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A new sense of direction for Indiana basketball

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

The last 48 hours have been nothing short of a whirlwind of emotions for fans of Indiana basketball.
Monday night, the feeling was that of doom and gloom as we learned interim head coach Dan Dakich had dismissed Jamarcus Ellis and Armon Bassett from the program and the coaching search appeared to be at a standstill.
Then […]

Rick Greenspan, you’re on the clock

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

As the “blue ribbon” search committee moves to get a coach in place before Saturday’s Final Four in San Antonio, IU fans are gathered at this very blog, other blogs, message boards and water coolers at work commenting about the direction of the program.
There are contrasting opinions on who the choice should be, but there […]

Positive positivity going into tonight

Friday, March 21st, 2008

I don’t think it takes any sort of expert in the field of season definition to tell us the overriding adjective to describe IU’s 2007-2008 season. If Big A were to put up a poll over on the right sidebar there, I have a feeling “disappointing” would win going away. This has been a disappointing […]

Keys to the game: Arkansas

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Strong out of the gate: In each of IU’s last three losses, they’ve trailed at halftime and in two of the games (Michigan State and Minnesota), they’ve trailed big early. Playing from behind is not advisable for anybody in the NCAA Tournament. And for a team that has struggled as badly of late as this […]

Breaking down the Charlotte Regional

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Tyler Hansbrough is one sexy beast. Reminder: Don’t forget to join the Inside the Hall NCAA Tournament Pick ‘Em Challenge by clicking here.
Marquee players: Tyler Hansbrough (UNC), Wayne Ellington (UNC), Ty Lawson (UNC), Eric Gordon (IU), D.J. White (IU), Luke Harangody (Notre Dame), Chris Lofton (Tennessee), Tyler Smith (Tennessee), Terrance Williams (Louisville), Blake Griffin […]

An eight seed? Are you serious?

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Tom O’Connor says “I’m the worst NCAA selection committee chairman of all-time.”
Over the course of this afternoon, I had discussions with PostmanE and PostmanR as well as a member of the mainstream media on the potential seeding for IU in the NCAA Tournament. The consensus seemed to be that the Hoosiers were going to be […]

Will Jamarcus Ellis return on Friday?

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Update: According to Terry Hutchens of The Indianapolis Star, Ellis will play on Friday.
That is the question heading into Friday’s Big Ten Tournament opener for the Hoosiers (which yours truly will be attending, by the way). Indiana interim coach Dan Dakich suspended Ellis for Sunday’s game at Penn State for what was described as […]

Going nowhere fast

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Now that I’ve had a couple of hours to digest the debacle earlier this afternoon at Penn State, I’ve collected my thoughts on the game, the direction of this team and the program.
E will weigh-in with more in The Morning After, but this was a game the Hoosiers needed for NCAA seeding purposes as well […]

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