Zach Osterman

YouTube video by IndyStarTV: Hoosiers Mind Your Banners: IU basketball and the bye week

Come one, come all. Mind Your Banners Live lunchtime broadcast! Bye week and basketball, with @michaelniziolek.bsky.social. Link here. See you in a few: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WwM... #iubb #iufb

Darian DeVries bought Upstairs a beer, and Trent Sisley hit a trick shot from a second-floor balcony.

The first-ever Hoosier Hoops on Kirkwood landed Thursday night: www.indystar.com/story/sports... #iubb

Darian DeVries buys Upstairs a round to cap off the first-ever Hoosier Hoops on Kirkwood. Notes and thoughts with @michaelniziolek.bsky.social:

www.indystar.com/story/sports... #iubb #iuwbb

Darian DeVries needs to rebuild trust with a fanbase weary and skeptical -- understandably -- after years of unimpressive results. That's why he's taking his team to that base all month long. Insider: www.indystar.com/story/sports... #iubb

Programming note: Mind Your Banners Live will air tomorrow afternoon. Bye week caused some shuffling. #iufb #iubb

Tonight's event on Kirkwood marks the start of a busy, fan-facing October for IU basketball.

It is a month with a purpose: Indiana needs to win fans' trust back. That starts tonight, with students. Insider:
www.indystar.com/story/sports... #iubb

Nick Dorn's strength and athleticism have teammates raving, and his coach joking Curt Cignetti might poach the 6-7 wing. As Dorn finally approaches full health, the Hoosiers are getting a fuller idea of what he can bring: www.indystar.com/story/sports... #iubb

Nick Dorn spent the summer relegated to practice watching and film study, and learning to jet ski in Puerto Rico. But he's building up to full strength now, and he's eager to add to Indiana's impressive wing depth.

"He's ready to get back." www.indystar.com/story/sports... #iubb

DeVries on Trent Sisley: "From the first week in June until now, he's continued to get better." #iubb

One of the talking points today has been Josh Harris' physical strength and presence. He's one of those players banged up right now but DeVries parroting multiple teammates bringing up Harris' physicality. #iubb

DeVries on remade preseason fan-facing calendar: "We want to make sure we're a big part of the community, a big part of the campus." #iubb

DeVries on Nick Dorn: "What stands out most is just shooting. ... He's not bashful. I love that about him. He's very confident as a shooter." #iubb

DeVries on current injury situations: "It looks like we're investors in (walking) boots right now."

Says some injuries are short term, some are longer term. Isn't specifying diagnoses, other than Jasai Miles having a minor illness. #iubb

Darian DeVries on his team: "From the first week in June until now, they've just wanted to continue to learn, continue to get better." #iufb

Makai Jackson is no longer on roster for IU. Jackson has a redshirt year, only caught passes in one game this year. Tis the season: www.indystar.com/story/sports... #iufb

“We’ve got a lot of new guys. We've got a lot of good guys. A lot of the right stuff on this team."

IU's first five games felt like a season unto themselves. The Hoosiers emerged from that start a Playoff contender once again. It's Monday Morning:
www.indystar.com/story/sports... #iufb

Indiana needed to win a game like this. It probably needed to win it the way it won it. Now, we know Indiana is ready for what comes next. Insider from Iowa City: www.indystar.com/story/sports... #iufb

Everything from here is earned or lost. Now, we know Indiana is ready for that.

"Shit. Never daunted."

Insider: www.indystar.com/story/sports... #iufb

Elijah Sarratt on the winner: "He (Mendoza) stood in there, got hit and made a perfect throw." #iufb

Mendoza on the hit at the end of the third quarter: "I'm always going to take that shot." #iufb

Fernando Mendoza: "I know I shouldn't be saying this, but I probably cooked people's spreads, and I apologize for that, but my job is to win the game." #iufb

Coogan on Mendoza: "He's a tough SOB. The kid just shows up. ... He's someone that like, as an offensive lineman, you're like, that's my guy, because he'll do whatever it takes to win." #iufb

More from Coogan: "This won't be the peak of our season. 100 percent it won't be." #iufb

What does a game like this show college football about IU's culture?

Pat Coogan: "It shows ... shit, never daunted." #iufb

YouTube video by IndyStarTV: Hoosiers Mind Your Banners Postgame: No. 12 Indiana 20, Iowa 15

Mind Your Banners Postgame link for your bookmarking pleasure. We're on after postgame is done: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0yc... #iufb

Cignetti: "Lemme tell ya, we left a lot of plays out there in the pass game. There's some bad stuff on that tape." #iufb

Cignetti says the non-roughing call on the Mendoza scramble "really kinda pulled our guys together right there." #iufb

Likes, dislikes from Indiana football's late win at Iowa: Undefeated after avoiding upset scare www.indystar.com/story/sports... #iufb

Cignetti talking about last sequence. Says he needs a clarification from the Big Ten, as officials kept blowing the play dead. Two different members of the crew gave Cignetti two different interpretations of why they kept blowing it dead despite Mendoza never going down. #iufb

Cignetti: "When we needed the play to be made, Fernando made the throw, and Sarratt made the catch." #iufb