March pressure is building — on the court and at the negotiating table.

On today’s episode of Sports IQ with Larry Smith, we break down a pivotal week across college basketball, the NFL, and the WNBA as major storylines begin to collide.

🏀 Indiana Basketball on the Brink
Shannon Griffith of Hoosiers.com joins the show to discuss Indiana’s late-season slide and what the Hoosiers must do to get back into NCAA Tournament position . Can Coach DeVries steady the program in year one? And how much patience does a basketball-first state really have?

🏀 New Mexico’s Quiet Surge
Geoff Grammer of the Albuquerque Journal gives us a deep dive into the Mountain West race and why the Lobos — powered by an unconventional 23-year-old “freshman” and a trio of double-figure scoring rookies — are one of the most intriguing teams flying under the national radar .

🏀 Around the Hardwood

• Florida rolls to an SEC title

• Arizona State stuns Kansas

• Texas Tech slips again

• Illinois surges ahead of the Big Ten tournament

• Miami (OH) remains the only unbeaten team in Division I

🏈 NFL Headlines

• Kyler Murray’s reported exit from Arizona

• Drew Dalman’s surprise retirement

• Daniel Jones receives the transition tag

🏀 WNBA Labor Watch
With a March 10 deadline looming, tensions rise inside the WNBPA as leaders express concern over CBA negotiations . Could the 2026 season be impacted?

⛳ Moment of Awe
On this date in 1927, Babe Ruth became baseball’s highest-paid player — and delivered one of the most iconic seasons in MLB history .

March is here. The stakes are rising. And the madness is just getting started.

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March is here — and the SEC women’s tournament might feel like the Elite Eight before the bracket even drops.

On today’s episode of Sports IQ, Larry Smith breaks down a loaded week in college basketball and welcomes two key voices from the SEC spotlight.

First up, South Carolina beat writer Lulu Kesin joins the show to talk about the defending SEC regular season champion Gamecocks and how Dawn Staley’s team has battled injuries, expectations, and the nation’s toughest conference. Is this one of South Carolina’s most impressive seasons yet?

Then, Jake Lyman — play-by-play voice of Vanderbilt women’s basketball — discusses the Commodores’ breakout year as the No. 2 seed in the SEC tournament and what it will take to make a deep March run . Could Vandy play its way onto the No. 1 line?

Plus:

• Arizona claims the Big 12 outright — and Tommy Lloyd fires back at the “soft” narrative

• Duke rolls to another ACC title while Mike Krzyzewski weighs in on NCAA Tournament expansion

• The AP Top 10 shuffle and why the SEC is dominating women’s hoops

• NFL Combine storylines — including Carson Beck getting booed in Indianapolis

• Caitlin Clark’s historic scoring record remembered in today’s “Moment of Awe”

The madness is officially underway — and the road to April starts in Greenville.

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Larry Smith welcomes legendary sports journalist for a wide-ranging conversation that spans five decades of sports history, cultural impact, and the magic of an undefeated season.

Terrance Moore — a trailblazing writer with stops at the San Francisco Examiner, Cincinnati Enquirer, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution — joins the show from his alma mater, Miami (Ohio), as the RedHawks chase perfection at 29–0. He shares stories about breaking barriers as the first African-American writer at the Miami Student newspaper and reflects on what makes the “Cradle of Coaches” so special.

Plus:

• The inside story behind his upcoming autobiography collaboration with Tubby Smith (expected Spring 2027)

• Why Miami (Ohio) continues to produce coaching legends like Sean McVay, John Harbaugh, and Paul Brown

• What it’s like covering sports for 50 years — and why he’s not retiring anytime soon

Larry also breaks down:

• UConn women completing another undefeated regular season

• UCLA’s dominant Big Ten run

• Purdue’s late-season slide

• The WNBA’s looming CBA deadline

• Wilt Chamberlain’s legendary 100-point game anniversary

Then, Jordan Lazowski of Sox on 35th joins the show to talk MLB spring training, the White Sox rebuild, and why competitive balance in baseball might still be alive and well.

It’s insight, history, humor, and momentum — just as March heats up.

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