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With the world of recruiting in college basketball spinning out of control, the brass at the NCAA finally decided it was time to close the loophole of coaches recruiting kids without regulation in the seventh and eighth grade. The old ...

Changing their candy stripes

  • Alex Bozich Jan 16, 2009 3
 
Changing their candy stripes

Ryan Cost, a senior producer over at the Palestra, sent along this feature he put together after IU’s loss at Ohio State on Tuesday:

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The Morning After: Staying positive

  • Eamonn Brennan Jan 14, 2009 3
 
The Morning After: Staying positive

There are only so many things to say from game to game about the way IU is playing. For example, what was there to say after Illinois? The Hoosiers were destroyed by a far superior (and still underrated) team. Michigan ...

Good, Bad and Ugly: Ohio State

  • Ryan Corazza Jan 13, 2009 3
 
Good, Bad and Ugly: Ohio State

THE GOOD: THE GOOD, CONTINUED: Verdell Jones looked incredibly competent in the point guard role tonight (I feel like this was the first time all year we didn’t get a lot of Daniel Moore dribbling all over the place, which ...

Live Blog: Indiana @ Ohio State

  • Alex Bozich Jan 13, 2009 3
 
Live Blog: Indiana @ Ohio State

Crean: Dumes is a “game-time decision at best”

In today’s Big Ten coaches teleconference, Indiana coach Tom Crean said that Devan Dumes is “day-to-day to a game-time decision at the very best” for Tuesday’s game at Ohio State. You can listen to Crean’s teleconference below, courtesy of the ...

Carlino putting up big numbers for No. 1 Highland

Throughout the season, Inside the Hall will keep you posted on how the six Indiana signees and 2011 commitment Matt Carlino are performing at their respective schools. Here’s our latest update. + Matt Carlino: The No. 17 player in the ...

The Morning After: Illinois open thread

  • Eamonn Brennan Jan 12, 2009 3
 
The Morning After: Illinois open thread

After the massive disappointment last week against Michigan, I didn’t expect much out of Saturday’s game at Illinois — that’s a tough place to play, and Illinois has sneakily been really good this year. Their tempo-free numbers belie a team ...

Good, Bad and Ugly: Illinois

  • Alex Bozich Jan 10, 2009 3
 
Good, Bad and Ugly: Illinois

THE GOOD (HEY, WE HAD TO LIST SOMETHING, RIGHT?): Nick Williams. That pretty much sums it up. On a day when the Hoosiers came out with far less fight than needed to win in a hostile environment, Williams was the ...

Live Blog: Indiana @ Illinois

  • Staff Jan 10, 2009 3
 
Live Blog: Indiana @ Illinois

Know Thy Opponent: Illinois Fighting Illini

  • Alex Bozich Jan 10, 2009 3
 
Know Thy Opponent: Illinois Fighting Illini

Expected to be a middle of the pack team in the Big Ten, Bruce Weber’s Illinois club is off to a 13-2 start and owns the most impressive conference win to-date: A 71-67 upset at Purdue in overtime. A big ...

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Crean, Jones and Roth talk Illinois

  • Alex Bozich Jan 9, 2009 3
 
Crean, Jones and Roth talk Illinois

Tom Crean, Verdell Jones and Matt Roth met with the media Friday afternoon to talk about Saturday’s matchup with Illinois. Here are a few highlights: Jones on the rivalry between Indiana and Illinois: “The whole week, that’s the talk about ...

A lesson in motivational speaking: The fist

  • Alex Bozich Jan 9, 2009 3
 
A lesson in motivational speaking: The fist

As the Hoosiers prepare to take on Illinois tomorrow afternoon, it’s the perfect time to relive one of the most moving speeches ever delivered. Let me set the scene: It’s the 2005 National Championship game at the Edward Jones Dome ...

Around the Hall: Shot selection and a whole lot of awesomeness

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: New Year’s resolution

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 ...

The Morning After: Michigan, or clapping alone

  • Eamonn Brennan Jan 8, 2009 3
 
The Morning After: Michigan, or clapping alone

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 ...