Central Indiana Sports Report

On today's "Greg & His Friends Talk Sports" ...

•Marian beat St. Francis to win the Crossroads League Women's Championship. On Tuesday, Indiana Wesleyan's men will try to beat Grace for the first time this year and win the Crossroads Men's Tournament title ... Kevin Helfrich joins Greg to preview the Wildcats & Lancers

•IU Kokomo faces IU Southeast Tuesday for the River States Championship

•Plus a look ahead to Tuesday, including sectional first-round preview from Elwood, Eastbrook, Manchester, Noblesville, Greenfield, Bellmont, Logansport, Frankfort, New Castle, Clinton Central, Wes-Del & Indiana Deaf ... Frankton head coach Brent Brobston joins Greg t...

On this week's IU Report, Grant Shouse & Mike Hutsell discuss IU's recent struggles against Northwestern & Michigan State and what it means for the postseason in head coach Darian DeVries first season in Bloomington ... plus, how the IU National Championship Football stars performed in the NFL Combine in Indianapolis over the weekend.

Greg, Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader Sports Editor Michelle Garmon and Grant Shouse of the Action Sports Network preview this week's Class 2A Elwood Sectional featuring the host Panthers, the Frankton Eagles, the Lapel Bulldogs, the Tipton Blue Devils, the Taylor Titans and the Sheridan Blackhawks ... with Tuesday night game predictions and sectional championship predictions ... and pre-sectional interviews with Frankton head coach Brent Brobston, Lapel head coach Kevin Cherry and Elwood head coach, athletic director and tournament host Ryan VanSkyock.

Greg, Michelle Garmon of the Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader and Grant Shouse of the Action Sports Network are joined by Alexandria Tigers head coach Marty Carroll to preview this week's Class 2A Sectional 40 at Eastbrook ... and Greg, Michelle and Grant predict the winners of Tuesday's games between the Alexandria Tigers & Blackford Bruins and the Madison-Grant Argylls and Burris Owls ... and the sectional champion. 

On today's "Greg & His Friends Talk Sports" ...

•Alex Palou started the 2026 season as dominantly as he finished the 2025 season ... by winning the season opener at St. Petersburg. Elijah Poe recaps a great first race

•The Purdue Boilermakers had probably its worst performance of the season in an 82-74 loss against the Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio. A frustrated Jake Dunn reacts

•The Indiana Hoosiers also had a frustrating loss to the Michigan State Spartans in Bloomington ... Mike Hutsell & Grant Shouse react to the 77-64 loss

•The Indiana Pacers lost their 6th strai...

On this week's Pacers Report with Mike Rich, Greg and Mike are joined by Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader sports editor Michelle Garmon to talk about the Indiana Pacers' 6-game losing streak, their upcoming 4-game West Coast road trip, their signing of Quenton Jackson and the return of Obi Toppin ... plus a return visit to Tankathon to simulate the May 10 NBA Draft Lottery and talk about the results.

Greg, Elijah Poe and Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader sports editor Michelle Garmon react to the IndyCar Season Opener at St. Petersburg, another dominant performance from 3-time reigning series champion Alex Palou ... with strong performances from Scott McLaughlin, Christian Lundgaard, Kyle Kirkwood, Pato O'Ward, Joseph Newgarden & Rinus Veekay.

On Sunday's "Greg and His Friends Talk Sports" ... 

•The Eastern Musketeers, the Borden Braves, the Bellmont Braves and the Center Grove Trojans win Girls Basketball State Championships. Grant Shouse has a recap of all four games, including Eastern's second state championship game win over his alma mater, the Oak Hill Golden Eagles.

•Carmel won its 12th straight Boys Swimming State Championship and, led by Cooper McQuiston and Cael McCann, the Oak Hill Golden Eagles finished 6th in the state

•No. 2 Grace and No. 4 Indiana Wesleyan will play for the Crossroads title, IUK faces IUS for...

On this week's Strictly Bias Podcast, Will & Greg move from the NFL to other sports, a new podcast emerges. In a preview of their new podcast Greg vs. Will vs. the World, Greg and Will debate and predict four questions: 

1. How big of a deal was USA Hockey winning Gold?

2. Alex Palou ... or anyone else ... for the 2026 IndyCar Championship? 

3. Who's going to win the National Central in 2026? 

4. Will Kevin Pritchard's gamble of unprotecting the 5th through 10th picks in the draft pay off in the end? 

On today's "Greg & His Friends Talk Sports" ...

