May 2014 Archive

Draft watch: Vonleh sets four workouts, stock on the rise?

  • Alex Bozich 05/30/2014 1:52 pm  
 

Less than a month remains until the 2014 NBA draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and Indiana’s Noah Vonleh continues to prepare to become the program’s third lottery pick in the last two years. In our latest edition of draft ...

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Glass: “We’re looking forward with great optimism”

  • Alex Bozich 05/29/2014 9:00 pm  
 

Indiana athletics director Fred Glass was on The Zone with Jason Anderson on Thursday afternoon on ESPN 680 in Louisville and discussed a variety of topics, including his outlook for next season, fan frustration, his thoughts on Tom Crean and much ...

Austin Conway likes consistency of IU’s approach

  • Alex Bozich 05/29/2014 10:07 am  
 

Class of 2015 Aurora (Colo.) point guard Austin Conway had a decision to make last month that may have been tougher than his college choice that looms over the next few months. A two-sport athlete at Overland High School, the 5-foot-10 ...

Indiana offers class of 2015 guard Kenny Williams

  • Alex Bozich 05/28/2014 4:53 pm  
 

After getting involved with his recruitment following the first Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) session last month in Sacramento, Indiana took the next step in its pursuit of class of 2015 guard Kenny Williams today. The Hoosiers offered a scholarship to ...

Five-star guard Tyus Battle says Hoosiers remain in touch

  • Alex Bozich 05/28/2014 10:58 am  
 

One of the top rising juniors in the country, Gill St. Bernard’s (N.J.) guard Tyus Battle, is getting his first taste of the highest level of Nike’s Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) circuit this spring and summer. Battle, a 6-foot-5 ...

Hoosiers remain strong with 2015 forward Alex Illikainen

  • Alex Bozich 05/28/2014 8:45 am  
 

After receiving a scholarship offer from Indiana last summer and then taking an unofficial visit to Bloomington in January, class of 2015 Grand Rapids (Minn.) forward Alex Illikainen remains in regular contact with the Hoosier staff. The 6-foot-9, 210 pound ...

Giddens staying patient, still focused on six

  • Alex Bozich 05/27/2014 10:17 am  
 

One of the nation’s top frontcourt players in the class of 2015, Marietta (Ga.) Wheeler center Daniel Giddens, trimmed his list of schools to six in February, but his recruitment has remained relatively quiet since then. The list of suitors ...

Indiana remains in the mix for Bryant Crawford

  • Alex Bozich 05/27/2014 9:16 am  
 

Indiana’s recruitment of class of 2015 Gonzaga Prep (D.C.) point guard Bryant Crawford began shortly after Kenny Johnson was hired in early May of 2012 and despite Johnson’s recent departure for Louisville, the Hoosiers remain in the picture for Crawford. At ...

Thon Maker’s guardian discusses possibility of move to 2015

  • Alex Bozich 05/23/2014 9:04 am  
 

Top prospects reclassifying in order to accelerate a path to the NBA has become more common in recent years. Just in the class of 2013 alone, both Andrew Wiggins (Kansas) and Noah Vonleh (Indiana) moved from the class of 2014, spent a ...

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Oladipo, Zeller earn NBA All-Rookie honors

  • Alex Bozich 05/22/2014 2:29 pm  
 

Former Indiana All-American and Orlando Magic guard Victor Oladipo was named to the 2013-2014 NBA All-Rookie first team, the league announced on Thursday afternoon. Oladipo, who finished as the runner-up to Philadelphia’s Michael Carter-Williams in Rookie of the Year voting, ...

Interest continues to grow in 2016 guard Kyle Guy

  • Alex Bozich 05/22/2014 9:27 am  
 

FISHERS, Ind. — Lawrence Central guard Kyle Guy is one of just two class of 2016 prospects on his Indiana Elite squad that is playing this spring and summer on the adidas Gauntlet circuit, a new grassroots league featuring some ...

Draft watch: Potential landing spots for Vonleh

  • Alex Bozich 05/21/2014 2:12 pm  
 

The lottery for the 2014 NBA draft took place on Tuesday night in New York and for the second straight year, the Cleveland Cavaliers landed in the top spot. The complete order for the lottery is as follows: 1. Cleveland ...

“Best basketball ahead” for 2017’s Matur Maker

  • Alex Bozich 05/21/2014 1:05 pm  
 

While his older brother, Thon, has already become a household name among those who follow college basketball recruiting, Matur Maker is proving that he’s more than capable of making a name for himself. Thon Maker has the attention of the nation’s ...

2016 forward Brachen Hazen enjoys first IU visit

  • Alex Bozich 05/21/2014 8:24 am  
 

Monday was a busy day for visitors on Indiana’s campus as the staff hosted three visitors who were in the state for the adidas Gauntlet in Fishers and a fourth visitor from just outside Fort Wayne who got his first ...

Five-star Blackwell staying patient, focusing on improvement

  • Alex Bozich 05/20/2014 1:10 pm  
 

FISHERS, Ind. — Class of 2016 Christ Presbyterian Academy (Tenn.) wing Braxton Blackwell has already amassed 15 scholarship offers, but his recruitment is less than a month from taking on a significant change. That’s because college coaches will be able ...

Video: Noah Vonleh meets the media at NBA draft combine

  • Alex Bozich 05/20/2014 11:56 am  
 

Indiana forward and Big Ten freshman of the year Noah Vonleh met with the media last week in Chicago at the NBA draft combine and discussed a variety of topics, including his thoughts on potentially landing with the Boston Celtics, ...