[430] The NBA's Big Announcement, Another Coach K Rant, and a Silly Preseason Debate

Published: Oct. 19, 2018, 3:44 a.m.

b'On this week\\u2019s edition of Assembly Call Radio, we debate Ryan\\u2019s oft-uttered assertion that Indiana might actually be better next season than they will be this season. Plus, we discuss the NBA\\u2019s big announcement from Thursday and Coach K\\u2019s asinine comments regarding what we\\u2019re learning about how high-level college basketball recruiting really works.

On the mics this week: Jerod, Andy, and Ryan.

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This week\\u2019s rundown
In Segment One [2:20], Jerod discusses the importance of Romeo and Juwan both being listed among the top 50 players in the nation in CBS Sports\\u2019 Top 101 players in college basketball, Andy and Ryan provide their opening remarks, and then we discuss the NBA\\u2019s new initiative to offer elite high school seniors a path to professional basketball through the G-League.

In Segment Two [17:00], we take Coach K and Roy Williams to task for outright lying to college basketball fans everywhere in their comments this week about the FBI case. And yes, Ryan goes another Coach K rant.

In Segment Three [26:14], we use a listener email as a jumping off point for a new segment that Jerod and Andy are calling \\u201cRyan\\u2019s Being Stupid Again,\\u201d but that Ryan refuses to recognize. Regardless, the listener takes Ryan to task for his assertion that Indiana might actually be better next year than this year. Ryan makes some compelling arguments, but Jerod and Andy aren\\u2019t totally buying it, so they debate.

In Segment Four [41:14], we answer your questions \\u2014 and we roll through a lot of them.

\\u2022 What would surprise us most if does/doesn\\u2019t happen this season?
\\u2022 How many wins will it take to win the Big Ten this season?
\\u2022 How does this year\\u2019s team compare to the 2007-08 team when you start going player-by-player down the roster?
\\u2022 When will Trayce Jackson-Davis announce his decision?
\\u2022 What is something we are really looking forward to about the upcoming season that we haven\\u2019t talked about much yet this offseason?

All of that and more on this week\\u2019s edition of Assembly Call Radio.

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