Podcast on the Brink

Podcast on the Brink is back for a new episode with hosts Jerod Morris of The Assembly Call and Alex Bozich of Inside the Hall. The show is available weekly.

After a week hiatus, Morris and Bozich return to discuss Juwan Morgan's decision to return for his senior season and Wednesday's "On The Road" with the Hoosiers tour stop at Huber's Winery in Southern Indiana. Among the topics discussed:

· Thoughts on Juwan Morgan's decision to return to Bloomington
· Will Juwan be able to showcase the things he needs to work on from an NBA perspective next season?
· Next season's Big Ten top 25 list, will Indiana have two top five players?
· Archie's comments on Devonte Green, Zach McRoberts and De'Ron Davis at Huber's Winery
· The 2018-19 schedule
· What's the pecking order in the Big Ten next season?

Podcast on the Brink is back for a new episode with hosts Jerod Morris of The Assembly Call and Alex Bozich of Inside the Hall. The show is available weekly.

In this week’s show, Morris and Bozich open up the reader mailbag and answer your questions. Among the topics discussed:

· What we know about next season’s schedule
· The latest on Juwan Morgan and gut feelings on what he will do
· De’Ron Davis and his potential impact for next season
· The 2019 recruiting board and whether there are some four-star kids that could emerge
· Which recruits that fall under the “ones who got away” in recent seasons that could have helped the program in a major way
· Why the start of the Archie Miller era feels different than the last few coaching changes
· What surprised Alex and Jerod the most from the Angelo Pizzo interview
· Which guy will make the biggest jump and the freshman who could surprise next season

Podcast on the Brink is back for a new episode with hosts Jerod Morris of The Assembly Call and Alex Bozich of Inside the Hall. The show is available weekly.

In this week’s show, Morris and Bozich are joined by screenwriter and film producer Angelo Pizzo, who wrote and co-produced Hoosiers and Rudy. Pizzo grew up in Bloomington and is also an avid IU basketball fan.

Among the topics discussed:

· Angelo's earliest memories of IU basketball
· The idea behind of the character of Jimmy Chitwood in Hoosiers
· How Angelo got into film writing
· The scenes and moments in Hoosiers that really stick out to Angelo
· Is there anything he would change in the movie looking back on it?
· Thoughts on the 30-for-30 film, "Last Days of Knight" and Bob Knight
· Pizzo's thoughts on Archie Miller
· The future of the IU basketball program and why things feel different now
· What IU basketball story Angelo would turn into a movie if he had to choose

Podcast on the Brink is back for a new episode with hosts Jerod Morris of The Assembly Call and Alex Bozich of Inside the Hall. The show is available weekly.

In this week’s show, Morris and Bozich are joined by Rick Bozich of WDRB.com in Louisville to discuss Romeo Langford's commitment to Indiana.

Among the topics discussed:

· Rick's thoughts on yesterday's announcement
· Rick's takeaways from doing a story about Romeo recently where he stopped at several places around town to learn more about him
· How the Hoosiers were ultimately able to win this recruitment
· Expectations for Romeo and for IU next season
· Archie Miller's recruiting style and why it's resonating on the trail
· Why this decision meant so much to IU fans and the community
· The players Rick feels are important to IU next season beyond Romeo and Juwan Morgan

Podcast on the Brink is back for a new episode with hosts Jerod Morris of The Assembly Call and Alex Bozich of Inside the Hall. The show is available weekly.

In this week’s show, Morris and Bozich open up the reader mailbag and answer your questions. Among the topics discussed:

· What are the tea leaves saying about Romeo Langford?
· How would adding Langford change expectations and the ceiling for next season?
· What impact would Romeo Langford have beyond next season if he came to IU?
· Is there a chance another 2019 recruit could commit early?
· Which current players are the most likely to make a significant offseason jump?
· What should IU fans expect out of Clifton Moore?
· Updates on De’Ron Davis and his rehab progress
· How the recruiting style of Archie Miller differs from Tom Crean
· Thoughts on Clif Marshall and his role in the program
· The impact of IU’s locker room upgrade

Podcast on the Brink is back for a new episode with hosts Jerod Morris of The Assembly Call and Alex Bozich of Inside the Hall. The show is available weekly.

In this week’s show, Morris and Bozich are joined by Robert Abbott, the director of "The Last Days of Knight," ESPN's 30-for-30 film on former IU coach Bob Knight. Among the topics discussed:

Among the topics discussed:

· How the idea of "The Last Days of Knight" came to be
· Abbott's perspective on how he tackled this story from a journalism standpoint
· Why it took so long for Neil Reed to open up over the course of nine months
· The dichotomy that exists between the experiences different players had in their time at IU under Knight
· Whether Abbott assigns any blame to local media or fans for the mythologizing of Knight
· The origin of Knight's methods and how they came to be prior to his days at Indiana
· The most positive thing Abbott learned about Knight in his reporting
· Whether is it a contradiction by ESPN making this film after it employed Knight for so long as a broadcaster
· What would Neil Reed have thought of "The Last Days of Knight," in Robert's opinion

Podcast on the Brink is back for a new episode with hosts Jerod Morris of The Assembly Call and Alex Bozich of Inside the Hall. The show is available weekly.

On this week’s show, Morris is joined by Matt Dollinger of Sports Illustrated to discuss Indiana players in the NBA. Plenty of ground is covered, including:

· IU's improvement in recent years in producing NBA players
· Why Tom Crean was able to do a good job of getting guys to the NBA
· Player-by-player breakdowns of each Hoosier in the NBA
· The NBA future of Juwan Morgan

Podcast on the Brink is back for a new episode with hosts Jerod Morris of The Assembly Call and Alex Bozich of Inside the Hall. The show is available weekly.

On this week’s show, Morris and Bozich address several questions regarding class of 2018 five-star New Albany guard Romeo Langford. Among the topics discussed:

· When did people in New Albany begin talking about Romeo?
· Moments from Langford's high school career that stood out
· How will Langford's career be remembered by New Albany fans?
· Has Indiana already succeeded just by getting into Langford's final three schools?
· Would Indiana fans have an easier time if Langford picked Vanderbilt or Kansas? And why?
· Is Langford a one-and-done player?
· The most underrated parts of Romeo's game
· How adding Langford could change Indiana's outlook for next season

Podcast on the Brink is back for a new episode with hosts Jerod Morris of The Assembly Call and Alex Bozich of Inside the Hall. The show is available weekly.

On this week's show, Bozich is joined by Indiana senior guard Robert Johnson to discuss a variety of topics, including:

· Did Robert's time in Bloomington go as he expected?
· During the recruiting process, when did Robert know that IU was going to be his choice?
· How Robert and his teammates handled the Devin Davis accident and what Robert told Devin recently
· Indiana's Big Ten championship season and how the Hoosiers turned things around after a rough start
· What it was like playing with Thomas Bryant
· What allowed Juwan Morgan and OG Anunoby to make major strides during their freshman seasons
· The differences in game preparation under Archie Miller from the previous coaching staff
· Why Robert feels Archie Miller will bring Indiana back to winning consistently
· Where Robert feels he improved the most over the last four years
· Robert's thoughts on next season's team and who can make a major offseason jump

Podcast on the Brink is back for a new episode with hosts Jerod Morris of The Assembly Call and Alex Bozich of Inside the Hall. The show is available weekly.

In the first segment of this week’s show, Morris and Bozich recap the weekend that was in the NCAA tournament. In the second segment, Bozich is joined by Kyle Neddenriep of The Indianapolis Star to talk about the Seymour semi-state and also preview this weekend's state finals at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Among the topics discussed:

· Jerod and Alex recap the NCAA tournament's opening weekend and some of the key storylines
· Why the NCAA tournament is great from a viewer's perspective, but why it can also be cruel to participating teams
· The New Albany-Warren Central matchup and the atmosphere for that Class 4A semi-state showdown
· How the atmosphere in Seymour stacked up in terms of the games Kyle has covered during his time at the Star
· What makes Warren Central such a tough team to play against and how they turned the game against New Albany
· How fans should remember this New Albany team and Romeo Langford
· Kyle's key storylines for this weekend at Bankers Life Fieldhouse