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How will text messaging ban change recruiting?

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: ...

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IU is a darkhorse for Tyler Zeller

  • Alex Bozich Jul 6, 2007 3
 
IU is a darkhorse for Tyler Zeller

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 ...

DeShaun Thomas is the next big thing

  • Alex Bozich Jul 3, 2007 3
 
DeShaun Thomas is the next big thing

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 ...

A first look: Devin Ebanks

  • Alex Bozich Jul 1, 2007 3
 
A first look: Devin Ebanks

We’ll have more on IU’s latest to join the 2008 class, Devin Ebanks, in the upcoming weeks. But for now, thanks to Michael David Smith at the AOL Fanhouse, we’ll take our first look at the No. 11 player in ...

Jones speaks on his recruitment

  • Alex Bozich Jun 29, 2007 3
 
Jones speaks on his recruitment

Yesterday, we heard comments from Eshaunte Jones’ AAU coach, Eric Vaughn, regarding a decision made by Jones to de-commit from Indiana and evaluate his options. In a story by Greg Jones in today’s Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette, Jones spoke out ...

Eshaunte Jones re-opens recruitment

  • Alex Bozich Jun 28, 2007 3
 
Eshaunte Jones re-opens recruitment

According to a report on Rivals.com, Eshaunte Jones has re-opened his recruitment and will re-evaluate his options over the summer. “He said it has nothing to do with coach (Kelvin) Sampson or (assistant coach) Ray McCallum. Bear just wants to ...

Draymond Green ready to decide

  • Alex Bozich Jun 27, 2007 3
 
Draymond Green ready to decide

Draymond Green, a top 100 recruit in the 2008 class, will announce his college decision Thursday. Green, a 6’7″ power forward from Saginaw, Michigan, has narrowed his possible destinations to Michigan State, Michigan and Indiana. Green originally committed to Kentucky, ...

Bud Mackey: “It’s all talk”

  • Alex Bozich Jun 26, 2007 3
 
Bud Mackey: “It’s all talk”

It’s never particularly easy to lock up top talent from another state. It’s even harder when that state has a university rich with basketball tradition and a bunch of crazed lunatics fan base that treats its basketball team like royalty. ...