•Scores and Highlights from the final Friday Night of the High School Basketball Regular Season

•Oak Hill Boys Swimming have an incredible night at the State Finals Prelims in Indy

•The Colts are incompetent

•Scores & Hlights from the Men's & Women's Tournaments in the Crossroads and the Heartland

•The Michigan Wolverines put an exclamation point on their Big Ten title with a win at No. 10 Illinois

•The Noblesville Boom lose a heartbreaker

•Plus, a look ahead to Saturday, including the Girls Bask...

Michelle Garmon of the Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader recaps the Frankton Eagles' 73-36 win over the Blue River Valley Vikings in Friday's regular-season finale at the Eagles Nest ... with postgame reaction from head coach Brent Brobston.

On this week's Fight Report, Greg and Hanson discuss a potential Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight, a competitive Welterweight Division with Ryan Garcia and Shakur Stevenson winning recently, and a look ahead to UFC Fight Night and future big fights.

On today's "Greg & His Friends Talk Sports" ... 

•The No. 8 Purdue Boilermakers lost their fourth home game of the season on Thursday night, 76-74 to No. 11 Michigan State. Our Purdue Guy Jake Dunn reacts to another disappointing defeat.

•The Indiana Pacers dropped their fourth straight game, 133-109 to the Charlotte Hornets in Indianapolis on Thursday.

•The IndyCar season gets underway Friday afternoon with the first practice session of the season

•The Alexandria Tigers, the Blackford Bruins, the Lapel Bulldogs, the Sheridan Blackhawks, the New Palestine Dragons, the Anderson Prep Jets, the University Blazers a...

On a special edition of the Blackford Bruins Report, Greg is joined by Blackford head coach Aaron Daniels, senior Mason Kitterman and sophomore Mari Leggett following Thursday's 70-36 Senior Night win over the Muncie Burris Owls ... to discuss the win, the 2026 Senior Class, Leggett's continued domination, the transfer of Eli Petro and a look ahead to the Eastbrook Sectional and a first-round showdown with the sizzling hot Alexandria Tigers.

On this week's IndyCar Report with Elijah Poe, Greg and Elijah are joined by Heather Abt, Will Retherford and Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader sports editor Michelle Garmon to answer: Who's going to win the 2026 Championship? If it's Alex Palou again, would you take him against the entire field? Who else will win multiple races? Which drivers are going to win their first races this season? Top Sleeper? Top Rookie? Which race are you most looking forward to besides the Indianapolis 500 and who will win the 500 this year? 

On today's "Greg & His Friends Talk Sports" ...

•The Bethel Pilots, the Huntington Forresters, the Grace Lancers and the Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats all advanced in Wednesday's Crossroads Men's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals ... Marion Chronicle-Tribune sports editor Scott Hunt joins Greg to recap Indiana Wesleyan's 97-55 win over St. Francis

•The Indiana Hoosiers & Ball State Cardinals picked up big wins in Women's College Basketball

•And a look ahead to Thursday, including Jake Dunn's preview of the No. 8 Purdue Boilermakers against the No. 11 Michigan State Spartans

•Scott Hunt talks some Oak Hill Golden Eagles Girls Basketba...

During a week off, assistant coach David Savage, seniors Brice Shuler & Corbin Leavell and junior Connor Wooten join Greg for this week's Elwood Panthers Report to talk about their up-and-down 10-win season and their upcoming sectional at home against either the Frankton Eagles or the Lapel Bulldogs.

On this week's Purdue Report with Jake Dunn, Greg and Jake talk about the win over the Indiana Hoosiers, the recent reveal that the Boilermakers are currently a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament ... and how high or low that could go ... and could be a 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament ... plus, a preview of Thursday's game against the No. 15 Michigan State Spartans ... and remember one of their all-time favorites, Rondale Moore.

On today's "Greg & His Friends Talk Sports" ...

•The Indiana Hoosiers' NCAA Tournament hopes took a big hit with a home loss to the Northwestern Wildcats on Tuesday. Our IU Guy Grant Shouse reacts to the most disappointing loss of the young Darian DeVries Era

•The Indiana Pacers lost their third straight game. No one cares about that. Our Pacers Guy Mike Rich reacts to the NBA's reaction to Rick Carlise's reaction to the Pacers being fined by the NBA for "tanking"

•Indiana Wesleyan, St. Francis, Bethel and Marian won in the Crossroads League Women...

