Christian Watford, Jordan Hulls and Matt Roth met with the media following Indiana’s 89-47 win against UMBC on Thursday evening at Assembly Hall. Watch and listen to the entire press conference in the embedded player below:
HD Video: Jones, Sheehey and Watford on Howard win
by Justin Albers in Video | December 19th, 2011
Christian Watford, Verdell Jones and Will Sheehey met with the media following Indiana’s 107-50 win against Howard on Monday evening at Assembly Hall. Watch and listen to the entire press conference in the embedded player below:
A night to remember in Assembly Hall
by Alex Bozich in Media | December 11th, 2011
Once the raucous crowd on the Assembly Hall court finally began to subside, Christian Watford made his way into media room — still in partial disbelief over what had transpired less than 45 minutes earlier.
“It’s indescribable. I don’t even really know what happened. I couldn’t really tell you,” said Watford, who knocked down the biggest shot of his career to lift the Hoosiers past No. 1 Kentucky, 73-72. “All I know is that I saw Verdell [Jones] driving and I just tried to loop behind him and he did a great job of finding me and I got a shot.”
A picture-perfect ending to a signature win for a program that has made little more than a national whimper the past three seasons. A win that should carry Indiana into the top 25 polls that will be released on Monday. A win that the NCAA Tournament selection committee will put an asterisk next to when March rolls around.
And a win that confirms what so many were cautious to say after eight games: Indiana is back.
But perhaps more important than all of those things, according to Tom Crean, this was a moment that everyone associated with the program could share together.
“This is one of the most shared moments that I’ve ever been a part of, maybe the most shared moment where you want to share it with everybody that’s been a part of this program long before we got here, the ones that have joined in, in the sense of becoming fans over a period of time,” Crean said. “This is the epitome of what Hoosier Nation is all about and the fans and everybody that supports this program from close and far, young and old, they deserve it because it’s one of those moments that everybody’s going to remember.”
Remember it they will.
Video: ESPN, Fischer calling Watford’s buzzer beater
We’ve had a couple of requests in the comments, so here’s a look at Christian Watford’s buzzer beater to beat No. 1 Kentucky from both the ESPN broadcast and also the IU Radio Network broadcast:
ESPN CALL
DON FISCHER CALL
HD Video: Hulls, Oladipo and Watford on Kentucky win
by Alex Bozich in Video | December 10th, 2011
Christian Watford, Jordan Hulls and Victor Oladipo met with the media following Indiana’s 73-72 win over No. 1 Kentucky. Watch and listen to their comments in high-definition video in the embedded player below:
Film Session: Watford’s final minutes
by Ryan Corazza in Film Session | December 2nd, 2011
Indiana rallied back from a seven-point deficit in the final eight minutes of Wednesday’s win over N.C. Sate.
Christian Watford played a large role for the Hoosier during that final stretch. There was a defensive lapse or two, and four of his seven points came at the line off of what some considered two questionable foul calls. (Mark Gottfried is one of these people.)
Still, the Alabama native rose to the occasion by hitting all four of those free throw attempts, and he also snagged four crucial defensive rebounds to keep a good offensive rebounding team in the Wolfpack at bay.
A look at one such rebound before we roll the tape on Watford’s highlights in winning time.
As C.J. Williams launches a three, Watford is out near the free-throw line and doesn’t have inside position on DeShawn Painter:
Watford approaches the basket and gets next to Painter:
Watford simply out jumps and out muscles Painter for the board:
