Welcome to a different version of 6-Banner Sunday, a joint manufacturing between The Meeting Name and Contained in the Corridor, the place we spotlight the 5 most important IU basketball tales of the previous week, plus check out how the opposite IU sports activities packages are doing.
Throughout an ordinarily quiet summer season, a number of big-time tales got here to mild this week within the IU and Large Ten basketball world. This included the Hoosiers filling the ultimate scholarship for the autumn and the convention hoops match returning to Indiana in 2025.
In addition to this, season previews, an replace on a high recruiting goal, and weekly exhibits spherical out the basketball portion of 6-Banner. We’ll, as normal, conclude with a have a look at different IU groups led by a schedule replace for males’s soccer.
In late-week breaking information, Hoosier Hysteria’s date was introduced for Friday, October 18. This 12 months’s Hysteria will function scrimmages from the boys’s and ladies’s packages.
Additionally, former IU star Victor Oladipo will likely be inducted into the IU Athletics Corridor of Fame as half of a bigger class. The category additionally consists of Kayla Bashore (Area Hockey, 2002-05), Kevin Berry (Males’s Swimming, 1964-66), Danny O’Rourke (Males’s Soccer, 2001-04), Max Skirvin (Radio Broadcaster, Contributor 1950-2000) and Jody Yin (Girls’s Tennis, 1991-94).
Here’s what’s on this week’s version:
• IU fills thirteenth scholarship with Dallas James• Future Large Ten Event Basketball websites introduced• Energy rankings, bracketology replace, non-conference crew previews• Jalen Haralson units extra official visits• Podcast on the Brink and Again Residence Community exhibits• Hoosier Roundup
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Banner #1 – IU fills thirteenth scholarship with Dallas James
Whereas the highest 12 gamers and main contributors have been lengthy recognized for Indiana basketball heading into this fall, the ultimate scholarship was stuffed this week. It went to South Carolina State switch Dallas James.
Nevertheless, James didn’t play a major position at his earlier cease, averaging simply 1.4 factors per sport for his profession. That stated, he’s a 7-footer and can present a physique in observe. He additionally carries a 4.0 GPA.
Banner #2 – Future Large Ten Event Basketball websites introduced
It seems the Hoosiers’ many-year streak of taking part in no less than a sport every year in Indianapolis will proceed. Regardless of not taking part in there within the common season for the primary time shortly, Indiana will play within the state’s largest metropolis come March.
It is because it was introduced this week that each the boys’s and ladies’s convention basketball tournaments will likely be contested in IU’s dwelling state in March of 2025. The 2026 ladies’s in addition to the 2027 males’s competitors will even happen 50 miles north of the crew’s Bloomington campus.
Nevertheless, the remainder of the occasions between now and 2028 will likely be held elsewhere. The 2026 version for the boys will likely be in Chicago whereas the 2027 males’s and 2028 ladies’s Large Ten championship will likely be in Las Vegas. Lastly, the 2028 ladies’s occasion will transfer to Detroit for the primary time.
Banner #3 – Energy rankings, bracketology replace, non-conference crew previews
The expectations for the 2024-2025 season proceed to be comparatively excessive, based on a number of publications. Notable school basketball insider Jon Rothstein picked IU to complete second within the Large Ten behind Purdue. Additionally, Joe Lunardi launched an up to date ESPN Bracketology for March of 2025, the place he has the Hoosiers as a 5 seed.
Indiana might want to get off to a very good begin to meet these requirements. Contained in the Corridor continued its detailed preview of every opponent. This week ITH previewed South Carolina, UNC Greensboro, Sam Houston State, Miami (OH) and Chattanooga this week. Additionally they regarded at the place every squad within the Large Ten stands on participant transactions in addition to did a mailbag.
Banner #4 – Jalen Haralson units extra official visits
Because the Hoosiers proceed to focus on 2025 in-state high prospect Jalen Haralson, their competitors for his companies proceed to be top-notch. Whereas the ninth-ranked nationwide prospect will go to IU in late August, he additionally added visits to Kansas, Missouri, and Purdue this fall. That is along with already scheduled journeys to Michigan State and Notre Dame.
Banner #5 – Podcast on the Brink and Again Residence Community exhibits
Contained in the Corridor’s Podcast on the Brink returned this week. On it, the IndyStar’s Kyle Neddenriep talks recruiting.
Additionally, The Again Residence Community had a few new exhibits this week. This included Crimson Forged, Doing The Work, and The Dribble Drive.
Banner #6 – Hoosier Roundup
• Males’s Soccer will make a conference-leading 5 appearances on the Large Ten Community.
• A number of Hoosiers proceed to compete on the Paris Olympics.
• Soccer’s TE James Bomba and P James Evans have been named to a preseason watch record. Additionally, IU coach Curt Cignetti and a couple of gamers spoke to the media this week. Lastly, a change was introduced to the colour analyst for the radio broadcasts.
• Volleyball’s Camryn Haworth was named to the preseason all-conference crew.
• Indiana athletics as an entire introduced a partnership with Viaggio Pontoon Boats.
Now go take pleasure in your self a 6-banner Sunday.
Aaron (Ari) ShifronAssembly Name Contributor
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