Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall crew. + Matt Dollinger, the Indiana Daily Student beat reporter for the men’s basketball team and friend of ITH, took it upon himself to chart IU’s shot selection against ...

Candy Stripes: New Year’s resolution

  • Shane Johnson Studios Jan 8, 2009 3
 

Candy Stripes is an IU basketball comic by Shane Johnson Studios that appears bi-weekly on Inside the Hall. You can purchase prints or original artwork by contacting Shane at [email protected]. + Connect to Inside the Hall with Facebook: Inside the ...

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The Morning After: Michigan, or clapping alone

  • Eamonn Brennan Jan 8, 2009 3
 

Hey, so that was fun, right? Haha, just kidding! That wasn’t fun at all! That was precisely as much fun as a rusty ballpeen hammer to the eye socket, only less violent, so long as you don’t count “throwing an ...

Good, Bad and Ugly: Michigan

  • Ryan Corazza Jan 7, 2009 3
 

THE GOOD: We played very good for very long against a borderline Top 25 team, who has beaten the likes Duke and UCLA. The first half was so promising, so full of life, it was a feeling we haven’t felt ...

Hoosiers lose heartbreaker in OT, 72-66

  • Alex Bozich Jan 7, 2009 3
 

Indiana head coach Tom Crean couldn’t have drawn it up any better. After a head scratching home loss to Lipscomb to close out 2008 and a road loss to Iowa in the Big Ten opener, the Hoosiers returned to Assembly ...

Live Blog: Michigan @ Indiana

  • Staff Jan 7, 2009 3
 

One thing IU ranks high in? Creating turnovers.

  • Ryan Corazza Jan 6, 2009 3
 

Peering at Ken Pomeroy’s ratings, you will see very high numbers next to Indiana’s stats. This is because they rank near the bottom of Division I basketball in a lot of categories. Here’s a quick run through as of yesterday, ...

Know Thy Opponent: Michigan Wolverines

  • Alex Bozich Jan 6, 2009 3
 

After six seasons under Tommy Amaker with no NCAA Tournament appearances, the early results this season suggest the John Beilein era is progressing well in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines finished just 10-22 a year ago, but are 11-3 this season ...

Crean, Williams and Dumes talk Michigan

  • Alex Bozich Jan 6, 2009 3
 

In preparation for Wednesday’s home Big Ten opener with Michigan, Indiana coach Tom Crean and guards Devan Dumes and Nick Williams addressed the media earlier today. You can hear the complete audio at the following links: Coach Crean audio Devan ...

Crean Big Ten teleconference audio

  • Alex Bozich Jan 5, 2009 3
 

Courtesy of the Big Ten Network, here is the audio from this morning’s teleconference with Tom Crean: Related: John Beilein teleconference audio Bruce Weber teleconference audio

Report: Beas Hamga will not be a Hoosier

  • Alex Bozich Jan 5, 2009 3
 

Beas Hamga, the transfer from UNLV who was rumored to be considering Indiana, will not be a Hoosier according to our friend John Decker of Hoosier Nation. Hamga originally committed to Iowa when Steve Alford was the coach and ended ...

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One of the top sophomores in the country, Indianapolis Pike’s Marques Teague, will decide on his college destination shortly after the high school season concludes. Teague’s father Shawn, who played for Louisville coach Rick Pitino at Boston University, gave the ...

Ah, the Hoosiers. Just when I thought I was out … they pull me back in. It’s not as though I had given up on the season in any sort of meaningful way. Actually, I’d given up on the season, ...

Lawrence North sophomores commit to Louisville

  • Alex Bozich Jan 4, 2009 3
 

Two of the top sophomores in the class of 2011 — Lawrence North’s Ryan Taylor and Michael Chandler — committed to Louisville shortly after the Cardinals’ 74-71 win over Kentucky today. The Courier-Journal’s Jody Demling has the details: Indianapolis Lawrence ...

Heads up: TMA coming Monday

  • Eamonn Brennan Jan 4, 2009 3
 

The headline pretty much says it all: TMA will arrive on your pixelated doorsteps tomorrow morning. I blame the delay on Enron, Arthur Andersen, Kelvin Sampson, and Jim Nantz. I have no idea what that actually means. But yeah: tomorrow.

Good, Bad and Ugly: Iowa

  • Ryan Corazza Jan 3, 2009 3
 

THE GOOD Tom Crean. After Indiana’s abysmal last couple games, starting out on the road in the Big Ten — no matter what the team — and having the Hoosiers in it at the end impressed me. Credit the coach ...