00:00 – 28:04 – JMV kicks off the show by talking about Purdue basketball, and what awaits them in just a few weeks when the NCAA Tournament begins. He talks about his Indiana State Sycamores, which won the Missouri Valley regular-season championship yesterday in their victory over Murray State. He also touches on the Pacers, who lost another game against a team with a bad record last night.  

28:05 – 42:44 – 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.  

42:45 – 45:37 – JMV wraps up the first hour of the show!  

45:38 – 1:15:14 – 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. 

1:15:15 – 1:27:15 – JMV talks about the Broncos announcing that they have informed Russell Wilson that he will be released. He then circles back to the Pacers and discusses their struggles since they traded away Buddy Hield. 

1:27:16 – 1:31:26 – The 2nd hour of the show wraps up with some more basketball talk! 

1:31:27 – 2:02:11 – 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.  

2:02:12 – 2:12:58 – JMV continues to talk about the Pacers, and what might be the cause of their recent slide, especially on offense.  

2:12:59 – 2:17:59 – JMV wraps up the show with some more phone calls! 

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