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IU’s second semester GPA: Not so hot

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Thanks to the Herald-Times for doing the grunt work on this: through an open records request it looks like we can now confirm IU’s atrocious academic standing in the second semester with a figure. That figure? A 2.13 GPA. Whoopsies!
Armon Bassett told the H-T players didn’t go to class for two weeks during the turmoil […]

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 […]

Indiana press release on dismissed players

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Here is a statement released a short time ago by IU Media Relations:
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - ­ Indiana Men’s Basketball Coach Tom Crean announced today that junior DeAndre Thomas has been dismissed from the program and will not have his scholarship renewed. In addition, sophomore Armon Bassett will not be reinstated for failing to comply […]

Report: Bassett, Ellis, Thomas and Holman gone

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Andy Katz over at the World Wide Leader is reporting the following this afternoon:
New Indiana coach Tom Crean will be down to three returning scholarship players and eight players in all for next season once the school officially announces the departures of four Hoosiers later Friday afternoon, a high-ranking Indiana source told ESPN.com.
Sophomore Armon Bassett […]

Armon Bassett speculation is just…speculation

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Despite what some of you read on various message boards across the Web this past weekend, the rumor that Armon Bassett is transferring to Cincinnati (or any other school) appears to be purely speculation. Anyone trying to pass off this information as fact at this point is just guessing. The possibility that he won’t be […]

Academic woes still creeping around

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Both Hoosier Nation and the USA Today threw down stories yesterday about IU’s academic woes. We all know the gist by now: first semester the basketball team rocked it out in the classroom — if you want to call a 2.89 cumulative GPA good, that is — but second semester was sort of brutal. Perhaps […]

Decision on dismissed players looms for Crean

Monday, April 7th, 2008

With the news on Sunday that both Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis have contacted Tom Crean to discuss reinstatement, the new Indiana coach is faced with a pivotal decision less than a week into his tenure.
From a basketball standpoint, allowing both Bassett and Ellis to return to the program is a no-brainer. The duo represents […]

On Dan Dakich and the dismissal at The Dagger

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Headline alliteration is my favorite kind.
Those of you interested, I wrote a quick post this morning discussing Dan Dakich’s huge huevos for dismissing Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis at the Dagger. Here’s a little taste:
The entire situation is incredibly weird: According to this report in the Indianapolis Star, the two players missed a meeting that […]

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