D.J. Byrd, a 6’4″ wing from the class of 2009, has given a verbal pledge to play for Matt Painter and the Purdue Boilermakers. Byrd, who will be a junior at North Montgomery in Crawfordsville, chose Purdue over Indiana, Notre ...
Over at Sports Illustrated today, Luke Winn threw down an interview he conducted with Michigan State’s Drew Neitzel. (I swear DN should have graduated two years ago. Seems like he’s been there forever.) Within it, Neitzel talks about playing on ...
Update: The original video we posted was removed by the user who posted it on YouTube, so we had to substitute another Ebanks video. It’s never a bad idea to send us a tip, which is how I got notice ...
The preseason hoops polls are slowly starting to trickle out and today we got Dick Vitale’s top 40 teams. Using his revolutionary “Vitale Bald Dome Index” formula, also known as the VBDI, Dickie V has the Hoosiers pegged as the ...
We’ve already revealed the first three members of our preseason All-Big Ten first team: Raymar Morgan of Michigan State, Jamar Butler of Ohio State and Geary Claxton of Penn State. The tough part came in deciding who would be our ...
According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, East Chicago Central forward Angel Garcia has come to a decision on where he’ll attend college and he’ll be taking his game to Beale Street. Garcia, ranked No. 27 overall in the class of ...
In their final Bahamas barn burner, IU snuck past the Commonwealth Bank Giants 115-63. I’m pretty sure most of the teams that play at the HPER could beat the three teams IU played on this trip. Nonetheless, the final contest ...
For the second straight day, IU dominated another over matched opponent, throttling Guatemala 103-41 at Kendal Isaacs Stadium in Nassau. Eric Gordon was impressive as usual, scoring 33 points in 28 minutes of action. Perhaps more importantly, Gordon added five ...
Nor are we the college football sort, for that matter, but guess what … The Indiana Hoosiers (1-0) are officially better than Michigan (0-1) and Notre Dame (0-1). Sentence rendered at 12:24 p.m., September 2, in the year of our ...
In case you were wondering how Indianapolis Pike product and former Hoosier Robert Vaden is doing these days, the Birmingham News has an update for you: Five UAB Blazer basketball players were arrested and jailed early Friday morning by Birmingham ...
Uptempo Hoosiers breeze in Bahamas {Louisville Courier-Journal} Ebanks impresses in Elite 24 Classic {The Queens Courier} White, Gordon give Sampson reason to smile {ESPN} Eligibility a question for IU’s Holman {Indianapolis Star} Defense and effort outstanding in 106-46 win in ...
From the “well, we were hoping this wouldn’t happen, but certainly aren’t surprised that it did” file comes the news that for the here and now, new California recruit Eli Holman has not yet been cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse. ...
(Update: Read the full release regarding the trip by clicking here.) Coach Sampson and his 2007-2008 Indiana Men’s Basketball team will leave tomorrow afternoon for their trip to the Bahamas. Here’s a look at the scheduled games: • Friday, Aug. ...
While surfing the Web late this afternoon, I came across the ESPN College Basketball page and noticed there were some free Insider items (yipee!). Apparently not enough people are subscribing to Insider, because I’ve noticed quite a few free previews ...
Almost as soon as Eric Gordon made his commitment to IU official, I wondered how his addition would jive with the veterans on the team. Regardless of his considerable talent, Gordon remains a freshman with no experience at the college ...
Devin Ebanks took place in the Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic this past Friday night at Rucker Park and walked away a winner as his White Team defeated the Orange Team, 169-164. Suffice to say, not much defense was ...