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Winding down the regular season, Zach Osterman is joined by Ryan Winn of the Indiana Daily Student and LaMond Pope of the Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette to chat Penn State, leadership and the creature known as Sheeladipo.

Ryan and LaMond also offer reflection on this season and thoughts on the next one.

(*Inside the Hall assures no gingers were harmed during the taping of this podcast.)

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Among the topics discussed: His role within the IU athletic department, his time at Notre Dame, the evolution of The Big Ten Network and some Indiana basketball discussion.

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This week, Zach and Alex are joined by 2011 IU signee and Hamilton Heights senior Austin Etherington.

Among the topics chiefly discussed: Austin’s season to-date at Hamilton Heights and his thoughts on the upcoming state tournament, IU’s recruiting success, the evolution of his game over the past couple of years, the Cody Zeller decision and much more.

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This week, Zach sits down with IDS reporter Greg Rosenstein to talk about the week that was.

Among topics chiefly discussed: Christian Watford’s renaissance, Jordan Hulls’ emergence, a win and a near win over big-time opponents and how Verdell Jones’ absence from the rotation has affected Indiana’s play.

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Zach flies solo this week, touching on Iowa and Wisconsin, and briefly on the Maurice Creek injury. He’ll talk about Verdell Jones’ potential value, the Hoosiers’ struggles defensively against Iowa and what we can expect, if anything, from this team moving forward.

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The Inside the Hall Podcast returns this week to discuss Saturday’s game at Assembly Hall with Michigan. Joining Zach: Michael Rothstein, the Michigan basketball beat writer for AnnArbor.com.

Among the topics discussed: The rise of sophomore point guard Darius Morris, the chances of Michigan getting out in transition against Indiana, freshman forward Evan Smotrycz and how his game compares to Luke Zeller, Michigan’s depth, how Christian Watford and Maurice Creek could impact the game and expectations for Saturday.

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2013 Indiana commitment Collin Hartman and 2014 Indiana commitment Trey Lyles battle for a rebound on December 10. Indianapolis Cathedral beat Tech, 64-56. (Photo credit: Jamie Owens/J. Scott Sports)

The Inside the Hall Podcast returns this week to discuss all things recruiting. Joining Zach: Joe Eberhardt, a contributor to ITH and the founder of IndyHSHoops.com and ITH editor Alex Bozich.

Among the topics discussed: Gary Harris, D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera, Trey Lyles, a few 2014 names to remember and also a little talk about Maurice Creek. (Our apologies for the technical difficulties this week.)

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Zach flies solo this week and discusses Tom Crean’s comments at Thursday’s press conference, Big Ten scheduling, next year’s exempt tournament that includes Butler and also touches on the Kentucky game.

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Joining him: Alex Bozich, The Herald-Times duo of Dustin Dopirak and Hugh Kellenberger and Nathan Hart of The Indiana Daily Student.

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Yes, it’s true, Inside the Hall is adding to our media arsenal a weekly podcast. It’s not Bill Simmons — yet — but hopefully it fills a little bit of a void in the IU basketball world. Every Thursday morning, we’ll post a new installment of the podcast, hosted by this ginger and featuring all manner of Indiana basketball-related guests.

This round, we kept it simple, seeing as it was our first go at this foolishness. Dustin Dopirak, Indiana beat writer for the Bloomington Herald-Times and long-time friend of Inside the Hall, joined us in the ITH studios (my back porch) to chat about recruiting and the current team. We touched on Yogi Ferrell, Gary Harris and Jeremy Hollowell, Christian Watford, Maurice Creek and defense, among other things.

So give it a listen. Let us know what you think. Given that this is our first try, we absolutely value (and in fact beg you for) your opinion. Enjoy, and holler back. Also, much love to Peter Stevenson for acting as de facto producer for our first show.

(Alex’s Note: Little did Zach know, there was once, an Inside the Hall podcast. 3 episodes in fact. Waaaaay back in 2007. Good times.)

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Not only is E one fine looking lad, he’s also one hell of an analyst. Audio of his appearance, for your listening pleasure, below:

*Note: In the future, please direct all scheduling questions to the IU Athletic Department.

• The debut of Big A. Get pumped.
• The music fade in and out are awful at the beginning. Sorry. It was late; I was tired.
• We explain who Terry Hutchens is in case you weren’t sure.
• We recorded this last night but tried to speak as if we recorded it this morning. As such, we say “tomorrow” instead of “tonight” a few times. Forgive us, ITH faithful.
• I think E’s catchphrase for his sign off is “I’m gonna go take a nap.” Sort of like “Goodnight and good luck” only less inspiring.

Sit back, relax and listen right now.

Anyways, on the podcast we talk about Coach Sampson’s suspensions and what that means for his general control of this team as well as what A.J. Ratliff will bring to the Hoosiers with his return. (Hint: It’s just not his defense.) Also, don’t miss our Bob Knight sound bite! Give it a listen if you’d like.

But hey, we’re throwing it out there for the masses anyways. We plan on continuing these and they promise to get better. In the inaugural edition, we touch on all things Kentucky: Eric Gordon and whether he should suit up or not, the IU-UK rivalry and what the student section and fans will be wearing to the game. Let us know what sucks so we can make it better next time.

You can get at it right here. (Next time we’ll hopefully get it in a nice little player on the front page here like this. Baby steps, friends.)