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The Central Indiana Sports 10-Minute Report ... for Saturday, Aug. 25, 2026 (2.243.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_01]: Cool to have a couple of new players, dramatic wins for the Cubs and Reds, Caitlyn Clark in the Indiana fever, kick off their preseason today, that and so much more coming up on the Central Indiana Sports Reports, 10-minute daily report, 10 minutes tailored specifically for sports fans.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm your host Greg Mendel and I love Central Indiana sports.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Coming up today Saturday, April 25th, 2026, the Colts at a linebacker and a safety, fun nights in the NBA and NHL playoffs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The reds and cubs come from behind to take wins.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we look ahead to Saturday, including the fever's preseason opener, our first look at Caitlin Clark and almost 10 months, plus high schools, colleges, and news and notes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Then after the 10-minute report, Michelle Garment of the Tipton Tribune and Elwood Colleater.
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[SPEAKER_01]: joins me to talk about women's sports and central Indiana.
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[SPEAKER_01]: IU and Purdue basketball, Big 10 volleyball coming to fishers, the fever preseason getting underway, the Kena Alley Xander success at Butler, and CIC Softball, and I probably forget them some stuff.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Just to remind her, the 10-minute report will be released first thing every weekend of morning, and every weekday afternoon, starting in June, the plan for right now is to do it first thing in the morning every day.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If there's a ton of stuff like tonight, I'll do it by myself and go through it pretty quickly.
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[SPEAKER_01]: On light nights, we have guests and go more in-depth.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I plan on having John Robertson on the show tonight to preview the fever season opener.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Just couldn't make it happen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We'll have a fever report first thing, Sunday morning, John and Michelle Garmin's reaction to tonight's exhibition game in Brooklyn.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for joining us.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Your Tinnman update begins now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Colts made a draft day trade with NFL draft host, a Pittsburgh going back six spots in the second round to take lineback or CJ Allen with the 53rd pick overall Friday.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Colts added a fourth round pick with the trade, the 14th choice today, and moved up 12 spots in the seventh round with the trade.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Later they added safety AJ Holsey from LSU, seems like a great hole for a defense that can really use some upgrades.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm not really a big college football guy, so I'm not sure about Alan, whether he's the right guy or not, but it's definitely the right position for sure.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They've really needed an upgraded middle linebacker from about the time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Darious Leonard changed his name to Shaquille.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We'll have a culture report late Monday or early Tuesday with a complete recap of the Cole's draft for you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The draft continues and concludes today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Cole's with the 13th and 35th bits in the fourth round, the 16th pick in the fifth, the last pick of the sixth, and the 21st and 38th picks of the seventh round.
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[SPEAKER_01]: IU National Championship Cornerback at the Angelo Ponce was taken with a 50th pick over all and we'll join Omar Cooper with the Jets in New York and the 49ers took Indiana running back K-Lon black with the 90th pick.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm stunned Elijah Sarat has still not been taken.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He, Aiden Fisher, Pat Cougan and Lewis Morse, and I'll be taking today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Miami quarterback Carson Beck went to the Cardinals with the first pick up the third ground and the Steelers took Drew Aller quarterback from Penn State.
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[SPEAKER_01]: the 70s.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It'll be interesting to see where Garrett Nussmire, Cole Peyton, and Cade Club Nick go today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Falcons selected quarterback Avion Terrell to pair him with his brother, all pro corner, AJ Terrell, on the Falcons defense.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In the NBA playoffs, what an incredible win by the young spurs on Friday night.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Down 15 points in the
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[SPEAKER_01]: Outscored the Blazers 43 to 14 in a 12-minute stretch in the second half, for a 1-21-08 road victory and a 2-1 lead in their best 7 series.
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[SPEAKER_01]: 21-year-old Stefan Castle 33 points in the win, game 4 Sunday at 3-30, and Wimbledon Yama should return in the next game or 2 after slamming his head on the floor.
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[SPEAKER_01]: in the first quarter during game two.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Also in the West, the Bronjains hit a 3.12 seconds left and the Lakers beat the Rockets in over time, 112108, the Lakers can sweep Houston with a win late Sunday night.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Bronjains finished with 29 points, 13 rebounds, six assists and three steals.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's 41 years old.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In the East Jalen Brown and the Celtics are now up to one
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[SPEAKER_01]: Brown and Tatum both scored 25, Peyton Prytrade and Jason Tatum hit the two biggest shots of the game down the stretch, but it was Brown who was just absolutely incredible, and the reason Boston is now up to the one in the series.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Boston plays well, no one in the East can beat him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I certainly don't expect the 76ers to beat him, but...
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[SPEAKER_01]: If that front office makes the right move, the sixers could be a problem in the future.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Tyre's Maxi scored 31, he is special, so is VGA Edgecom, they could definitely build around those two.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I've been spending most of the playoffs kind of assessing potential future Pacers rivals.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I can see Pacers Hawks play off series in the future.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Game 4 of their series against the Nixes 6 today on NBC, Atlanta leads that series to one and plays game for a home huge huge game early of these playoffs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Same with nuggets Wolves game 4, to cap off the night, the Wolzer up to to one and at home.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The nuggets enter the playoffs on a 12 game winning streak and are suddenly on the ropes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Aaron Gordon is listed as questionable and that
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[SPEAKER_01]: And the day starts with Pistons Magic at one on NBC Sports Network, that series tied one one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I expect Detroit to take control of the series in that one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Then on NBC of 330, the series shifts to Phoenix as the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Look to sweep the sun's and should.
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[SPEAKER_01]: On yesterday's show, my co-host will rather have said the lightning Canadians and oilers ducts with the two most interesting Stanley Cup first-round playoff series and certainly were that on Friday night.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Montreal took a two-one lead in its best of seven series against the lightning on Lane Hudson's slap shot near the blue line early and over time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Anaheim scored four goals in the third period to beat the oilers seven to four to take a two one in that series.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And the mammoth won the first ever NHL playoff game in Salt Lake City with a 4-2 win over Vegas.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Utah leads that series two to one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Reds and Gubs had dramatic come from behind wins on Friday night, giving them tied in first place in the NL Central.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now at 17 and 9 for the Cubs, it was their tenth straight win.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They scored the final six runs at Chavez-Revene, and one in the night, a 64 victory over the world series champion Los Angeles Dodgers again.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It was Dan's B. Swanson with the heroics, a two-run Homer, and the ninth, the broker four, four-tie.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And the Reds are now 11 and O'G, and games decided by one run or two, even after trailing the Detroit Tigers, five to nothing early, Matt McLean hit his first
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[SPEAKER_01]: Then you'll look at his first and second home runs of the year, including a two-out, two-run walk-off home run to win it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That final score was 9-8.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Cubs and Dodgers and Reds and Tigers both play at 7-15 tonight.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Cleveland won in Toronto to break a first-place tie-up at the AL, central with the Tigers, and the A's 1-8-1 in Arlington to take the top spot in the AL West.
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[SPEAKER_01]: A couple of quick notes in the NMS Basketball Senior Grayson-Gillier from State Champion Center Grove is committed to Stanford.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Former new pal star Julius Geesie tweeted Friday that he is leaving Indiana Wesley and after averaging 12.1 points per game as a freshman last year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Someone's gonna get a good one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And one national note, two-time reigning French Open Champion Carlos Alcaras will not defend his title this year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: French Open begins at May 18th and Paris.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and a couple of big local high school softball games on Friday night, 2 a.m. to Alexander took its first loss of the season 4 to 1 to 4th ranked and drain the team that beat them in last year, semi-state 59 or scored 3 times in the ninth to take the win in extra innings.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And Kylie Miller threw a one hit shout out and drove in both of Western runs and a two nothing went over previously unbeaten Mrs. Sinowal.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And on the track, Mississippi Falls girls won the Argyle Relays with Eastbrook finishing second, coming up at just a minute, Michelle Garmin of the Tips and Tribune and Elwood Colleater will join me to talk about Central India Women's Sports, including Alexandria and CIC Softball.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And of course, we talk to them in the end of fever as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We'll get our first look at Caitlyn Clark today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: for the first time in nearly 10 months since her 2025 season ended early.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The fever are in Brooklyn to face the New York Liberty at three today to match up of the two-top championship contenders according to the betting markets.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But according to Chloe Peterson and the Indian Apple star, the fever will be with out Alia Boston, Lexi Hall,
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[SPEAKER_01]: They're all nursing minor injuries, at least we think so haven't really heard any updates on Aliya's leg injury.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The game is on Ion and we'll have a fever report following the game, hopefully as early as Sunday morning.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Please stay tuned for Michelle Garment of the Tipton Tribune and Elwood Colluter talking, Central Indiana Women's Sports.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, all right, Michelle, let's start with some college basketball IU and Purdue had some turnover in their rosters.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They did.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Normally, I would start with, in the end, because that's who I have season tickets to go watch.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's who I follow.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And more than that's where I went to school.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But we're going to, I'm going to start with Purdue, actually, because Purdue, they got a big choral signing in the last week.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And that is, they got the fifth leading score in the nation.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Bookstrom from UC Riverside now that's like a mid-major show That comes with a grain of salt.
