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It Takes 5ive opens July evaluation period

  • Alex Bozich Jul 6, 2009  
 

A who’s-who of college coaches arrived in Cincinnati Monday for the opening of the July evaluation period at the adidas It Takes 5ive Classic. Among the coaches spotted: Tom Crean and assistants Tim Buckley and Bennie Seltzer; Louisville’s Rick Pitino, ...

July evaluation period set to kick off on Monday

The July evaluation period kicks off Monday for college coaches and their assistants. And with coaches being unable to attend AAU tournaments in the month of April, July’s evaluation period has even more importance in 2009. In no particular order, ...

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Hoosiers will face Pittsburgh in Jimmy V Classic

As speculated a couple of weeks ago, Indiana will face Pittsburgh at Madison Square Garden in December. The game will be part of a doubleheader in the Jimmy V Classic. Here’s the official release from IU: The Indiana University men’s ...

No shortage of IU targets in new Scout.com rankings

With the summer evaluation period set to begin next week, Scout.com expanded their rankings for the 2011 class to include 75 prospects. And several players being pursued by Indiana made the list. Matt Carlino, the only player committed to Indiana ...

Sampson’s appeal to NCAA: Denied

  • Ryan Corazza Jun 30, 2009 3
 
Sampson’s appeal to NCAA: Denied

As you may recall, the NCAA levied a five-year show-cause order on Kelvin Sampson back in November, along with slapping IU with three years probation for “failure to monitor.”  Essentially, this means Sampson has little to no chance at being ...

Crean, Calipari discuss moving rivalry back to neutral site

The annual Indiana-Kentucky game may be returning to its rightful location: a neutral site. According to comments made by UK coach John Calipari on Monday’s SEC teleconference, the UK coach and Tom Crean have discussed moving the rivalry game back ...

Inside the Hall turns two years young

  • Alex Bozich Jun 25, 2009 3
 
Inside the Hall turns two years young

As you can see, Inside the Hall has received a face lift. Nothing against our old digs, but collectively, Eamonn, Ryan and I decided it was time for a fresh look. And here we are. For those of you who ...

Crean mum on status of Creek, Muniru

  • Alex Bozich Jun 24, 2009 3
 
Crean mum on status of Creek, Muniru

One of the major storylines this summer besides recruiting is the eligibility status of incoming freshmen Maurice Creek and Bawa Muniru. Neither player reported to Bloomington for the second semester of summer school. Creek is believed to be waiting for ...

Tom Crean talks recruiting, kind of

  • Alex Bozich Jun 24, 2009 3
 
Tom Crean talks recruiting, kind of

With the uncertainty of the scholarship situation going forward, it was only a matter of time until the questions started on the availability of grants for future recruiting classes. In Wednesday afternoon’s press conference, Tom Crean was asked about IU’s ...

Audio: Tom Crean press conference

  • Alex Bozich Jun 24, 2009 3
 
Audio: Tom Crean press conference

Indiana coach Tom Crean met the media earlier this afternoon at Assembly Hall. You can listen to the audio of the press conference here or in the embedded media player below. [audio:http://blogs.heraldtimesonline.com/iusp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ds_206772.mp3] We’ll have more reaction to Crean’s comments later ...

Darwin Davis headed to Xavier

  • Alex Bozich Jun 23, 2009 3
 
Darwin Davis headed to Xavier

Bloomington South guard Darwin Davis didn’t wait for the IU offer that may or may not have come. The 5-9 guard who helped lead the Panthers to a state championship and won the MVP award at Bob Gibbons’ Tournament of ...

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Could Tom Crean be the man to ‘bring back Bobby’?

When the update came through via Twitter, the first thought that raced through the minds of Indiana fans was, ‘Is Coach Crean going to bring back Bobby?’ He did, after all, say he wanted to bring every former coach, player ...

Bawa Muniru not reporting to Bloomington … yet

At long last, an update on the most mysterious of Indiana’s six 2009 signees, Bawa Muniru. With four of his classmates already on campus, Muniru still has an obligation in the classroom and will report to Bloomington in July. Chris ...

Live Chat: Rick Bozich of the Louisville C-J

We will gather with our friends from the Hoosier Scoop/H-T and the IDS for our bi-weekly Monday evening chat. This week, we’ll be joined by Louisville Courier-Journal columnist Rick Bozich. See you at 7:30 EST. Hoosier Scoop/Inside the Hall Live ...

Indiana completes weekend sweep of Kentucky

  • Alex Bozich Jun 14, 2009 3
 
Indiana completes weekend sweep of Kentucky

After a 78-65 win Saturday evening in Conseco Fieldhouse, the Indiana All-Stars headed south to Louisville looking to complete a sweep of the Kentucky All-Stars at Knights Hall on the campus of Bellarmine University. And they did just that. Led ...

Reports: Maurice Creek waiting on test scores

  • Alex Bozich Jun 12, 2009 3
 
Reports: Maurice Creek waiting on test scores

We’re a little late to the game on this, but both The Indiana Daily Student and The Hoosier Scoop are reporting that Maurice Creek will not report to Bloomington for the second session of summer school. At April’s Derby Festival ...