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Around the Hall: Who reigns in boys’ basketball?

Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall crew. + The World Wide Leader has launched a debate on which state reigns supreme in boys’ basketball and the Hoosier state is not among the top six seeds ...

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Tim Buckley Big Ten teleconference audio

  • Alex Bozich Jan 20, 2009 3
 
Tim Buckley Big Ten teleconference audio

Indiana assistant coach Tim Buckley filled in for Tom Crean on this week’s Big Ten teleconference. Here is the audio, courtesy of the Big Ten Network: Related: Tubby Smith teleconference audio

Balcony seats $5 for IU’s seven remaining home games

In an effort to boost sagging attendance, Indiana Athletic Director Fred Glass announced that balcony seats will be just $5 for the remainder of the home schedule: Indiana University Vice President and Director of Athletics Fred Glass is hoping to ...

Myles Brand diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

  • Alex Bozich Jan 19, 2009 3
 
Myles Brand diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

A sad bit of news that was disclosed this past weekend: Former Indiana President and current NCAA President Myles Brand is being treated for pancreatic cancer. Brand released a statement on the last day of the NCAA convention, an event ...

NCAA: Seventh & eighth graders are now ‘prospects’

With the world of recruiting in college basketball spinning out of control, the brass at the NCAA finally decided it was time to close the loophole of coaches recruiting kids without regulation in the seventh and eighth grade. The old ...

Changing their candy stripes

  • Alex Bozich Jan 16, 2009 3
 
Changing their candy stripes

Ryan Cost, a senior producer over at the Palestra, sent along this feature he put together after IU’s loss at Ohio State on Tuesday:

Live Blog: Indiana @ Ohio State

  • Alex Bozich Jan 13, 2009 3
 
Live Blog: Indiana @ Ohio State

Crean: Dumes is a “game-time decision at best”

In today’s Big Ten coaches teleconference, Indiana coach Tom Crean said that Devan Dumes is “day-to-day to a game-time decision at the very best” for Tuesday’s game at Ohio State. You can listen to Crean’s teleconference below, courtesy of the ...

Carlino putting up big numbers for No. 1 Highland

Throughout the season, Inside the Hall will keep you posted on how the six Indiana signees and 2011 commitment Matt Carlino are performing at their respective schools. Here’s our latest update. + Matt Carlino: The No. 17 player in the ...

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Good, Bad and Ugly: Illinois

  • Alex Bozich Jan 10, 2009 3
 
Good, Bad and Ugly: Illinois

THE GOOD (HEY, WE HAD TO LIST SOMETHING, RIGHT?): Nick Williams. That pretty much sums it up. On a day when the Hoosiers came out with far less fight than needed to win in a hostile environment, Williams was the ...

Know Thy Opponent: Illinois Fighting Illini

  • Alex Bozich Jan 10, 2009 3
 
Know Thy Opponent: Illinois Fighting Illini

Expected to be a middle of the pack team in the Big Ten, Bruce Weber’s Illinois club is off to a 13-2 start and owns the most impressive conference win to-date: A 71-67 upset at Purdue in overtime. A big ...

Crean, Jones and Roth talk Illinois

  • Alex Bozich Jan 9, 2009 3
 
Crean, Jones and Roth talk Illinois

Tom Crean, Verdell Jones and Matt Roth met with the media Friday afternoon to talk about Saturday’s matchup with Illinois. Here are a few highlights: Jones on the rivalry between Indiana and Illinois: “The whole week, that’s the talk about ...

A lesson in motivational speaking: The fist

  • Alex Bozich Jan 9, 2009 3
 
A lesson in motivational speaking: The fist

As the Hoosiers prepare to take on Illinois tomorrow afternoon, it’s the perfect time to relive one of the most moving speeches ever delivered. Let me set the scene: It’s the 2005 National Championship game at the Edward Jones Dome ...

Hoosiers lose heartbreaker in OT, 72-66

  • Alex Bozich Jan 7, 2009 3
 
Hoosiers lose heartbreaker in OT, 72-66

Indiana head coach Tom Crean couldn’t have drawn it up any better. After a head scratching home loss to Lipscomb to close out 2008 and a road loss to Iowa in the Big Ten opener, the Hoosiers returned to Assembly ...

Know Thy Opponent: Michigan Wolverines

  • Alex Bozich Jan 6, 2009 3
 
Know Thy Opponent: Michigan Wolverines

After six seasons under Tommy Amaker with no NCAA Tournament appearances, the early results this season suggest the John Beilein era is progressing well in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines finished just 10-22 a year ago, but are 11-3 this season ...

Crean, Williams and Dumes talk Michigan

  • Alex Bozich Jan 6, 2009 3
 
Crean, Williams and Dumes talk Michigan

In preparation for Wednesday’s home Big Ten opener with Michigan, Indiana coach Tom Crean and guards Devan Dumes and Nick Williams addressed the media earlier today. You can hear the complete audio at the following links: Coach Crean audio Devan ...