June 2009 Archive

No shortage of IU targets in new Scout.com rankings

  • Alex Bozich 06/30/2009 6:09 pm  
 

With the summer evaluation period set to begin next week, Scout.com expanded their rankings for the 2011 class to include 75 prospects. And several players being pursued by Indiana made the list. Matt Carlino, the only player committed to Indiana ...

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Sampson’s appeal to NCAA: Denied

  • Ryan Corazza 06/30/2009 2:21 pm  
 

As you may recall, the NCAA levied a five-year show-cause order on Kelvin Sampson back in November, along with slapping IU with three years probation for “failure to monitor.”  Essentially, this means Sampson has little to no chance at being ...

Crean, Calipari discuss moving rivalry back to neutral site

  • Alex Bozich 06/29/2009 7:04 pm  
 

The annual Indiana-Kentucky game may be returning to its rightful location: a neutral site. According to comments made by UK coach John Calipari on Monday’s SEC teleconference, the UK coach and Tom Crean have discussed moving the rivalry game back ...

Inside the Hall turns two years young

  • Alex Bozich 06/25/2009 11:43 pm  
 

As you can see, Inside the Hall has received a face lift. Nothing against our old digs, but collectively, Eamonn, Ryan and I decided it was time for a fresh look. And here we are. For those of you who ...

Crean mum on status of Creek, Muniru

  • Alex Bozich 06/24/2009 6:59 pm  
 

One of the major storylines this summer besides recruiting is the eligibility status of incoming freshmen Maurice Creek and Bawa Muniru. Neither player reported to Bloomington for the second semester of summer school. Creek is believed to be waiting for ...

Tom Crean talks recruiting, kind of

  • Alex Bozich 06/24/2009 4:21 pm  
 

With the uncertainty of the scholarship situation going forward, it was only a matter of time until the questions started on the availability of grants for future recruiting classes. In Wednesday afternoon’s press conference, Tom Crean was asked about IU’s ...

Audio: Tom Crean press conference

  • Alex Bozich 06/24/2009 1:52 pm  
 

Indiana coach Tom Crean met the media earlier this afternoon at Assembly Hall. You can listen to the audio of the press conference here or in the embedded media player below. [audio:http://blogs.heraldtimesonline.com/iusp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ds_206772.mp3] We’ll have more reaction to Crean’s comments later ...

Darwin Davis headed to Xavier

  • Alex Bozich 06/23/2009 7:32 am  
 

Bloomington South guard Darwin Davis didn’t wait for the IU offer that may or may not have come. The 5-9 guard who helped lead the Panthers to a state championship and won the MVP award at Bob Gibbons’ Tournament of ...

Could Tom Crean be the man to ‘bring back Bobby’?

  • Alex Bozich 06/18/2009 10:25 am  
 

When the update came through via Twitter, the first thought that raced through the minds of Indiana fans was, ‘Is Coach Crean going to bring back Bobby?’ He did, after all, say he wanted to bring every former coach, player ...

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Bawa Muniru not reporting to Bloomington … yet

  • Alex Bozich 06/15/2009 10:06 pm  
 

At long last, an update on the most mysterious of Indiana’s six 2009 signees, Bawa Muniru. With four of his classmates already on campus, Muniru still has an obligation in the classroom and will report to Bloomington in July. Chris ...

Live Chat: Rick Bozich of the Louisville C-J

  • Staff 06/15/2009 1:22 pm  
 

We will gather with our friends from the Hoosier Scoop/H-T and the IDS for our bi-weekly Monday evening chat. This week, we’ll be joined by Louisville Courier-Journal columnist Rick Bozich. See you at 7:30 EST. Hoosier Scoop/Inside the Hall Live ...

Indiana completes weekend sweep of Kentucky

  • Alex Bozich 06/14/2009 9:30 pm  
 

After a 78-65 win Saturday evening in Conseco Fieldhouse, the Indiana All-Stars headed south to Louisville looking to complete a sweep of the Kentucky All-Stars at Knights Hall on the campus of Bellarmine University. And they did just that. Led ...

Reports: Maurice Creek waiting on test scores

  • Alex Bozich 06/12/2009 6:13 pm  
 

We’re a little late to the game on this, but both The Indiana Daily Student and The Hoosier Scoop are reporting that Maurice Creek will not report to Bloomington for the second session of summer school. At April’s Derby Festival ...

Seniors roll, but missing junior is all the buzz

  • Alex Bozich 06/11/2009 11:43 pm  
 

Fans of Indiana high school basketball came to New Albany on Thursday night planning to see the best from Indiana’s 2009 and 2010 classes face off. And if the results from Tuesday’s exhibition at Benton Central and Thursday’s showdown are ...

Around the Hall: Kyrie Irving, Noel Johnson and Ralph Willard

  • Alex Bozich 06/11/2009 9:43 am  
 

Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall crew. + St. Patrick’s guard and IU target Kyrie Irving talks about his recruitment and mentions his relationship with Tom Crean. {Northstar Basketball Blog} + Former Southern Cal recruit ...

Elston and Hulls on the Dan Dakich show

  • Alex Bozich 06/10/2009 4:14 pm  
 

Indiana all-stars and IU signees Jordan Hulls and Derek Elston appeared on the Dan Dakich show on 1070 The Fan Tuesday afternoon. You can listen to the audio at the links below: Derek Elston audio Jordan Hulls audio