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Matt Roth has IU in his top three

  • Ryan Corazza Aug 9, 2007 3
 
Matt Roth has IU in his top three

A news station near Peoria, Il., HOI 19, is reporting that Illinois sharpshooter Matt Roth has narrowed his college choices down to three. IU made the cut. Washington High senior basketball star Matt Roth had what he described as a ...

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Elston, Plumlee surface in Rivals Top 100 for 2009

Two Indiana kids with Indiana offers have made their first appearance in the latest Rivals.com 100 for the Class of 2009. Previously the Rivals network, which was recently acquired by Yahoo, had only ranked the Top 75 for 2009 and ...

Tyler Zeller visits Bloomington

  • Alex Bozich Aug 7, 2007 3
 
Tyler Zeller visits Bloomington

Thanks to one of our contacts in Bloomington (and a faithful reader of the site), Zach, Inside the Hall has learned that Tyler Zeller was in Bloomington today on an unofficial visit. Zeller was spotted in the South lobby of ...

Bruce Weber’s recruiting secrets revealed

Before I get into the topic at hand, let me first mention that Eisenhower (IL) point guard Lewis Jackson has narrowed his list of schools to five and Indiana is one of them. The other schools still under consideration by ...

IU makes final four for Tyler Zeller

  • Alex Bozich Aug 3, 2007 3
 
IU makes final four for Tyler Zeller

Tyler Zeller, the top senior-to-be in the state of Indiana from Washington High School in North Daviess, has a list of his top four schools, announced today on the Indiana Elite website. As I told you a month ago, the ...

Around the Hall: NAHS Barnstorming Game

  • Eamonn Brennan Aug 3, 2007 3
 
Around the Hall: NAHS Barnstorming Game

You read how Big A — our man on the scene — reacted to the various exploits of IU’s incoming recruits last night … now read how those mainstream guys (you know, the ones who get paid to do this) ...

Bud Mackey loves Indiana University

  • Alex Bozich Jul 30, 2007 3
 
Bud Mackey loves Indiana University

Hoopsreport.com, a site I’d never heard of until today, has an interview with 2008 recruit Bud Mackey. The interview is not bad, sans the question to Mackey asking him what it was like growing up in Kentucky. Since Bud didn’t ...

IU targets lighting up Vegas

  • Alex Bozich Jul 26, 2007 3
 
IU targets lighting up Vegas

It’s perhaps the biggest week of the year in terms of college coaches evaluating talent and that’s why it’s no surprise that Kelvin Sampson, Rob Senderoff and Jeff Meyer are all in Las Vegas this week taking in the AAU ...

Recruiting game going younger every year

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 ...

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Devin Ebanks selected for Boost Mobile Hoops Classic

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 ...

Is Florida the new leader for Angel Garcia?

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 ...

Lewis Jackson is lightning quick

  • Alex Bozich Jul 13, 2007 3
 
Lewis Jackson is lightning quick

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 ...

Kelvin Sampson has a good sense of humor

  • Eamonn Brennan Jul 12, 2007 3
 
Kelvin Sampson has a good sense of humor

In our experience with him, if there’s one thing to know about Kelvin Sampson, it’s that he has a pretty great sense of humor. He gets bristly at times, but most jokes are well-delivered and well-received. (Ahem: most of the ...

Scouting Report: Devin Ebanks

  • Alex Bozich Jul 11, 2007 3
 
Scouting Report: Devin Ebanks

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 ...

Trio of in-state talent impressive at KY Hoopfest

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 ...

Seth Davis sings the praises of Devin Ebanks

If you think clicking on a national writer’s column and reading a fawning take on a soon-to-be Hoosier is ever going to get old, well, you’re wrong. The latest props for an incoming IU recruit? Seth Davis’ take on Devin ...