November 2010 Archive

Guy-Marc Michel: What we know

  • Staff 11/30/2010 11:59 pm  
 

So Guy-Marc Michel is in fact ineligible, and will be for the entirety of his stay at Indiana University. Inside the Hall explains why, and delves into some background on the issue as well, with details from overseas.

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NCAA needs to get better at this, and fast

  • Zachary Osterman 11/30/2010 11:48 pm  
 

It really isn’t fair. These words aren’t meant to sound petulant. They aren’t meant to sound like whining. They might sound trite, but I can’t really help that. The definition of the word “trite,” according to Merriam Webster online, reads ...

Audio: Julie Cromer on Guy-Marc Michel ruling

  • Staff 11/30/2010 9:36 pm  
 

Julie Cromer, IU’s senior associate athletics director for compliance and administration, took questions from the media following the university’s announcement regarding Guy-Marc Michel earlier this evening. Listen to Cromer’s comments in the embedded media player below: [audio:cromer1130a.mp3]

The explanation behind Michel’s ineligibility ruling

  • Zachary Osterman 11/30/2010 8:55 pm  
 

OK, here is an attempt to further smooth out the questions surrounding the Guy-Marc Michel ruling, announced tonight. We’ll start with the timeline. Indiana first found out about Michel’s amateurism issues over the summer. Michel played for SLUC Nancy, a ...

NCAA rules Guy-Marc Michel ineligible

  • Ryan Corazza 11/30/2010 7:48 pm  
 

The details, per a release from IU Media Relations: The NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee has denied Indiana University’s appeal on behalf of Guy-Marc Michel. As a result, he is not eligible to participate on the men’s basketball team. ...

Video: Crean discusses Wednesday’s game at Boston College

  • Alex Bozich 11/30/2010 5:59 pm  
 

Before hitting the road for IU’s first road game of the season, Tom Crean met with the media on Tuesday afternoon to talk about the matchup against Boston College in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Watch and listen to what Crean ...

A deeper look at Indiana’s strong start

  • Ryan Corazza 11/30/2010 2:51 pm  
 

All stats below are from Ken Pomeroy, unless otherwise noted. Six games in November against lesser talent isn’t an ideal measuring stick for any college basketball team. Yet, there still exists enough encouraging signs that even when the Hoosiers play ...

Know Thy Opponent: Boston College Eagles

  • Alex Bozich 11/29/2010 11:24 pm  
 

After a 15-16 season, an eighth-place finish in the ACC and failure to reach the postseason in 2009-2010, Boston College parted ways with Al Skinner and hired Steve Donahue from Cornell. Donahue, who led the Big Red to the Sweet ...

Inside the Hall Twitter Mailbag: November 29

  • Staff 11/29/2010 8:49 am  
 

The Inside the Hall Twitter mailbag is a weekly collection of questions tweeted to us via our Twitter account, @insidethehall. Tweet us your questions each week and we’ll answer as many as we can. Now, onward … @zipsofakron writes: So ...

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Video: Hanner Perea’s ridiculous dunk

  • Alex Bozich 11/28/2010 10:41 pm  
 

And subsequent interview with Daniel Poneman of SWAGair: Those block were pretty nice, too, and Perea’s ability to elevate just looks effortless. Is it 2012 yet? (HT: Greg Rosenstein)

Notes from the much anticipated debut of Trey Lyles

  • Joe Eberhardt 11/28/2010 8:03 pm  
 

Joe Eberhardt is a high school sports blogger and regular contributor to Inside the Hall. You can follow him on twitter at @IndyHSHoops and read his blog, IndyHSHoops.com. In one of the more anticipated Indiana high school basketball debuts in ...

Zeller opens season with 30-point, 13-rebound effort

  • Alex Bozich 11/28/2010 9:06 am  
 

Throughout the season, Inside the Hall will keep you posted on how 2011 signees Austin Etherington and Cody Zeller, IU’s seven verbal commitments and other notable prospects being recruited by the Hoosiers, are performing at their respective schools. You can ...

Northwestern State postgame: Crean, players react

  • Alex Bozich 11/27/2010 9:08 am  
 

Listen to the comments of Indiana head coach Tom Crean following Indiana’s 100-66 win over Northwestern State in the embedded media player below: [audio:CreanNWST.mp3] And watch what Verdell Jones (24 points), Victor Oladipo (12 points) and Maurice Creek (14 points) ...

The Minute After: Northwestern State

  • Ryan Corazza 11/26/2010 10:30 pm  
 

Notes on a 100-66 win over Northwestern State: At first, Northwestern State’s pressure defense, strong rebounding and ability to match IU’s energy brought some worry. Would this be the the team’s first loss of 2010-11? But as we’ve seen a ...

Live Blog: Northwestern State at Indiana

  • Staff 11/26/2010 6:49 pm  
 

Indiana vs. Northwestern State

Scouting Report: 2013 commit Collin Hartman

  • Joe Eberhardt 11/25/2010 6:39 pm  
 

Joe Eberhardt is a high school sports blogger and regular contributor to Inside the Hall. You can follow him on twitter at @IndyHSHoops and read his blog, IndyHSHoops.com. Indianapolis Cathedral forward Collin Hartman joined classmate Devin Davis Jr. of Warren ...