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Welcome to another edition of 6-Banner Sunday, a joint production between The Assembly Call and Inside the Hall 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.
As the exhibition opener is two weeks away, IU basketball had several very big news items related to this coming season and the future this week. The series Hoosier fans have wanted against a rival Kentucky rival may be returning. The league writers picked Indiana to win the conference in the more immediate timeline for the 2022-2023 season.
Inside the Hall continued to preview other conference squads in other stories and started a series looking at IU’s players. Also, both Podcast on the Brink and AC Radio had a new show this week and we will as usual conclude with a look at how other Hoosier sports are doing.
In brief news, Inside the Hall had a Q&A with 2024 recruiting target Caleb Williams and his mother.
• IU and Kentucky in talks to resume series
• Indiana picked to win Big Ten by conference media
• IU participates in Big Ten media day
• Inside the Hall’s Big Ten preview and player series
• Podcast on the Brink and AC Radio
• Hoosier Roundup
Banner #1 – IU and Kentucky in talks to resume series
After Christian Watford’s buzzer-beater to upset the Wildcats in 2011, Kentucky and Indiana ended their yearly series. The teams met every season from 1969 to 2011. Between 1969 and 1986 the matchups were played mostly on campus. However, in 1987 the contests shifted between Indianapolis and Louisville on neutral sites until 2005. In 2006, the series was moved back to rotating between each team’s home gym, concluding with the meeting in 2011. Following that game, Kentucky coach John Calipari wanted the showdowns moved back to neutral venues while Indiana wanted the campus contests to continue. As a result, the series ended at that point other than two subsequent meetings in the NCAA tournament.
Jon Rothstein reports that the annual rivalry may be coming back soon and is in ‘advanced’ talks. The report also says neutral…