Predictably, there will be no March Madness for Tom Crean and the Indiana Hoosiers. Indiana (6-25) concluded the 2008-2009 campaign with a 66-51 loss to Penn State in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse in ...

Live blog: Indiana vs Penn State

  • Alex Bozich Mar 12, 2009 3
 

Indiana v. Penn State

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Is this the end of the road?

  • Ryan Corazza Mar 12, 2009 3
 

Indiana takes on Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament in a few hours. IU is the 11 seed, while Penn State is seeded sixth. The Nittany Lions are favored by nine. Terry Hutchens of the Indy Star has IU ...

Somebody finally told ESPN about Michael Santa

  • Alex Bozich Mar 11, 2009 3
 

Even though he first appeared in a game two weeks ago, I guess the memo finally crossed the right person’s desk at the World Wide Leader. The powers that be on ESPN’s “First Take” decided the time was right to ...

Devan Dumes questionable for Thursday

  • Alex Bozich Mar 10, 2009 3
 

Tom Crean addressed the media earlier today in advance of Thursday’s tilt in the Big Ten Tournament against Penn State. The first year IU coach offered the following update on junior guard Devan Dumes: “He is still being evaluated and ...

Tom Coverdale is one of our favorite guards to ever play at Indiana. He was the catalyst and South Region MVP for the 2002 NCAA National runner-up team, scored 1,217 points in 115 career games and is now an assistant ...

Mark Shallcross, communications manager for the Kentucky Derby Festival, just sent along a press release with the rosters for the Kentucky Derby Festival Classic. Three Indiana players, Maurice Creek, Jordan Hulls and Christian Watford, will compete April 11th at Freedom ...

IU-Wisconsin: Postgame Open Thread

  • Alex Bozich Mar 8, 2009 3
 

FINAL SCORE: Wisconsin 85, Indiana 61 There’s not a lot to write about this game that hasn’t been written already this season. The regular season is over. IU finishes up the Big Ten season with a 1-17 record. The Hoosiers ...

The Inside the Hall Pick’em Challenge is back. Just like last year, we’ve set up a group over at Yahoo! where you’ll be able to compete against other ITH’ers for bragging rights. In addition to the $1 million available from ...

Crean: Dumes out for Wisconsin game

  • Alex Bozich Mar 8, 2009 3
 

Indiana head coach Tom Crean announced on Saturday that Devan Dumes will miss Sunday night’s game at Wisconsin with a knee injury. Dumes was injured with 16:49 remaining in the first half of Indiana’s 64-59 loss to Michigan State on ...

Dumes’ status unknown, so sayeth Tom Crean

  • Alex Bozich Mar 6, 2009 3
 

Tom Crean, Verdell Jones and the defensive stopper known as Brett Finkelmeier met with the media earlier today to talk about Sunday’s game at Wisconsin. Nothing groundbreaking was revealed, but Crean did give an update on Devan Dumes: “He has ...

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Pay to play? I don’t think so

  • Alex Bozich Mar 6, 2009 3
 

First, a preface: I’m no fan of the current rules that prevent athletes, specifically in college basketball and college football, from entering the professional league of their choice at the conclusion of high school. It’s probably a good rule in ...

As we begin to sift through the results from the reader survey, a reoccuring theme in many of your responses to why you do not post comments is well, you’re not sure how. So as a fix for this problem, ...

Seth Davis on Larry Bird and Bobby Knight

  • Eamonn Brennan Mar 5, 2009 3
 

CBS and Sports Illustrated’s Seth Davis has a new book out, titled “When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball.” For my work at Yahoo!, I had the chance to read an advance copy of the book and interview ...

Indiana signee and Mr. Basketball candidate Derek Elston was on the verge of seeing his high school season end in the sectional. His Tipton Blue Devils, No. 1 in Class 2-A, were down 38-30 with six minutes remaining. Tipton responded ...

Audio of Tom Crean on Pardon the Interruption

  • Alex Bozich Mar 4, 2009 3
 

Tom Crean appeared on Pardon the Interruption earlier today with Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon. Video has yet to surface from the World Wide Leader, but here’s a link to the audio of today’s show. The interview is about 9 ...