Today’s Best of Features:

(00:00-20:49) – Ball State men’s basketball coach Chris Capko joins Jake Query to recap how the three-day training camp for his team has gone with it being the first time they group of players have been together. Jake asks Chris about navigating NIL when it comes to getting players to accept a role and addresses how parents can severely impact how their son or daughter gets recruited. Also, Jake asks Chris if they have had conversations with his players about sports gambling following the Brendan Sorsby situation.     

(20:49-42:27) – Pat Boylan from the Indiana Pacers and Fever joins the program to detail what has led to the Indiana Fever winning four consecutive games. Pat shares some defensive statistics that suggest that the Fever are playing better on that end of the floor than many suggest, highlights the significance of Sophie Cunningham’s three-point shooting to making opposing teams make decisions on how to defend Indiana, and the development of Raven Johnson as the halfway point of the season quickly approaches.