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AC Radio: The Impact of Justin Smith’s Grad Transfer

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This week on Assembly Call Radio, we have our regularly scheduled offseason episode about Justin Smith … just in a much different context than we were anticipating last week. How will Justin’s departure impact Indiana on the court next season? We dissect it from several angles.

Plus:

• Two Hoosiers were on a 2021 NBA Draft Big Board
• What impact is the cancellation of the summer recruiting calendar going to have?
• Indiana announced its academic calendar for the upcoming school year.
• What pie-in-the-sky nonconference game would we like to see Indiana get on its schedule?
• Will Archie have to coach effort this year?
• How is Indiana likely to use its two open scholarships, if at all?

And stick around until the end, because we stumble upon a theretofore unmentioned element of Indiana’s team that stands to get significantly better based on how the roster is now constructed.

All that and much more on this edition of The Assembly Call.

On the mics: Jerod, Ryan, and Coach

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CrimsonCast Ep 674 – Roster Changes, Football Questions and More

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CrimsonCast emerges from summer hibernation to chat about the events of the last month in IU athletics. We tackle the men’s basketball roster changes, including the departure of Justin Smith and his legacy as an Indiana Hoosiers basketball player, the reclassification of Khristian Lander to the incoming freshman class, and the re-evaluation of the squad and how it will look for a prospective 2020-21 season.

We also field several questions from the Twitterverse about the upcoming football season, the implications of the graduate transfers, and the gameday experience at Memorial Stadium.

Finally, we discuss the potential implications of COVID-19 on the football and basketball seasons, and the broader implications on universities across the United States.

AC Radio: How Much Better Can Al Durham Be as a Senior?

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This week on Assembly Call Radio, we begin our offseason player deep dives by discussing Al Durham. He’s clearly overachieved based on his recruiting pedigree. Is he now ready for a leading role on a deep IU team as a senior?

Plus: what Indiana’s improving APR means; the impact of Khristian Lander officially reclassifying on Indiana’s outlook for next season; what the recent positive trends in terms of getting sports going again mean for college hoops; some Al Durham over-unders; and a look at Archie’s coaching history and whether he’s ever had a player quite like Lander.

And then, for the YouTubers, our latest ChatMob induction … the man they call Hooparazzi.

All that and much more on this edition of The Assembly Call.

On the mics: Jerod, Andy, and Coach

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