North Central, Lawrence Central and tech.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And tipped in tribunanoid collider sports editor Michelle Garman will join me on this show tomorrow to discuss all of it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Some national news and notes headlines, the 2026 World Cup field is set after Bosnia, Checcia, Sweden, and Turkey claim the final European spots with playoffs wins, and Congo and Iraq won the C.A.F.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: playoffs on Wednesday.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The World Cup, of course, this summer being played in the United States Canada and Mexico and begins.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: June 11th, in Mexico City, the U.S.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And we will have a World Cup report throughout the whole thing.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And that should be starting pretty soon.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The Reds lost 8-3 to the Pirates on Wednesday, and everyone else in the in-house central one.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Milwaukee's 5-in-1 tied with the Marlins and Yankees for the best record and baseball.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: No one in the central place today, the Reds are in Texas, the Cubs are in Cleveland, and the Cardinals are in Detroit for three interleague series in the NFL Central.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Bill Self announced that he's returning to Kansas next season and the NFL announced Wednesday that Las Vegas will host its for Super Bowl Super Bowl LX-I-I-I in 2020-9 for the record.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It'll be Los Angeles next year and Atlanta in 28.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And a couple more NFL notes, Kirk Cousins has signed with the Raiders and Bucknear's
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You should probably get some Hall of Fame consideration down the line.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And some local news and notes all six core junior all stars are from the Metro area that was announced on Wednesday.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Fishers Jason Gardner Jr. and Cooper Zachary, Pikes Isaiah Hill and Jihari Miller, playing fields Harper Baker lands and Max Vice of State Jampion Mount Vernon.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Aaron Catholic's Jake's Jake Grissum is on the red team that will play with the core group against the Kentucky All Stars at Charles Town on May 31st and Carmel's cash Daniels is on the blue team that will play against the Indiana All Star seniors at Mount Vernon on June 3rd.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: VICE has reportedly been offered a scholarship by Kent State, and is teammate Luke Urdall who's about to be Mr. Basketball before heading to West Lafayette.
• 7:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: We'll participate in the National 3 Point Contest Friday Hinkle Field House's part of the festivities that my friend Grant Shows is about to tell you all about.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: our final four report, of course, the final four in Indianapolis this weekend, but Grant that is not the only thing that is going on this weekend in Indianapolis.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's a lot of stuff going on in Indianapolis.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Of course, Indiana hosted all of the NCAA tournament in 2021.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and you were limited to the amount of people you could get in the building.
• 8:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: So I know that the Indian sports corps and the city of Indianapolis in the state really wanted to have a
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  [SPEAKER_00]: no pun intended to slam dunk this weekend, where starting Thursday you have the NIT semi finals, which will be at Hinkle.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The first game will be Tulsa versus New Mexico at 7 o'clock, and then the follow will be Ellen O'estate versus Auburn.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That game will be at 930 at Hinkle Field House.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The winners moved to the championship, which will be on Sunday, and then on
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Friday, you got the fan fest stuff there at Lucas Soil, the open practices where you'll see Illinois, Yukon, Arizona, Michigan, all practice basically a glorified shoot around and then at 315, they'll have the Reese's NABC all-star game, which actually features the IE's Sam Alexis, will be in it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Filmartelli Jr. Coach at VCU and then Ryan Clayman, the coach at high point
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Uh, and then Saturday, of course, the two games at Lucas oil and then Sunday, a real interesting day where you have the the D2 National Championship, which will be at Gainbridge, which will be lander versus Gannon in the D2 National Championship.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: the D3 national championship will be Emory University against Mary Washington.
• 9:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: That will be at 430 again.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's the D3 national title game and then the NIT championship at Game Bridge on Sunday as well with the winner of New Mexico and Tulsa and Auburn versus Illinois State during the championship should be a good fun weekend of basketballmen around it all out there on Monday for
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  [SPEAKER_00]: See the nerve of the sports universe right here in Indianapolis?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The best host city in the world, Greg.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: No doubt about it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks, Greg.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Appreciate it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, it is the very best place in the world, so of course.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's the best host in the world.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Thanks so much to Grant, and thank you for listening.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We'll be back tomorrow.
• 10:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: This was one of our shorter ones.
• 10:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Tomorrow I promise you will be much longer when Granal be back to recap the NIT and preview the final four.
• 10:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: Hopefully Mike Rich will be well enough to preview Hornets and Pacers, but he'll be back on Monday either way, and Michelle Garmin will definitely be here.
• 11:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: We're going to have a long conversation about some high school sports.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Talking about all the things
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  [SPEAKER_01]: sectional realignments and some spring sports as well.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Please join us.
• 11:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: Central Indian sports report is a product of ITV media and I love Susie.