One thing's for certain in John Groce's early Illini tenure: He's never short on histrionics. In a sport where coaches strut the sideline like a runway, Groce's facial contortions stand out. But a more important, less superficial analysis of Groce's first full season in Champaign reveals a season in which he didn't let the program slip. The team started out 12-0, which included a win over Butler for the 2012 Maui Invitational Championship. Illinois climbed as high as No. 10 in week seven of the Associated Press Top 25 poll. While the Big Ten season (8-10, tied-7th) was nothing more than average, the Illini did nip then-No. 1 Indiana at the other Assembly Hall. The team also made the NCAA tournament as a No. 7 seed after missing out in Bruce Weber's last season at the helm. It beat Colorado in the second round before falling to No. 2 Miami in a close game, 63-59. And Groce's returns with recruits should give the Illini faithful some hope. It's been a super September. Class of 2014 standouts Quentin Snider (No. 37), a former Louisville verbal, and Leron Black (No. 39) both gave pledges to Groce this month. Both were also targets of the Indiana staff.
With the start of college basketball season on the horizon, we’ll be taking a long look at the conference at large as well as Indiana’s roster over the next month. Today, we continue our look at the Big Ten with the Northwestern Wildcats. Change is afoot in Evanston. Bill Carmody's 12-year run of Princeton offense and gimmick zone defense is gone. In comes 39-year-old Chris Collins fresh off a 13-year run as a Duke assistant. It's a switch that arrives during an emerging time for Northwestern athletics. Pat Fitzgerald has a bonafide Top 25 football program going. An ambitious $250 million athletics facility on the shores of Lake Michigan has been approved. Though this multi-purpose facility is more football-focused, it's been said the basketball team will eventually get their own upgrades down the line.
After some uneven shooting from distance during Team USA’s first two pool play games, Yogi Ferrell connected on 4-of-7 from distance against Sweden in a victory on Wednesday. The Indiana point guard utilized high ball screens to get open looks ...
Will Sheehey scored in double digits against both United Arab Emirates (15 points) and the Czech Republic (10 points) for Team USA in pool play at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia. Two minutes of highlights from his performance in both games ...
Yogi Ferrell posted a combined 22 points and 17 assists in blowout wins against United Arab Emirates and the Czech Republic on Sunday and Monday for Team USA at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia. Here are four minutes of highlights from ...
Cody Zeller came to Indiana with impossible expectations. And so maybe there’s some freedom and change on the horizon as he makes the leap to the next level. He’s no longer the program savior taking the Hoosiers back to the ...
Victor Oladipo is that stock you bought in December, back when you had a feeling, that continues to rise. And where it stops? No one knows. He is the darling of a lacking draft. The most prominent sports voice on ...
CHICAGO — Like former teammate Cody Zeller, Victor Oladipo also skipped the drills at day one of the NBA Draft combine at the Harrison Street Athletics Facility. Inside the Hall was at Oladipo’s media session Thursday afternoon in which he ...
CHICAGO — Indiana All-American Cody Zeller didn’t participate in the day one drills portion of the NBA Draft combine at the Harrison Street Athletics Facility, but he did meet with the media and will participate in Friday’s strength and agility ...
Welcome to “That’s A Wrap,” our recap of the 2012-2013 Indiana Hoosiers. Today, the final installment: Indiana’s defense. Final stats (36 games): 62.1 ppg, 43.2 FG %, 44.0 eFG %, 30.4 3P FG%, 27.0 % FTR. As the 2011-12 college ...
Indiana recruiting target Dante Exum (class of 2014, Australian Institute of Sport) helped the World Team beat Team USA 112-98 at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Ore., on Saturday night. Exum showed off his ability to get to the ...
Welcome to “That’s A Wrap,” our player-by-player recap of the 2012-2013 Indiana Hoosiers. Today: Christian Watford. Watford (36 games): 12.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.4 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 43.2% FG, 48.4% 3PFG, 81.1% FT in 27.9 minutes per game. They said ...
Welcome to “That’s A Wrap,” our player-by-player recap of the 2012-2013 Indiana Hoosiers. Today: Victor Oladipo. Oladipo (36 games): 13.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.1 apg, 0.8 blocks, 2.2 steals, 59.9% FG, 44.1% 3PFG, 74.6% FT in 28.4 minutes per game. ...
Welcome to “That’s A Wrap,” our player-by-player recap of the 2012-2013 Indiana Hoosiers. Today: Remy Abell. Abell (36 games): 4.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 0.9 apg, 46.9% FG, 48.5% 3PFG, 75.0% FT in 12.5 minutes per game. What a start to ...
2013 IU signee Stanford Robinson recorded a late steal and a block to seal his Findlay Prep team’s 57-53 win over Montrose on Thursday in the National High School Invitational. But Robinson’s 13 points on Friday against St Benedict’s came ...
2103 IU signee Troy Williams posted an unofficial line of 11 points and three blocks in Oak Hill’s 77-71 loss to Montverde in the National High School Invitational on Thursday. A look at his highlights from the game: