Rob Blackmon from the Purdue Radio Network started off the basketball talk with Coach Bob Lovell. Blackmon talked Purdue’s heartbreaking loss to #15 St. Peters 67-64, the Peacocks stifling defense, and looked ahead at Purdue next year. Then, NCAA Division Three Player of the Year from Wabash College Jack Davidson joined Coach Lovell to talk Wabash’s run to the Final Four, his choice to take a redshirt year last season, preseason expectations for the Little Giants, and how Wabash bounced back after a tough start to the year. Greg Rakestraw from the IHSAA Champions Network joined to talk the Cathedral-Chesterton game, where Cathedral won in blowout fashion 65-31 and how the Irish got the win over once undefeated Chesterton. Then, Greg talked Beech Grove’s emotional win over Mishawaka Marian 53-43, Beech Grows first state title, and Anthony Ball’s 17 point and 20 rebound night.

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9:30PM-10:00PM-(IHSAA State Finals)-3/26/2022Tipping off Network Indiana’s Indiana Sports Talk, Coach Bob Lovell shares his farewells to long time Indiana Sports Talk update anchor Brendan King who will be heading to South Bend to become the voice of the South Bend Cubs for the upcoming season. Then, Coach and Brendan break down the NCAA Tournament, Villanova’s defensive effort against Houston to advance the Wildcats to the Final Four, Notre Dame Women’s team’s loss to South Carolina State and then the Hoosier’s Women’s loss to UConn. To wrap up the first half hour, Coach Lovell goes to the State Finals for Indiana Boys Basketball with clips from earlier in the day.

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In the final hour of IST, we finish previewing tomorrow’s action at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Mishawaka Marian’s Robb Berger joins the show ahead of his 3A title game against Beech Grove before we finish coach interviews with Cathedral’s Jason Delaney and Chesterton’s Marc Urban. We’ve got everything you need to know before four state title games on Sunday in downtown Indianapolis. To cap off a full night of hoops, Kip Wesner joins from Hoosier Basketball Magazine.

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We kick off the first full hour of IST with LCC head coach David Barrett ahead of their 1A State Title game against North Daviess. Then, coach has a chat with Providence’s Ryan Miller as we preview the final game of the year in 2A. Providence takes on John Bodey’s Central Noble squad and we get that perspective on tomorrow’s state final. In 3A, Beech Grove takes on Mishawaka Marian. Mike Renfro joins the show from BG to end the hour.

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Coach Lovell is here on a Boys Basketball State Finals weekend! But first, the Purdue Boilermakers fell to No. 15 Saint Peters in the Sweet 16 in Philly. Coach Lovell chats with Brendan King about Purdue’s loss, the NCAA tournament and tomorrow’s action at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Mike Lewis is the new head men’s basketball coach at Ball State and we discuss who has entered the portal around the Hoosier state. Then, we talk to North Daviess’ head coach Brent Dalrymple.

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To start of the final hour of Indiana Sports Talk, Brendan King recaps all final scores regarding the IHSAA Semi-State Saturday, and huge matchups in the NCAA Tournament including Notre Dame facing off against Texas Tech and Purdue’s big game against Texas tomorrow. Coach Bob Lovell is joined by Scott Heady, Marion University men’s basketball Head Coach, to speak about the success of the Knights this year and everything that happened behind the scenes this year for his ball club. Heady also features what next year’s team will look like and what to look forward to in the coming year. Kip Wesner from the Hoosier Basketball Magazine joins Coach Bob Lovell to talk about everything basketball in Indiana right now, and what to look forward to next week in the State Championships final games next week.

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To start of the next hour of Network Indiana’s Indiana Sports Talk, Coach Bob Lovell and Brendan King recap everything basketball going on in the state of Indiana right now. Next on IST, Brad Huber joins Coach to talk about everything exciting happening in March Madness right now in the NCAA Tournament. John Herrick with IHSAA TV joins the show to discuss a couple great Semi-state games today and what we can expect next week for state championships. Brent Dalrymple, head coach at North Daviess, joins the show to talk about a great semi-state win today over Jac-Cen-Del and about the 1A state championship next week against Lafayette Central Catholic (LCC). Greg Rakestraw with ISC Sports Network to talk a few thrilling semi-state final games he broadcast today, and what to expect in next week’s state finals matchups. To end the hour, Brad Huber joins the show again to discuss the Cinderella story that is Saint Peter’s Cinderella in the NCAA Tournament.

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It’s another Saturday night on Network Indiana’s Indiana Sports Talk. Coach Lovell and Brendan King recap all the semi-final scores from Indiana high school basketball today in Class 1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A. Next up, Coach is joined by Mark Jaynes, the voice of the Indianapolis 500 with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network. Central Noble head coach John Bodey joins Coach Lovell to talk Central Noble’s win over Carroll (Flora), and what he is looking forward to next week when he’ll compete for the 2A State Championship.

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To start of the final hour of Indiana Sports Talk, Brendan King recaps all final scores regarding the IHSAA Regional Saturday. Coach Bob Lovell is joined by Dean Jackson to talk his call at the New Castle Regional Leo vs Norwell and how the Tigers got it done. Then a flurry of callers join coach at 11:15 including legendary broadcaster Dean Jackson, a very excited John Montgomery from WNDI, and the Indiana Pacer’s own Jeremiah Johnson. To close out this Saturday Night of Network Indiana’s Indiana Sports Talk, Kip Wesner from the Hoosier Basketball Magazine joins coach to talk about everything to look forward to the next couple weeks in basketball.

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To start of the next hour of Network Indiana’s Indiana Sports Talk, Coach Bob Lovell and Brendan King recap everything basketball going on in the state of Indiana right now, including the Big Ten Tournament, high school basketball, and even the Indiana Pacers. Next on IST, Indiana Broadcast legend and voice of the Purdue Boilermakers, Rob Blackman from Purdue Radio Network joins Coach Lovell to talk about the Boilers and their Big Ten Tourney wins the last couple nights, star players from Purdue and what to look forward to in the Big Ten Championship tomorrow. Central Noble head coach John Bodey joins coach to talk a couple of great wins over Hammond Bishop Noll and Blackhawk Christian. Next on IST, Greg Rakestraw with ISC Sports Network joins the show to discuss Cathedral’s win over in-town rival Ben Davis.

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