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August 2009 Archive

Bobby Capobianco and Christian Watford speak

We’re a couple of days late to the punch on these, but since I was on vacation last week, I have a reasonable excuse, no? Last week, the four IU freshman who’ve been on campus all summer, Bobby Capobianco, Christian ...

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Maurice Creek says he’s headed to Bloomington

The last time we were able to speak with Maurice Creek was at the at the Kentucky Derby Festival Classic in late April. At the time, we were under the assumption that Creek would arrive with the other IU freshmen ...

Could Rick Pitino’s indiscretions put Marquis Teague back into play?

Until recently, the idea of prized 2011 Indianapolis Pike guard Marquis Teague playing college basketball somewhere other than Louisville was hard to imagine. Teague’s father, Shawn, played for Louisville coach Rick Pitino at Boston University. And after the Louisville coach ...

Fan Report: Bawa, Pritchard, Dumes and Verdell

If you’re following us on Twitter, you know by now that Bawa Muniru is in Bloomington and Maurice Creek should be there shortly. And if you’ve browsed the various IU message boards, you may have read some reports of Bawa ...

Report: IU and Duke will get official visits from Irving

After a glowing performance at the Nike Global Challenge in Oregon this past weekend, St. Patrick’s (NJ) point guard Kyrie Irving revealed on Tuesday to Dave Telep of Scout.com that he will take an official visit to Indiana. Irving, the ...

Dominique Ferguson headed to Florida International

In a move that he says will place him in a program that will build around him, former Lawrence North forward Dominique Ferguson is headed to Florida International. Jeff Goodman of Fox Sports and Evan Daniels of Scout.com broke the ...

Tom Crean updates the status of Maurice Creek and Bawa Muniru

With classes set to start at the end of the month, there are still two noticeable absences from IU’s 2009 recruiting class on campus: Maurice Creek and Bawa Muniru. The details have been a little murky, but it’s believed Creek, ...

Etherington makes the call: It’s Indiana

When Austin Etherington met with a small group of reporters following Indiana Elite Team Indiana’s opening game of the July evaluation period in Cincinnati, the 2011 wing had no timetable for making a decision on his college destination. Indiana, Xavier ...

Austin Etherington joins Indiana’s 2011 class

Tom Crean tweeted that he was ready for a commitment late on Friday night. He didn’t have to wait long. 6-6 wing Austin Etherington has joined Matt Carlino as the second member of Indiana’s 2011 recruiting class, according to our ...

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Kyrie Irving will trim list after Elite 24 Hoops Classic

According to a report by Adam Zagoria, 2010 Indiana target Kyrie Irving will cut his list of schools following the Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic later this month: Some observers consider Indiana to be the unofficial leader for Irving ...