Yogi Ferrell makes the call for Indiana
by Alex Bozich in Recruiting | November 24th, 2010
Indiana’s unprecedented recruiting run continued Wednesday night when 2012 Park Tudor point guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell became the ninth Hoosier commitment since August 9.
Ferrell, the No. 17 player in the 2012 class according to Rivals.com, announced his decision to attend Indiana over Butler, Florida, Virginia and Wake Forest prior to Park Tudor’s season-opener against University.
“Right now in front of my family the Park Tudor family who have all been my biggest supporters, I want to verbally commit to play my college basketball for coach Tom Crean at Indiana,” Ferrell said to a capacity crowd.
The 5-10 point guard becomes the fourth recruit in IU’s 2012 class that also includes Broad Ripple’s Ron Patterson, United Faith Christian Academy’s Peter Jurkin and La Porte La Lumiere’s Hanner Perea.
He’s the third five-star recruit to commit to Crean since October 31, joining the aforementioned Perea and 2011 Washington big man Cody Zeller, who committed and signed a Letter of Intent on November 11.
Inside the Hall will have more coverage of this developing story in the coming hours.
Related:
+ Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell down to five schools
+ Ferrell Sr: “I’m thinking maybe IU”
+ A quick update on Yogi Ferrell
+ Interview: Cody Zeller, Yogi Ferrell at adidas Nations
+ adidas Invitational Video: Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell
(Photo credit: Jack Arent/adidas)
Live Ticker and Open Thread: Yogi Ferrell announcement
by Staff in Recruiting | November 24th, 2010
We won’t be chatting live during tonight’s announcement, but we have set up the live ticker below in which you’ll be able to follow our tweets from Park Tudor. For discussion purposes, this thread will be open, as well:
Oladipo from halfcourt plus Gus Johnson equals magic
by Alex Bozich in Video | November 24th, 2010
In case you didn’t see the game, here’s Sportscenter’s No. 1 on the top ten plays from last night:
It was only fitting that Gus got to call that one, right?
The Minute After: North Carolina Central
by Ryan Corazza in The Minute After | November 23rd, 2010
Notes on a 72-56 win over North Carolina Central:
The Hoosiers came into tonight’s matchup against North Carolina Central sporting an effective field-goal percentage of 56.7 percent — good for 31st in the country. (How bout that, eh?)
But in the first half, IU came out cold. It only hit 36.4 percent from the field (12-of-33) and 25 percent of its 3-pointers (3-12) for an eFG of 40.9 percent.
The Hoosiers came into tonight’s matchup against North Carolina Central sporting a defensive effective field-goal percentage of 39.8 percent — good for 19th in the country. (How bout that, eh?)
But NCC was able to rip off marks of 41.7 percent from the field and 42.9 percent from three, good for an eFG of 47.9 percent.
Yet, the Hoosiers entered the locker room with a 10-point lead (34-24).
So how was it done?
Offensive rebounding, free-throw rate, forcing turnovers/defense and taking care of the basketball. The Hoosiers missed a ton of bunnies around the rim, but their efforts on the glass and only five turnovers in the first half gave them the opportunity to hoist up a total of 45 shot attempts to NCC’s 31. They shot 11 free throws (making seven of them) to only two for NCC.
And the Eagles also coughed up the ball 10 times.
Postgame Audio: Tom Crean and Derek Elston
by Zachary Osterman in Media | November 23rd, 2010
Listen to Indiana head coach Tom Crean and Derek Elston address the media following IU’s 72-56 win over North Carolina Central in the embedded media players below:
Crean
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Elston
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