The Hoosier Hysterics Podcast

The Hysterics! keep rolling with the 1987 National Champs, this time featuring the man who was quite literally at the center of it all, Dean Garrett. Like his fellow juco transfer, Keith Smart, Dean arrived in Bloomington to something to prove... and boy did he ever. Listen in to hear all about how this friendly California kid showed up just in time to help our beloved Hoosiers hoist their fifth b...

Keith Smart hit one of college basketball's all-time greatest buzzer beaters, and bar none the most celebrated shot in the history of Indiana University. Listen to Keith warmly recall his unlikely path to championship glory... from his youth in Louisiana, to playing JUCO ball in Kansas, to finally etching his name alongside the biggest icons to ever don the candy stripes. See Privacy Policy at htt...

What's even better than have the greatest scorer in the history of Big Ten basketball agree to come on your podcast?? Having him comeback!!! That's right, the one and only Calbert Cheaney graces us with his magnificent presence yet again, this time to talk about Coach Knight's return, his own return to the Indiana bench under Tom Crean, and a whole bunch of other fun stuff like filming Blue Chips,...

With all of Hoosier Nation still abuzz from Coach Knight’s emotional return to Assembly Hall, Pat Knight graciously shares his thoughts on the momentous occasion. After that, it’s time to take a comical and fascinating trip down memory lane, hearing what it was like to grow up in Assembly Hall, then to play there, and finally to coach there. Pat’s account and perspective on he and his father’s tim...

From a basketball town in a football state, Kirk Haston found his way to Bloomington and became everybody's All-American. Few Hoosiers have ever endured the tragedy or achieved the glory he experienced in his time at IU. Now back home in Tennessee serving as a State Representative for Perry County, Kirk opens up about his incredible life both on and off the court. See Privacy Policy at https://art...

Once described by AJ Moye as "The Nicest Guy in the World," this sharp-shooting guard from tiny Anacoco, Louisiana made a huge impact on IU's magical run to the 2002 National Championship. Now back living in Bloomington with his Hoosier wife and two sets of twins, Horny takes a break from moving to reflect upon his tumultuous yet glorious playing days under both Coach Knight & Coach Davis. See Pri...

The Hysterics! chat about the big win at Nebraska before diving in deep with Tom Abernethy, who just so happened to be a starting forward on the undefeated national champion 1976 Indiana Hoosiers. KIND OF A BIG DEAL, but you'd never know it by talking to Aber, who is exceedingly modest and the ultimate team player. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at ht...

What is more glorious than our mighty Hoosiers stomping the detestable Buckeyes? To eye-witness said stomping! The Hysterics! hit the road for another weekend of blurry times in Btown, meeting up with old friends and making new ones. And if listening to a couple of hoarse wackos isn't enough, we include a few quick-hit interviews with former IU players and managers to assure your mind is completel...

Matt Nover has been living his best life from the jump. Raised in "The Region," he brought his hometown Chesterton sectional glory, then became a vital piece of our dearly beloved Hoosier teams of the early 90's. And if winning three Big Ten titles and a trip to the Final Four wasn't enough, Matt then teamed up with Shaq and Penny and turned into a freaking a movie star! After a long and successfu...

Ward finds a strip mall with cell service on the edge of the Sonoran desert while Eric hotboxes himself with a nice stogie somewhere in Encino. Also, they reminisce about Year 1 of the Hysterics podcast and return to their original and on-going debate regarding the direction of our beloved program. (Sorry for the rough audio but hey... it was the edge of the Sonoran desert.) See Privacy Policy at...

All good things must come to an end... even when sometimes it seems like they never, ever will. In our many conversations with Dane we all got a little older, a little weirder, and somehow became even bigger fans of this one-of-a-kind Hoosier legend. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The one that started it all.... now available on the Peegs Podcast! Hard to believe it was just a year ago the Hysterics drove out to Thousand Oaks to conduct their very first podcast interview. They set up their solitary microphone in a big, weird, room with terrible acoustics next to a basketball gym. Surrounding themselves with a wall of tumbling matts to dampened the echo, Eric & Ward sat down...

