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August 2007 Archive

I, for one, welcome our Big Ten overlords

  • Eamonn Brennan Aug 17, 2007 3
 
I, for one, welcome our Big Ten overlords

A helpful IU student passes along the Big Ten Network’s, and IU’s, latest attempts at pushing public opinion decidedly in their favor: On August 30, the Big Ten Network (BTN) will be launched nationwide.The BTN is a first-of-its-kind partnership between ...

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A first look: 2010 target Ray McCallum Jr.

I’ve gotten a few e-mails from readers asking for more information on Ray McCallum Jr., whom I’ve discussed quite a bit since the site launched. Since he’ll only be a sophomore this coming season at Bloomington North, it’s hard to ...

Updates on Ray McCallum Jr, Matt Roth and Dashan Harris

There’s been a lot of good Hoosier links around the Web the past few days. Here’s a brief look at them: – Matt Dollinger of the Indiana Daily Student has a great piece on Bloomington North sophomore-to-be Ray McCallum Jr. ...

A closer look at the 2007-2008 schedule

  • Eamonn Brennan Aug 15, 2007 3
 
A closer look at the 2007-2008 schedule

In examining the recently released IU hoops sked (click image to expand), a few words come to mind. Let’s take a look: Cupcakes: Yes, at first glance, the Big Ten schedule is pretty meaty in the middle of the year, ...

Zeller sets visits, Sampson quotes from the Wolf Challenge, Kyle Kuric talks IU interest

– Tyler Zeller has set the dates for his official visits this fall and IU will be the second school that the 6’11” five-star center from Washington has a look at. Here’s a look at the schedule, according to Justin ...

IU hoops schedule released!

  • Eamonn Brennan Aug 14, 2007 3
 
IU hoops schedule released!

Those of you clamoring for a schedule had your wishes granted this morning: the 2007-2008 schedule has officially been released. We’ll follow up with analysis later, but for now, take a look at the (probably poorly formatted) list as follows: ...

Armon Bassett looks to embrace leadership role

Armon Bassett showed early on last season that he was a force to be reckoned with as he marched into Cameron Indoor Stadium on November 28th and scored a then-career-high 16 points. He finished the season fourth on the Hoosiers ...

Sampson does work at Wolf Challenge

  • Ryan Corazza Aug 13, 2007 3
 
Sampson does work at Wolf Challenge

We’ve all been rather intrigued by Fuzzy Zoeller’s Wolf Challenge, namely because the group Kelvin Sampson was set to play with was um, rather eclectic. Well, the golf shindig went down today and Coach Sampson, despite a rough start, held ...

All-Big Ten preview: Geary Claxton

  • Alex Bozich Aug 13, 2007 3
 
All-Big Ten preview: Geary Claxton

It’s Monday and that means it’s time for another player to be revealed in our All-Big Ten preview for the upcoming season. Inside the Hall has already taken a look at Raymar Morgan of Michigan State and Jamar Butler of ...

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A first look: 2008 target Matt Roth

  • Alex Bozich Aug 12, 2007 3
 
A first look: 2008 target Matt Roth

I’ve talked quite a bit the past few weeks about 2008 target Matt Roth, but this is the first chance I’ve had to take in video of the Washington High (IL) sharpshooter. And since he was relatively unknown on the ...

Text messaging is dead; long live text messaging

In an issue that is near and dear to any Hoosier fan’s heart — considering it might be partially responsible for the arrival of IU’s best recruit in about 20 years — the NCAA has almost, almost, closed the door ...

Draft Express not impressed with Eric Gordon

Normally, I would have been all over this when it was first released, but with the recruit games and other things going on throughout the past week, it got pushed to the back burner. DraftExpress, not exactly the Marty Blake ...

Lewis Jackson heading to West Lafayette

One of IU’s targets in the 2008 class, 5’9″ point guard Lewis Jackson from Eisenhower High in Illinois has decided on a school and he’ll be heading to chief IU rival Purdue. Jackson announced the decision today on Rivals.com (subscription ...

Matt Roth has IU in his top three

  • Ryan Corazza Aug 9, 2007 3
 
Matt Roth has IU in his top three

A news station near Peoria, Il., HOI 19, is reporting that Illinois sharpshooter Matt Roth has narrowed his college choices down to three. IU made the cut. Washington High senior basketball star Matt Roth had what he described as a ...

Elston, Plumlee surface in Rivals Top 100 for 2009

Two Indiana kids with Indiana offers have made their first appearance in the latest Rivals.com 100 for the Class of 2009. Previously the Rivals network, which was recently acquired by Yahoo, had only ranked the Top 75 for 2009 and ...

Child knows best

  • Eamonn Brennan Aug 9, 2007 3
 
Child knows best

With all due respect to the many Michigan bloggers out here among us — is there a team in the country with a more prolific blogger base? — I have the exact same reaction every time I hear Hail To ...