>>> AT A TIME IN INDIANAPOLIS WHEN THERE ARE MANY SPORTS STORIES TO BE TOLD AND WRITTEN, OUR NEXT GUEST WILL BE HONORED
AT THE INDIANA SPORTS CORPORATION'S UPCOMING AWARDS AS INDIANA'S INSPIRING SPORTS STORYTELLER.
>> AFTER AN EXCEPTIONAL CAREER AS A SPORTS JOURNALIST, MALCOLM MORAN CAME TO INDIANA. OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, BOTH HE
AND HIS STUDENTS WILL BE IMMERSED IN TELLING THE MYRIAD STORIES OF MARCH MADNESS. MALCOLM JOINS US TO OFFER HIS
PERSPECTIVES ON THIS UNIQUE TIME TO INDIANAPOLIS SPORTS INDUSTRY. MALCOLM, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. >> GREAT TO BE HERE, BILL.
GOOD SEEING YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS. THIS STORYTELLER AWARD AND YOUR CAREER GOES BACK MANY, MANY
YEARS. YOU'VE COVERED VIRTUALLY EVERY GREAT SPORTING EVENT, NOT ONLY IN AMERICA, BUT THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD. JUST YOUR INITIAL REACTION TO BEING HONORED IN THIS MANNER. >> I THINK I'M STILL IN SHOCK,
REALLY, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, AS OF THIS SUMMER, IT WILL BE 15 YEARS SINCE I LEFT INDUSTRY FOR THE
ACADEMY. AND SO SOMEBODY HAS A REALLY GOOD MEMORY OR OLD YELLOWED CLIPS OR BOTH, BUT WHEN YOU --
WHEN YOU THINK OF THE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT JOB CURRENTLY REALLY WELL IN THIS MARKET ALONE, THEY HAVE MORE THAN
ENOUGH CANDIDATES TO CHOOSE FROM. SO, IT'S -- IT'S EXTREMELY HUMBLING.
>> MALCOLM, I THINK YOU'RE ALSO BEING RECOGNIZED NOT ONLY AS YOUR OWN ABILITY, WHICH I RECALL VERY WELL TO BE A STORYTELLER,
BUT WHAT YOU'VE IMPARTED TO NOW FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS -- THE LAST SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS TO STUDENTS AT IUPUI THROUGH THE
SPORTS CAPITAL JOURNALISM PROJECT. GIVE US A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THAT PROGRAM ENTAILS.
>> IT'S GOT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF M.A. IN SPORTS JOURNALISM ON THE IUPUI CAMPUS WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND WHEN IT WAS CREATED A
LITTLE OVER A DECADE AGO. AND NOW I THINK LARGELY THROUGH THE VISIBILITY OF THE PROGRAM, A NUMBER OF OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE
ESTABLISHED MASTER'S IN SPORTS JOURNALISM, SO IT MEANS THAT IT'S A MORE COMPETITIVE FIELD AND STUDENTS HAVE MORE CHOICES.
WE ALSO HAVE AN UNDERGRADUATE SPORTS JOURNALISM CONCENTRATION, AND SO WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATE
STUDENTS. AND THE NCAA TOURNAMENT OPPORTUNITY IS THE LATEST ONE AND PROBABLY THE MOST AMBITIOUS
THING THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. >> AND, AGAIN, WE'RE INTO IT NOW.
THE TOURNAMENT IS BEGINNING AND AWAY WE GO. YOU WILL HAVE COVERAGE MOSTLY I THINK ON NCAA.COM, BUT YOUR
STUDENTS WILL BE CERTAINLY EMBEDDED AND PROVIDING IN-DEPTH COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE TOURNAMENT, AND THAT HAS
TO BE -- YOU'VE TAKEN THEM TO THE OLYMPICS AND PREVIOUS FINAL FOURS. TO BE HERE ON YOUR HOME TURF AND
THE ENTIRETY OF MARCH MADNESS, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY. >> IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND REALLY THE PAYOFF -- AND I'VE GIVEN THE SPOILER ALERT TO THE STUDENTS ALREADY. THE PAYOFF IS IN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME THE PROGRESS THEY MAKE FROM WHEN THEY FIRST WALK INTO THE VENUE FOR THAT FIRST FOUR OR FIRST ROUND GAME AND
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT WIDE-EYED, WHAT AM I DOING HERE, CAN I DO THIS, WHICH IS ALL NATURAL, BUT THEN THEY FOCUS IN.
AS I REMIND THEM, THIS IS MY 42nd TOURNAMENT. I THINK I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. I'VE GOT YOUR BACK.
AND MY ROLE IS TO MAKE YOU LOOK GOOD. AND TO SEE THEM BECOME MORE CONFIDENT SOMETIMES HOUR BY
HOUR, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN AT SOMETHING LIKE THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF. AND THEN THE REAL PAYOFF IS WHEN
THEY EMERGE AT THE END OF THE EXPERIENCE AND THEY KNOW THEY CAN DO IT. THEY DON'T NEED SOMEBODY LIKE ME
TO TELL THEM THEY CAN DO IT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN. THAT HAS TRANSLATED INTO JOBS. AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHY I'M SO
GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. >> MALCOLM, WE HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE LEFT. DIFFICULT TO SUM UP THE
INDIANAPOLIS INPUT INTO STAGING THE ENTIRETY OF MARCH MADNESS, INCLUDING THE FINAL FOUR, BUT AGAIN INCREDIBLY UNIQUE TIME IN
OUR CITY'S SPORTS HISTORY. >> AND YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL HAPPEN FROM A NUMBER OF VANTAGE POINTS, BUT I CAN REMEMBER I DID NOT
ATTEND THE 1980 FINAL FOUR, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT DID. AND THERE WAS ZERO BUILDUP AS
FAR AS BEING EXCITED TO COME HERE. IN 1980, INDIANAPOLIS WAS JUST ANOTHER STOP.
AND TO SEE WHAT IT'S BECOME WHERE NOT ONLY IS IT A HIGHLIGHT AMONG ALL THE FINAL FOUR SITES, BUT A PLACE THAT CAN EVEN THINK
ABOUT TRYING TO PULL THIS OFF IS JUST A STUNNING ADVANCE OVER THAT TIME. >> MALCOLM, WE CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON THE SHOW. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, THE INSPIRING SPORTS STORYTELLER AS
PART OF THE PATH FINDER AWARDS, APRIL 1st. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AWARD. WE'LL SEE YOU AROUND SOMETIME
DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH.