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The Inside the Hall Mailbag: August 18

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Indiana extends agreement with adidas through 2024

Indiana announced on Tuesday morning that it has extended its apparel agreement with adidas through 2024. The total value of the deal is $53.6 million. The athletic department’s current deal with adidas expires next summer. The full release from IU ...

Despite injury, Blackmon Jr. still working to improve

James Blackmon Jr. may have missed a significant chunk of this offseason with a left knee injury, but it hasn’t stopped him from finding ways to improve his game. Last week at a speaking engagement in Fort Wayne, Indiana coach ...

Video: Tom Crean talks to reporters in Fort Wayne

Tom Crean spoke in Fort Wayne on Sunday, August 9 at a dinner event for “Youth for Christ of Northern Indiana” and spoke to reporters about a variety of topics, including the status of James Blackmon Jr., the addition of ...

Open Thread: Who are your top 10 players in IU history?

Earlier this week, The Sporting News released its list of top 10 players in IU basketball history. (Inside the Hall once published a similar list in 2008.) The full Sporting News list is available here, but it reads as follows: 1. ...

Indiana lands at No. 14 in updated ESPN preseason top 25

Indiana athletic director Fred Glass told Podcast on the Brink recently he embraces high expectations for the men’s basketball program. It appears the Hoosiers will have plenty to live up to entering the 2015-2016 season.

Indiana offers 2016 point guard Xavier Simpson

Indiana is making the point guard position a priority in its 2016 recruiting efforts and Xavier Simpson of Lima Central Catholic in Ohio is the latest player to receive a scholarship offer. Simpson’s father, Quincey, announced the offer on his Twitter account ...

New offers, school lists highlight changes to 2016 recruiting board

It’s only been a little more than a week since our last update, but plenty has transpired in that time to dictate changes to our 2016 recruiting board. One former target – Ibi Watson – committed to Michigan and the ...

Indiana makes the cut for a pair of 2016 prospects

Two Indiana recruiting targets in the class of 2016 announced paired down school lists on Tuesday and the Hoosiers remain in the mix for both players. Schnider Herard, a 6-foot-10 center from Prestonwood Christian in Plano, Texas, is down to ...

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A look at how IU recruiting targets performed at adidas Global Nations

One of the summer’s premier events, adidas Global Nations, wrapped up yesterday at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California and several IU recruiting targets took part in the four-day event. Here’s a look at how several prospects being recruited by IU performed:

2017 wing Justin Smith recaps Indiana visit

Four-star wing Justin Smith got his first up close look at Indiana basketball over the weekend. The 6-foot-7, 185-pound forward from Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire (Ill.) and the Nike-sponsored Mac Irvin Fire program was in Bloomington on Sunday for an unofficial visit.

Guardian says Kegler will make official to Indiana

Class of 2016 Oak Hill Academy (Va.) forward Mario Kegler added an offer from Indiana on Sunday and the Hoosiers are in line for one of his official visits, according to his guardian. Omhar Carter, Kegler’s guardian and his AAU ...

Elite point guard Markus Howard talks IU visit

Class of 2017 point guard Markus Howard, one of the top players nationally at his position, was on campus in Bloomington for an unofficial visit on Sunday. Accompanied by his mother, Noemi and his father, Chuck, who played football for ...

Report: Indiana offers Mario Kegler, Tyson Carter

Indiana extended scholarship offers to a pair of prospects in the class of 2016 this weekend, according to reports. Reggie Rankin of ESPN.com reported on Sunday that the Hoosiers offered four-star forward Mario Kegler and VerbalCommits.com reported that IU offered ...

2016 guard Rawle Alkins trims list to 10

Class of 2016 five-star guard Rawle Alkins has narrowed his list of schools to 10. The 6-foot-5 Alkins tweeted on Saturday from adidas Global Nations in Long Beach (Calif.) that he’s down to Kansas, Louisville, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, St. ...

Video: IU offseason workout highlights

Via the official IU basketball YouTube channel, Indiana today released video showing highlights from some of its offseason workouts: