July 2009 Archive

Open Thread: Which incoming freshman will make the biggest impact?

  • Alex Bozich 07/28/2009 8:46 am  
 

If you haven’t noticed, it’s a slow news time around these parts. The summer AAU evaluation periods wraps up at the end of this week, football is about to start and the countdown to Hoosier Hysteria is about to begin. ...

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Around the Hall: Bloomington South, Irving and Vegas

  • Alex Bozich 07/26/2009 10:16 am  
 

Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall crew. + It’s been viva, Las Vegas for Bloomington South basketball team. {The Louisville Courier-Journal} + According to John Calipari’s Twitter page, Tom Crean’s son, Riley, has challenged Calipari’s ...

The Jordan Crawford/LeBron James video has leaked, and it’s disappointing

  • Ryan Corazza 07/22/2009 5:00 pm  
 

After Nike confiscated the two videographers’ tapes that were rolling during the Dunk Heard Round The World, there was a slim chance it was ever going to see the light of day. But thanks to a guy who filmed it ...

Highlights from Tom Crean’s appearance on The Drive

  • Alex Bozich 07/20/2009 9:14 pm  
 

This is a couple of days old, but Tom Crean was on The Drive on JMV late last week and talked about a variety of topics including recruiting and reality television. You can listen to the complete podcast here. Here’s ...

Jack Keefer sounds off on Dominique Ferguson

  • Alex Bozich 07/17/2009 7:53 am  
 

As reported on Wednesday, 2010 forward Dominique Ferguson is transferring to Hargrave Military Academy. This is not exactly surprising given the rumors about Ferguson leaving Lawrence North started circulating over a month ago. What is a bit surprising are the ...

Open Thread: Build your 2010 recruiting class

  • Alex Bozich 07/16/2009 11:30 am  
 

You are Tom Crean. (Not really, but for this exercise, you’ll be playing the part.) The first July evaluation period has come and gone. As of this writing, your lone commitment for the 2010 recruiting class is David Williams, a ...

Dominique Ferguson leaving Indianapolis for Hargrave

  • Alex Bozich 07/15/2009 1:33 pm  
 

2010 Indianapolis forward Dominique Ferguson won’t finish his high school career in the Hoosier state. According to a report by Kyle Neddenriep of the Indianapolis Star, the 6-9 Ferguson will finish his high school career at Hargrave Military Academy. Hargrave, ...

Moses Morgan on IU: ‘I have a very high interest in them’

  • Alex Bozich 07/15/2009 7:00 am  
 

The last time we caught up with Moses Morgan in early May, there was one school at the top of his list: Indiana. And the 2010 wing and son of former IU player Winston Morgan is still high on the ...

Stacey Poole talks Indiana, ascent in rankings

  • Alex Bozich 07/14/2009 7:15 am  
 

After his performance at the NBA Top 100 Camp in Charlottesville, VA, last month, Jacksonville’s Stacey Poole found himself with an extra star beside his name on the Rivals.com top 150 for 2010. A fifth-star, to be exact. For Poole, ...

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SI’s Seth Davis on Irving, Teague and Stacey Poole

  • Alex Bozich 07/13/2009 7:05 pm  
 

For my money, Sports Illustrated’s Seth Davis is one of the better college basketball journalists in all of the land. Most of you probably know him best from his work in the studio alongside Greg Gumbel on CBS, but Davis ...

ITH Video: Matt Carlino at the Kentucky Hoopfest

  • Alex Bozich 07/11/2009 2:49 pm  
 

Inside the Hall captured thirteen clips of the first member of Indiana’s 2011 recruiting class, Matt Carlino, at the Kentucky Hoopfest at Hoops on Saturday. Carlino scored 16 points in Indiana Elite One Orange’s 77-54 win over Indiana Select. Carlino ...

Carlino talks Indiana Elite chemistry, Bloomington

  • Alex Bozich 07/11/2009 2:04 pm  
 

Indiana Elite One Orange is on a roll at the Kentucky Hoopfest. After going 3-0 in pool play, the Elite team featuring Matt Carlino, Marshall Plumlee, Cody Zeller and Spencer Turner rolled into Sunday’s quarterfinals with a 77-54 win over ...

Zeller keeping his focus on the court, not in stands

  • Alex Bozich 07/11/2009 10:11 am  
 

During the first week of the July evaluation period, it’s easy for any 16-year old to get caught up by the faces in the crowd. For Washington (IN) big man Cody Zeller, worrying about who is watching does nothing to ...

Youngest Plumlee continues to grow game, interest

  • Alex Bozich 07/10/2009 4:06 pm  
 

After watching his two older brothers, Miles and Mason, go through the recruiting process, Marshall Plumlee has a pretty good idea of what to expect. The youngest Plumlee, a 2011 center who attends the Arden Christ School in North Carolina, ...

Kentucky Hoopfest: Day One

  • Alex Bozich 07/09/2009 10:55 pm  
 

The Kentucky Hoopfest kicked off Thursday in Louisville and Inside the Hall attended the evening session at Hoops and Basketball Academy. + Among the coaches in attendance: Tom Crean and Tim Buckley; Michigan State’s Tom Izzo; Butler’s Brad Stevens; Xavier’s ...

Crawford dunk is the talk of the Interwebs

  • Alex Bozich 07/08/2009 2:09 pm  
 

(You can listen to Crawford talk about the dunk here.) The last time most Indiana University fans thought about Jordan Crawford was probably June 11, 2008. That was the day when Crawford announced he would not return to Bloomington for ...