Rules are here, for those unfamiliar. Pool for Northwestern: All players are eligible to be picked. Picks are due by 6:45 PM ET on Saturday evening. A few reminders: + State the name of the player (not a nickname) that ...

Tom Crean talks about the week off for Indiana and previews tomorrow’s game against Northwestern in his Friday afternoon press conference, which you can watch below courtesy of IU Athletics on YouTube:

After missing a month and a half due to a stress fracture in his lower leg, 2012 Indiana commit and United Faith Christian Academy (NC) center Peter Jurkin will return to action tonight, according to a report in The Charlotte ...

A little over a month ago, I took a look at Indiana’s efficiency numbers just four games into the Big Ten season. Things were not pretty on the defensive end. Have things changed with a larger sample size? Read on: ...

A delayed version of the Big Ten power rankings this week. We’ve waited long enough — and more importantly, we’ve made you wait long enough, so let’s just dive right in, shall we? Inside the Hall Big Ten power rankings: ...

One of the questions Tom Crean is frequently asked when he travels to the southern part of the state is this: “When is Indiana going to start playing a series with Louisville?” Such was the case again last night, when ...

Quiet day on the recruiting trail, eh? Dave Telep of ESPN.com is reporting that 2011 Summit Christian (MI) forward Walter Pitchford has committed to play at Florida next season. Indiana had been tracking Pitchford aggressively, but it’s unclear if the ...

2013 Heritage Christian guard Basil Smotherman, who had an early scholarship offer from Indiana, has committed to Matt Painter and Purdue, according to Eric Bossi of Rivals.com. Smotherman visited Indiana this past fall for the Michigan football game and was ...

The Essentials: 6-4, 185-lb guard/wing for Evansville Bosse and Eric Gordon All-Stars The Schools: Illinois (offer), Indiana (offer), Purdue, Texas, Virginia Tech, Xavier (offer) The Numbers: 18.1 ppg for Bosse, which is currently 13-6. The Quote: “Bouta do my thing ...

The Inside the Hall Twitter mailbag is a weekly collection of questions tweeted to us via our Twitter account, @insidethehall. Tweet us your questions each week and we’ll answer as many as we can. Now, onward … @JohnDMercer writes: will ...

After a first half where it scored half its points in the paint and only made one 3-point attempt, Michigan flipped the script and mounted it’s 22-point second half lead on the strength of a bevy of 3-point makes. A ...

(Photo credit: Jack Arent/adidas) Throughout the season, Inside the Hall will keep you posted on how 2011 signees Austin Etherington and Cody Zeller, IU’s eight verbal commitments and other notable prospects with interest in the Hoosiers, are performing at their ...

Thanks to our friends at the terrific Michigan hoops blog, UMHoops, for postgame video of Tom Crean following Michigan’s 73-69 win over Indiana on Saturday at Crisler Arena: You can watch John Beilein’s press conference over at UMHoops.

Thoughts on a 73-69 loss to Michigan: Well that got interesting. After Indiana found itself down by as many as 22 in the second half and just about dead on the afternoon, it mounted an aggressive 25-7 run over the last ...

(Photo via Indiana Public Media on Flickr.) Here’s a transcript of Tom Crean’s comments to Don Fischer following the Hoosiers’ 73-69 loss to Michigan at Crisler Arena on Saturday afternoon: On whether he was disappointed with Indiana’s start in the ...