The Assembly Call IU Basketball Podcast and Postgame Show

On this week's edition of Banner Monday, Jerod Morris is joined by Mike DeCourcy for his regular chat about IU and the Big Ten, then Ryan Phillips stops in to discuss Fred Glass' sudden retirement and answer a bevy of mailbag questions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Assembly Call Radio, we react to Anthony Leal's commitment and Ryan delivers an outstanding, in-depth scouting report of Leal's strengths and weaknesses and how he projects to the next level.
We also discuss the importance of accumulating in-state players who stick around beyond a year, and we tell you whether you should be at all worried about the Yahoo Sports report that mentions Romeo Langford. Plus, your questions.
Questions include: who we would handpick to fill out the 2020 and 2021 recruiting classes; the biggest question we'd like to see answered before the season starts (non-Jerome Hunter and assistant coach category); and what leads us to believe that we'll be a better shooting team this season.
All of that and more on this week's edition of Assembly Call Radio.
To watch the video replay: https://youtu.be/6sqkYs-gYEY
On the mics: Jerod, Andy, and Ryan
(Music provided by Bob Thompson -- die-hard Hoosier fan and longtime Assembly Call listener.)

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On Thursday night, Indiana reopened Big Ten play with an 8-point victory over Illinois. Once again, the Hoosiers started slow, but Romeo Langford shook Indiana out of its offensive doldrums and set a new career high in leading the Hoosiers to victory.
After the game, our crew broke it all down on The Assembly Call IU Postgame Show.
On the mics: Jerod, Andy, and Ryan
Among the topics discussed:
— Romeo’s terrific night offensively.
— The struggles of Devonte Green.
— The emerging issue of Indiana’s mostly unproductive bench (outside of McBob, who delivered a vintage McBob performance).
— Why Justin Smith was better than the box score indicates.
— Juwan Morgan’s quietly outstanding night.
— Why we were impressed with Al Durham’s performance.
— And for some reason (we apologize) ... Ryan’s nasty old AC sweatshirt
We also point out a few meaningful moments you may have missed, go inside the numbers, and hand out our game balls. All of that, and more, on this edition of The Assembly Call.
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This week on Assembly Call Radio, Ryan delivers his long-awaited TJD scouting report, we hand out our quarter-term grades, and we analyze the bracketology impact of the Butler game. And much more.
On the mics: Jerod, Ryan, and Andy ... and Randy?
• [00:27] In Segment One, Jerod discusses the impact of Jerome Hunter’s loss in his Banner Moment, and also reminds you of the details of the contest we’re running for Pacers-Hornets tickets. Then Andy analyzes the bracketology impact of the Butler game.
• [15:00] In Segment Two, Ryan takes a deep dive into Trayce Jackson-Davis’ game. It even includes an IU player comp! What are Trayce’s strengths and weaknesses? Is he a one-and-done or two-and-done type player? What impact can he have as a freshman? You’ll have a much clearer idea after listening to this segment.
• [29:30] In Segment Three, we go player-by-player (plus Archie) and hand out our grades after 10 games. And yes, the grades are on a curve — against expectations.
• [45:49] And in our final segment, we answer your questions. Why has Butler been able to sustain its success? What are the redshirt rules in college basketball? Have the lowered the ceiling on this team based on some of the issues we’ve seen over the first 10 games?
All of that and more on this week’s edition of Assembly Call Radio.
To watch the unedited live broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbJLqDUNX8w
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