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[SPEAKER_00]: However, when your average about 25 points a game or whatever At whatever level you can score you can score.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's right and then they also picked up another portal from Louisiana Tech Avery Aaron
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I remember when Louisiana Tech used to have one of the best programs in the country.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They did.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's work.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Kim, uh, Milwaukee got her start.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She, if she play form and textures and then ended up being an assistant coach, I remember her as a player.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And the spark plug.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They've also added to the recruiting class and the recruiting class consists mainly
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm sorry, that's a bunch of name, I'm sorry.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And she joins Keona Astra from the Netherlands.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And Maya Zilber Schlag from Israel in the class.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, it's gonna be fun.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It is, I'm glad I'm not the announcer for Purdue Women's Basketball.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm glad I'm...
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[SPEAKER_00]: don't do radio for this.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's a lot.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Those big den broadcasters we ever, if they cover Purdue women on television, they're going to want to practice that because if they're any like me, it'll be a 10th Mr. All day.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So that's with Purdue because it has some players transfer out.
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[SPEAKER_00]: A lot of their players, the girl from Brownsburg stayed McKinna late in stage, she'll be a
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[SPEAKER_00]: senior.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I believe so, yeah.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So, I did know.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, Northwestern, daughter of Jeff and Cassie, laden, sister of Madison.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I really didn't expect Canada to go anywhere because her degree, it means pretty happy with what she's studying there, Purdue.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Purdue is not saying any university.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So, degree from there is, I don't blame anybody.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Because if you're not going to play
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[SPEAKER_00]: So that takes care of Purdue and Katie Geralt's and we said this in the past and I like Katie's amazing changes to her staff and a later podcast will maybe before the season starts next year will go over that because you never know changes can happen again because she'll add some grad assistants and different things.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But to big year for her.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It is a big year, right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: This can very well be
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[SPEAKER_00]: make a break here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I believe the fact that she split the series with Indiana and got back the trophy because the first game was whatever that trophy is that they have and they earned it back and the fact that they were competitive against some quality teams and I think that helped
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're just going to have to be even more competitive.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They kind of faded over the end of the season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They did make the tournament barely be interesting.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Now we're going to move on to the Indian Hoosiers because now they've had an overhaul, but she's had some really good luck in the portal and what I buy that is I you.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And neither does Purdue either.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Neither one of these two big 10 teams have a lot of NIL when it comes to women's basketball.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And they don't come close to, well, Terry doesn't come close to what's magnetic and his, he has for football or what their injuries has for men's basketball.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I think she, I think she landed well, I think she got what she wanted in that she brought in some experienced players.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't think she, I really don't believe she wanted,
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[SPEAKER_00]: like a bunch of sophomores doing.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think she won players with one, perhaps maybe two years left.
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[SPEAKER_00]: believe, if I believe everybody she brought in just as one season left, which with that incoming freshman class that she has that has three of the four are top 100 four-star recruit.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You have Gigi Battle, who won the MVP of one of the tournaments down there on the Chick-fil-A that was in Fisher's, you know, it's the prep schools, then you have an imageick who is a McDonald's
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[SPEAKER_00]: And you have Ashley James, who's Kentucky some of this basketball this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then the fourth player, she's not eligible to be rated because she's from Australia.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And she actually arrived in December.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And was with the team because my sister and I saw her, at games, they didn't play or so they didn't burn a year of eligible for a half a season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But she got to practice with a team every day.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So she's going to have a little bit of a heads up there because she's going to be familiar with Terry's system.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I mean, I, you returns three starters from a year ago.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It'll, they'll be led by Richard Jr. when a Beaumont.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then they also return.
