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December 2007 Archive

Bud Mackey enrolls at Atlanta high school

We haven’t talked about Bud Mackey in quite a while and for good reason: He was found at school with crack-cocaine in his shoe. The former Scott County (KY) star who was the MVP of the 2007 Kentucky state tournament ...

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No Gordon, No Bassett, No problem for IU

No Eric Gordon. No Armon Bassett. No problem for No. 15 Indiana. Jordan Crawford returned from a three-game suspension to score 20 points and D.J. White added 16 points and 13 rebounds as the Hoosiers crushed Kentucky, 70-51. Gordon missed ...

Game Thread: Kentucky @ Indiana

  • Alex Bozich Dec 8, 2007 3
 
Game Thread: Kentucky @ Indiana

Opponent: Kentucky Date: Saturday, December 8, 2007 | 4:05 EST Arena: Assembly Hall (17,357) – Bloomington, Indiana Line: Indiana by 8 All-time series: Kentucky leads 28-22 TV: CBS (Verne Lundquist and Billy Packer) Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Todd ...

IU-UK: Keys to the game and fearless predictions

Our Hoosiers host everyone’s favorite team, the Kentucky Wildcats, tomorrow afternoon in Assembly Hall. It’ll be the first appearance for Big Blue in Assembly Hall in 17 years. That meeting saw a No. 7 Hoosier team hold off the pesky ...

Tune the dial (or stream) to PostmanE

Fresh off his debut with PostmanR on the Inside the Hall podcast, PostmanE will join the Zonebusters on 1570 The Zone this afternoon to talk IU/UK. Those of you in the Southern Indiana/Louisville area, you can hear E at 1:20 ...

Sampson, Crawford and White address media

Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson, freshman guard Jordan Crawford and senior forward D.J. White addressed the media today and here are some highlights from the press conference, courtesy of IU Media Relations. A full transcript is available here. Jordan Crawford On ...

Inaugural Inside the Hall Podcast: You know, you know, you know

OK, so, hang with us here. Me and E hastily threw together a podcast last night, and well, there’s more than a few glitches. My mic messes up a few times (especially during the stripe out part), the editing is ...

Know Thy Opponent: Kentucky Wildcats

  • Alex Bozich Dec 6, 2007 3
 
Know Thy Opponent: Kentucky Wildcats

John Clay is a columnist for the Lexington Herald Leader. He covered Kentucky football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. We recently caught up with him for a special Q & A edition of Know Thy ...

The latest on EJ’s injured backside

There were a few updates this morning concerning Eric Gordon’s status, the most notable of which is linked at the bottom of this post. The latest, however, is from IDS basketball beat reporter Michael Sanserino. Sanserino ran into one Eric ...

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Jordan Crawford versus Joe Crawford: Who ya got?

One of the intriguing storylines heading into Saturday’s game with Kentucky is the match-up between Indiana guard Jordan Crawford and his brother Joe. Both will certainly be asked about squaring off in the days leading up to the game and ...

Update on Eric Gordon from Coach Sampson

Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson was on the Zonebusters with Rick Bozich and Jody Demling moments ago and had the following to say about Eric Gordon’s injury status: He’s doing a lot better today. That was a nasty fall. I didn’t ...

The Morning After: Tennessee State

  • Eamonn Brennan Dec 4, 2007 3
 
The Morning After: Tennessee State

There’s not a whole lot to say about this one. Tennesssee State, not unlike Chicago State last year, comprised a bunch of skittish guards and guys who put the small in small forward. (Zing!) Undersized and underskilled, they were never ...

D.J. White sets career high in IU’s 84-72 win against Tennessee State, Gordon hurt

D.J. White came out with the hot hand Monday night in Bloomington, hitting the first eight shots he took on the evening — most on dunks and his patended turn-around baby jumper en route to IU’s 84-72 win inside Assembly ...

Game Thread: Tennessee State

  • Alex Bozich Dec 3, 2007 3
 
Game Thread: Tennessee State

Opponent: Tennessee State Date: Monday, December 3, 2007 | 7:06 EST Arena: Assembly Hall (17,357) – Bloomington, Indiana Line: Indiana by 25 Common Opponent: Georgia Tech (Tenn. St. lost 99-85; Indiana won 83-79) TV: Big Ten Network (Matt Devlin and ...

The Morning After: Southern Illinois

  • Eamonn Brennan Dec 3, 2007 3
 
The Morning After: Southern Illinois

First, apologies for the day-lateness. Thanks to an overeager waitress at Duffy’s in Chicago on Saturday night, I never wanted for a fresh Fat Tire, which, as you can imagine, is not the best way to avoid drunkenness if you’re ...

Hoosiers stop Salukis’ home court streak, 64-51

Eric Gordon scored 22 points and D.J. White added 10 points and 12 rebounds as No. 15 Indiana beat No. 22 Southern Illinois 64-51 Saturday night at SIU Arena in Carbondale, Illinois. The win snapped the Salukis’ 15-game home court ...