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All Episodes

X's and Joe's — 56 episodes

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[58] Why Are IU Fans So Angry?

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[56] 2026 NCAA Bracket with Andy Bottoms

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[53] What Is Darian DeVries Running? (with Tony Adragna & Brian Tonsoni)

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[52] Is the Cignetti Hire the GOAT? (with Galen Clavio)

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[51] IU Wins a Football Natty -- Now What?

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[50] Expectations For IU – What Are Reasonable Outcomes For Football and Basketball?

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[48] Bill Murphy Part 4 - Branch, the Splendid Splinter, and Early NIL at IU

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[47] Bill Murphy Part 3 - The Legend of Branch McCracken

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[46] Bill Murphy Part 2 - The 1967 Rose Bowl Journey

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[45] Bill Murphy Part 1 - The Last Hurrying Hoosiers & The Cardiac Kids

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[44] The Ohio River Rivalries with special guest Josh Burton

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[43] CBB Moneyball and The Omar Cooper Parallel

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[42] Coaching Chip Stacks - 2025-26 Season Status Check

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[41] 2025-26 College Basketball Preview

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[40] Data v Drama -- A View of Modern Recruiting w/ Stephen Ragsdale

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[39] The Vibes Show

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[38] Is IU Football For Real? Hoosier Surge + The North–South Culture War

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[37] Can You Really Build a Title Contender Using Homegrown Talent?

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[36] One Fleeting Moment - Why The B1G Hasn't Won It All Since the Clinton Administration

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[35] Ask Us Anything

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[34] Negative Recruiting -- Does It Really Work?

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[33] Rally Behind The Bison (with Galen Clavio and Cooper Tinsley)

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[32] The Mid-Major Purge

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[31] Portal Mania

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[30] How the Changing Landscape of College Basketball is Impacting March Madness with Andy Bottoms

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[29] A Requiem for Woodson - A Cautionary Tale in Coaching Hires

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[28] Analyzing the Darian DeVries Hire at Indiana

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[27] Season in Review: The SEC's Dominance and CBB's New Landscape

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[26] Coaching Searches: What To Expect When You're Expecting a New Coach

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[25] Into the Great Wide Open: How Spacing & Penetration Created a Three-Point Revolution

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[24] How Program Expectations Are Set -- at IU and Beyond

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[23.5] We've Seen This Before: Assessing the Current State of Indiana Basketball

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[23] Is There Really Such A Thing as ‘Program Momentum’?

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[22] How Programs Try To Use Pace of Play To Their Advantage

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[21] Regression or Bounce Back? Looking at the 2024-25 College Basketball Season

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[20] NIL, Revenue Sharing And The (Not So) New Era of Compensated College Athletes

37

[19] “Modern” Basketball: What Is It, Exactly?

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[18] Sports Fans' Biases: All Our Kids Are Above Average

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[17] The Football Show

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[16] Is the Blue-Blood Job Really Dead?

41

[15] Transfer Portal Case Studies

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[14] Knight Fall: Perspectives on the End of an Era

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[13] College Basketball History: Does A School's Past Matter?

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[12] College Basketball Freshmen: How Productive Should They Actually Be?

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[11] Hoosiers: It's Not a Documentary

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[10] Data Driven Basketball Coaching and Talent Evaluation with Tony Adragna

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[09] Transfer Portal: The Tip of the Iceberg

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[08] You Take the Wheel: Ask Us Anything

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[07] The March To March Madness: Well, We Didn't See That Coming (And Some Things We Did)

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[06] How Top Programs Evaluate and Acquire Winning Personnel (with special guest Sam Story)

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[05] Rivalry Essentials: Unpacking the Crucial Role That Rivalries Play in How We Experience College Sports

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[04] Discovering The Sweet Spot: How a National Championship Winning Trend Was Exposed

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[03] Roster Construction: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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[02] Coaching Tenures: Chip Stacks and Honeymoons (Win First or Recruit First?)

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[01] Dudes with Acuity or a Disciplined Approach? Which Matters More?

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