The Assembly Call IU Basketball Podcast and Postgame Show

On Friday, IU closed out their non-conference season with a 100-87 win to improve to 10-3 overall. It was a rollercoaster of a game as the Hoosiers jumped out to a big lead early, only to have the Owls cut into it at halftime and take a four point lead about midway through the second half. From there, Indiana took control led by Malik Reneau's career high 34 points to win going away. See Privacy P...

Join us for this week's edition of AC Radio, tipping at our usual time on Thursday nights of 9 ET. We'll be paying an homage to one of our favorite basketball podcasts, The Mismatch, by playing a game of That's True, That Might Be True, That's Ridiculous. We'll also discuss Trayce's NBA breakthrough, preview IU-Kennesaw State, and dip into the mailbag See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privac...

On Thursday, the Hoosiers easily beat North Alabama. In doing so, Indiana finally took care of a mid-major team in dominant fashion for the first time this season. The final was 83-66 as the team made a season-high 12 three-pointers and controlled the game from start to finish. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my...

On Tuesday, IU narrowly avoided disaster against Morehead State with a 69-68 win. The Hoosiers trailed much of the night and were down 64-49 before a a 20-4 run and final defensive stop allowed Indiana to escape. The team improves to 8-3 and in doing so continues to not have a bad loss on their resume (although no great wins either). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California P...

On Saturday, IU led most of the game but succumbed to a late comeback by top-five Kansas in a 75-71 loss. While the team has no bad losses in pre-conference play, they don't have a signature win either and at 7-3 will need a strong conference season to make March Madness. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

We’re excited to welcome Mike DeCourcy back for this Friday conversation on IU and Big Ten hoops. We cover a number of topics: What does he think of IU’s play so far this season, and their potential for improvement? What does he make of the Big Ten’s overall struggles in non-conference play? Is he seeing anything different from the Big Ten’s one true elite team, Purdue? Where does IU stack up in t...

Join us on Thursday night at 9 ET for our weekly discussion about IU basketball. Galen Clavio of Crimson Cast will join us as we assess what we have learned (or think we have learned) about this IU team at the quarter mark of the season. Then we'll look ahead to Saturday's big game against Kansas and answer your mailbag questions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priv...

On Saturday, Indiana started strong and led 22-10. However, everything collapsed after that and were blown out 104-76 to fall to 7-2. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In this week's edition of AC Radio, we reflect on Indiana's 2-0 start in Big Ten play, discuss the importance of the next two games from a bracketology perspective, and then welcome NYT bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize nominee James R. Hansen for an in-depth preview of Saturday's IU-Auburn matchup in Atlanta. Turns out, James is a lifelong IU fan and a professor emeritus of history at Auburn....

On Tuesday, Indiana won their second straight Big Ten contest to improve to 7-1 overall and 2-0 in the conference. It was a turbulent performance that had ups and downs. However, the Hoosiers made more plays down the stretch to win their first road game of the year in as many tries. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-se...

On Monday afternoon, Jerod and Coach Adragna were joined by former Michigan basketball player and current Big Ten analyst Ant Wright to preview Tuesday night's big matchup in Ann Arbor. (The Ant conversation starts around the 25:00 mark.) Among the topics discussed: • Why the individual trajectories of Kel'el, Malik, and Mackenzie are all positive ... even if the lineup construction is still imper...

On Friday, Indiana played its best game of the season so far by defeating Maryland 65-53 in its Big Ten opener to improve to 6-1 overall. Kel'el Ware continued his elite early season play and led IU with 18 points and 14 rebounds to record a double-double. They continue conference play at Michigan on Tuesday night. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at ht...

Join us on a special night -- Tuesday night -- at our usual time, 9 ET, for this week's edition of AC Radio. (We're going two days early because the women play on Thursday night.) We'll reflect on Indiana's start, look at the upcoming schedule, play a game of buy-or-sell with some early-season trends, and dip into the mailbag. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

While it was not perfect, IU had its most comfortable win of the season over Harvard 89-76 to improve to 5-1. The Hoosiers were dominant in the post as Kel'el Ware led IU with 28 points as the team shot nearly 60%. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The Hoosiers closed out Louisville 74-66. IU nearly put the Cards away early in the second half. However, the team from Kentucky turned the tables after that and took a late lead. However, IU coach Mike Woodson switched to a zone to stifle UL in the last few minutes and Indiana closed out the contest late with near-perfect FT shooting. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...

In episode #980 of The Assembly Call, we break down Indiana's 77-57 loss to UConn. On mic: Jerod, Coach, and our student intern Josh Pos (who was live at Madison Square Garden). There were many issues in this game for Indiana: lack of guard production, poor rebounding, stagnant offense, and a collapse over the final 10 minutes. One key second half play seemed to change the game for good. But there...

We discuss another closer than expected victory as IU defeats Wright State 89-80. Despite the close results and some concerns, the Hoosiers are 3-0 heading into a brutal part of the schedule starting with Connecticut on Sunday. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Join us immediately following Indiana's closer than expected home win against Army. 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 AC Radio we'll share a few lingering takes on Indiana's season-opening performance against FGCU and then Jay Horrey will present this year's Over-Unders. Each of our hosts will go on record with their choices. Want to submit your picks? Here you go! https://forms.gle/Fq7qCPtDDED2y4zW7 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pr...

IU edged out Florida Gulf Coast 69-63 in what was a struggle throughout. However, in the end the Hoosiers emerged victorious in their season opener. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Indiana easily dominated Marian 94-61 in their final exhibition game before the regular season begins next week. Assembly Call breaks down the contest in detail on tonight's postgame show. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

This week, there is really only one topic on the docket: the life and legacy of Bob Knight. Special guest Rick Bozich will join us to share stories of his time covering Knight, and we'll all share our own recollections and memories as well. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

It's the first postgame show of the 2023-24 season! Indiana's exhibition game on Sunday afternoon was the first unofficial contest. Join Assembly Call for a complete breakdown of the first public basketball performance of the season by Mike Woodson's ball club. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

This week, we'll roll through some Hoosier Headlines, including recruiting updates. Then we'll look ahead to Indiana's two exhibition games and discuss what's worth paying attention ... and what's not. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

On this week's edition of AC Radio, we'll run through some Hoosier Headlines, including tomorrow's big recruiting announcement, and then spend some time planting our flags for the 2023-24 season. What do we feel strongest about? We'll go on record. Plus, your questions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .