October 27, 2025 — In today’s episode, we’ll recap the weekend exhibition games for Murray State and Evansville’s men, along with Illinois State’s women (3:03).

Other topics we discuss:

* Former Belmont guard Carter Whitt gets drafted into the NBA G League (9:57)

* Illinois State men’s season preview with John Baker from the ‘March to the Arch’ podcast (11:10)

* Illinois State’s women rout Illinois Wesleyan in exhibition action (34:25)

* Previewing the Northern Iowa women’s season (35:15)

* Indiana State’s men get another 2026 commitment (44:55)

* How many Valley teams slide into Matt Norlander’s Top 100 teams in the country list? (45:40)

* More exhibition games to come this week (48:30)

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