Three points of interest: 1) Kentucky is quite good on both sides of the ball — ranking in the Top 15 in both adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency. Their turnover percentage (16.4 percent) is impressive as well. If this holds ...
To know Eric Gordon’s full basketball repertoire, it’s best to go back to the beginning. February 1, 2007. That night, Gordon, inside North Central High School’s gym and an introduction to the big stage via an ESPN2 broadcast, cast a ...
Notes on an 88-76 loss to the Eagles: Well, despite the double-digit loss, there were at least some positives tonight, eh? Sure, the Hoosiers came out flat in the first half — running their Verdell Jones-only offense we’ve seen from ...
A few things pop out here: 1) Free throws should be something to watch tonight. Boston College ranks 237th in the nation in free-throw rate, so the Eagles aren’t getting to the line all that often. As I detailed yesterday, ...
The details, per a release from IU Media Relations: The NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee has denied Indiana University’s appeal on behalf of Guy-Marc Michel. As a result, he is not eligible to participate on the men’s basketball team. ...
All stats below are from Ken Pomeroy, unless otherwise noted. Six games in November against lesser talent isn’t an ideal measuring stick for any college basketball team. Yet, there still exists enough encouraging signs that even when the Hoosiers play ...
Notes on a 100-66 win over Northwestern State: At first, Northwestern State’s pressure defense, strong rebounding and ability to match IU’s energy brought some worry. Would this be the the team’s first loss of 2010-11? But as we’ve seen a ...
Notes on a 72-56 win over North Carolina Central: The Hoosiers came into tonight’s matchup against North Carolina Central sporting an effective field-goal percentage of 56.7 percent — good for 31st in the country. (How bout that, eh?) But in ...
Thoughts on a 67-54 win over the Evansville Purple Aces: Can the Hoosiers put it together for a full 40 minutes? That’s the challenge heading forward. After a first half thick with turnovers (12), fouls (three each for Bobby Capobianco, ...
Apologies for the delayed posting of this: Indiana vs. Evansville
It’s time for Inside the Hall’s team-by-team breakdown of the Big Ten Conference. Today: The Northwestern Wildcats. The prevailing storyline for Bill Carmody’s Wildcats last year centered around if 2009-10 was finally the season the team broke through and made ...
Former Hoosier and fan favorite A.J. Moye, who’s playing for the Deutsche Bank Skyliners in Germany this year, suffered a stroke Tuesday. Some details from Eurobasket: On Monday, Moye and another player collided with their heads, but the two players ...
Notes on a 71-54 win over Mississippi Valley State: There was trepidation among the ITH faithful before this one. We worried Sean Woods, a Rick Pitino disciple, would have his Delta Devils — about as fantastic a team nickname as ...
Notes on a 67-44 Sunday night win over Wright State inside Assembly Hall: First 10. Wright State took away the 3-pointer from the Hoosiers. Couple that with its impressive ability to draw charges — and IU’s penchant for silly turnovers ...
Musing on a 88-60 IU win over Florida Gulf Coast: Them threes is back. As I wrote after IU’s first exhibition game, there’s enough 3-point shooters on this team to really do some damage. But as we saw against Ferris ...
Per a release from IU Media Relations, here’s Tom Crean’s comments this early evening about his latest recruit, Cody Zeller: “When I look at Cody Zeller, I see a great teammate. I see a young man that has mental toughness ...