Indiana Basketball – Hoosiers earn #6 seed! Galloway & Leal to return! Colts ready for free agency!

Indiana Basketball – Hoosiers earn #6 seed! Galloway & Leal to return! Colts ready for free agency!

It’s not Tuesday we’re ringing Bells all week because this big 10 tournament Indiana won their fourth in a row yesterday beating the Spartans at Assembly Hall by a single point are you kidding me Indiana now is the six seed in the Big 10 tournament where it looked

Like a couple weeks ago they were going to have to play in a planing game on Wednesday now they play the winner of Penn State the 11 seed and Michigan the final seed the 14th seed in Minneapolis on late Thursday night and then they would play Nebraska the following day

And after that you would play Illinois this really sets up very nicely you don’t have to play Purdue until the Big 10 tournament championship game I can’t believe we’re even talking about that as a possibility but we are yesterday Senior Day in Bloomington so we heard from Xavier John we heard from Anthony

Walker and we also heard from Trey Galloway and Anthony leil both guys announced on senior day yesterday that they’re going to return to Bloomington for a fifth covid year the covid rule giving uh athletes who were Collegiate athletes during that lost covid year an extra year of Eligibility one of the

Worst decisions in the history of of the NCAA a an organization that has made a series of bad decisions over the years uh this one the worst the Colts they are ready for free agency which means week two week three we’re going to hear about some signings because dumb money spends

Early in Chris Ballard’s world and he hadn’t play when when guys are having lots of cash thrown at them guys in high demand the Colts they don’t engage in those bidding wars what the what the drama is going to be with the Colts it’s going to be whether Grover Stewart

Kenny Moore just uh Julian Blackman and Gardner menu where are they going to sign as free agents could be the Colts could be someplace else we’re going to hear and and that’s going to be the interest early I think unless Ballard just completely goes Bonkers and operates against type we’ll find out uh

Pacers with a win last night against your Orlando Magic you know what they are close to a top four seed in the East they could get to four only a couple of games back but right now they would be in the playin and so you know what this is

These last 15 or so games including tonight’s game at Oklahoma City of great importance as to what the Pacers can be expected to do in the postseasons they’re going to make the playoffs but who knows what they’re going to do in the playoffs based upon where their seed

Is you don’t want to be in the playin that’s seven through 10 seven would play 10 eight would play nine and then somehow or another they play another game I I don’t know and all of a sudden then you’ve got your eight it’s very very confusing the playing scenarios are

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We go live how about that and as we find out about signings that impact the Indianapolis Colts we will do shorts and we will tell you all about it how about that Indiana yesterday won its fourth straight game from 6 and 10 to 10 and 10

I didn’t see it coming I knew Indiana had talent but they were playing such a disjointed brand of basketball to the point where they were 6 and 10 that I didn’t I didn’t see them somehow Co lesing I thought that maybe they were going to say you know what hey why don’t

We move on to the offseason season but right now at 10 and 10 they’re not on the bubble they got to win some games in Minneapolis to even be considered for a spot in the NCAA tournament if they win four in a row they win the Big 10

Tournament and they will earn the big 10’s bid into the NCAA tournament otherwise it is likely a trip to the NIT so but that’s better than where we were like two weeks ago two weeks ago it looked like there wasn’t going to be any postseason at all and that Mike Woodson

Was going to be a goner now it looks like this is a team that when they play well and play together they can beat almost anybody I don’t know how the hell they’re going to beat Purdue but if anybody can match up at all with Zack

Edy clle wear is not a bad candidate right uh Trey Galloway Anthony Le went through Senior Day activities yesterday just to tell people that you know what coming back for a fifth year that’s a good thing for Indiana because what Indiana doesn’t need they don’t need

Five right and it would likely six I if kle we declares his eligibility for the NBA draft that would be if those two if leel and Galloway were leaving if they were going to graduate in Bolt you know you would have six scholarships available and no people for

Them at this point Indiana is going to be kneed deep in the transfer portal I don’t like that a as a methodology of acquiring talent I don’t think that that provides sustainable success the way Purdue does it an occasional transfer and then you develop your own through High School recruiting and

Bringing them in as freshman teaching them how to play and let’s go I think that’s the way you do that Indiana not in a position to do that at at at this point and that is a problem that’s got to be somehow rectified this off season I don’t know what that means

Replacing staff I think these assistant coaches if it’s their responsibility to identify high school players that Indiana can go get they have failed utterly in that regard obviously because Indiana right now has donut in the queue to join the uh hooer program uh kle we was awesome yesterday

28 and 12 really really good uh Malik Renu not too bad Xavier Johnson more silly turnovers not good Xavier yesterday but you know what Indiana gets a 6564 win so who’s bitching not me hopefully he’s saved up a good game so that on Thursday night late he can go to

The Twin Cities and and do his business against either Penn State or Michigan and move Indiana into that Friday game against the Nebraska Corn Huskers being the six seed is huge for Indiana rather than being like the 11 seed the the difference you know between being uh

Tested like I If you don’t want to play Ohio State they’ve won four in a row you don’t want to play Purdue they’ve won a go in a row and I don’t think you want to play Indiana because they’ve won four in a row that was a huge game ironically

They win that game yesterday because KW hit a free throw his lone free throw of the game that he hit came at the most important point when and it gave Indiana that onepoint lead and then Indiana got the stop on the other end they celebrate Michigan State they don’t celebrate and

So Indiana gets a six seed because Iowa lost last night to Illinois Indiana doesn’t have to play Purdue until the championship game if they get that far they don’t have to play Illinois till the semis this Stacks up really really well for Indiana uh 16 turnovers like I

Said yesterday it’s too many way too many I don’t think you can win in Minneapolis turning the ball over that often uh against one of the top five teams in in the Big 10 I just don’t think he can win that way so hopefully Indiana it doesn’t have to um gway and

Leil coming back by the way this is wor kept secret since the uh decommitment of Willam mcney right you knew what are they going to do you know sell insurance somewhere and and nothing against insurance salesman but they’re not going to the NBA and I don’t know where they’re going

To play other than Indiana where they could make the money in nil that they can make at Indiana so nil is uh is a Force for good at least right now in Indiana retaining guys U so where Johnson um Walker those guys gone moving on and uh we’ll see who comes in behind

Them you’re you’re missing some good guy Indiana’s got to lead the conference in in guys going to the league right I mean where’s going to the league and Bako eventually is going to go to the league if not this off season probably next and

Renew is going to get a uh kind of a hard look by NBA Scouts so uh the NFL free agency starts today at noon and then signings can occur on Wednesday but negotiations can start today and so announcements are going to be made and anybody who thinks that you know all of

A sudden Monday at noon the funds are going to start ringing with agents you know calling uh teams and teams calling agents get out of your mind I mean it’s already taking place there have been some signings already Russell Wilson a one-year veteran million uh minimum contract to sign with the Steelers Baker

Mayfield stays with the Buccaneers three years $100 million for Baker Mayfield guaranteeing their mediocrity over the next 3 years um Jags made a trade it’s kind of an interesting trade Bears mentioned M Jones former starting quarterback 15th overall pick in the 2020 dra 21 draft he has been dealt to

The Jaguars the Patriots get a six-round draft pick back that sets up Jones again the 15th pick in 2021 to back up Trevor Lawrence who’s a number one pick in 2021 that entire draft which was supposed to be just stocked right with quarterbacks you had five quarterbacks go in the top

15 of that draft you could have four of them traded two have been traded to this point you’re could to have four of them traded everybody but Trevor Lawrence by the end of this off seon uh what are you going to do you know mistakes are made

You take a shot at a quarterback and and you hope for the best um Colts we know what the Colts are going to be as free agency starts they’re going to be quiet dumb money spends early that and uh build From the Inside Out are going to be on Chris Bard’s grave Market

Marker that he just doesn’t play early he doesn’t get into bidding wars he identifies who can help the team he’s not worried about winning a media kind of cycle that’s not what he does and he’s not worried about getting Excellence either overpaying for excellence what he wants to do is

Adequately compensate mediocrity in free agency maybe maybe being that this is his eighth off season with the Colts maybe he steps up and and makes a move but I think the drama for the Colts is going to be where if not with Indianapolis Grover Stewart Julian Blackman Kenny Moore gr uh Gardner mshu

Rick Roberto Sanchez where all these guys sign are they going to be retained are they going to be allowed to walk what are they going to do is Mo Ali going to keep his gig or are the Colts going to get that 6.5 million I think

It’s 6.5 million uh that moali Cox is going to count against the cap this next year rather than you know dead cap money which is there is no dead cap attached to Mo Ali Cox uh let’s talk about the Pacers big win last night against Orlando 111 to 97 20 points for both

Halberton and seaka mathine know he’s out for the season Pacers they play again tonight against Oklahoma City that game time 8:00 so and I think that this is the first time that either that both the Pacers and their opponent have not scored 100 points in a game I think

They’ve allowed 100 points every single game and scored 100 or more points every single game other than last night I got to look that up that occurs to me every single game it’s like you know 131 to 128 a lot of scoring not so much last night Orlando I was kind of surprised

Looking at the standings they’re ahead of the Pacers I always think of like Orlando as a back marker in the East not so much this year let’s celebrate some birthdays shall we on a beautiful day the hoers four straight wins hey you know what there’s plenty of room on the

Bandwagon you can jump off the bandwagon then climb back on that’s okay that’s being a fan I don’t tell you how to be a fan that’s up to you to decide for you uh Chris Kaizo celebrating a birthday MJ feruza happy birthday the great Jeffrey Sparks happy birthday the great Lester Lester

Corley H say boy Lester does the best fog horn Leghorn this side of Mel blank and he’s celebrating a birthday one of new albany’s finest and a big who’s your fan Coryell happy birthday the great Don Steel celebrating the birthday done so much good for the uh Salvation Army of

Indiana got to know him during the radiothon year after year after year the WIC radiothon benefited greatly from and continues to Don Steel’s participation Beth Ross happy birthday Chad Knight Elise breakefield Clark Happy Birthday Angela glatfelter Khan happy birthday and the great Anthony furland celebrating a birthday one of Hamilton

Southeastern Zone if today’s your birthday you celebrate like hell if it’s not your birthday you celebrate somebody else that’s best done with an honest and specific compliment be good to each other lift each other up be nice be nice this week to Mike Woodson at least until

Thursday night we’ll talk to you on the radio in just a few minutes wgcl radio.com if you’re outside of the Bloomington Monroe County area and a little bit later today uh inside Indiana Sports now 2:00 on with Dan doit over on Indie Sports ticket 1430 looking forward

To that as we always do it’s all kinds of fun talking to Dan

Trey Galloway and Anthony Leal announce they will return for a fifth year! Hoosiers play late game Thursday vs winner of Michigan and Penn State!
NFL free agency starts today, but don’t expect Colts to be busy early. Drama will be in whether Stewart and Moore sign elsewhere or remain Colts.
Pacers get win to close gap in East!

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