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Greg & His Friends Talk Sports ... with Jake Dunn, Grant Shouse & Michelle Garmon (2.193.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_00]: You are listening to, Greg and his friends talk sports.
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[SPEAKER_00]: 10 to 20 minutes every day, Greg and his friends are talking about what Central Indiana Sports fans are talking about.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Every day on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Welcome Central Indian sports fans to the Central Indian sports report for my new daily podcast Greg and his friends talk sports.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'm your host Greg Mingo and every day my friends and I are talking about whatever Central Indian sports fans are talking about.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And of course this week.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We're mostly talking brackets.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Coming up on today's show Monday, March 16th, 2026, I talked with my friend Jake Dunne about, produced Big 10 Championship and they're past to a final four in Indianapolis, plus boys basketball semi-state magic with my friend Grant Shows.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Then I'll talk a little in-bcar with my friend, Dave Chandley and Elijah Poe.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We will have an NCAA tournament preview for you coming up on Tuesday afternoon or evening.
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[SPEAKER_04]: There's no IU report this week, the Hoosers to turn down all postseason invitations.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So unless there's Breaking News, I'm turning our IU guys into our NCAA tournament guys is for the next couple of weeks and we will have a Purdue report first thing Wednesday morning.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Later this week we'll talk in AI, basketball, with
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[SPEAKER_04]: Indiana Wesleyan and Grace in the Men's National Finals in Kansas City and Indiana Wesleyan St. Francis and Marion in the Women's National Finals in Su City, Iowa.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Thank you so much for joining us, my friends and I will be back tomorrow and the next day and the day after that.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Purdue couldn't win a game to end the regular season even a Macy Arena
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[SPEAKER_04]: but they remain unbeaten on neutral floors, which is good news, because the rest of their games are going to be played on neutral floors, by completing an improbable run from seventh place in the regular season standings to the program's third big-ton tournament championship and record 30 second big-ton championship overall.
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[SPEAKER_04]: With an 87-toot win over, number 3, Michigan, on Sunday in Chicago.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Jake Dunn and I talked about that as well, and that's coming up in just a few minutes.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So Brandon Smith should be the all-time assistant leader in the history of College of Basketball, following Friday's game against 15 seed Queen's College in the first round of the NCAA tournament in St. Louis.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That game is Friday night at 7.30.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Then with a win it will be either number 7 seed Miami or 10 seed Missouri on Sunday.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Arizona is the one seed in the west, and Zag is the three Arkansas 4, Wisconsin 5 and BYU the 6.
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[SPEAKER_04]: As I discussed with Jake Dunn coming up, Purdue is the only team from Indiana in the tournament, and that's just really sad.
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[SPEAKER_04]: On a related note, Butler had coached that Mata announced his retirement this morning.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Produce 25 to one odds to win it all the 8th best in the tournament following the favorite Duke at 3 to 1.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Then the other 3 number 1 seeds, Michigan, Arizona and Florida, followed by Houston at 10 to 1, Iowa State at 15 to 1, Illinois at 19 to 1, and Yukon and the boiler makers both at 25 to 1.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Here's my friend Jake Dunn to talk about, Purdue winning a big 10 championship and the road ahead of him.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Jake, I'm a little embarrassed for the state of Indiana that produced the only one.
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[SPEAKER_04]: There's just way too much talent in the state for that to happen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I agree.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You had a pretty disappointing season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Dollar never really got a whole lot going there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It made some good wins throughout the season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Like Mike or Shrewsbury's time at another day might become a doing end.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I hope more.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I hope that becomes successful for him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Between these, these are great guys and I could be core see that her name has some success.
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[SPEAKER_01]: found to raise a little ball state at the skill that they just weren't very good.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And it's heartbreaking.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I when I was growing up, I used to grab the newspaper.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I know that makes me old.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Every day and look at this, you know, those teams were doing.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I always there were there were years or five teams from Indiana in the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And we need that back.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, we do.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But, produced back, I don't know what to make of this Jake.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I swore, it was what three days ago, that I was not gonna buy back into this team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Well, now I kinda have to, don't I?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, kind of.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's worth two.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You see, they close out in impressive weekend to your Chicago with an 80, the 72 win over the top seated Michigan Wolverine.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So, we've been kind of harping on this senior leadership,
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[SPEAKER_01]: here for this team and they rode that senior leadership into the, you know, winning four names and then four days really, you know, cool opportunity here for Purdue to be able to kind of finish off their conference careers for these seniors and season as well after the nine seniors with the goal that they had, which is, you know, winning a big 10 championships and in my eyes, Michigan is still the big 10 champion there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They won the regular season champion
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[SPEAKER_01]: their dominance was a little bit more impressive than produced one today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's a lamb.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I still am impressed with this Purdue team and how they played.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Well, here's what happened since they lost to Michigan on February 17th.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They beat IU and I was like, all right, I won't Michigan again, right?
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[SPEAKER_04]: And then they lost to Michigan State, lost to Ohio State, barely beat Northwestern, lost to Wisconsin.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I was like, I really don't want Michigan again.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And then three days later, look where we are.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's been one of the strangest, definitely the strangest season I've ever seen for Proof basketball.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I agree.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I still John Rossstein, tweet something out.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That was talking about how this kind of pattern, if you will, you know, coming on a wall there, towards the end of the recourse season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then,
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, once once championship, we came around, you know, the kind of kind of had a revival of 2004 and you can, in 2007, Florida had a very similar pattern and those two teams that go on to win the national championship.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So, not not not saying, you know, that means proof is going to win the national championship, but it is good to see, you know, this is.
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[SPEAKER_01]: kind of been a thing before for teams that have gone on to have success and it's a doubly tournament like we've talked about Greg, it's just glad to see the team, you know, out there fighting and playing more together, you're just given more effort and have more energy out there.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Tell you what, Drake Offman Rhin and Oscar Cluff play like that, Holy cow.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And kind of going back to the seniors here, the four seniors, TTIR,
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[SPEAKER_01]: they could buy in for 69 of produce 80 points.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So TKR had 20 points.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He was 10 of 15 from shooting, which is pretty good for him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Oscar Cluff, 21 points, flush alert, 14 points, range myth, 14 points in 11 assists.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And now sits two assists away from holding the all-time career, assist leader in the NCAA, which is pretty cool.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Pretty cool thing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I was really hoping to get a couple more of their towards the end of the game, but just our dead, but Drake now is going to do it against Queen's college.
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[SPEAKER_04]: You know about Queen's college?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I actually do not live very far from them.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I didn't think so.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah, they're, they're here at Trill and West Carolina.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is their first ever year being eligible for the NCAA tournament.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So this will be the,
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[SPEAKER_01]: their first time for them.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And Jake, we'll get into what makes them go and we'll get into Miami and Missouri on the Purdue Report later this week.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Really nice.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Looks like a nice path with the exception of Arizona's and but your quick thoughts on the path for Purdue.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Queens, I think that didn't be in there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Their first ever year being eligible to make the instead of my tournament.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I kind of opened the light till be able to bright for them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And Purdue can just have a
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[SPEAKER_01]: pretty easy win.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, those are never guaranteed for Purdue.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then you've got to Miami, Miami, Florida, Miami, Florida, which would clarify us, Miami, Ohio did, in fact, make the make the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What I'm talking about that?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yes, Miami, Florida, and Missouri, which this, these first round, first and second round games, the first weekend,
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[SPEAKER_01]: If Missouri doesn't fact upset, Miami, that would be, I hope a lot of Peruvians buy out by up this ticket because that would be kind of a home environment for Missouri, but they self-to-get past Miami first in Peruv, so let's get back, so let's get past Queens, but I'd definitely have pretty favorable road here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If Gonzaga makes it to the sweet 16, and if Peruv makes it a sweet 16,
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[SPEAKER_01]: that'll be yet another match up here with Purdue and Gonzaga.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm really kind of hoping that Gonzaga is not due for a win kind of seems like they are.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm kind of hoping that they lose before producing it to play them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If Purdue makes it that far, but certainly a nice path here.
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[SPEAKER_04]: we'll get back to Purdue here in just one second.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I want to know your thoughts on Miami being in the play and game and the path for Ben Humberkowski and the fighting on us.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We'll start here with with Ben and Illinois.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They've got a really good match up here with Penn.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Penn had a really strong game to win the Ivy League.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They had to play all their team.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Go off for 40 points for your little bit over 40 points, but really good game for them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Offences is just too good.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think they'll get past Penn and then if they do that, they would get the winner of North Carolina and VCU and North Carolina as we know, lost their star player as freshman, forward, Caleb Wilson.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's a big loss for them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I got to watch them play in the ACC tournament here in Charlotte.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They so it's pretty strong, they still have some good pieces,
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm kind of thinking VCU might pull that one out, so it could see a 11CVCU up against number three seed Illinois and Illinois would end up when in that one end to go more than likely face Houston in the 2016.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That'll be a really good matchup, you know Illinois's got a really really good offense.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You should've got a really really good defense, so that would be a really fun game to watch.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And the Houston is going to end up winning that matchup.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I have one in the way losing in the last three, 16.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm Rick Alcissus, a career in college, ultimately coming to do it in there.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And Miami, your thoughts on the being in the play in?
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm glad they made the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think if you didn't put them in the tournament, it kind of just devalues the regular season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I know they didn't really have many good wins and didn't play many great teams.
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[SPEAKER_01]: especially in college basketball.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's really hard to go undefeated in a regular season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm glad they made the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think Auburn should have made the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm glad they didn't.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I did make the tournament obviously.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm glad that some of those other teams that were on the bubble didn't make it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I feel pretty good about the teams that the selection may have here in the bracket.
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[SPEAKER_04]: All right, Jake last question.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Confidence.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So, meter is at a skyrocketed backup from where it was.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This I've been really impressed here by the play of this team over the past four days.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They've looked like at the Purdue team that we saw earlier in the season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and makes you think that this team is playing their best basketball at the right time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In this game, it's a mission we've talked about, how good mission is in the past.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They really kind of controlled the game for the most part here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They produced survives, some foul trouble, especially early.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Oscar Cluff continues to have a great week.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I've been really impressed with him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: A brain split controlled the game 11 assists in Purdue for the game had a 10.5.
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[SPEAKER_01]: 10.5 assists to turn over ratio.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So only two turnovers for this whole team today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Having that against Michigan, that's not going to have a very often they've got a really good defense.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to give this by in 85.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think Purdue's got a pretty good path here to at the very least the lead A either.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Arkansas was a container Arizona.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think the winner of
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[SPEAKER_01]: of hypothetical Wisconsin Arkansas matchup can make it to the sweet 16 years Arizona and they definitely have the offensive firepower to knock Arizona off.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I could see Arizona and Purdue, you know, be mentally late and that would be a really, really intense matchup.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I like the path for Purdue and their play is really, uh, apparently really, really kind of got me back on the tracks, no pun intended.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think you intended that pun Jake, but I am going to say that maybe this shows how long I've been doing this, but I feel like I've been set up to be knocked down.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'm really scared of Queen's College Jake.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's hard not to be with Purdue's history, but they, you know, this team, one of the things I've been most impressed with, now with this Purdue team is, is their defense just continues to improve.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They held Michigan in this game to 1.18 points per possession and had a forced a 11.5% turnover rate.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So they've looked a lot more connected defensively.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They looked, you know, they're more physical inside, which they needed to do against this really good Michigan team.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Just looked a lot more sharp.
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[SPEAKER_01]: A lot sharper on that in the rotation.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So got a lot of really good momentum here for this week, and just so they can carry it with them here on the next few weeks.
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[SPEAKER_04]: All right, Jake, let's talk about it again.
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[SPEAKER_04]: First thing, Wednesday morning on the Purdue Report, we'll talk about Queens College, Miami, Missouri, Arizona, all that.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We'll also talk about what happened on Sunday a little more and the assist record.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We'll also talk about Tracophond Rannon.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Man, that performance was unbelievable for about five minutes, just a complete takeover of the game and we barely talked about it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We'll talk about that more on Wednesday as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yep, boy, they're up.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We will have so much on the NCAA tournament the next three weeks on this show and on special podcasts like our tournament preview show on Tuesday afternoon, maybe Tuesday evening.
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[SPEAKER_04]: UConn UCLA, Texas and South Carolina are the top seeds in the Women's Journal.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Six-seed Notre Dame is the only team from Indiana and faces Fairfield in the opening round at 2pm Saturday in Columbus, Ohio, and the Fort Worth Regional.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Hannah Hadogo and the Irish will face either three seed Ohio State or 14 seed Howard if they can get by Fairfield.
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[SPEAKER_04]: A quick look at the high school basketball semi-states coming up on Saturday, we'll talk much more about these coming up in the next few days, but for now, all eight semi-states are in a 10 AM noon and 8 PM format on Saturday and we'll start.
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[SPEAKER_04]: In class 4 AM, the South at Newcastle's Clifed Chrysler Arena, the first game at 10 AM.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Number 4 Mount Vernon against the Cater Central, then it's number 7 Tara Houghtonorth against New Albany.
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[SPEAKER_04]: The Championship Game again at 8 o'clock, 4 a.m. the North at L-Card at 6, North Ridge against Homestead at 10 a.m. followed by No.
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[SPEAKER_04]: 2 Crown Point against Snyder.
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[SPEAKER_04]: 3 a.m. the North at the Barry Bull in Logan's Port.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's Delta against New Haven, the No.
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[SPEAKER_04]: 6 Columbia City, the only ranked team in the semi-state against each Chicago Central.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And that's because all the top ranked teams in 3 a.m. in the South at Seymour.
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[SPEAKER_04]: In the first game, it's number one Silver Creek against number 14 Ron Kali, then it's number two Prince then against number three Cathedral.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Two A in the North, the semi-state that we're most interested in, is at the Muncie Field House, and it's 25 and 1 and number two Okill against 15 and 11 looers to start the day at 10am, and it's number 9 lapel 21 and 5 against 25 and 1 and third ranked Westview, the championship game again at the Muncie Field House at 8 o'clock.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And in the South End 2A at Southport, it'll be number 4 Park Heritage against number 6 Triton Central in the first game, the number 8 Linton against Austin.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Class A in the South at Washington, number 2 Barre, even against number 9 Liberty Christian at 10 AM, followed by number 3 Houser against number 11 Bloomfield and in the Class A North.
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[SPEAKER_04]: At Lafayette, Jeff, the first game is 21 and 4 Monroe Sinville Ring 7 to get 16 and 11 North Vermillion that it's 23 and 3 and 4th ranked Triton against number 11 Bloomfield.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And here's my friend Grant Shows with a quick look at the semi-stage that we're announced on Sunday afternoon.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We're gonna start with the semi-state at the Muncie Field House but talk about all of them.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And, of course, Grant and I are going to be talking about the NCAA tournament here in the next few days, but right now here to talk some high school basketball, the IHSA announced it's semi-state pairings and we're most interested in the class grant.
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[SPEAKER_04]: First, outside of our year, go to Dayton on Tuesday.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I'm pretty excited.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I've done it the last two years now.
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[SPEAKER_05]: It's pretty personal because my dad grew up there.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And it's a little more of a connection to go back over there.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Dad's so nice and people and everything.
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[SPEAKER_05]: So kind of familiar with it.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I'm excited.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Miami, Ohio is about.
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[SPEAKER_05]: 45 minutes to an hour from their campus to date.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And so they'll travel well and be an exciting atmosphere.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And this is no doubt, Greg.
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[SPEAKER_05]: My absolute favorite week on the calendar year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: no doubt about it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And one reason is I school basketball sent my states and we're not trying to say that we're biased and we care most about the class two a sent my state in the north because we are a CIC and Madison County area.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And that means O kill and lapel and grant I was so glad to see them on opposite sides.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I was to just as an O kill fan and growing up in the program and knowing
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[SPEAKER_05]: The history of Oak Hill and LePel, and even Oak Hill and Westview, they could potentially play in the semi-spate championship if they were to advance.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Oak Hill and LePel mad step and an absolute classic in 2016, or Oak Hill was down 17 in the fourth quarter, came back, got the lead, LePel ended up winning in the final second.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Two years later, Oak Hill ended up beating LePel in the region along the way of a state championship.
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[SPEAKER_05]: So, there's
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[SPEAKER_05]: There's some familiarity kind of between the two programs in the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Of course, LaPelle's coach then was, you know, the Hall of Famer Jimmy Howe and now it's another great coach and Kevin Cherry.
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[SPEAKER_05]: So I'm happy to see them on opposite sides of the bracket.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I think that's going to be really fun if they can get in the semi-state championship.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And that starts at 10 a.m. with Oak Hill against lures.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think that's probably a pretty good match of broke Hill.
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[SPEAKER_04]: One that you expect to win and lapel taking on Westview is, man, that's tough.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's good as lapel has been playing that Westview team's awfully good.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Well, first I want to say about Oak Hill and lures is that they played each other in the summer.
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[SPEAKER_05]: this past summer and Lourdes actually won, they actually won that game.
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[SPEAKER_05]: So I don't know what the situation with that kill was, they may not have had all their guys.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Obviously things change between then and now, but that certainly, that's certainly kind of an eyeball opener when you think about that, probably not a lot of people know that.
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[SPEAKER_05]: But when they matched that in the summer, Lourdes actually beat O'Kill.
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[SPEAKER_05]: With the lapel West, do you game?
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[SPEAKER_05]: Man, I mean, the, I watched Westview versus Gary 21st last night on TV and they are a really good team.
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[SPEAKER_05]: The real, Westview is really physical.
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[SPEAKER_05]: They're smart with the basketball.
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[SPEAKER_05]: They're well coached.
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[SPEAKER_05]: They're coached now.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Chandler-Prival was the old coach down at Eastern Peacock and down in your back to the woods.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, they know him well.
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[SPEAKER_05]: No, yeah.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And he's got those guys playing really well right now.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And O'Kill and Westview, again, here's kind of your nugget drive.
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[SPEAKER_05]: They matched up in the 2018 semi-state championship, the Huntington for about six or seven years.
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[SPEAKER_05]: That was the greatest game I've ever seen.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Until last year, there were about three games in a week span that took the game.
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[SPEAKER_05]: If Oak Hill were to advance to semi-state championship and have to run into Westview or Lapelle, it's going to be pretty fitting, kind of a story book if you're familiar with the program.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And I'm really looking forward to Saturday.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Those are going to be
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[SPEAKER_05]: three really good games no matter who's in the championship.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We have to mill your foes that's for sure.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So Mount Vernon is at Newcastle and they go south actually Mount Vernon and they got Decatur Central, probably the team that everybody wanted in the first run and they got the first game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So they get the longest recovery, but new all the new Terry Houghton North.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Pretty big obstacles there for Mount Vernon.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, those are two also really good teams.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And they're coming from almost opposite into the state.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And they're going to meet in the corner, either in Newcastle.
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[SPEAKER_05]: They're going to drive about two and a half hours to complete that game.
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[SPEAKER_05]: The south semi states kind of just with the teams you get, just the way it is.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Someone's going to have to drive.
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[SPEAKER_05]: You know, they make it where someone's going to have to drive.
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[SPEAKER_05]: So that down Newcastle will be really fun.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I like Mount Vernon's odds, come out of that, that there'd be a heck of a game Mount Vernon in New Albany in the championship if that were to be the case.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Barry Bull, Delta New Haven, thoughts.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Great, great game.
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[SPEAKER_05]: New Haven is much more physical, they're more athletic.
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[SPEAKER_05]: They probably have better basketball players than Delta does.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I'm gonna take New Haven to actually come out of the North and three A's, my both prediction right now.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I could see them getting a game or field house I'd like to see it happen.
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[SPEAKER_05]: New Haven, a little familiarity being on that floor is that's where they won the regional championship on Saturday.
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[SPEAKER_05]: It was at the Barry Bowl against the West Laugh Fiat.
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[SPEAKER_05]: So, their guys have played there.
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[SPEAKER_05]: They've already practiced there.
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[SPEAKER_05]: There's probably more familiarity kind of more comfortability being there.
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[SPEAKER_05]: You kind of know the drill, the routine, where you feel like you're
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[SPEAKER_05]: you can kind of succeed.
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[SPEAKER_05]: New Haven, I would pick to win.
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[SPEAKER_05]: New Haven and Columbia City in the champion ship, that would be a conference match up in an Northeast A.
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[SPEAKER_05]: New Haven actually decolumbied a city in overtime this season.
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[SPEAKER_05]: So that's when we look out for the three and north like I said yesterday is just wide wide open.
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[SPEAKER_04]: A couple of other semi-states across the state I want to touch on real fast.
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[SPEAKER_04]: First of all, bar reef, your pick to win Class A goes against Liberty Christian.
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[SPEAKER_04]: My pick to win Class A at the Hatchett House, 10 a.m. on Saturday.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Man, if you want to get out in the steer, drive down the Washington.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Elijah, buddy, it's going.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Good for him.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Liberty Christian having a drive to Washington surprised me a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I thought that they may make bar Reeve and Bloomfield come all the way over to like C more or something like that.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I could have seen that.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I'll be there and be with Oak Hill and kill they get feet or cut down the nets that gamers field house.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I certainly do feel confident about Oak Hill's chances to advance to the
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[SPEAKER_05]: where I will have a plan in place if they don't advance the championship and I'll figure out what I'm doing, but I will be at the Muncie Field House and you're going to get three big public schools in there with Oak Hill Wetsu and La Pelle who are going to travel and that's going to be a heck of an atmosphere at Muncie and kind of an interesting place to do.
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[SPEAKER_05]: It's the absolute best atmosphere of the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_05]: It used to not be
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[SPEAKER_05]: When it was the two-game region, I felt like that was the best atmosphere of the tournament, but the semi-sate when you get four schools in there, especially if you can get four public schools in there, like the four A-South, you're going to get a great crowd in there.
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[SPEAKER_05]: It's going to be rock-pocketing.
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[SPEAKER_05]: The semi-sate weekend is my favorite weekend of the entire tournament.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Grand Shest, we'll be talking about high school basketball and college basketball all week, thanks so much.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I'd love this time of year and they can't wait to do a week, Greg.
25:48
[SPEAKER_04]: Elijah Poe, Dave Channelly, and I had a full recap and reaction podcast following the indie car race in Arlington on Sunday, one by Kyle Kirkwood.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Please go check that out.
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[SPEAKER_04]: In the meantime, here are their thoughts on the current point standings after three weeks.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Last year at this time, through three races, Alex Blow had a 46.0 lead.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Right now, the standings cow, Kirkwood, one-on-way, Alex Blow, one-on-one, Joseph Newgarden, 98.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Scott McLaughlin, 88, had a award, 85, Marcus Ayrickson, 75, and then it drops off a little wheel power, 58 with it, bunch there, so.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Probably still 15 guys in the race, and it's serious contenders right there with Poloa, and you got to love to see it.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, especially considering today that low set, he said he didn't have anything at all for Kirkwood.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So usually, in fact, I think I texted you guys early in the race, as soon as the old came out of the pit to head.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I said, just races over, they'll pull away.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Man, Kirkwood and it is real demand.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So yeah, it's gonna be a series this year.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's gonna be neat.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And as much as we hate seeing drivers crash out, I really think, you know, Alex Plobe, you know, ending up not being able to finish the race in Phoenix is a huge thing for the series in general.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think the longer we can keep this championship close and competitive, I think it's just going to showcase what these drivers really can do.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I hate to do my own horn, but I was picking Kirkwood since last Wednesday and even stuck with them.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yesterday after qualifying.
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[SPEAKER_02]: What a driver he's become.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's become a real lethal threat, especially on the streets.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And coming in second last week in Phoenix as well.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's really being able to turn out as a well around a driver.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And he's been a superstar for him in the last couple years.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And my pick was Scotty Mack.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And he shot himself in the foot yesterday because he was one of the fastest.
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[SPEAKER_03]: and then crash it and practice or in one of the rounds of qualifying.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So we went to the back of the pack.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I really think had not made that error in qualifying.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It would have been right up there in front and in the hunt because he had a great day today.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's unfortunate, I feel like Pinsky ends up shooting themselves in the foot more than others, especially in qualifying, but regardless, to come from the back of your kind of reminds me of what Joseph Newgarne did at St. Pete when he was able to go from the back to 7th place.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Still finishing at 11th for Scotty Mack is super impressive, especially with the season he had last year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It was as down the dumps as you can get for Scotty Mack, so...
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[SPEAKER_02]: Overall, really strong finish, and I think somebody who's a little, who has been really talked about, I don't think we've talked about him is David Malukus, another consistent drive-in sixth place.
28:37
[SPEAKER_04]: Despite a career in life from Aaron Neesmith, 32 points on 10-14 shooting and having a 9-point second quarter lead, the Indiana Pacers lost their 13th straight game on Sunday afternoon, 134-123 in Milwaukee.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Our Pacers Guy Mike Rich is done with his army obligations for a while, and we hope to have him available to talk some Pacers this week.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Maybe tomorrow.
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[SPEAKER_04]: You'll also be talking some NCAA tournament with this next week, like everyone is going to be.
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[SPEAKER_04]: One quick local news and no Eastbrook quarterback Body Hall has been named to the Indiana North All Star Team and will play defensive back in the July 10th game against the South.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And looking ahead to Monday, March 16th, 2026, there's nothing.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Absolutely nothing.
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[SPEAKER_04]: On Tuesday's show will preview the NCAA Tournament first for with Grand Shows.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And talk about some other stuff.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Thanks so much for listening.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We'll be back tomorrow.
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