Meet the 2009-2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers. 3-2 in the Big Ten. 12-5 overall. And really, really solid on defense. But that’s what we’ve come to expect from Tubby Smith coached teams: A rugged style of play that’s not particularly fun ...

Get in your picks before 4:15 pm ET on Sunday. Please state your selection first thing in your comment. Overriding PTC principles are here and updated standings are available here. Good luck. Player Pick to Click Wins, Season to-date: + ...

Ann Arbor, Mich. — To be fair to Indiana, the final score was not reflective of the closeness of the game through the first 35 minutes. To be fair to Michigan, it still wasn’t that far off after the last ...

Yes, that byline is correct. Ryan’s got the night off, so I’m taking the reigns on tonight’s GBU. Now, onward … THE GOOD: IU WAS IN THE GAME, FOR 35 MINUTES. For as much as Indiana struggled, and boy did ...

Ann Arbor, Mich. — In the immortal words of Dan Aykroyd: That wasn’t so good now, was it? I mean, there’s pretty basketball, there’s good basketball, there’s plain basketball, and then there’s this. Michigan leads 27-21 at the half here ...

Indiana at Michigan

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There were scattered reports of a filthy Marquis Teague dunk from Pike’s 64-48 win over Muncie Central back on January 2 and well, here’s the video evidence: Teague, for those of you wondering about the status of his recruitment, is ...

Well, we promised you we’d get you more information on this Gregory Echenique fellow, and so we have. OK, more Adam Zagoria than us, but still. Echenique, who listed Indiana as one of five possible destinations after announcing his intent ...

Here’s Tom Crean’s longer-than-usual pre-game press conference discussing Thursday’s Michigan game (via the IU Athletics Channel on YouTube): Part One:

For those wishing Indiana possessed a few more viable options on its front line, this could potentially cheer you up. Gregory Echenique, a 6-foot-9, 270-pound big man from Venezuela via St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, N.J., has Indiana on a ...

Listen to Indiana coach Tom Crean’s comments from Monday morning’s Big Ten teleconference in the embedded media player below, courtesy of the Big Ten Network:

Throughout the season, Inside the Hall will keep you posted on how 2010 signees Victor Oladipo and Will Sheehey and 2011 commitments Austin Etherington and Matt Carlino, as well as other notable prospects being recruited by Indiana, are performing at ...

NCAA Basketball Obviously, the one factor that stands out among the rest and is also dominating the postgame discussion – free throws. The free throw rate of 84.8 percent for Illinois was the defining number when you dig into the ...

Indiana coach Tom Crean met with the media following Indiana’s 66-60 loss to Illinois Saturday at Assembly Hall. The video of Crean’s complete press conference is available in the media player below: