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The first April evaluation period continued Saturday with IU coaches present again at events in Merrillville, Minneapolis and Las Vegas. Here’s a look at some of the highlights from day two of the April evaluation period: · 2013 Flint Beecher (MI) ...

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Friday marked the first opportunity of the spring for college coaches to watch AAU events and Indiana had a presence across the country with staff in Merrillville, Minneapolis and Las Vegas. Here’s a look at some of the highlights from ...

Tom Crean was a guest on the ESPNU signing day special earlier this evening and here’s a transcript of the three questions he answered for host Dari Nowkhah: On what the 2012 recruiting class says about Indiana basketball: “It says ...

Tom Crean sat virtually expressionless at the microphone, searching for words — any words — to describe what he had just seen on the Georgia Dome floor. “I’ve been thinking about that,” he said, glancing at the stat sheet in ...

Via IUAthletics on YouTube: Complete transcript after the jump.

Tom Crean and John Calipari have talked this week about how the first game between Indiana and Kentucky on Dec. 10 seems like it was a season ago. While the replay of Christian Watford’s game-winning shot still pops up on ...

Via IUAthletics on YouTube:

When adversity called, Watford answered

  • Justin Albers Mar 18, 2012 3
 

PORTLAND, Ore. — The game was over. The Hoosiers were done. Late in the first half, VCU’s defense was starting to wreak havoc. The Rams broke a 33-33 tie with nine straight points, including four straight on layups coming from ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Verdell Jones and his teammates made an observation from the bench when Will Sheehey corralled the ball on the left baseline with just under 14 seconds remaining. “We were just talking about it earlier. When he caught ...

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Video: Crean, IU players preview VCU

  • Staff Mar 17, 2012 3
 

Via IUAthletics on YouTube: Complete IU and VCU press conference transcripts after the jump.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Cody Zeller was asked on Wednesday if he was nervous to play in the NCAA Tournament for the first time. His reply? Excited to be here, but not nervous at all. Maybe it’s having two older brothers ...

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Crean: ‘It’s a big deal to have this day’

  • Justin Albers Mar 11, 2012 3
 

Verdell Jones had waited four years for this moment. As Indiana was about to be selected to its first NCAA tournament in the Tom Crean era, Jones was all smiles. The senior guard sat in the front row of chairs ...

HD Video: Tom Crean reacts to NCAA Tournament draw

  • Justin Albers Mar 11, 2012 3
 

Coach Tom Crean met with the media this evening to discuss Indiana’s draw in the NCAA Tournament — Thursday against No. 13 seed New Mexico State in Portland, Ore. — and more. Watch the video in the embedded media player below: ...

The facial expressions were long in the Indiana locker room following the Hoosiers’ 79-71 loss to Wisconsin in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Big Ten Tournament. IU expected to beat the Badgers for the first time since 2007 after winning ...

Coach Tom Crean, junior Christian Watford, junior Jordan Hulls and freshman Cody Zeller met with the media following the Hoosiers’ 79-71 loss to Wisconsin in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday afternoon. Watch the complete press conference ...