The Snowman is back, dishing out the latest on Hoosier recruits, his take on IU and how Archie stacks up against Holtmann & Mack, plus giving us the monster lineup for this his very own basketball bonanza, the Forum Tipoff Classic this December 16th at Southport. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer's Odyssey, The Tales of Beowulf...  none compare to this, The Saga of Dane Fife.  Here in Volume 1, The Hysterics of Hoosier doth gab at length with the hero himself, who tells of his adventures as a young lad in the frozen wastelands of Michigan, and how he journeyed to the Lands of Hoosier, ruled by the legendary general, Robert Montgomery Knight. See Privacy Policy...

The Homecoming was such a magical weekend we just can't let it go.  Brian Evans, Sage Steele, Todd Leary, John Laskowski, Steve Green and Sherron Wilkerson all take a turn to reflect on an event that they... along with other former IU players, fans and one legendary coach... made absolutely unforgettable. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art1...

The Hysterics began as two friends locked inside a garage way out in the wilds of California. Over the past year, the Hysterics family grew to include dozens of former Indiana players, a sprinkling of coaches and journalists, and countless IU fans around the world. On November 16th, almost a thousand Hysterics descended upon Bloomington and welcomed home the greatest Hoosier of them all... Robert...

Your hero and ours, Jeff Freakin' Rabjohns, returns to discuss the current state of Hoosier hoops. What has Rabby seen from Archie & the boys thus far??  What is latest word on Dawson Garcia?? And oh yeah, Rabs was just crowned a voting member of the AP poll, so you know we gabbed about that! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy...

Greeno is back for more! Every bit as funny and insightful as before, this time Greeno and the Hysterics dive deep into his senior year, the 1974-75 Hoosiers, considered by many to be the single greatest team in the history of college basketball. Yeah, it's kind of a big deal. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-...

Steve Green connects the eras of IU basketball like few others... from meeting Everett Dean, to attending the camps of Branch McCracken, to being Bobby Knight's first ever Indiana recruit. Greeno scored almost 17 a game for the team many consider the greatest in college hoops history, and his gift for hitting buckets might only be surpassed by his talent for telling great stories. See Privacy Poli...

The Hysterics finally suck it up and wade into the dark & depressing era of Kelvin Sampson with a player who was there for exactly those two tumultuous seasons, Lance Stemler. A good dude caught in the crosshairs of IU's historic implosion, Lance reveals what it was like inside the program during Sampson's rapid rise and devastating demise as Indiana's head coach See Privacy Policy at https://art1...

Humble beginnings gave way to great achievements for Mike Davis, a man whose considerable talents were eclipsed only by his hustle and dedication to the game. First as a player, then as a coach, hoops took him all over the world before he finally, unexpectedly, landed in Bloomington. Davis soon found himself thrust into the national spotlight, taking over a historic program from a ousted coach who...

After going undefeated and winning state their senior year, the dynamic duo of Steve Downing and George McGinnis headed south to join a struggling IU program led by Coach Lou Watson. Two years later, Watson was fired and McGinnis jumped to the pros, leaving only Downing to join forces with the intimidating new coach, Robert Montgomery Knight. Downing not only survived, he thrived, posting some of...

Tyra Buss arrived in Bloomington as the most heralded recruit in the history of IU Women's Basketball. Four years later she graduated as the program's all-time leader in scoring and assists, hanging a banner while making good on her promise to fill Assembly Hall. Tyra is, quite simply, one of the greatest players... male or female... to ever wear an Indiana jersey. See Privacy Policy at https://ar...

Ted Kitchel left the family farm in Galveston and made his way down to Bloomington, bringing his hard-nosed play and sweet stroke along for the ride. By the time he’d left, Kitch was an All-Conference and All-American player, a 3-time Big Ten Champ, and oh yeah… he won a National Championship in 1981. Donate to the Ted Kitchel Parkinson's Disease Research Fund at www.myiu.org/one-time-gift See Pri...

Few freshman ever started off their IU career making as big a splash as Mo Creek, only to suffer three absolutely devastating injuries in a row. The hope, the heartbreak, and the resolve of this young man are on full display as he talks with the Hysterics about his tumultuous time in Bloomington and beyond. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar...