Best Of Query & Company - Wednesday 1/14/26

Today’s Best of Features: (00:00-14:15) – FanDuel Sports Network’s Chris Denari makes an appearance on the program to preview tonight’s game for the Indiana Pacers against the Toronto Raptors. Chris spotlights the All-Star campaign that Pascal Siakam is having despite the struggles for the team, admits that he is interested to see how the center minutes will be allocated when Isaiah Jackson returns from his concussion, and reveals who his favorite Pacers player was growing up. (14:15-30:47) – Purdue radio analyst, Bobby Riddell, joins Query & Company to preview the Boilermakers game tonight against the Iowa Hawkeyes. He evaluates what he has seen from Ben McCollum in his first year, assesses how Daniel Jacebson has developed in his first full season with Purdue, identifies what has changed from Purdue since being beat down by Iowa State, and comments on Braden Smith’s ability to find the open guy no matter how much attention the opposing defense is giving him. (30:47-43:40) – Rhett Lewis from the NFL & Big Ten Network joins the show for the second consecutive week to preview IU’s game on Monday night against the Miami Hurricanes. Rhett believes there is some similarities between Miami’s defense and Ohio State’s, emphasizes the importance of D’Angelo Ponds for IU’s defense, explains how Fernando Mendoza’s confidence and trust is so high that everything is so easy for him right now, and pinpoints Indiana’s receivers as a huge advantage in this matchup.Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.