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[SPEAKER_00]: twenty twenty five Ms. basketball from Hamilton's out these turned my amaccalusky and they returned as an assluck a jima.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We just call her as a jima.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't blame me.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They also returned suddenly thin who is going to be interesting to see I she had a mess.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She's
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[SPEAKER_00]: This is her third year at IU, but she had a knee injury, her first year before the season started that put her out a whole year, she suffered another knee injury this last year and missed the entire season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So, I, my guess is, because people were saying, well, I hope she can help or whatever I'm like, add, but they're not counting on her a lot when you miss, you know, Greg, and we've been around this a long time.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's hard enough that jump from high school to college is different.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Just the sometimes in the number of games you play in the week, the quarters and the travel.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The other is just you're playing against really good players every night.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then, but when you miss two seasons, you set out two seasons.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's got to make that adjustment harder I would think.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're going to come in, like I said with the incoming freshmen, Ashlyn James, one level, G.G.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Battle, Addison and Nimmachick, and then Zoe Jackson is a girl from Australia.
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[SPEAKER_00]: incoming transfers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The first one that Terry Sign committed was Alyssa Williams from Iowa States got one year remaining.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She's a six to four.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She's a athletic forward.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She came off the bench for Iowa State this last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That was her first one, but she'll be able to help down in the post.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then she, the next one, they sign was Jess Petrie from Nebraska, who, um, starter double figure score junior six to also all throughout your career.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, yes, also all throughout your career.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And it's really kind of funny.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It was like, I knew in Nebraska, switch players.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, it's great.
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[SPEAKER_00]: This, uh,
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[SPEAKER_00]: at Desa Noyan from IU played her first few years at Virginia, played last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: IU, she transferred and she went to Nebraska.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So they switched.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The other player she just recently signed is another Iowa State player.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Start.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Kinsey here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Who began?
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[SPEAKER_00]: her college careers at Marquette play two season of Marquette went to Iowa State last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She played AU basketball with Lonea Beaumont which I know Lonea was excited because you her Twitter feed situation is excited when air committed.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Imagine that's how they were probably able to get Kinsey here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's a nice thing because she has there's a connection already there somebody in the back court.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then today they added
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[SPEAKER_00]: Well, we have Samuels from USC and the University of Southern California, she's a five six guard, also just has one year left.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Really good defensive player.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And if anybody really follows the IU women, Terry Moore,
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[SPEAKER_00]: preaches defense defense defense and I think I think that's one of the reasons I know everybody's well she needs a big center and people are like when Merkel from Penn State went into the portal and there's been a couple of other girls and like oh need those girls those big girls and I'm like no because one Merkel was so ineffective against IU for two seasons Terry likes to run the floor actually really if they can get out in transitions she likes to
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[SPEAKER_00]: but she really likes to get out and go if she can.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The boards, as long as they're blocking out and rebounding, she likes, I think athletic bigs.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So her bigs are 6, 2, 6, 3, 6, 4.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The Zoe Jackson is 6, 4.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I believe Z is 6, 2 or 6, 3.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Athletic in there, but that's what Terry seems to like.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Because I think she likes players.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She asks if she likes to be able to switch screens.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She also likes to be able at times.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're certain process things she likes to do.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She likes to have that length.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She has gotten more athletic.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I believe this, Greg, I think this will probably be her most athletic team that Terry's at, so she's been there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She sends a team with good athletes, but I think this is going to be her most athletic team.
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[SPEAKER_02]: here expecting a bounce back season this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I am expecting a bounce back season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know because they are it's going to be a mixture of experience and you.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know that they'll compete for the big 10 championship.
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[SPEAKER_00]: What I expect them to be in the top half of the big 10 race and not be worried about missing the tournament as long as they don't.
