October 2008 Archive

Q & A: L. Jon Wertheim

  • Alex Bozich 10/31/2008 6:30 am  
 

As Ryan wrote earlier this week, L. Jon Wertheim’s piece in Sports Illustrated detailing the challenge facing Tom Crean in Bloomington is a must read for any Hoosier fan. Inside the Hall caught up with Wertheim and asked him about ...

Inside the Hall Community screenshot

Elevate Your Conversation: Become an ITH Community Member

Learn More →

So, about that Dominic Cheek visit…

  • Alex Bozich 10/30/2008 8:29 pm  
 

Adam Zagoria of SportsNet New York, who seems to have connections with every big time recruit on the east coast, has yet another update on the recruitment of Dominic Cheek. And it’s not good for IU according to Cheek’s “handler”: ...

All-Big Ten Preview: Robbie Hummel

  • Eamonn Brennan 10/30/2008 2:11 pm  
 

The All-Big Ten preview is ITH’s look at our picks for the top players in the Big Ten this season. Today: Robbie Hummel of Purdue. In one year under Matt Painter at Purdue, Robbie Hummel has done everything one could ...

And finally, they’ve all surfaced, let’s move on

  • Alex Bozich 10/30/2008 1:49 pm  
 

Despite the fact that nearly everybody associated with the Indiana program is moving on to the future, we’ve still received a few requests for updates on the departed from last season. We’ve tracked Kelvin Sampson, Brandon McGee, Jordan Crawford, Eli ...

Must Read: L. Jon Wertheim’s SI piece on IU

  • Ryan Corazza 10/29/2008 11:01 pm  
 

Out of all the places I write on these here Internets, there is certainly no better place than ITH to recommend one of my favorite books, L. Jon Wertheim’s Transition Game: How Hoosiers Went Hip-Hop. It’s a great read on ...

Around the Hall: Fred Glass hired as AD

  • Alex Bozich 10/29/2008 8:08 am  
 

Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall crew. IU hires new athletic director, literally {The Dagger at Yahoo!} Matt Dollinger of the IDS sits down with Glass for a Q & A {Basketblog} IDS columnist Chris ...

Eric Gordon makes Bill Simmons weak in the knees

  • Alex Bozich 10/28/2008 8:20 pm  
 

Bill Simmons, the “Sports Guy” over at the World Wide Leader and Clippers season ticket holder, offered his prognostications for the NBA season in a column earlier today. And right there, smack dab in the middle of it, was some ...

Audio and Video of Fred Glass presser

  • Alex Bozich 10/28/2008 3:48 pm  
 

Those of you that missed the press conference today of Indiana’s announcement of Fred Glass as the new Athletic Director can check out audio and video from CBS Sports All-Access: Video of Fred Glass press conference Audio of Fred Glass ...

Fred Glass is your new AD, boys and girls

  • Alex Bozich 10/28/2008 10:43 am  
 

And IU issued the longest press release in history to prove it: Fred Glass Chosen to Head Department of Athletics BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today (Oct. 28) named Fred Glass, ’81, an Indianapolis attorney and ...

Inside The Hall Hat

Wear the Brand: Buy Merch at the Inside the Hall Shop

Shop Now →

Report: Fred Glass to be named Athletic Director

  • Alex Bozich 10/27/2008 9:24 pm  
 

Both Chris Korman of The Herald-Times and John Decker of Hoosier Nation are reporting that Fred Glass will be the successor to Rick Greenspan as the Athletic Director at IU. You can read up on Glass right here, but here ...

McRobbie to announce new AD at 10:15 am presser

  • Alex Bozich 10/27/2008 8:57 pm  
 

IU Media Relations just sent out the following release: IU President McRobbie will a make major announcement regarding the IU Department of Athletics Tuesday at 10:15 at the Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center at 1000 E. 17th St. No word ...

Is the AD search coming to an end?

  • Alex Bozich 10/27/2008 7:34 pm  
 

Depending on who you believe (coverage here, here and here), the replacement for lame duck Athletic Director Rick Greenspan could be announced as early as tomorrow. The three candidates: Oregon State’s Bob De Carolis, IU Associate AD Scott Dotson and ...

All-Big Ten preview: Marcus Landry

  • Ryan Corazza 10/27/2008 3:06 pm  
 

The All-Big Ten preview is ITH’s look at our picks for the top players in the Big Ten this season. Today: Marcus Landry of Wisconsin. Marcus Landry came of age last season. In his first full year as a starter, ...

Big Ten Network signs everyone’s favorite screamer

  • Eamonn Brennan 10/27/2008 2:48 pm  
 

Like Gus Johnson? Of course you do. Even at his most annoying, he’s impossible to dislike. The sort of enthusiasm he brings to even the most mundane of Sunday afternoon NFL games — third quarter drives full of screams and ...

Taber and Crean address the media in Chicago

  • Alex Bozich 10/26/2008 8:59 pm  
 

Big Ten media day took place in Chicago earlier today and you can hear comments from both courtesy of CBS Sports All-Access: Tom Crean Kyle Taber (part one) Kyle Taber (part two)  A couple of other items worth noting from ...

Recap of Dan Dakich on “The Front Row Ticket”

  • Alex Bozich 10/24/2008 3:19 pm  
 

Dan Dakich, who led the Hoosiers during one of the most chaotic stretches in school history last spring, sounded off this afternoon on the Louisville based radio show “The Front Row Ticket.” Here’s a transcript: On the title if he ...