On this week's Frankton Eagles Report, head coach Brent Brobston joins Greg to discuss losses to Alexandria and Shenandoah on Friday & Tuesday, their regular-season finale Friday against Blue River Valley on Senior Night and the Eagles' sectional draw, which has them playing rival Lapel in the first round at Elwood this coming Tuesday.

On this week's Blackford Bruins Report, Boys Basketball head coach Aaron Daniels, Assistant Coach Garrett Krieg and senior Jacob Dillon talk about a successful 1-1 weekend, the Bruins 16-6 record, Senior Night Thursday against Burris and a their thoughts on their sectional draw and facing Alexandria next Tuesday.

On today's "Greg & His Friends Talk Sports"...

•Fishers remains on top of Coaches & Media Polls ... Oak Hill second in 2A, Yorktown makes its debut in 3A and Frankton, Lapel and Sheridan all in the latest 2A poll

•The Sheridan Blackhawks took a loss at Benton Central on Monday but is having a great season. Daniel Bragg of Bragg Sports Media joins Greg to talk Sheridan Basketball

•A look ahead to Tuesday's Boys Basketball Games, including a conversation with Frankton Eagles head coach Brent Brobston about Tuesday's game against 2A No. 12 Shenandoah and an update...

On this week's IU Report, Grant Shouse & Mike Hutsell ...

•Preview Tuesday night's home game against the Northwestern Wildcats

•Talk about the NCAA Tournament and the current Bracketology that has the Hoosiers just on the inside of the NCAA Tournament

•Discuss the addition of Ryan Carr as a Basketball General Manager

•Talk about Curt Cignetti's new record-breaking deal to keep him in Bloomington

•Assess Daniel Jeremiah's latest 2026 NFL Mock Draft that has Fernando Mendoza the No. 1 and Omar Cooper Jr. the No. 19 prospect heading into the April 23 Draft in Pittsburgh

On this week's Pacers Report with Mike Rich, both Greg and Mike like the way the Pacers are approaching the Post-All-Star Game portion of the schedule ... with 3 more games at home against the Philadelphia 76ers, Charlotte Hornets and Memphis Grizzlies coming to town Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday ... plus, are Quenton Jackson and Jarace Walker future rotation pieces for the Pacers? ... and what will be the rotation for the Pacers in 2026-27? 

On today's "Greg & His Friends Talks Sports" ...

•Will Retherford discusses the importance of the USA Men's Hockey Team's Gold Medal Performance Sunday against Canada

•Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader sports editor Michelle Garmon recaps Indiana's Women's 72-65 win over the Oregon Ducks

•A recap of local sectionals Sunday's IHSAA Boys Basketball Sectional Draw

•Top seeds and local seeds from Friday's and Saturday's Boys Swimming State Finals

•A look ahead to the week in basketball, including Indiana Pacers, the Indiana Hoosiers and the Purdue Boilermakers and the Crossroads League Tournaments.

On today's busy, busy "Greg & His Friends Talks Sports" ...

•The Pacers dropped their third straight game despite 30 points from Pascal Siakim and another stellar outing from Jarace Walker

•USA Hockey wins Gold for the first time in 46 years

•The Boys Basketball Sectional Draw was Sunday night ... Results from Elwood, Eastbrook, Noblesville, Manchester, Bellmont, Wes-Del, Clinton Central, Logansport, Lafayette Jeff, New Castle, Greenfield-Central and Indiana Deaf.

•Oak Hill's Girls Basketball team is headed to the 2A State Championship Game after upsetting No. 1 Whitko and No. 6 Bremen on Saturday at the Frankfort Semistate

•Re...

Our Purdue Guy Jake Dunn and our IU Guys Grant Shouse & Mike Hutsell react to the Boilermakers' 93-64 win over the Indiana Hoosiers on Friday night in West Lafayette.

A recap of the Alexandria Tigers' 66-47 win over the Frankton Eagles on Friday night ... with postgame reaction with Frankton head coach Brent Brobston.

A recap of the Oak Hill Golden Eagles' 55-19 win over the Elwood Panthers on Friday night in Elwood ... with postgame reaction from Elwood head coach Ryan VanSkyock.

A Recap & head hoach Aaron Daniels' reaction to his Blackford Bruins' 77-51 win over the Northwestern Tigers on Friday night in Hartford City.

On today's "Greg & His Friends Talk Sports" ...

•Purdue beat Indiana for the 128th time ... our Purdue Guy Jake Dunn and our IU Guys Mike Hutsell & Grant Shouse discuss it

•The Pacers lost on back to back nights in Washington ... and it couldn't have gone any better

•Boys Basketball Scores & Highlights from all over Central Indiana

•Plus a look ahead to Saturday's Girls Basketball Semistates, Boys Wrestling State, Boys Swimming Sectionals and a big Women's College Basketball games in the MAC between the Ball State Cardinals and the Miami RedHawks ... Muncie Star-Press sports e...

On today's "Greg & His Friends Talk Sports" ...

•The Indiana Pacers returned Thursday and perfectly executed the plan Greg, Mike Rich & Will Retherford proposed on Monday's Pacers Report. Mike Rich joins Greg to talk about how happy they are about a loss

•The Oak Hill Golden Eagles beat the Marion Giants for the first time in 23 years ... Grant Shouse has a report

•The Olympics continue, Spring Training is underway and New Pal's Mason Oglesby and Fishers' Kai McGrew receive offers

•And a look ahead to Friday, including a preview of Round 2 of Indiana...

On this week's IndyCar Report with Elijah Poe, Greg and Elijah discuss the open test and the incredible speeds in Phoenix on Tuesday and Wednesday, including the outlook for Alexander Rossi and Ed Carpenter Racing in 2026, Romaine Grosjeans signing with Dale Coyne Racing, talk about the new technology expected with IndyCar on Fox ... and more.

On this week's Purdue Report with Jake Dunn, Greg and Jake react to Tuesday's home loss to the No. 1 Michigan Wolverines and preview Friday's game against the Indiana Hoosiers ... plus Matt Painter adds a top transfer in Caden Pierce.

On today's "Greg & His Friends Talk Sports" ...

•Anderson's Men win a share of the Heartland Conference

•Butler's Thad Matta becomes 20th active head coach with 500 career wins

•The Elwood Panthers beat APA 56-55 with a late Corbin Leavell 3-pointer ... their 10th win of the year ... a report with Elwood Call-Leader sports editor Michelle Garmon

•A look ahead to Thursday, including the big Oak Hill-Marion Game with Marion Chronicle-Tribune sports editor Scott Hunt, who also previews Oak Hill's Girls at Saturday's Semistate at Frankfort.

•Olympics, IndyCar & Women's College Basketball Updates

On this week's Elwood Panthers Report, Michelle Garmon breaks down the Panthers' dramatic 56-55 win over the Anderson Prep Jets on Wednesday, their 10-win season and their remaining schedule, including a game Friday against the No. 2 Oak Hill Golden Eagles and the Elwood Sectional in a couple of week.

On today's "Greg & His Friends Talk Sports" ...

•Greg's thoughts on Purdue's loss to No. 1 Michigan on Tuesday

•A busy night of Boys Basketball Results from Tuesday, including Yorktown's 6th straight win ... over Coach Justin Ullom's former team, Muncie Central. Cade Hampton of the Muncie Star-Press joins Greg to talk about the Tigers & Bearcats.

•Results from IndyCar's test at Phoenix Tuesday and a Winter Olympics Update.

•A look ahead to Wednesday, including Anderson University's Men with a chance to clinch the HCAC against Bluffton and Anderson Prep at Elwood in high school boys bas...

On this week's Frankton Eagles Report, Michelle Garmon of the Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call-Leader discusses the Eagles' 78-41 win over the Daleville Broncos on Tuesday night ... then Greg is joined by head coach Brent Brobston and junior Trey Bennett to discuss Tuesday's win, Friday's showdown with the Alexandria Tigers, the current 9-game winning streak and a strong sectional field.

On this week's Blackford Bruins Report, Greg is joined by his weekly guest, Head Coach Aaron Daniels, and a couple of his seniors, Reggie Duren & Mason Kitterman ... to talk about the 2025-26 Bruins, who are now 15-5 after splitting last week with the Wes-Del Warriors and the Oak Hill Golden Eagles ... and heading into a tough weekend against the Northwestern Tigers and the Fort Wayne Snider Panthers.

On today's "Greg & His Friends Talk Sports" ...

•Jake Dunn returns to preview Tuesday's huge Big Ten matchup between the new No. 1 Michigan Wolverines against the Purdue Boilermakers, who are up 6 spots to No. 7 in the latest poll after wins at Nebraska and Iowa last week ... and was the preseason No. 1

•Fishers, Silver Creek, Paoli & Kouts are the No. 1s in Indiana High School Basketball ... Oak Hill, Frankton, Lapel, Mt. Vernon, Carmel, Hamilton Southeastern, Rossville and Liberty Christian are also ranked in the latest USA Today media polls

•A look ahead to Tuesday's Boys Basket...