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EPISODE · Mar 17, 2026 · 2H 6M

Tuesday 3/17: Thad Matta retires, who may take over at Butler + Queens head coach Grant Leonard joins!

from The Fan Morning Show · host 93.5 & 107.5 The Fan

00:00 – 10:54 – It’s St. Patrick’s Day, Thad Matta retires and a new head coaching search begins at Butler, Fishers coaching shakeup, our golf outing 10:55 – 23:28 – Morning Checkdown 23:29 – 41:54 – Irish car bombs, the state of the Colts linebacker room is woeful, do the Colts have much left to improve their roster before the draft, Purdue gets ready for Queens, debate of when the official start of the tournament is, our NCAA Tourney player draft coming up 41:55 – 1:07:28– Our first two round of the player draft goes off the rails relatively quickly, 1:07:29 – 1:15:42 – Oscar Cluff didn’t know where Queens was located, Purdue and how deep their run can go 1:15:43 – 1:24:14 – The Purdue/IU debate is heating up in our show chat, 1:24:15 – 1:48:47 – Queens head coach Grant Leonard joins us to discuss his team making the tournament, elevating to Division I, their draw with Purdue, his roster evolving once they became tournament eligible, his evaluation of the Boilermakers, where in Charlotte their campus is, “Buddy the Street Dog”, his thoughts on Matt Painter, Morning Checkdown 1:48:48 – 1:58:57– Candidates for the Butler job after Thad Matta announced his retirement, Ronald Nored/Chris Holtmann/Tom Crean/and other candidates, did NIL give Matta a reason to leave? 1:58:58 – 2:06:46 – Alabama’s Aden Holloway arrested with a pound of marijuana, interesting match-ups, DeForest Buckner’s birthday today and his status this seasonSupport the show: https://1075thefan.com/the-wake-up-call-1075-the-fan/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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