Crean: Dumes out for Wisconsin game

  • Alex Bozich Mar 8, 2009  
 

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 ...

Bawa Muniru: One handsome man

  • Alex Bozich Mar 4, 2009 3
 

… And The Hoosier Scoop has photo evidence. He would have been the second best dressed man on the Hoosier bench last night (behind Tim Buckley, of course.) And in case you missed it in the game recap, here’s the ...

Kyle Taber bids farewell to Assembly Hall

  • Alex Bozich Mar 4, 2009 3
 

And the Palestra has some video of the speech:

Good, Bad and Ugly: Michigan State

  • Ryan Corazza Mar 3, 2009 3
 

I have put little emotional investment into this Big Ten season. As the losses piled up, it was hard to. With so many turnovers and so much frustration, there came a point where you had to cut your losses and ...

Upset bid foiled: Hoosiers fall 64-59

  • Alex Bozich Mar 3, 2009 3
 

The script was set perfectly for Kyle Taber’s final game in Assembly Hall. Family and friends ascended upon Bloomington to say farewell to the senior captain. Chants of ‘Ky-le Ta-ber’ were heard throughout Assembly Hall. And in a game in ...

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Live blog: Michigan State @ Indiana

  • Alex Bozich Mar 3, 2009 3
 

Michigan State at Indiana

With the season winding down, Tom Crean is beginning to reflect on his first season in Bloomington. Ryan Cost of The Palestra sent along the following from Crean’s presser yesterday: So do we Tom, so do we.

Around the Hall: March 3, 2009

  • Alex Bozich Mar 3, 2009 3
 

Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall crew. + Senior night is players’ final chance to bid farewell {Indiana Daily Student} + Zach Osterman breaks down the improvement Kyle Taber has shown during his senior season ...

Taber talks senior night and Michigan State

  • Alex Bozich Mar 2, 2009 3
 

I’ve gotta hand it to Kyle Taber. He’s had one of the toughest seasons in terms of wins and losses ever for an IU player and unlike guys like Tom Pritchard and Nick Williams who will get to see another ...

Tom Crean Big Ten teleconference audio

  • Alex Bozich Mar 2, 2009 3
 

Update: Crean also talked to the media this afternoon about the Michigan State game. Here is the audio of Tom Crean’s appearance on the weekly Big Ten coaches teleconference, courtesy of the Big Ten Network: Related: Tom Izzo teleconference audio ...