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[SPEAKER_00]: stuff where three big injuries or anything.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're not going to have necessarily as she's shesky.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think that's one of the, they like care because she is, she shoots 40% from three point range.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I think back to Lusky's good, three point shooter, but I think they're going to have more overall scoring threats out there this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm excited to see them play.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I got my email let me know
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[SPEAKER_00]: tickets on sale and I have until through May 31st to renew my tickets and for the first time this is this will be year number five of being a season I UM is basketball season ticket older this is the first time that I can keep my seats that had I get three season tickets one for her one for myself when we get a third win so my other sister wants to go or for friend and then we always get a parking pass so
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[SPEAKER_01]: Exciting times speaking of you and the big ten the volleyball tournament is moving to the fishers of inciner That's pretty cool.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Actually, it's not moving.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's the first year for it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's um.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it is really cool that they are having
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[SPEAKER_00]: a big 10 women's volleyball tournament and it's great that it's at the Fisher's event center.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Of course, that's the home of the in the ignite professional volleyball team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, they sold out the other night.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I believe they play following.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I, you and Purdue went to the Fisher's event center last week and played in that
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[SPEAKER_00]: Scrimmage, split four sets, and then I believe the night played into, I read where it was a sold-out crowd.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So that's really good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I've heard India Ignite is drawing good crowds.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't think people realize it, but I do believe the state of Indiana is a good volleyball state.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Purdue has had
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[SPEAKER_00]: an outstanding program for a lot of years.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I, you, it's been hit in this, but now Steve air is there and he has really building something.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Indiana kids play all over the country.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's the other thing.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's they don't just play for I, you know, that's right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I, and ball states always had a tradition of especially their men and Purdue Fort Wayne now with the men's.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So it's really great.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I think our high school volleyball state term is being, we've had some tremendous like you said, these kids are playing that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All over, and Monsian has been very, that the Shandelles started very successful.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Those Monsian eclipse and one national tournaments.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Now you had the circle city there in the inapolis.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It was really strong.
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[SPEAKER_00]: How clubs everywhere?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Terry, pretty good down on Southern Indiana, went in at Providence and, yes, yes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And making everybody down there good, while doing it like Monsian, I did.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's, and volleyball is, I think volleyball's fun to watch.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's great.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It really is, and it's fun to watch.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I watched IU and Purdue on the Big Ten Network last year, and those matches pretty good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And fun, and we just got teams out there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I'm glad to have the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm glad to have it here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You had his best finish ever last year in the Big Ten, and got an NCAA bit, because it made the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And they return a lot of those players, and got in some good newcomers, and so I look for Purdue to be strong and valuable again.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In the big 10, of course, in the last, what 25 years added Penn State and Nebraska, UCLA, USC, a bunch of volleyball power.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So especially Nebraska, the big thing for IU was IU actually got the sweet, they beat both USC and UCLA this last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And on the road to win in the big 10s, which is pretty good.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I'm so bad.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Alright, well let's talk some softball, McKinna Alexander, the Butler Bulldogs, having a nice season right on top of the big ten and she's having a hit right near the top of the big yeast and she's having a heck of a season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She was two for three on Wednesday with an RBI.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She also drew a walk and a Butler came back and won the game in the bottom of the seventh game, a walk off double from Kindle Graves.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Dayton was out of the Atlantic 10, then they are 21 and 19.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Butler is 2017 on the season and, you know, Butler and they should, the record is pretty good, should make the Biggie's tournament because Biggie's usually only gets one team into the, into the postseason.
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[SPEAKER_00]: for being a softball powerhouse and being up in the northeast.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's tough to play all year around like you do at most places.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oklahoma Texas.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, and in a lot of the, yes, and what.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There are some really good mid majors out there, too.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And yeah, just like everybody else, these conferences have their tournament winners.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Get automatic meds to.
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[SPEAKER_00]: too.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So, and it's really hard.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And for the regular season, when her to get it, especially been major when you look at all of the ones in the SEC, the big 10, especially now that Oregon, UCLA, Washington are in the big 10.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Big 12 and SEC and are so good.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's up.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, an SEC.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Softball is great.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, college.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's one of the best college sports.
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[SPEAKER_02]: There is.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, I, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I've been.
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[SPEAKER_00]: March Madness was going on if there was a break if there was a blowout game that wasn't interesting.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I would turn on a college softball game during the master's wall.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I was waiting on the master's to come on.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I turned on a college softball game and the master's coverage ended.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I would turn on another college softball game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: College softball is fun.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's I just like sorry folks, I prefer softball over baseball.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's a quicker game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's fast paced in
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[SPEAKER_01]: and see as he softball got underway last night of course we recorded this on Wednesday so we don't know the results but the CIC this year has been really good even with a couple of teams with bad records of the conference combined 39 and 22 on the year 16s.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It looks like our pretty good but it looks like next Thursday Alexander Oak Hill is going to be probably the game for the conference.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, ship probably will, um, what Mrs. Sinnawad did to lapel the other night is just and that's not a bad lapel song.
