IU Basketball Podcast and Postgame Show
On this week’s edition of Assembly Call Radio, we roll through a few headlines (including one recruiting downer) and then discuss some popular all-ins and all-outs as fans look ahead to this year’s basketball team. Finally, we hit up a bunch of questions — some related to basketball, and several that are not.
On the mics: Andy, Coach, and Ryan
(Music provided by Bob Thompson — die-hard Hoosier fan and longtime Assembly Call listener.)
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Assembly Call Radio returned this week for a discussion about the first week of players having control over their NIL rights. It’s been a whirlwind. What are our initial thoughts and impressions?
Also: the Big Ten/ACC Challenge matchups, some important Big Ten stay/go decisions, a few recruiting updates, and plenty of fun listener questions.
On the mics: Coach and Andy.
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[Read more…] about AC Radio: NIL Madness and Big Ten Stay/Go Decisions
Talk to anyone at IU about Indiana’s social media output, and one name comes up more than any other: Lynnea Phillips. And with good reason. She’s the head of digital and social media for IU athletics.
With the ever-increasing importance of social media to sports programs across the country, we invited Lynnea onto the show to discuss how she is leading Indiana’s efforts to brand its programs, players, and coaches, and prepare the entire department for the seismic shift of NIL changes (whenever they actually come to the Hoosier State).
And much more. This is a fascinating peek behind the curtain at one of the most important athletic department functions in modern-day college athletics.
Make sure you follow Lynnea (@lynneaphillips) and the Cuban Center (@CubanCenter) on Twitter.
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[Read more…] about Behind the Scenes with Lynnea Phillips on IU’s Social Media and NIL Strategy
We have something a little bit different for you to head into the weekend with.
As you probably know, Eric Pankowski of the Hoosier Hysterics podcast is a candidate for IU trusted. Voting begins on June 1st and goes through June 30th. In this episode, Eric discusses the genesis of his candidacy, what his most important issues are, why building up athletics has a cascading impact on the rest of the university, and how he addresses concerns about how the persona he’s developed as “a hysteric” will reflect on the trustee position and fit in the trustee boardroom.
And then, of course, there’s a little hoops talk at the end.
Here is information on how to vote in the upcoming election: https://alumni.iu.edu/events/trustee-election/index.html
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[Read more…] about Talking with Eric Pankowski, candidate for IU trustee
In this edition of Hoosier Storytime, we get the inside scoop on one of the greatest teams in IU basketball history from one of the greatest examples of player development: Brian Evans.
Brian played on the last few IU teams that were truly at the epicenter of college basketball. He was a redshirt on the 1992 Final Four team and a key rotation piece on the 1993 Elite Eight team that many people think would have won it all were it not for Alan Henderson’s knee injury. We talk at length about what it was like playing with so many great players like Henderson, Calbert Cheaney, Greg Graham, Damon Bailey, etc.
Plus: why Brian wanted to kick the Fab 5’s ass so badly, who from those early 90s teams would win in a shooting contest, and whether or not he felt threatened by Bob Knight’s recruitment of Ivan Renko (or Bob Knight’s offseason threats that there might not be a spot for Evans on the next year’s team).
We also discuss player development in general, the shooting woes of the current program, and what it was like popping his shoulder back into place on the court.
All of that and much more in this edition of Hoosier Storytime.
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[Read more…] about Hoosier Storytime: Talking 1992-93 with Brian Evans
On this special episode of Assembly Call Radio, it’s a Tonsoni Takeover!
Coach is behind the wheel with his boys Brent and Brandon alongside for an in-depth discussion about what it’s like behind the scenes of a Division 1 basketball program. (Brandon was a manager at IU under Tom Crean and Brent was a manager at Indiana State under Greg Lansing.)
The boys also discuss this week’s headlines: Jerome Hunter’s departure, the new grad assistant, and the Big Ten opponent announcement.
And stick around after Segment 3 for the debut of new Bob Thompson music! When he sent it to Jerod, he billed it as the best song he’s created yet and … it doesn’t disappoint. Then, during AC After Dark, Jerod shares the story of his email exchange with Mark Cuban and explains why it’s time for sports fans to start paying a little closer attention to NFTs.
All that and more on this week’s edition of Assembly Call Radio.
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Whether basking in a signature victory or wallowing in a defeat, loyal Hoosier basketball lovers need a place where they can surround themselves with like-minded fans for intelligent postgame wrap-up. That place is The Assembly Call. -- Jared Weyerbacher (IU, '08)