00:00 - 25:35 - Matt Graves, the associate head coach for the Indiana State Sycamores, joins the show to talk about his team winning the Missouri Valley regular-season championship! He and John talk about the atmosphere at the Sycamores game against Murray State last night and the experience of winning the Missouri Valley conference. He also talks about how he joined head coach Josh Schertz at Indiana State.

25:36 - 52:18 - Stephen Holder of ESPN joins the show to give his post-op of the NFL Combine! They break down what they saw at the Combine last week; they also look ahead to the NFL Draft, and if we can expect to see Chris Ballard once again trade down the draft board. John and Stephen discuss how much input head coach Shane Steichen will have on the personnel decisions. They also talk about if the team will use the franchise tag, and the future of Michael Pittman Jr. 

52:19 - 1:04:54 - Evan Sidery of Forbes Sports joins to give his thoughts on the Pacers recent struggles. They talk specifically about Tyrese Haliburton, who doesn’t seem to be 100% as he continues to work back from his hamstring injury. Evan and JMV also talk about how they can utilize Pascal Siakam and Myles Turner with the pick-and-roll, as well as Haliburton’s struggles on defense. 

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