Indiana Sports Talk Host Coach Bob Lovell begins the hours with Network IN’s Updates Anchor Eddie Garrison who shares about this Final Four weekend of March Madness. Coach then turns to baseball with the voice of the South Bend Cubs Brendan King, who brings hope to the rained-out weekend they’ve had so far with a preview for tomorrow’s first games of the season. Coach then takes a moment to share his thoughts on the Final Four games so far leading into Championship Monday, how he would go about coaching, and his thoughts on how the games should be officiated. Scott Agness of Fieldhouse Files joins with his thoughts on what he saw at Lucas Oil Stadium leading into the finale of March Madness, and shares updates on Pacers and Fever to finish out the hour.

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Indiana Sports Talk Host Coach Bob Lovell begins this hour of the show with Eddie Garrison, Network IN’s Updates Anchor, sharing the latest on the NCAA Final Four game between Michigan and Arizona. Then, Coach turns to recap Indiana high school basketball’s season finale from last weekend with High School Sports & Assistant Sports Editor for Indianapolis Star Kyle Neddenriep. Next, joining live from the Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium, Jeff Rabjohns, publisher of 247Sports network’s Peegs.com, shares about the atmosphere and the games for the end of March Madness, and his thoughts on the changing sports industry. Coach finishes out the hour with Eddie with thoughts on how Arizona can improve to give Michigan a fight to the end of this ball game.

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Indiana Sports Talk Host Coach Bob Lovell, along with Network IN’s Updates Anchor Eddie Garrison, begin tonight’s show recapping UConn’s win over Illinois in the NCAA Final Four. Then, Greg Rakestraw, voice of the Indy Eleven, joins Coach to share about the Boys in Blue’s draw with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Rakestraw also shares how the Indy Eleven season has gone overall, and how they’re setting themselves up for the rest of the season. Coach then turns to baseball with the voice of the Indianapolis Indians Howard Kellman to recap the Indians’ 7-5 loss, but Kellman gives hope for how they would be able to turn around these losses for some of the upcoming games. 

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 Alan Karpick of GoldandBlack.com joins to discuss the Final Four and the disappointing end to the Purdue Boilermakers season. He sheds light on how they ended the season and if it’s a disappointment considering they were preseason number one. Plus, is it a rebuild or retool? He also gives an early look at the football team with spring practice underway. Where does Barry Odom have his team heading into his second year and what changes in the roster were made. We hear from Kip Wesner who talks about Luke Ertel competing in the three-point contest and runs through some of the postseason awards. Plus, he talks about the Indiana ties in the Final Four and what he’s looking forward to in tomorrow’s games. We hear from the foundation of the sports talk nation Brendan King as the South Bend Cubs got rained out but stay tuned for how the Cubs passed the time away during the rain delay.  

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Nathaniel Finch and coach discuss the music lineup this weekend as it’s just down the block from the studios. Then, we get a surprise appearance from Eddie White to talk about the Pacers and Indy hosting the Final Four. Then, Matt Taylor joins Eddie and coach Lovell to talk about Hoosier Hospitality and the basketball universe descending on Indianapolis. Then, Matt gets into what we should take away from the league meetings that happened in Arizona this week and the schedule of the offseason program for the Colts. We get to hear from IST regular Dr. Len Clark on Notre Dame basketball losing guys to the transfer portal. Nathaniel gives an update on the downtown traffic because of the concerts, plus we hear from Howard Kellman on the Indianapolis Indians exciting Friday night game where they earned their first win.  

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The show gets underway with Nathaniel Finch and coach Lovell discussing the Final Four being in Indianapolis and some of the events happening close to the studio. Plus, Nathaniel Finch gives his thoughts on who will come out on top in the Final Four. Plus, who is playing Division II and Division III title games? Our first caller of the night is Jeremiah Johnson who touches on the Pacers loss to the Hornets and how Pascal Siakam continues to produce. Greg Rakestraw calls us from I-70 as he was in Terre Haute calling Indiana State baseball’s win.  

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We start the final hour of the show with the ISC Sports Network’s Rick Johnston who was at the Hoosier indoor track relays and what unfolded a the state fairgrounds in downtown Indianapolis. There were record-breaking performances in the prelims, and Rick breals it down. We get to “the best at what he does,” Greg Rakestraw, who was on the call for the 3A and 4A state title games which were both extremely well played. He touches on New Haven not showing any first-time state appearance jitters despite the loss and what the win means for Cathedral. He also talks about Mt. Vernon’s win in 4A and how they didn’t sub in the second half. Then, we hear from state champion head coach of Parke Heritage Rich Schelsky. He talks about leading for most of the game and having to respond after Westview came back. As we’ve talked about throughout the show, the 2A game had the wildest ending, and coach Schelsky walks us through his thought process as the game winded down. Plus, he reveals he had two players who need surgery due to injuries but put it off to continue to play through the season. Plus, what does it feel like to win it with his son?  

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The second hour kicks off with the man who was on the call for the 2A State Title game, Mark Forester. He’ been reflecting all day about how he might never call a game as good as the one today and he takes us through the final moments, and the close call Westview had at the end of the game. Plus, he tells us his thoughts on Ball State hiring their new basketball head coach Chris Capko. We checked the 3A state championship game off the list with John Herrick who had the call. He says the game had more twists and turns than your favorite TV show despite the double-digit win for Cathedral. Next, we hear from Fieldhouse Files’ Scott Agness on the crazy ending to last night’s game vs the Los Angeles Clippers. He also talks about having the league's worst record and what gets the Indiana Pacers going forward. He also touches on how the younger players can look at their development during the season. He also touches on the Fever getting back in action with a new CBA deal and a looming expansion draft.  

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We get championship Saturday started with Brendan King who was on the call of the 1A State Title game between Barr-Reeve and Triton. He talks about it being a competitive game despite a 13-point difference. We touch on the Indianapolis Indians with their opening weekend as they face off with the St. Paul Saints. We get back to the 1A game and Barr-Reeve overcoming an early deficit. Brendan explains how Barr-Reeve's coach Heath Howington willed them to victory. We also reflect on 32 years of Indiana Sports Talk covering the IHSAA State Basketball Championships. We also get an update on the Purdue game which has the Boilermakers up seven at half.  

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Coach Lovell talks to Bob Lovell about the latest in the NCAA Women’s Tournament with Notre Dame getting to the elite 8 today. He then runs us through the men’s tournament and what the schedule will be tomorrow for those games and the IHSAA boys' basketball state finals. We then catch a conversation Brendan King had with Rich Schelsky about how the state finals were the expectation for his group but also explains how they got there. He also calls back to his team’s McDonald’s visit last week and how they took it over. Next, we hear from Crown Point head coach Clint Swan ahead of his team’s rematch with Mount Vernon in the 4A state title game tomorrow night. Lastly, we hear from New Haven head coach Brandon Appleton on his team’s mindset heading into the 3A title game tomorrow night against Cathedral.  

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We get the hour started with Westview’s Chander Prible who talks about his teams journey to the 2A championship game. We then hear from Brendan King who’s calling the 1A game tomorrow. He lets us in on what to expect from it. We also reflect on 32 years of Indiana Sports Talk covering high school basketball. Then, Rob Blackman of the Purdue Radio Network calls in from San Jose to talk about the Boilermakers getting it done and moving on to the sweet 16. We then have Chris Denari, Pacers TV play-by-play man, taking us through the wild finish in the Pacers-Clippers game tonight.  

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