Best Of Query & Company - Wednesday 1/17/24

Today’s Best of Features:

(00:00-16:32) – Radio voice of Purdue Basketball, Rob Blackman, joins Query & Company to give his perspective on how the Boilermakers were able to dominate the Indiana Hoosiers from start to finish. He shares which players that had critical plays that led to the onslaught outside of Zach Edey and Fletcher Loyer. Finally, he explains whether the guards for Purdue have improved enough for Matt Painter’s team to make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament.

(16:32-38:44) – ESPN NFL Draft Analyst Matt Miller joins Jake and Jimmy to provide an early look at the upcoming draft with the Colts needing another wide receiver. He breaks down what kind of haul it would take for Indianapolis to move up to select Marvin Harrison Jr. and accesses if that is worth sacrificing future picks to pass up on other top wide receivers. Finally, he dissects which position is weak this season and breaks down the edge rushers and cornerbacks in the draft with those being needs for the Colts.

(38:44-58:40) – NBC Sports College Basketball Analyst Jordan Cornette joins the program to state how disappointed he was in the effort that Indiana played with in the first half. He explains how Northwestern and Nebraska were able to defeat Purdue because he feels like those two teams displayed the only way someone can really defeat them. Finally, Jordan answers Jake’s question pertaining to how aware he believes players are about the history of Indiana basketball.

(58:40-1:17:49) – Right at the tail end of our conversation with Jordan Cornette, multiple reports stated that the Pacers have acquired Toronto’s Pascal Siakam for Bruce Brown, Jordan Nwora, and three first round picks. Forbes Sports Evan Sidery joins the show to break down the trade from both perspectives, believes that Siakam is a perfect fit in Indianapolis, and examines what the Pacers will look like offensively with Siakam on the team now.

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