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Around the Hall: Offutt, Noreen, Crean on expansion, more

by in Media | April 30th, 2010

Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall crew. So go ahead, get your read on, kids.

+ Dustin Dopirak reports that Walter Offutt will attend IU if his financial aid package works. (The Hoosier Scoop)

+ Dopirak also reports that Kevin Noreen, a 6-10 forward from Minneapolis who originally signed with Boston College, will take an official visit to IU on May 7-8. (The Hoosier Scoop)

+ The NCAA has approved a 68-team NCAA Tournament beginning next season. (Associated Press)

+ Tom Crean and other coaches weigh-in on tournament expansion to Dana O’Neil. (ESPN.com)

+ Terry Hutchens writes that Guy Marc Michel, a 7-1 junior college center, will visit IU this weekend. (Indianapolis Star)

+ Kyle Neddenriep reports that Matt Carlino will not play for the Indiana Junior All-Stars. (Indianapolis Star)

+ Both Will Sheehey and Victor Oladipo fell slightly in the final Rivals 150 for 2010. (Rivalshoops.com)

+ IU Athletic Director Fred Glass will receive the Trevor R. Brown Award. (IUHoosiers.com)

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Q & A: Walter Offutt

by in Recruiting | April 28th, 2010

NCAA First Round: Siena Saints v Ohio State BuckeyesIndiana could get a major boost in the coming weeks as former Ohio State and Wright State guard Walter Offutt will choose between walking-on in Bloomington or playing for John Groce at Ohio University. Offutt was a four-star recruit in the 2008 class, but played in just 21 games as a freshman at Ohio State and in two games last fall as a sophomore before transferring to Wright State.

He averaged 17.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.1 steals as a junior at Warren Central before missing his senior season due to injury. Inside the Hall caught up with Offutt on Wednesday night for a Q & A:

On his decision to leave Wright State:

“One of the main reasons was (Brad) Brownell leaving to go to Clemson. Brownell was a good coach and I thought I could do really well under him. I really liked his system and wanted to do well under him. Obviously, he left and took on a bigger job at Clemson which is respectable. I’m not mad at him for that. I don’t know how it will be at Wright State. I don’t have the best relationship with Billy Donlon and the way he does things. I just don’t see myself playing with them, so I chose to leave.”

On how the interest in Indiana began:

“My former AAU team, Indiana Elite, the head of that team, Mark Adams and Mike Barnett, Kory Barnett’s Dad, they really like IU’s program and really looked after me during the recruiting process. Obviously I was recruited and went to Ohio State and committed there at an early age so I really didn’t have a chance to be recruited by many schools. They really had a good relationship with Coach Crean and I’ve been thinking about IU for a while. Even though I left the first time, I couldn’t go inter-conference, but now I have the opportunity to walk-on. I talked to Coach Crean already and actually, it’s kind of funny because he wanted to recruit me right after I committed to Ohio State when he was at Marquette. We kind talked about that and that’s how it all kind of started.”

On his interest in Ohio University:

“John Groce, he was the associate head coach at Ohio State and pretty much recruited me all throughout high school and I’ve got a very good relationship with him as well. So obviously, that’s why Ohio is in the mix. He’s showing some interest and has offered me a full ride, so that’s where it stands with that.”

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Matt Carlino to UCLA … in the 2010 class

by in Recruiting | April 27th, 2010

Multiple media outlets are reporting that Bloomington South guard Matt Carlino will graduate high school a year early and attend UCLA next fall as a member of the 2010 class.

Carlino, who originally committed to IU back in August of 2008 following an Elite Camp, re-opened the process on March 25. And now, Carlino will enroll as a Bruin next fall. Here’s what he told Dustin Dopirak of The Herald-Times about his decision:

“It has great tradition. It’s close to home and they’ve got a great coach in coach (Ben) Howland. There are great players coming in there and there currently. I just feel like it’s a great situation for me to come in and help out.”

The Carlino situation is an interesting one with many dynamics. First, he committed very early to Indiana, so it’s not surprising that he would end up changing his mind. It happens quite often.

But beyond that, Carlino and his father, Mark, moved from the Phoenix area to Bloomington last spring to get a closer look at the IU program. And now, he’ll leave Bloomington South, graduate high school a year early, move across the country again and re-classify to 2010. While it would be easy to question the decision making here, the better route is to wish Carlino the best and move along.

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Sterling Gibbs chooses Maryland

by in Recruiting | April 27th, 2010

We’re a little late to this, but Sterling Gibbs, who Alex interviewed last week, has decided to play for Gary Williams and the Maryland Terripans over “a slew of programs, including Florida, Wake Forest, Indiana, Rutgers, Seton Hall and Virginia,” according to Adam Zagoria.

Tom Crean and the coaching staff’s search for a dynamic point guard in the class of 2011 continues.

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Report: Juco forward Dwight McCombs to Central Florida

by in Recruiting | April 26th, 2010

Dwight McCombs, a 6-8, 240-pound forward from Morraine Valley Community College (IL), has given a verbal commitment to the University of Central Florida.

McCombs had Indiana among his final list of schools and was scheduled to visit Bloomington on Tuesday. But that visit is likely canceled as MidStateHoops.com is reporting that the Chicago native will attend Central Florida:

McCombs narrowed his school choices to Arizona State, Auburn, Indiana, and Middle Tennessee State a week ago, spurring offers from Arkansas, Minnesota, Missouri, NC State, and Penn State.  After a strong visit at ASU it was common thought that he’d verbally commit to the Sun Devils.

With one official visit left Dwight decided to set it for MTSU this past weekend.  However, a call from his good friend Marcus Jordan, also a former Whitney Young star that currently plays at UCF, convinced McCombs to take a quietly-kept unofficial visit to the Orlando campus.

With the late interest from IU and the Emmanuel Negedu chatter continuing to pick up steam, it’s not surprising that McCombs would chose another school. It is, however, a bit of a surprise that McCombs will attend Central Florida rather than Arizona State, who had long been considered the favorite to secure a commitment.

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Video: Steve McClain on decision to accept IU assistant job, work ethic

by in Video | April 25th, 2010

Indiana head coach Tom Crean announced the newest member of his coach staff, assistant coach Steve McClain, in a Friday press conference at Assembly Hall.

Watch and listen to what McClain had to say about his decision to accept the challenge of helping Crean rebuild the Indiana program and his work ethic in the embedded media players below:

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