The Hammer Down Show 4-15-24
Great weekend for Purdue teams. We recap. Schenk shows out at August. And the bad ideas to change March madness keep coming.

Great weekend for Purdue teams. We recap. Schenk shows out at August. And the bad ideas to change March madness keep coming.
Tom Dienhart preps us for the Spring Game while Sam King stops by to talk about his week at the Final Four.
Jared talks Mason to the portal, as well as a Boiler in the Masters.
GoldandBlack.com's Brian Neubert helps break down Purdue's Championship game vs. UConn.
J&C beat writer Sam King joins the show to help break down the matchups between the Boilermakers and Wolfpack.
A look at the Final Four matchups between NC State and Purdue from the perspective of Wolfpack beat writer Rodd Baxley.
Greg Braggs joins us from Boilers in the Stands/CHGO Sports to talk Boilers and Bears oh my! Its 60 hours later and Tennessee fans are still angry, but I haven't heard a thing from NCST Twitter.
The Boilers are off to the Final Four, and Jared has Bobby Buckets to talk about that moment in Detroit.
Sam is out covering Purdue. He gives us the latest just hours before tip off.
We take an early look at the Zags ahead of Friday's Sweet 16, and the NFL is about to look a lot different.
Bobby Riddell is back to talk the Boilers. Plus, the shifting goal posts and narratives around Purdue basketball after a dominating weekend.
Brian from Delphi Bracketology is back to talk the group's 8th place finish nationally. Also, what was the committee thinking on MSU, ISU, the Mountain West. And would the committee have dropped Kansas even farther if they knew Mcullers was out?
Sam King stops by to talk if the vibe has changed around Purdue's men's hoops now that we've hit the tourney, what still worries him about this team, and talking to former Boiler PGs about Braden Smith.
Tom Dienhart stops by to recap Pro Day, the support staff changes, and what's changed from year 1 to 2 with Ryan Walters.
Without question, Matt Painter should be the Big Ten coach-of-the-year.
Mike Carmin previews Katie Gearlds' Boilermakers in the Big Ten women's Tournament, plus his thoughts on Purdue's big win at Illinois.
Braden Smith is back on the Cousy list, 2 local teams wins Sectionals, and Purdue slides a spot in the AP poll, but why?
Sam King drops in to talk Boilers, how the teams seems mentally, and more. Then Jared implores Purdue to ask Illinois what the plan is if the Boilers should lose Tuesday.
Jared is worried that we've lost the moment to make a good change to court storming. Plus, rumors are the Bears are asking a lot of the Steelers, and they may have baulked. If true, are the Bears in a good position pre-combine?
Today's show tackles Purdue's win at Michigan, the outrage over the NIL ruling, and how to fix court storming.
Purdue legend Dave Schellhase talks about his new book, how things have changed since he played, and where does someone put their own bobblehead in the house?
Sam King stops by to talk about Cam Heide, Fletcher Loyer, and why the national media seems to have it out for Purdue.
Jared and Jeff recap the win over Minnesota. Has a new strategy emerged for dealing with Zach Edey? Should Purdue fans thank Ben Johnson? And we look ahead to Sunday's game at Ohio State. Special guest Alan Karpick and Nate Barrett.
Sam King stops by to talk about Purdue's win over Minnesota, and preview the Ohio State game.
Kyle Charters calls from Texas as Purdue Baseball kicks off their season. Later, Jared talks tonight's men's hoops matchup with Minnesota.
Big news breaking in the Big Ten. Ohio State is looking for a coach, and Ty Berry is out for the Wildcats. How's that going to affect Purdue?
Jared talks about the dominoes to fall for the Bears moving Fields and taking Williams #1, and one of those dominoes has fallen today. Plus, breaking news about a massive amount of money spent by ESPN for the CFP.
Jared and Jeff talk with Alan Karpick ahead of the showdown in Mackey with Indiana
Brian Tonsoni from Delphi Bracketology joins us to talk how many bids the Big Ten is looking at, the Big 12 gaming the system, and how you should be viewing metrics like the NET.
Purdue Softball Coach Maggie Frezzotti calls in to talk the kick off to the season this weekend (13:45 mark).