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Jordan Littman was Inside the Hall's beat writer for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. He is a 2015 graduate of Indiana University. Follow him on Twitter.

Recruiting notebook: Blackmon Jr. continues to climb state scoring list

Class of 2014 IU signee James Blackmon Jr. continues to rise in the Indiana all-time high school career scoring list. Despite scoring a season-low 18 points in a 67-48 win against Madison-Grant this past Saturday, the 6-foot-3 senior Marion guard ...

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Big Ten Power Rankings: February 10

  • Jordan Littman Feb 10, 2014 3
 
Big Ten Power Rankings: February 10

The Inside the Hall Big Ten Power Rankings are back for another week as conference play has passed its halfway point with less than a month remaining until the end of the regular season. This week’s rankings feature more shake-ups ...

A tale of two halves costs the Hoosiers once again

  • Jordan Littman Feb 9, 2014 3
 
A tale of two halves costs the Hoosiers once again

Like many of Indiana’s road games this season, Saturday’s performance against Minnesota was a tale of two halves. There was the first, in which Indiana built a double-digit lead for its second straight road game and appeared on its way ...

Hoosiers prepare for test at ‘The Barn’

  • Jordan Littman Feb 7, 2014 3
 
Hoosiers prepare for test at ‘The Barn’

It’s a building that Indiana has only won once in during Tom Crean’s first five seasons as Indiana’s head coach. It’s where only two opposing teams have won all season — by a combined four points. On Saturday, this is ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: February 3

  • Jordan Littman Feb 3, 2014 3
 
Big Ten Power Rankings: February 3

The Inside the Hall Big Ten Power Rankings are back for another week as conference play continues to prove to be, well, unpredictable. This week’s rankings feature another set of shake-ups after yet another wild week in conference action that ...

Defensive effort sparks IU in 63-52 upset of No. 10 Michigan

Michigan coach John Beilein admitted he didn’t have an answer to it. Anything he drew up in the huddle during timeouts simply wouldn’t work. Playing at Indiana on Sunday afternoon in front of an announced 17,472 at Assembly Hall, his ...

Video: John Beilein, Michigan players react to loss at Indiana

John Beilein, Caris LeVert and Jordan Morgan met with the media following No. 10 Michigan’s 63-52 loss to Indiana on Sunday afternoon at Assembly Hall. Watch their postgame comments in the embedded media players below:

Indiana tasked with stopping surging Michigan offense on Sunday

(Photo credit: Dustin Johnson, UMHoops.com) Coming into Sunday’s game against No. 10 Michigan, Indiana is aware there might not be a hotter team in the country than the Wolverines. After losing by two points at home to Arizona on Dec. ...

Video: Crean, IU players preview Michigan

  • Jordan Littman Feb 1, 2014 3
 
Video: Crean, IU players preview Michigan

Tom Crean, Austin Etherington and Hanner Mosquera-Perea met with the media on Saturday afternoon to preview Sunday’s game with No. 10 Michigan. Watch their comments in the media players below:

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‘Lack of awareness’ dooms Hoosiers in second half collapse at Nebraska

At halftime of Thursday night’s game at Nebraska, Indiana had a 13-point lead coming off a dominant 20 minutes of basketball. The Hoosiers were getting what they wanted, offensively, and on defense, they forced Nebraska into shooting just 33.3 percent ...

Hoosiers try to solve Nebraska in Pinnacle Bank Arena

Tonight in Lincoln, Neb., Indiana will try to do something that nine of the ten teams that have faced Nebraska in Pinnacle Bank Arena have not been able to do: win. The Cornhuskers this season are 9-1 at home, despite ...

Crean not surprised by Austin Etherington’s emergence

When Austin Etherington predominantly sat on the bench for most of the early portions this season, Indiana coach Tom Crean noticed something that he liked. It wasn’t from his on-court appearance in games, rather Etherington’s day-to-day demeanor in practice stood ...

Recruiting notebook: Mutual interest between Indiana, Matt Cimino

Only ten days ago at Jan. 19’s Hoophall Classic, 6-foot-10 Worcester (Mass.) Academy senior Matt Cimino raised eyebrows with a 22-point, 8-rebound performance for his school in a loss to Cushing Academy. One of those coaches that was made aware ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: January 27

  • Jordan Littman Jan 27, 2014 3
 
Big Ten Power Rankings: January 27

The Inside the Hall Big Ten Power Rankings are back for another week as conference play continues. This week’s rankings feature (once again) a new No. 1 and another set of shake-ups after yet another wild week in conference action. ...

Indiana’s win over Illinois ‘a big confidence builder’

After Indiana’s 56-46 win over Illinois (13-8, 2-6) on Sunday afternoon in which the Hoosiers shot only 40.8 percent from the field and got only four points from freshman Noah Vonleh, Indiana (13-7, 3-4) coach Tom Crean was asked whether ...

Video: John Groce reacts to loss to Indiana

  • Jordan Littman Jan 26, 2014 3
 
Video: John Groce reacts to loss to Indiana

Illinois coach John Groce met with the media following the Fighting Illini’s 56-46 loss to Indiana on Sunday afternoon at Assembly Hall. Watch his postgame comments in the media player below: