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Live Blog: Derby Festival Basketball Classic

  • Alex Bozich Apr 11, 2009  
 

We’re on the scene in Freedom Hall for the 2009 Derby Festival Basketball Classic. Jordan Hulls, Maurice Creek and Christian Watford will be participating for the Gold Team. As we move closer to tip-off, we’ll team with the Herald-Times for ...

ITH Video: Christian Watford at Night of the Future Stars

Considered by many to be the prize of Tom Crean’s 2009 recruiting class, Birmingham native Christian Watford showed off his skills Friday night in the Night of the Future Stars at Bellarmine University. Watford competed with Louisville signee Peyton Siva ...

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ITH Video: Maurice Creek shoots the three

  • Alex Bozich Apr 10, 2009 3
 
ITH Video: Maurice Creek shoots the three

Indiana signee Maurice Creek is one of the top shooters in the country and he showed his range for the first time in front of Hoosier fans Friday night at Bellarmine University. Creek is the leader after the opening round ...

Creek and Hulls on target in 3-point shootout

  • Alex Bozich Apr 10, 2009 3
 
Creek and Hulls on target in 3-point shootout

Future Indiana teammates Maurice Creek and Jordan Hulls advanced to the finals of the Wazoo Sports Derby Festival Classic 3-point shootout Friday night at Knights Hall at Bellarmine University. In total, four players advanced to the finals of the event ...

Marquis Teague looking hard at six schools

  • Alex Bozich Apr 10, 2009 3
 
Marquis Teague looking hard at six schools

The notion it’s a foregone conclusion that Marquis Teague will play for Rick Pitino at Louisville is all but gone. Several weeks ago, I had numerous people tell me it was a lock for Teague to be a Cardinal. But ...

Watford looking to build chemistry

  • Alex Bozich Apr 10, 2009 3
 
Watford looking to build chemistry

After watching him for a couple of hours yesterday, it’s not hard to see why Christian Watford is considered the prized recruit of Indiana’s 2009 class. He’s a legitimate 6-8, can play inside or outside and is extremely athletic. As ...

Creek: ‘We’re going to make it up next year’

When the ball tips in Saturday’s Wazoo Sports Derby Festival Basketball Classic, Indiana fans will get a glimpse of the future. Christian Watford, Jordan Hulls and Maurice Creek will team together for the first time. “We’re going to have fun ...

Jordan Hulls, Maurice Creek and Christian Watford

Three of the six Indiana signees – Jordan Hulls, Maurice Creek and Christian Watford – practiced together for the first time this afternoon in preparation for Saturday’s Wazoo Sports Derby Festival Basketball Classic. I’ll have more on the practice, including ...

Photo: New basketball practice facility coming along

I was down at IU for the night Saturday, and just remembered I snapped this photo of the basketball practice facility: Not done by any means, but it’s rounding into shape.

See IU basketball players stand outside an IU football game

How well do you know the IU Hoosiers? How likely are you to go to an Indiana football game this year? Exactly the IU athletic department’s point: Why not kill both birds with the same stone? Hence the following event. ...

Final Rosters announced for Wazoo Sports Derby Festival Basketball Classic

Here are the final rosters for the 2009 Wazoo Sports Derby Festival Basketball Classic. Maurice Creek, Jordan Hulls and Christian Watford will play together on the Gold team. Inside the Hall will have coverage throughout the weekend beginning late on ...

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Submit your questions for Evan Daniels of Scout.com

National recruiting analyst Evan Daniels of Scout.com has agreed to answer questions from Inside the Hall readers as a part of a Q & A we’ll be conducting in the near future. To submit a question, please post it in ...

Final standings for Pick ‘Em Challenge

Thanks to more than the 500 of you that participated in the contest. Here is a look at the final standings: The top three should contact us at [email protected] to arrange delivery of their prizes. On a side note, a ...

Dominique Ferguson opens up his recruitment

  • Alex Bozich Apr 3, 2009 3
 
Dominique Ferguson opens up his recruitment

According to a tip we received early this evening, Lawrence North junior Dominique Ferguson has de-committed from the University of Kentucky. It was speculated after the coaching change in Lexington that Ferguson would re-open his recruiting process and a tipster ...

Why They’ll Win It All: Connecticut

  • Alex Bozich Apr 3, 2009 3
 
Why They’ll Win It All: Connecticut

Throughout the week, we’ve stated our case for each of the Final Four teams to win the national championship. We conclude the series today with Connecticut. There are reasons to like Connecticut to win it all beyond the fact that ...

Why They’ll Win It All: Michigan State

  • Alex Bozich Apr 2, 2009 3
 
Why They’ll Win It All: Michigan State

Throughout the week, we’ll be running small capsules on the remaining Final Four teams, stating why they’ll win it all. Today: Michigan State. Had I told you before the tournament that Michigan State would beat the No. 1 overall seed ...