Christian Watford (18 points, five rebounds and two assists), Cody Zeller (22 points, five rebounds) and Jordan Hulls (15 points, seven assists and four rebounds) met with the media following Indiana’s 84-71 win over Illinois at Assembly Hall on Thursday. Watch the press conference in high-definition quality video in the embedded media player below:
HD Video: McClain, Sheehey and Watford preview Michigan
Indiana assistant coach Steve McClain, sophomore Will Sheehey and junior Christian Watford met with the media on Tuesday to preview tomorrow’s game at Michigan. Watch the press conference in high-definition quality in the embedded media player below:
Watch Michigan coach John Beilein preview tomorrow’s game over at UMHoops.
Audio: Crean, IU players on loss at Ohio State
Coach Tom Crean and junior Christian Watford, freshman Cody Zeller and junior Jordan Hulls met with the media following IU’s 80-63 loss at Ohio State on Sunday afternoon. Listen to both press conferences in the embedded media players below:
Tom Crean
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Christian Watford, Cody Zeller, Jordan Hulls
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HD Video: Crean, Watford and Zeller preview Minnesota
by Justin Albers in Video | January 11th, 2012
Indiana coach Tom Crean, junior Christian Watford and freshman Cody Zeller met with the media on Wednesday afternoon to preview Thursday’s game with Minnesota at Assembly Hall. Watch both press conferences in the high-definition quality video in the embedded media players below:
Film Session: Attacking, exploiting Michigan’s D
by Ryan Corazza in Film Session | January 10th, 2012
In Indiana’s win against Michigan, Cody Zeller and Christian Watford combined for 43 of the team’s 73 points.
A look at four plays involving both players in the latest edition of Film Session:
NO. 1) WATFORD DRIVE AND DISH TO ZELLER:
Jordan Hulls brings the ball up the court and passes it to Watford on the left wing:
Hulls gets a bit of a body into Stu Douglass, which allows Watford some space to attack the paint:
Watford takes it into the lane:
Notebook: Watford, Zeller combine for big night
by Justin Albers in Media | January 6th, 2012
During Tom Crean’s first three years at Indiana, when certain players weren’t scoring, the Hoosiers had no chance to win.
Boy, how things have changed.
Jordan Hulls and Victor Oladipo combined to score 32 points in the Hoosiers’ upset of then-No. 2 Ohio State last Saturday. The two scored just eight combined points against No. 16 Michigan on Thursday night, making only 3-of-14 shots from the field.
But as Hulls and Oladipo struggled to find their offensive games, big men Christian Watford and Cody Zeller picked up the load and carried No. 12 Indiana to a 73-71 win.
Watford (25 points, seven rebounds) and Zeller (18 points, four rebounds) combined to score 43 points on 16-of-21 shooting. Whenever the Hoosiers needed a big basket, they went to one of them.
“It’s definitely important every game to get it inside, whether it’s to me or Christian,” Zeller said. “It opens so much up for the 3-point shooters and gets our offense flowing a little bit.”
Watford was on fire all night. He hit 3-of-4 from beyond the arc, he took Michigan’s bigs in the post, and he hit jump shots off the dribble. After a while, it became clear the Wolverines had no answer for him.
“Watford had a series of baskets right there that you can’t stop some of that stuff,” said Michigan coach John Beilein. “We put little guys on him, we put big guys on him. He shot right over Blake McLimans, who is a big, long dude. He just shot over him like it was Trey Burke guarding him.
“So he’s a really talented player. You can see that he’s really becoming a premier talent in this league.”
