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Video: Gary Harris dunk at Flyin’ to the Hoop

by in Video | January 18th, 2011

In yesterday’s weekly recruiting wrap, I posted a link to an image of 2012 Hamilton Southeastern guard taking flight at the 2011 Flyin’ to the Hoop event in Dayton. A couple of you had asked that we post video of the dunk if it surfaced, so here you go:

Harris was the topic of a little Twitter chatter amongst IU fans yesterday after Scout.com recruiting analyst Evan Daniels tweeted that he believed Michigan State and Louisville were the leaders for the five-star junior guard. Daniels later said that he was simply giving his opinion — but added that he didn’t believe the Hoosiers are in the “top group” for Harris.

I’m still hearing Indiana is near the top of the list for Harris and his recent visits to Bloomington seem to support that notion. Michigan State has long been viewed as the team to beat, but the already assembled recruiting haul for IU in 2012 is appealing for any recruit — including Harris.

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Tough injury for Hoosiers is tougher for Creek

by in Commentary | January 17th, 2011

(Photo credit: Jamie Owens)

Maurice Creek is injured again.

They are the words nobody remotely interested in Indiana basketball and its success wanted to hear ever, and certainly not this season.

Indeed, it was a moment of slight irony that this stress fracture, to Creek’s right patella (kneecap), came in close to the same way, in the same place, as they full fracture to his left patella last season, coming down awkwardly after a layup. And so, here we are again, circling around a major injury announcement involving a player that, as much as any, has become the face of Indiana.

It’s hard, unlike the last time, to feel like this development is even as bad for Indiana as it is for Creek.

Look, there’s the obvious argument that Creek wasn’t so pivotal a player this year as last, primarily because he’s not scoring so much as he was (which he’s not).

Creek is averaging 8.3 points per game — just one-tenth of a percentage point more than half of his scoring average through 12 games last season — on 38.9 percent shooting. In six more games this season to date, he’s attempted as many field goals (131) this year as he did over those 12 games last season. And he’s been in and out of the starting lineup recently.

In fairness to Creek, he still helps Indiana in ways others could not, particularly with ball handling, and Crean said the news of his injury was saddening, because the coach thought his sophomore shooting guard might soon turn a corner offensively.

“It just felt like it was really, really close to breaking for him,” Crean said at his radio show Monday night, according to Herald-Times beat writer Dustin Dopirak, who live-tweeted from the event.

But it’s hard to see how it hurts anyone more than it hurts Creek himself.

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Creek has stress facture, out indefinitely

by in Media | January 17th, 2011

Well, this isn’t going to read well.

According to our good friend Dustin Dopirak over at the Herald-Times, Tom Crean announced tonight on his radio show that Maurice Creek has a stress fracture in his right knee cap, and is out indefinitely. Just going to rip Dustin’s tweets on the subject from his feed :

Crean said there’s swelling in his knee. He’s got a stress fracture in his right patella, and he’s out indefinitely.

Crean: “It’s a situation where we’ve got to get a little more done to determine what’s going to be next.”

Crean notes that it’s his right knee, not the left knee, which is what was hurt last year.

So yea, not really the news you were looking for on a quiet Monday night. Dustin also mentioned that Crean was asked about Creek’s overall eligibility, and Crean was pretty clear he would not be eligible for another year.

IU also issued a release, which you can find after the jump …

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Big Ten power rankings: Week 4

by in Commentary | January 17th, 2011

And we’re back for another week, with another installment of Inside the Hall’s weekly Big Ten power rankings. It took us a full 21 days to reach our first notable milestone, but we have: For the first time, Alex, Ryan and Zach all turned in identical ballots.

Indiana is moving up, Michigan and Illinois each took a slide and Purdue reclaimed the No. 2 spot on the ballot by the skin of its teeth, after successive road losses. Perhaps most impressive is Penn State, which has beaten Michigan State and Illinois, and Saturday took Ohio State all the way to the brink at Value City Arena.

And away we go …

Inside the Hall Big Ten power rankings: Week 4

11. Iowa – NR; 7-10, 0-5; 33 total points

It’s getting bleaker by the moment in Iowa City, as more and more teams grab at least one nice Big Ten win, and supposed bottom feeders like Penn State leave Fran McCaffrey’s group behind. The Hawkeyes have a road date with Ohio State on Wednesday, but it’s Sunday they might be thinking about, when Indiana comes to Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Lose then, and it’s tough sledding if Iowa wants to win one in the Big Ten all year.

10. Michigan – NR; 11-7, 1-4; 30 total points

Ooof. It’s hard to pick out the worst thing about Michigan’s rather comprehensive loss to Indiana on Saturday, the elimination of Zach Novak from the offense, the porous defense or the notion that Darius Morris felt devoid of impact until late in the game. Michigan has some impressive losses this year — Kansas, Syracuse, Ohio State. Last Saturday was not one of them.

9. Indiana – NR; 10-8,  1-4; 27 total points

A 19-point win over Michigan isn’t the most earth-shattering result in the world — unless it’s an emphatic end to a dispiriting six-game losing streak. The win was Indiana’s first in conference this season, it was strong in nearly every facet and it was Tom Crean’s largest Big Ten win, in terms of point total, in his IU career. Play like that against any other Big Ten opponent, and the Hoosiers will almost certainly be, at very least, competitive.

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Photo Gallery: Michigan at Indiana

by in Media | January 17th, 2011

Thanks to Jamie Owens of J. Scott Photography/J. Scott Sports for these fantastic images of Indiana’s 80-61 win over Michigan on Saturday at Assembly Hall:

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Zeller, Washington win big against Jasper, Gibson So.

by in Recruiting | January 16th, 2011

Cody Zeller talks to the media after signing his National Letter of Intent with Indiana on November 11, 2010. Photo by Inside the Hall.

Throughout the season, Inside the Hall will keep you posted on how 2011 signees Austin Etherington and Cody Zeller, IU’s eight verbal commitments and other notable prospects with interest in the Hoosiers, are performing at their respective schools.

You can send us stats or results for this report at insidethehall@gmail.com. Here’s our latest update:

2011 SIGNEES

+ Austin Etherington (Hamilton Heights): Eleven points in a 72-64 win over Western Boone on Jan. 15. Twenty points and 11 rebounds in a 73-56 win at Lapel on Jan. 14.

+ Cody Zeller (Washington): Battled foul trouble, but still finished with 16 points in a 70-54 win over Jasper on Jan. 14. Twenty-two points in a 49-27 win at Gibson Southern on Jan. 15.

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