January 2009 Archive

Roth’s shooting display not enough; Hoosiers drop 11th straight

  • Alex Bozich 01/31/2009 6:40 pm  
 

It was a record setting Saturday in Assembly Hall. Matt Roth tied a school record with nine 3-pointers made and Indiana tied a school record with their 11th consecutive loss, 93-81 to Ohio State. The Hoosiers (5-15, 0-8 Big Ten) ...

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Live blog: Ohio State @ Indiana

  • Alex Bozich 01/31/2009 3:31 pm  
 

Ohio State at Indiana

Donnie Hale drawing interest from Hoosiers

  • Alex Bozich 01/30/2009 6:00 am  
 

Arguably the best player in the 2010 class from Southern Indiana and a good bet for a double-double nearly every time out, New Albany’s Donnie Hale is on the radar for the IU coaching staff. The 6-8 Hale was one ...

Candy Stripes: Go fisch

  • Shane Johnson Studios 01/29/2009 1:45 pm  
 

Candy Stripes is an IU basketball comic by Shane Johnson Studios that appears bi-weekly on Inside the Hall. You can purchase prints or original artwork by contacting Shane at [email protected].

Good, Bad and Ugly: Northwestern

  • Ryan Corazza 01/28/2009 11:56 pm  
 

FINAL SCORE: Northwestern: 77 Indiana: 75 THE GOOD: For the first time in a long time — maybe all season? — the Hoosiers looked like they belonged. Despite the high number of turnovers, IU played so crisp and smooth at ...

We’ve tried everything, but Kelvin Sampson won’t go quietly

  • Alex Bozich 01/28/2009 11:45 pm  
 

I know you’re sick and tired of hearing about the lad pictured to the right, but the truth is, every time we think he’s out of our lives … BOOM … he reappears, much to our dismay. If Eamonn’s post ...

Live Blog: Indiana @ Northwestern

  • Alex Bozich 01/28/2009 7:34 pm  
 

IU at Northwesern

Reporting live from Tom Crean’s speech at Joe’s on Weed Street

  • Ryan Corazza 01/28/2009 11:05 am  
 

It’s 9:30 at night, around 45 minutes after he’s left the stage, and Tom Crean is drawing a basketball court on a napkin with a sharpie. A fan has just asked the first-year IU coach to teach him how to ...

DeAndre Jordan thinks Eric Gordon is an alien

  • Alex Bozich 01/27/2009 2:47 pm  
 

I was browsing the Interweb earlier this morning and came across this gem from Clippers rookie DeAndre Jordan on our boy EJ: “By the way, Eric got banned from the team half-court competition. I told you how after practice we ...

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Kelvin Sampson can’t leave well enough alone

  • Eamonn Brennan 01/27/2009 12:11 pm  
 

Who remembers Kelvin Sampson? I don’t! I went through a very serious psychological process, like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, to have all memories of this “Sampson” guy erased from my brain. Actually, if that were true, I wouldn’t ...

Q & A: Kyrie Irving

  • Alex Bozich 01/26/2009 9:17 pm  
 

Tom Crean, Roshown McLeod and several other coaches were on hand for St. Patrick’s junior guard Kyrie Irving’s debut last Thursday. After sitting out the first 10 games due to transfer rules, Irving scored 16 points in a 74-42 win. ...

IU: Way, way better at rebounding than you think

  • Eamonn Brennan 01/26/2009 2:56 pm  
 

In a season as desolate as this, you’re bound to have some sever statistical, and Saturday Basketball Prospectus’ John Gasaway gave us a doozie. Of course, you would think the stat would be a negative outlier — proof of the ...

The Morning After: Minnesota

  • Eamonn Brennan 01/26/2009 9:12 am  
 

All we are past the mopey part of the season now? I’ll admit, I’ve gone through some weird attitudinal shifts toward the 2008-09 Indiana Hoosiers — going from depression to blind faith to cheeriness and back again a couple of ...

Free throws doom Hoosiers in ninth straight loss

  • Alex Bozich 01/25/2009 2:50 pm  
 

In what has been a theme throughout this season of rebuilding, the inexperience of Tom Crean’s club shined through down the stretch as Indiana fell 67-63 to Minnesota at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers (5-13, 0-6 Big Ten) cut the Minnesota ...

Teague watches Hoosiers take on Gophers

  • Alex Bozich 01/25/2009 12:51 pm  
 

Teague in attendance for Sunday’s game Indianapolis Pike sophomore Marquis Teague was in Bloomington Sunday taking in the Indiana-Minnesota game. Teague is said to be leaning heavily towards attending Louisville and is expected to make a decision shortly after the ...

Live Blog: Minnesota @ Indiana

  • Alex Bozich 01/25/2009 11:37 am