For those unfamiliar, here’s some background on the four factors to winning: Established by Dean Oliver, the four factors are building blocks for Ken Pomeroy’s efficiency formula. It’s important to mention, as noted by Stat Sheet, that the factors are ...
Notes on an 88-76 loss to the Eagles: Well, despite the double-digit loss, there were at least some positives tonight, eh? Sure, the Hoosiers came out flat in the first half — running their Verdell Jones-only offense we’ve seen from ...
Indiana at Boston College
A few things pop out here: 1) Free throws should be something to watch tonight. Boston College ranks 237th in the nation in free-throw rate, so the Eagles aren’t getting to the line all that often. As I detailed yesterday, ...
So Guy-Marc Michel is in fact ineligible, and will be for the entirety of his stay at Indiana University. Inside the Hall explains why, and delves into some background on the issue as well, with details from overseas.
It really isn’t fair. These words aren’t meant to sound petulant. They aren’t meant to sound like whining. They might sound trite, but I can’t really help that. The definition of the word “trite,” according to Merriam Webster online, reads ...
Julie Cromer, IU’s senior associate athletics director for compliance and administration, took questions from the media following the university’s announcement regarding Guy-Marc Michel earlier this evening. Listen to Cromer’s comments in the embedded media player below: [audio:cromer1130a.mp3]
OK, here is an attempt to further smooth out the questions surrounding the Guy-Marc Michel ruling, announced tonight. We’ll start with the timeline. Indiana first found out about Michel’s amateurism issues over the summer. Michel played for SLUC Nancy, a ...
The details, per a release from IU Media Relations: The NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee has denied Indiana University’s appeal on behalf of Guy-Marc Michel. As a result, he is not eligible to participate on the men’s basketball team. ...
Before hitting the road for IU’s first road game of the season, Tom Crean met with the media on Tuesday afternoon to talk about the matchup against Boston College in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Watch and listen to what Crean ...
All stats below are from Ken Pomeroy, unless otherwise noted. Six games in November against lesser talent isn’t an ideal measuring stick for any college basketball team. Yet, there still exists enough encouraging signs that even when the Hoosiers play ...
After a 15-16 season, an eighth-place finish in the ACC and failure to reach the postseason in 2009-2010, Boston College parted ways with Al Skinner and hired Steve Donahue from Cornell. Donahue, who led the Big Red to the Sweet ...
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 … @zipsofakron writes: So ...
And subsequent interview with Daniel Poneman of SWAGair: Those block were pretty nice, too, and Perea’s ability to elevate just looks effortless. Is it 2012 yet? (HT: Greg Rosenstein)
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. In one of the more anticipated Indiana high school basketball debuts in ...
Throughout the season, Inside the Hall will keep you posted on how 2011 signees Austin Etherington and Cody Zeller, IU’s seven verbal commitments and other notable prospects being recruited by the Hoosiers, are performing at their respective schools. You can ...