Welcome to another edition of 6-Banner Sunday, a joint production between The Assembly Call and Inside the Hall, and presented by our friends at Homefield Apparel, where we highlight the five most essential IU basketball stories of the past week, plus take a look at how the other IU sports programs are doing.
IU Athletics continued its unprecedented run of success across many sports this fall. Most importantly, men’s basketball has fully transitioned to the modern game under new head coach Darian DeVries and improved to 7-0.
Also, football and women’s basketball won. As usual, we will conclude with weekly shows and a look at the rest of the Hoosier sports in action, highlighted by volleyball, which will hear its name called for postseason play tonight for the first time in 15 years.
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Here is what is in this week’s edition:
IU Tops Kansas State For Second Signature Win Of Year
Hoosiers Roll Over Bethune-Cookman
Football Beats Purdue To End Perfect Regular Season
Women’s Basketball Tops Florida Gulf Coast And Gonzaga
Weekly Shows
Hoosier Roundup-Volleyball Will Hear Its Name Called At Tonight’s NCAA Selection Show For The First Time In 15 Years
Banner #1: IU Tops Kansas State For Second Signature Win Of Year
Under new IU head coach Darian DeVries and a whole new roster, Hoosier fans were promised a more modern offense that emphasizes the three-point shot. So far, so good as Indiana continued its torrid shooting and ball movement to pick up its second signature victory this fall, dominating Kansas State to improve to 7-0.
No. 25 IU used the long-range shot early (10 makes overall) and stifling defense throughout to roll to an 86-69 victory. IU’s top player Tucker DeVries struggled somewhat, but Reed Bailey and Tayton Conerway had their best games of the season to date with 21 and 19 points, respectively.
Afterwards, coach DeVries spoke, Inside the Hall had a Photo Gallery, Ryan Corazza wrote a Minute After and Film Session, Alex Bozich penned Five Takeaways, and Quinn Richards put together a column about Conor Enright, who had a huge night.
Banner #2: Hoosiers Roll Over Bethune-Cookman
The torrid shooting showed no signs of slowing down on Saturday. This time, it was mid-major Bethune-Cookman who got the Hoosiers’ wrath as they rolled to an easy win.
Indiana was once again hot from the perimeter, making 12 shots from there to roll to a 100-56 victory. DeVries was back to his usual form, leading IU with 20 points, including five shots from downtown.
Afterwards, Coach DeVries spoke, Corazza wrote a Minute After and Film Session, Bozich penned Five Takeaways, and Josh Pos put together a column about Conerway, who had another huge day.
The Hoosiers have a tough stretch beginning this week. They open Big Ten play against Minnesota on Wednesday at 7 pm on BTN in Minneapolis. After that, their most significant challenge to date is next Saturday against top-10 Louisville in Indianapolis at 2 pm on CBS.
Banner #3: Football Beats Purdue To End Perfect Regular Season
A struggling Purdue side was the only thing that stood in the way of the No. 2 football Hoosiers and their first perfect 12-0 season. Mission accomplished.
In frigid, cold West Lafayette, IU’s play on the field remained scalding hot. Using their elite rushing attack, Indiana rolled its arch-rivals 56-3.
As a result, Indiana and head Coach Curt Cignetti clinched the program’s first-ever spot at the Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis next Saturday. The matchup will be at Lucas Oil Stadium with a kickoff time of 8 pm on Fox.
Banner #4: Women’s Basketball Tops Florida Gulf Coast And Gonzaga
Women’s basketball had a lot of roster turnover as well this offseason. However, they did return two program stalwarts in Lenee Beaumont and Shay Ciezki.
Ciezki has been excellent in the early going. Her scoring and long-range shooting are the main reasons the squad has been perfect to open 2025-2026.
Indiana went away from Bloomington this week for warmer weather to compete in Florida. However, being away from Assembly Hall did not impede IU’s ability to win as they topped Florida Gulf Coast 82-64 on Tuesday, before edging Gonzaga on Friday 76-72 to improve to 7-0.
IU has its biggest test of the season to date at 1:30 pm today. This comes in the form of top-15 Iowa State, which possesses the first truly elite player the Hoosiers have seen this fall in Audi Crooks.
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Banner #5: Weekly Shows
Inside the Hall’s Podcast On The Brink returned this week. On it, Pos joined Bozich for a discussion of IU basketball’s victory over Kansas State
The Back Home Network has several new shows. As a result, it was on air many times this week as well with programming.
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Banner #6: Hoosier Roundup-Volleyball Will Hear Its Name Called At Tonight’s NCAA Selection Show For The First Time In 15 Years
Volleyball beat Illinois but fell to Purdue to close its regular season. However, today at 6 pm on ESPN, they will hear their name called for their first NCAA Tournament in 15 years. The Hoosiers rank inside the top-20 and have a record of 23-7 overall and 14-6 in the Big Ten. Also, two of their top players were drafted into the pros.
Men’s Soccer fell to St. Louis 1-0 in its first NCAA Tournament match, ending its season.
Wrestling was beaten by Oklahoma.
Softball coach Shonda Stanton will also coach the AUSL Bandits.
Swimming and diving had several of its athletes honored by the Big Ten.
Thanks for your continued support of The Assembly Call and Inside the Hall. We’ll be back next weekend with a new roundup.
Now go enjoy yourself a 6-banner Sunday.
Aaron (Ari) Shifron
Assembly Call Contributor
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