In the first full hour of Indiana Sports Talk on this Friday, Coach Lovell is joined again by the legend Greg Rakestraw to finish up a conversation about the Marion County semifinals. Then, Mark Foerster from WXFN stops by to spell out what happened in a couple semi games in Delaware County and Linton-Stockton head coach Joey Hart joins the show after his team got a hard-fought win over Bloomfield 38-35. Clint Swan from Crown Point joins the show after a very lopsided victory against Merrillville and Plainfield’s Andy Weaver joins after an even more lopsided win in 90-39 fashion against Monrovia. Purdue took care of business against Nebraska and Rob Blackman tells us about the easy win for the Boilermakers. We keep on rolling with Chad Patrick from Tippecanoe Valley after his team took care of Rochester 59-36. To finish a massive hour on IST, Coach chats with coach Brent Dalrymple after his team took care of Shakamak.

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Coach Lovell is back for another Friday night of Indiana Sports Talk with Brendan King on updates and Josh Mullenix running the board. Coach opens the show talking to BK about Purdue’s domination of Nebraska in Big Ten action and Butler’s performance against Georgetown. Norwell’s Mike McBride joins the show on the heels of a win over Belmont 65-56. Then, Greg Rakestraw joins the program after calling the Marion County semifinal games to report on North Central’s win over Southport and Ben Davis cruising to a 69-42 win over Pike.

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Coach began the 11 o’clock hour with Coach Chad Partick of Tippecanoe Valley discussing their victory of Plymouth. Then Chris Lowery of WIOU called in to discuss the close back and forth between Kokomo and Fort Wayne Northrop where Kokomo won 67 to 66. At 11:30 Jeremiah Johnson called in and talked about the Pacers snapping their six game losing streak tonight against the Utah Jazz. Johnson discussed the remarkable performance of Lance Stephenson over the course of his 10-Day contract. Stephenson set a career high in assists against the Jazz and had his first double-double in three years. They also covered Sabonis’s career-high 42 point performance in the same game. Coach Lovell and Brad Huber discussed the upcoming College Football Championship game between Alabama and Georgia. The game will be played in Lucas Oil Stadium on Monday, January 10th. To close out the show Coach Lovell and Brad Huber talked about the Colts chances of making it into the playoff in their “Win-and-in” game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.  

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Coach Bob Lovell starts the 10 o’clock hour with WNAS’s Bryan Sullivan who gave a full rundown of Cathedral’s nearly forty point win over New Albany 94-56. Plus Bryan shared how the Irish got their lead and the impact they had when facing New Albany. Hoosier Basketball magazine’s Kip Wesner called in to talk one of the closest matchups of the night between Carmel and Westfield which saw the Shamrocks winning 43-42. Plus Kip shared his favorite games from the past. Plus Coach gets Kips early picks for State tournament winners for Girls Basketball. Eastern Pekin Coach Chandler Primble broke down their 78-61 road win over Austin and Beech Grove Coach Mike Winfrow talked their 48-40 win over Monrovia to keep their win streak alive. David Deaton from WKLO talked his double header with North Harrison boys winning in overtime over Scottsburg 56-52 and the North Harrison Girls loss to Seymour 54-32. Kurt Darling with Indiana SRN talked Covenant Christians 72-64 win over Heritage Christian to extend the Eagles losing streak.

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Rob Blackmon from the Purdue Radio Network joined Coach Bob Lovell to start out Network Indiana’s Indiana Sports Talk. Rob broke down the struggles for the Boilermakers on defense, recapped head coach Matt Painter’s press conference following their loss to Wisconsin, and how Purdue improved on the defensive side of the ball in their 74-67 win over Penn State. Plus Rob and Coach gives their take on if Purdue is the best in the country. David Eha from the Ball State Radio Network joined the show to discuss the Cardinals 78-72 road win over Eastern Michigan, the Cardinals struggles including turnovers, and how they fared in shot defense.

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Coach opens the final hour with Central Noble head coach John Bodey. Ryan Osborn calls in to talk about his top ranked team’s victory over Center Grove. Clint Swan joins the show to talk about the Bulldogs’ big road win.  Pike head coach Bill Zych joins the show to talk about his teams’ victory over Fishers in overtime. Steve Colb calls in to talk about Heritage Hills victory over Gibson Southern. Next, Kip Wesner calls in to talk about Hoosier Basketball Magazine, and wrap up a Friday night of IHSAA basketball. Coach rounds out the show talking with Mark Minner about Butler’s loss to Xavier.  

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Coach opens the second hour of the show with John Montgomery talking about Sullivan’s win over South Putnam. Kurt Darling joins the show to talk about an overtime thriller for Mt. Vernon. Scott Miller calls in to discuss his team’s ten point win over Manual. Zionsville’s head coach JR Howell calls in to talk about his overtime win. Later, David Deaton joins the show to talk about the Cougars’ win. Chandler Prible breaks down Eastern Pekin’s win over Silver Creek. Finally, Coach finishes the hour talking with Brian Sullivan.

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Coach Lovell opens the night talking to Brad Burden about his Providence team’s win over Clarksville. Next, Coach talks with Brendan about the special holiday editions of IST. Later, Brendan talks about what to expect in downtown Indianapolis this weekend with the College Football Playoff.

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To wrap the final night of Network Indiana’s Indiana Sports Talk, Brendan King and Coach Bob Lovell revisit some of the biggest moments in professional sports in 2021. They begin with a look back at the Indiana Pacers 2020-21 season and remember the life of Bobby “Slick” Leonard. Next they reflect on the 2021 Indy 500 with guests including Helio Castroneves’ fourth win and pay tribute to Bob Jenkins, Robin Miller, and the Unser brothers. To wrap up the busy weekend of reflection Coach and Brendan talk about the Indianapolis Colts with the voice of the Colts, Matt Taylor.

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Tonight on Network Indiana’s Indiana Sports Talk, Brendan King and Bob Lovell take a trip down memory lane with a look back at the 2021 Indiana College Sports seasons. To start things off, Brendan and Coach talk about the 2021 March Madness tournament. Then they talk with the voice of the Boilermakers Rob Blackmon about Purdue’s football season and a recap of the Boilermakers basketball season to this point. Next the voice of IU Football and Basketball Don Fischer joined to talk all things Hoosiers. They wrap up the first hour with the former voice of all Notre Dame Athletics Jack Nolan on Notre Dame and the future of the football program under Head Coach Marcus Freeman and the current state of the Irish basketball program.

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