Inside the Hall got a look at Bloomington South senior and IU signee Jordan Hulls last Friday at Edgewood. Here is the 6-0 point guard in an exclusive video shot by and produced for Inside the Hall. Hulls is wearing No. 10. Enjoy.
Jordan Hulls from Inside The Hall on Vimeo.
IU fans in the Chicagoland area will have a unique opportunity next Tuesday at Joe’s Bar on Weed Street. In an event sponsored by the IU Varsity Club, both Tom Crean and Fred Glass will address Hoosier fans at Joe’s, a popular spot for Indiana fans in Chicago and a sponsor of Inside the Hall.
The event runs from 7pm to 9pm with Crean and Glass scheduled to speak at 8pm. Appetizers will be provided.
Click here for more details or visit Joe’s on Weed Street.
Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall crew.
+ The World Wide Leader has launched a debate on which state reigns supreme in boys’ basketball and the Hoosier state is not among the top six seeds as the competition kicks off. {ESPN}
+ The News and Tribune sits down with Tom Crean for five questions after his appearance on Tuesday night in Southern Indiana. {The News and Tribune}
+ Lawrence North junior Justin Martin tells Kyle Neddenriep that the Wildcats have a new nickname – “Louisville North.” {Indianapolis Star}
Quotable:
“We’ve been showing signs and playing well in stretches — we just don’t have that belief yet. We try to stress that we just need to get one step closer every day. We know there is a long way to go, but it’s not like it’s light years away.” – Crean on how he remains optimistic during the rebuilding process.
Indiana assistant coach Tim Buckley filled in for Tom Crean on this week’s Big Ten teleconference. Here is the audio, courtesy of the Big Ten Network:
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In an effort to boost sagging attendance, Indiana Athletic Director Fred Glass announced that balcony seats will be just $5 for the remainder of the home schedule:
Indiana University Vice President and Director of Athletics Fred Glass is hoping to attract more fans to come to Assembly Hall for the remainder of the 2009 men’s basketball season. Effective immediately, balcony tickets (subject to availability) will be on sale for the remainder of the season for $5 per game.
“Attendance at Assembly Hall, as it has been around the conference is a little down,” said Glass. “Because some of this is likely attributable to the challenging national economic situation, we want to make the games more affordable and otherwise more family friendly.”
“I love how hard our team plays and how hard Coach Crean coaches,” added Glass. “They never quit and I want to encourage Hoosier Nation not to quit on them. Fan support in Assembly Hall has been tremendous. We just want to encourage more people to be there.”
Among ideas that Glass hopes will catch on with the Hoosier faithful is an honorary game captain; allowing youngsters to shoot layups on Assembly hall’s hallowed hardwood following weekend home games; encouraging the crowd to be more engaged in and around the game; and resurrecting spirit signs for dorms, greek houses, and local businesses to hang up prior to home games.
While I admire Glass’s attempt to place warm bodies inside the droves of empty seats at Assembly Hall, I must whole heartedly disagree with his comment about the economy. Over the weekend, I attended the Louisville-Pittsburgh game and there was not an empty seat to be found and the concession lines were longer than ever. The same can be said at nearly ever other big-time program across the country. The fact is that the casual fan is not coming to IU games this season because the product is not what they have grown to expect.
A sad bit of news that was disclosed this past weekend: Former Indiana President and current NCAA President Myles Brand is being treated for pancreatic cancer. Brand released a statement on the last day of the NCAA convention, an event he was unable to attend due to chemotherapy.
Myles Brand, the president of the NCAA., said Saturday that he had pancreatic cancer and that his long-term prognosis was “not good.”
Brand, 66, has led the NCAA, the governing body of college sports, since 2003. He disclosed his condition in a written statement to colleagues on the final day of the NCAA convention in Oxon Hill, Md., which he was unable to attend. He said he learned of the diagnosis “very recently.”
“I am currently undergoing chemotherapy, and I am receiving excellent care” Brand said in the statement. “I will know in the next several months the success of this treatment.”
On behalf of the ITH team, I’d like to send our thoughts and prayers to Mr. Brand.
