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Eric Gordon sprains ankle in camp

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Bad news for our boy Eric Gordon out in LA: he sprained his ankle while in camp with the Clippers. An injury at IU, an injury in summer league and now another one? Not good. But fear not, he should be right as rain in five to ten days:
“The good news is it’s still really […]

Best Bob Knight quote ever

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

I’m not exaggerating:
The closest we got to juicy was when Maurer asked a general question — not a Sampson-related question — about cheating in recruiting. “If you get caught cheating, they should shoot you,” Knight said. “Because you’re too dumb to be alive.”
RMK, for the win.

Earl Calloway signs with Cibona Zagreb

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Despite being named the team MVP of the Ft. Wayne Mad Ants and getting rave reviews in the NBA Summer League, former Indiana University point guard Earl Calloway is headed to Croatia.
Cibona Zagreb announced the signing of Calloway on Saturday, according to Euroleague.net:
Cibona Zagreb signed point guard Earl Calloway to a two-year contract, the team […]

Thomas and McGee reportedly find new homes

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

In case you were wondering, although most of you could probably don’t care anymore, two more former Hoosiers have picked a new home.
DeAndre Thomas is headed to Robert Morris and will be eligible immediately because its a NAIA school. Al Bruehl, the coach at Robert Morris, told Rivals.com that Thomas is already down to 285 […]

Jordan Crawford to Xavier

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

We had an inkling of this early on with his admiration for Sean Miller and now it’s official: Jordan Crawford, the last hope for talent retention on the Hoosiers before he decided to head elsewhere, has landed at Xavier according to Mike Decourcy at the Sporting News.
Nothing much more to report here other than this:
Jordan […]

Earl Calloway making a name in summer league

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

The NBA’s summer league is what it is — a bunch of first-and-second-year players desperately clawing for the last few spots on their team. Often, the effort is fruitless, and those players are sent back to the NBDL or to Europe to make that strong Euro currency. The dollar’s weak anyway. Who needs it?
So it […]

Together at last: Armon Bassett and Mike Davis

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Armon Bassett will finally suit up for the coach responsible for bringing him to Bloomington - Mike Davis - as the former IU guard announced his intentions to transfer to UAB in today’s Birmingham News.
“I’m good friends with Robert (Vaden). Coach Davis put Robert in a good situation and he’ll probably be a top […]

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