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[SPEAKER_02]: No.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's a good lapel song called team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Um, so that should be a great game.
27:35
[SPEAKER_00]: I think I'm going to go watch that game as long as the weather is okay.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think it will have a great atmosphere.
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[SPEAKER_00]: core juniors.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Even next year, even though they're going to graduate a couple seniors this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Next year with Brindley Humphrey's pitching Kinley Webb hitting Kinley Webb is, I think she's going to James Madison to play softball.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They have Riley Thomas, Stella Griffin behind the plate.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Their
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[SPEAKER_00]: is a sophomore, Ali Smith from Frank Jen moved in.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She's a junior, so she's another core and you know, Grace Wood came from Madison Grant and has been a tremendous lead off hitter for Kushbore from for the Tigers this year and I believe she's an underclassment too.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So sophomore, I think this group was talented enough to win a state championship, but I think in order to be able to do that, not saying they can't
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[SPEAKER_00]: really good pitching because once you get to semi-state level, you're only seeing good pitching.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And when you look at it, they got beat by a in-drain last year in the semi-state.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I was there.
29:05
[SPEAKER_00]: It's kind of a hitting, but Andrea faces pictures like really hungry, probably at least 50 to 60% of their schedule has pictures that are really good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Now, they are going to play at Hamilton Heights issue, which is really good because Hamilton Heights has one of the better 3A programs and they have a picture that's outstanding.
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[SPEAKER_00]: heights out of that score tip, and I think 27 to zero the last two nights and not getting to the can't hit off their stud.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I would like to, I would truthfully would like to see Alexander to pick up your 10th.
29:39
[SPEAKER_00]: I think Thorctown would be a great pick up.
29:42
[SPEAKER_00]: Frank didn't know it would both play your 10th.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know your 10th is really, really strong,
29:53
[SPEAKER_01]: We're going to do the fever report on Sunday.
29:55
[SPEAKER_01]: Of course, they start their season on Saturday, the preseason doesn't really count, but we're going to get to see Caitlin Clark for the first time since her injuries really.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What are your expectations for this team in a few seconds here?
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[SPEAKER_00]: I had high expectations for this team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think they're really gentlemen really together I really like a lot of the stories little size stories that are coming out of campus this week I love Sophie cutting him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I love how she ended any controversy the nice air saying well She was upset with the money the you know She was upset she went more years because she loves Indianapolis and she wants to bring her donkey with her She wants to bring her dog.
30:32
[SPEAKER_00]: She wants to buy a house and sell down, but she still had an offer from other teams from multi years
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[SPEAKER_00]: but just loves this team so much that she came back to the fever.
30:43
[SPEAKER_00]: I'd like to think that her that the season goes well and they can financially do it that they will work on a multi-year deal for her.
30:51
[SPEAKER_00]: I really think if they could keep that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: what I call the five we talked about, the five that I would would have protected, which included Sophie and Lexi, along with Caitlyn, Leia and Kelsey.
31:03
[SPEAKER_00]: I think the fever can have a good run, not just this year, but a good run for the next couple years.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And the other neat story that just came out of campus, I don't know if you realize this, but Kelsey Mitchell
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[SPEAKER_00]: She used to park her car right out on the outside of the arena.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So she could hate stay after she talked with fans after games and everything.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She said she did it because it didn't want to sell it out.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The support is she just wanted to get to know the fans and let them know how much she appreciated their support.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's why we love the fever.
31:36
[SPEAKER_01]: Thanks so much, Michelle.
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[SPEAKER_01]: With course we'll talk to some high school baseball, some college baseball, some reds at another time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This one was about the women.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So thank you so much for your time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That was a lot of fun.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You're welcome.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thanks to Michelle.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for listening.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We'll be back tomorrow.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Don't miss our fever report on Sunday, Monday at the latest.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And our culture report, Monday, Tuesday at the latest.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The central Indian sports report is a product of ITG media, and I love Susie.