[6BS] IU Beats Ohio State After Embarrassing Loss To Illinois
Women Beat Iowa But Fall To Illinois
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.
Indiana’s inconsistency continued as they got a thrilling win over Ohio State on the road after being dominated at home by Illinois earlier in the week. Meanwhile, the women got a massive victory in Iowa City before falling to the Illini at Assembly Hall.
Besides this, readers will find information about NCAA Tournament projections and weekly shows. As usual, we will conclude with a look at other IU sports led by Wrestling beat arch-rival Purdue.
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Here is what is in this week’s edition:
Hoosiers Knock Off Ohio State In Thriller
IU Dominated By Illinois In Ugly Loss
Women Get Massive Win Over Iowa But Fall To Illinois
NCAA Tournament Outlook
Weekly Shows
Hoosier Roundup-Wrestling Knocks Off Rival Purdue
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Banner #1: Hoosiers Knock Off Ohio State In Thriller
Just when it looked like things were heading in the wrong direction after two consecutive blowout defeats, IU played a thriller against Ohio State. Led by amazing nights from Luke Goode and Oumar Ballo the Hoosiers pulled out a 77-76 nail-biter.
Indiana built a 10-point lead with five minutes left. However, the Buckeyes rallied to tie the game on a long three-pointer with under a minute left. The Hoosiers had three layup attempts to win it at the end but missed them all forcing overtime. In the extra period, Goode hit a game-winning shot from long range with 1:07 remaining. On the final OSU possession, Anthony Leal blocked an attempt near the buzzer preserving the victory.
Afterward, IU coach Mike Woodson spoke, Inside the Hall had a photo gallery, Ryan Corazza wrote a Minute After, Alex Bozich put together Five Takeaways, and Will Foley penned a column about Indiana playing with more pride.
The Hoosiers return to action on Wednesday against Northwestern. The contest is on BTN and will start at 7 pm.
Banner #2: IU Dominated By Illinois In Ugly Loss
In one of the ugliest home defeats in program history, Indiana was run off the floor 94-69 by Illinois in a game that featured a plethora of negative moments. The students chanted to fire Woodson while many other fans booed and left at halftime during the massacre. To cap it off, the teams got into a scuffle late that featured pushing and shoving highlighted by Ballo coming into the fray and knocking an Illini player to the ground.
Afterward, IU coach Mike Woodson spoke, Inside the Hall had a photo gallery, Ryan Corazza wrote a Minute After and Film Session, Alex Bozich put together Five Takeaways, and Kevin Vera penned a column about the second straight blowout loss.
Banner #3: Women Get Massive Win Over Iowa But Fall To Illinois
The women went to Iowa and picked up their biggest win of the season 74-67 against a ranked (at the time) Hawkeyes squad. The Hoosiers hit 10 three-pointers including a perfect 5-5 from Yarden Garzon who led the team with 21 points. It was also just their second victory in Iowa City since 1994.
However, when Indiana came home on Thursday, an Illinois squad who they match up very poorly with defeated IU 68-54. The Hoosiers fell down early and made a run to get within four points early in the fourth quarter before the Illini pulled away.
IU has a massive challenge in Bloomington today against top-five USC and potential national player of the year JuJu Watkins. The tip is at noon on NBC and fans are encouraged to wear white.
In other news, the Hoosiers announced a staff addition. Former Indiana Fever assistant coach Paul Miller will be the director of scouting and analytics.
Banner #4: NCAA Tournament Outlook
While the men’s team has two additional wins, the women’s squad has a significantly better outlook for postseason play. The men have a solid 14-5 record but a NET in the 60s as they continue to suffer too many blowout losses to go with close victories which lowers their metrics. They sit just outside the field at the moment. Also, they are just 12th in the conference according to Inside the Hall’s power rankings.
On the other hand, the women have had several noteworthy victories and (as of Saturday) a NET in the 30s. As a result, they are projected to be a nine seed in the latest Bracketology. At 12-5 overall they are on track for a sixth straight appearance in the March Madness field.
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Banner #5: Weekly Shows
Podcast on the Brink was recorded twice this week. The first episode featured the radio voice of women’s basketball Austin Render discussing the team. The other show previewed Indiana vs. Ohio State with the Columbus Dispatch’s Adam Jardy.
The Back Home Network was on-air multiple times in the last few days. Assembly Call Postgame, Crimson Cast, Doing The Work, and Dribble Drive all were on-air.
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Banner #6: Hoosier Roundup-Wrestling Knocks Off Rival Purdue
Wrestling knocked off arch-rival Purdue in West Lafayette.
Women’s soccer announced a coaching change and the passing of a former coach. Also, a former player signed a professional contract.
Men’s soccer added four transfers.
Softball had a trio of their athletes honored as top-100 players in the nation and four freshmen named as newcomers to watch amongst other preseason awards.
Men’s Tennis defeated Cleveland State and Ball State.
Several of IU’s swimmers and divers were honored by the conference.
Thanks for your continued support for 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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