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Jordan Crawford to Xavier

  • Ryan Corazza Jul 10, 2008  
 

We had an inkling of this early on with his admiration for Sean Miller and now it’s official: Jordan Crawford, the last hope for talent retention on the Hoosiers before he decided to head elsewhere, has landed at Xavier according ...

Earl Calloway making a name in summer league

  • Eamonn Brennan Jul 10, 2008 3
 
Earl Calloway making a name in summer league

The NBA’s summer league is what it is — a bunch of first-and-second-year players desperately clawing for the last few spots on their team. Often, the effort is fruitless, and those players are sent back to the NBDL or to ...

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A year later: Harrison Barnes

  • Alex Bozich Jul 9, 2008 3
 
A year later: Harrison Barnes

About a year ago today, I was at the Kentucky Hoop Fest in Louisville watching a bunch of different players including Derek Elston, Ray McCallum Jr. and Stephan Van Treese. In between games, I walked over to a court with ...

Roger Franklin still high on the Hoosiers

  • Alex Bozich Jul 8, 2008 3
 
Roger Franklin still high on the Hoosiers

Jerry Meyer, the national recruiting analyst for Rivals.com, had an update this afternoon from the LeBron James Skills Academy and one of his tidbits should be of interest to Hoosier fans. Roger Franklin, a 2009 forward who’s playing this summer ...

Together at last: Armon Bassett and Mike Davis

  • Alex Bozich Jul 8, 2008 3
 
Together at last: Armon Bassett and Mike Davis

Armon Bassett will finally suit up for the coach responsible for bringing him to Bloomington – Mike Davis – as the former IU guard announced his intentions to transfer to UAB in today’s Birmingham News. “I’m good friends with Robert ...

Third assistant announcement could come in August

Those of you waiting to hear who will take the final assistant coaching spot on Tom Crean’s staff should plan to wait a few more weeks. Indiana is not expected to name a third assistant coach until after July 31, ...

Possible AD candidates start to trickle out

  • Alex Bozich Jul 5, 2008 3
 
Possible AD candidates start to trickle out

The Indianapolis Business Journal has an excellent piece this morning on the search for a new athletic director and it includes a list of candidates that could potentially fill the opening: Former IU basketball player and current Senior Associate Athletic ...

Bud Mackey is a free man (for now); Jordan Crawford down to five schools

Bud Mackey, who lost his opportunity to attend IU after being caught at school with crack, is a free man once again. WKYT in Lexington, Kentucky reports that Mackey was released at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday: Former Scott County High ...

And Kelvin Sampson claims another casualty

  • Ryan Corazza Jul 3, 2008 3
 
And Kelvin Sampson claims another casualty

We’ve seen the reverberations inside the program since Sampson left: players getting dismissed, scholarships being lost, an AD peacing out on the program. But what about us common folk who were looking at the Sampson tenure in the long haul? ...

Crean hitting the road this weekend

  • Alex Bozich Jul 3, 2008 3
 
Crean hitting the road this weekend

Tom Crean is expected to use one of his seven remaining recruiting evaluation days this weekend to watch the It Takes 5IVE event at the University of Cincinnati. Crean will get a good look at the Indiana Elite team, featuring ...

IU giving up scholarships in anticipation of APR penalties

In another attempt to be proactive in its dealings with the NCAA, IU will give up two scholarships for the upcoming season due to less than satisfactory APR scores. The Associated Press has the details: Assistant Athletic Director Frank Cuervo ...

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McRobbie on Sampson: “A risk that should not have been taken”

Indiana University President Michael McRobbie, who might be finally starting to figure out the importance of the basketball program in Bloomington, told the NCAA infractions committee in a hearing last month that hiring Kelvin Sampson was a mistake. Who knew? ...

Crean talks newest 2008 recruit, Malik Story

  • Alex Bozich Jun 30, 2008 3
 
Crean talks newest 2008 recruit, Malik Story

Here is an IU release on Malik Story, the latest and likely the last recruit to join the 2008 class: Bloomington, Indiana – Indiana University Men’s Basketball Coach Tom Crean has announced that Malik Story, a 6-5 forward/guard who led ...

Severance package details for Richard Greenspan

  • Alex Bozich Jun 30, 2008 3
 
Severance package details for Richard Greenspan

Forgive us for being a little late to the party on this — yours truly is under the weather — but both Hoosier Nation and The Hoosier Scoop have uncovered the severance package details for everyone’s favorite athletic director, Rick ...

NCAA advises IU to halt the barnstorming tour

  • Alex Bozich Jun 27, 2008 3
 
NCAA advises IU to halt the barnstorming tour

The Barnstorming Tour, which is run annually by Criss Beyers, has likely seen its last stop. According to our friend Chris Korman of the H-T/Hoosier Scoop, the NCAA has advised the Big Ten to not allow the tour to take ...

Around the Hall: NBA Draft reaction

  • Alex Bozich Jun 27, 2008 3
 
Around the Hall: NBA Draft reaction

A pair of Hoosiers landed in the first round in Thursday’s NBA Draft. Eric Gordon became the first top 10 pick out of IU since Calbert Cheaney in 1993, going No. 7 to the Los Angeles Clippers. Birmingham native D.J. ...