BLOOMINGTON — Transition defense was the hot topic Friday afternoon during media availability at Assembly Hall. Tom Crean called Michigan “the best transition basketball team in the Big Ten,” and Jeremiah Rivers said he and his teammates have spent a ...

Rules are here, for those unfamiliar. Standings will be provided after six Big Ten games. Pool for Michigan: Jordan Hulls, Maurice Creek, Verdell Jones, Victor Oladipo, Will Sheehey. Picks are due by 7:45 PM ET on Saturday evening. A few ...

(Photo credit: AnnArbor.com) To help us with some perspective on Saturday’s opponent at Assembly Hall, the Michigan Wolverines, we reached out to Dylan Burkhardt of UMHoops.com with a series of five questions. Our Q & A exchange, via e-mail, follows. ...

All four players currently committed to Indiana for its 2012 recruiting class will compete together this spring and summer for Indiana Elite – Team Indiana, according to Kyle Neddenriep of The Indianapolis Star. Hanner Perea, Peter Jurkin, Ron Patterson and ...

(Photo credit: AnnArbor.com) The Inside the Hall Podcast returns this week to discuss Saturday’s game at Assembly Hall with Michigan. Joining Zach: Michael Rothstein, the Michigan basketball beat writer for AnnArbor.com. Among the topics discussed: The rise of sophomore point guard ...

Four games is only representative of 22.2 percent of Indiana’s 18-game slog through the Big Ten schedule. There are a lot of games left on the docket — which, may further downward spiral your funk about this team, or give ...

Indiana head coach Tom Crean greets the fans after a game against North Carolina Central on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, at Assembly Hall. (Photo by James Brosher) Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall crew. So ...

On his weekly radio show earlier this evening, Tom Crean was asked about the intentional foul that was called against Derek Elston in Sunday’s game at Northwestern for tripping Alex Marcotullio. Our friend and Herald-Times beat reporter Dustin Dopirak was ...

The second installment of our Big Ten power rankings (we started after a week of games to get an early read on the league, so Week 3 = second installment). We’ve got movement at the top and bottom of the ...

Park Tudor’s Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell (11) drives to the basket in a 76-53 win at Lapel on December 30, 2010. Photo by Jamie Owens of J. Scott Photography. Click here to view a gallery from this game and other Indiana ...

Thoughts on a 93-81 loss at Welsh-Ryan Arena: Don’t be fooled by the final score, ladies and gents: This game was not that close. And in many ways, it may have been the worst effort the Hoosiers have given all ...

Indiana vs. Northwestern

Joe Eberhardt is a high school sports blogger and regular contributor to Inside the Hall. You can follow him on twitter at @IndyHSHoops and read his blog, IndyHSHoops.com. Walter Pitchford played twice this weekend in a tournament at Vincennes University. ...

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 Sunday evening. A few reminders: + State the name of the player (not a nickname) that ...

(Editor’s Note: Audio and video of Tom Crean meeting with the media today is available after the jump. Audio of Jordan Hulls, Jeremiah Rivers and Will Sheehey is also available.) BLOOMINGTON — After 11 years under Bill Carmody, the Northwestern ...