C. Ray Hall of the Louisville Courier-Journal reports from Georgetown, Kentucky: One of Kentucky’s top high school basketball players plead not guilty to felony drug charges today in District Court. Jonathan “Bud” Mackey, a 6-foot-4 senior guard at Scott County ...
(Editor’s Note: The Indianapolis Star has revealed secondary violations that have taken place in the last 15 months. You can read that report by clicking here.) Updated, 10/16, 7:15 AM: Those of you hoping for a “this too shall pass” ...
(Editor’s Note: For a partial transcript of the teleconference with Rick Greenspan, Kelvin Sampson and Grace Calhoun, click here.) First, a preface: I like Kelvin Sampson at the helm for IU. I think he is a good, smart coach who’s ...
The following press release was issued by Indiana Media Relations: The Indiana University Department of Athletics today announced that a series of recruiting sanctions and corrective actions are being imposed on men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff. The ...
Nearly 13,000 fans packed Assembly Hall Friday night to kick off what many of us hope will be a season that leads to San Antonio. In short, here’s what we learned: DeAndre Thomas should be given a big hand. The ...
Multiple sources are reporting that IU freshman Eli Holman, whom we’ve talked about a great deal in recent weeks, has been granted clearance by the NCAA to play for the Hoosiers this season. Not a big surprise as we expected ...
1: The White factor: Will D.J. play well enough to be a lottery pick? Whether or not D.J. plays well enough to be a lottery pick is slightly different than wondering whether or not D.J. will simply play well. Playing ...
The group of recruits attending Hoosier Hysteria this weekend in Bloomington is arguably the most talented to ever attend the event. It’s probably not a stretch to say that IU has the most talent of any school in the nation ...
I’ll be honest: I’ve never met Eli Holman. Never seen him a play a single second of basketball. Never watched him fly from one end of the court to another, 6’10” but shockingly athletic; never seen him dunk, though I ...
This e-mail we received from members of the West Contra Costa Unified School District school board seems to suggest that Eli Holman will qualify. We are writing to you as members of the West Contra Costa Board of Education. We ...
One of the quotes that caught my eye this offseason came from senior forward Lance Stemler when he was asked the depth of this year’s team. “We’re definitely going to have to compete for our spots, which is a good ...
From IU Media Relations: The Indiana University Athletics Department will hold its annual Hoosier Hysteria on Friday, October 12 in Assembly Hall. The event will feature the IU men’s and women’s basketball teams and the IU volleyball program. Doors will ...
Another day and another hoops preview is on the newsstands. This time its The Sporting News, which is publishing for the last time on its own after merging with Street & Smith’s. Here’s the rundown on the magazine from the ...
It’s been quiet on the Bud Mackey front these past two days, but now ESPN.com basketball columnist Andy Katz is reporting that IU will withdraw its offer to the Scott County standout regardless of how everything shakes out in court. ...
With the unfortunate news regarding Bud Mackey surfacing last Friday evening, the attention of the IU staff shifts to the class of 2009 to lock up another guard. Let’s face it, most of the 2008 talent has been spoken for ...
Some more details have fluttered out about promising IU recruit turned Just Another Sad Story Bud Mackey. And, it looks as if he’s admitted to school administrators he was delivering the crack cocaine he was caught with to someone. According ...