If you haven’t noticed, the kids giving verbals pledges to the school of their choice are getting younger and younger. In today’s Louisville Courier-Journal, recruiting guru and our good friend, Jody Demling, takes a look at the issue. Of course ...
IU’s top verbal commitment for the class of 2008, Devin Ebanks, has been selected to play in the second annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic. The event will be held August 24 at Rucker Park in New York. Here’s ...
If you’re a fan of basketball at any level, you owe it to yourself to check out a recent article by Alex French in GQ about William Wesley. Wesley, known as Worldwide Wes, is one of the most powerful men ...
It’s a slow time of the year for sports news and it’s even slower on the basketball front. However, that doesn’t mean you should have to go without your daily fix. Alas, I’ve scoured the Web and have come away ...
USA Basketball announced the 14 finalists for its 2007 Pan American Team earlier today and D.J. White was among those selected. The roster is still not finalized, as there will be two more players cut before the Pan American Games ...
Four schools are battling for the services of 6’10” East Chicago forward Angel Garcia and speculation is that the two-time defending national champion Florida Gators may be emerging as the leader. Florida had been considered a dark horse for Garcia ...
With five-star Devin Ebanks and four-star Bud Mackey already in the fold, the IU coaching staff is working feverishly to land a point guard (along with a big man) to help round out the 2008 class. One of the primary ...
Jody Demling covers recruiting for the Louisville Courier-Journal. Inside The Hall recently spoke with Demling about 2008 recruit Devin Ebanks. Visit Jody’s blog by clicking here. Inside the Hall: You first saw Devin Ebanks at an AAU tournament in Bloomington ...
There were three impressive talents from the state of Indiana all in the same building Monday evening at the 2007 Kentucky Hoopfest. Members of the 2009 class, Stephan Van Treese and Derek Elston, and 2010’s Ray McCallum Jr. were on ...
While we usually don’t put much stock into lists or pure speculation, this particular instance caught our eye. Mike DeCourcy, who covers college hoops (and does it quite well) for the Sporting News, listed his take on five potential guys ...
In another effort in their mission to control the world, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors approved in April a ban on text messages to recruits. The ban, which will go into effect on August 1, prevents the following: ...
Get out your calenders and save the date. Six incoming IU players (Eric Gordon, Jamarcus Ellis, Eli Holman, Jordan Crawford, Brandon McGee and DeAndre Thomas) will be coming to a gym near you for the annual IU recruit barnstorming tour. ...
Most recent reports list four schools, in no particular order, as the leaders for the services of 6’11” Washington center Tyler Zeller. Those schools are Purdue, Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina. However, there is one school that isn’t mentioned quite ...
Less than four months removed from his playing days at Indiana, Errek Suhr is already back into basketball. Suhr has returned to Bloomington North, where he graduated in 2003, as an assistant coach. Suhr talked to the Times Mail about ...
No Fourth of July celebration would be complete without fireworks, so that’s what we’re bringing you, straight from our old friend Coach Knight. The following YouTube vid is an ESPN compilation of Knight’s top 10 sound bytes. Among our favorites: ...
If you haven’t heard the name DeShaun Thomas yet, it’s about time you get educated. Thomas, a 6’7″, 210 lb. sophomore-to-be at Ft. Wayne Bishop Luers, is regarded by many recruiting analysts as the top player in the class of ...