Ep 1323 - Grace Ybarra Joins CrimsonCast + IU Hoops Trip Split (UCLA Win, USC Loss) & IU Football Staff Moves (Sunseri Returns)

February 5
55 mins

Episode Description

Galen Clavio and Grace Ybarra open with a big CrimsonCast announcement — Grace is joining the show as a regular host — then dive into a two-sport update on Indiana basketball and Indiana football.

On the basketball side, they recap IU’s split in L.A.: why the UCLA double-overtime win looms even larger now, what went wrong in the USC loss, and how the Hoosiers’ late-game decision-making and three-point reliance shape the NCAA Tournament ceiling. They also look ahead to the Wisconsin home game and what Indiana needs to do to stay on the right side of the bracket conversation.

After the break, it’s football: Indiana absorbs its first meaningful offseason “losses” as coaches move on, then quickly answers with a familiar name — Tino Sunseri returns to the staff. Galen and Grace discuss why keeping the core intact (including OC Mike Shanahan and DC Bryant Haines) matters, what ESPN-style roster/portal evaluations get right (and wrong), and how Indiana’s talent evaluation under Curt Cignetti continues to challenge the sport’s assumptions. Finally: spring game timing and what could be a massive Little 500 week in Bloomington.

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