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.
For the third straight week, Indiana basketball had a higher-than-average amount of news for an offseason addition. This was highlighted by the release of the entire non-conference schedule for the upcoming 2024-2025 season. Also, stories involving former Hoosiers in the pros and recruiting made headlines.
Besides this, a significant update regarding the NCAA tournament team sheet metrics and weekly shows round out the basketball version of 6-Banner. As usual, we will conclude with a look at other IU sports, led by some upgrades to the Memorial Stadium game day experience.
Here is what’s in this week’s edition:
• 2024-2025 non-conference schedule released
• Hoosiers in the pros update
• Recruiting updates
• Changes to NCAA tournament team sheet metrics
• Podcast on the Brink and Back Home Network shows
• Hoosier Roundup
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Banner #1 – 2024-2025 non-conference schedule released
While a few games on the IU schedule had already trickled out, the entire non-conference slate was released last week. As previously announced, this is highlighted by a trip to the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis over Thanksgiving (matchups will be revealed later). Also, early season home contests with Chattanooga, Eastern Illinois, Sam Houston State, South Carolina, and UNC-Greensboro were already public.
Miami (OH), SIU-Edwardsville and Winthrop are the other teams visiting Bloomington. There will be no contests away from campus outside of the above holiday tournament until conference play.
Inside the Hall’s Alex Bozich had five takeaways about the games and a mail-bag discussing the non-conference showdowns among other updates. Also, it was revealed that the Hoosiers would pay a flat $100,000 per matchup against each mid-major and nothing to the…