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In an issue that is near and dear to any Hoosier fan’s heart — considering it might be partially responsible for the arrival of IU’s best recruit in about 20 years — the NCAA has almost, almost, closed the door ...

Draft Express not impressed with Eric Gordon

Normally, I would have been all over this when it was first released, but with the recruit games and other things going on throughout the past week, it got pushed to the back burner. DraftExpress, not exactly the Marty Blake ...

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Lewis Jackson heading to West Lafayette

One of IU’s targets in the 2008 class, 5’9″ point guard Lewis Jackson from Eisenhower High in Illinois has decided on a school and he’ll be heading to chief IU rival Purdue. Jackson announced the decision today on Rivals.com (subscription ...

Matt Roth has IU in his top three

  • Ryan Corazza Aug 9, 2007 3
 
Matt Roth has IU in his top three

A news station near Peoria, Il., HOI 19, is reporting that Illinois sharpshooter Matt Roth has narrowed his college choices down to three. IU made the cut. Washington High senior basketball star Matt Roth had what he described as a ...

Elston, Plumlee surface in Rivals Top 100 for 2009

Two Indiana kids with Indiana offers have made their first appearance in the latest Rivals.com 100 for the Class of 2009. Previously the Rivals network, which was recently acquired by Yahoo, had only ranked the Top 75 for 2009 and ...

Child knows best

  • Eamonn Brennan Aug 9, 2007 3
 
Child knows best

With all due respect to the many Michigan bloggers out here among us — is there a team in the country with a more prolific blogger base? — I have the exact same reaction every time I hear Hail To ...

Crawford, Mackey impressive in NA recruit game

Two future Hoosier guards were on display at the Barnstorming Tour at New Albany High School on August 2 and both were equally impressive. Jordan Crawford, the second IU player to come from Hargrave Military Academy in the last two ...

Tyler Zeller visits Bloomington

  • Alex Bozich Aug 7, 2007 3
 
Tyler Zeller visits Bloomington

Thanks to one of our contacts in Bloomington (and a faithful reader of the site), Zach, Inside the Hall has learned that Tyler Zeller was in Bloomington today on an unofficial visit. Zeller was spotted in the South lobby of ...

Alice Cooper, Fuzzy Zoeller and Kelvin Sampson: Three names never to be used in conjunction again

Just when you thought the pairings at Fuzzy Zoeller’s Louisville-based Wolf Challenge could not get any more, ahem, eclectic, well, guess who’s joining the field: Alice Cooper. Seriously. Alice Cooper. I don’t know if you could have picked a person ...

An early look: Michigan State Spartans

Steve Grinczel is the Michigan State beat writer for the Booth Newspaper chain, which includes the Ann Arbor News, Bay City Times, Flint Journal, Grand Rapids Press, Jackson Citizen Patriot, Kalamazoo Gazette, Muskegon Chronicle, and Saginaw News — and MLive.com. ...

All-Big Ten preview: Jamar Butler

  • Alex Bozich Aug 6, 2007 3
 
All-Big Ten preview: Jamar Butler

I’m back for our second installment of our All-Big Ten preview and this week we have our second piece of the puzzle, Jamar Butler of Ohio State. For those who didn’t see it, last week we profiled Raymar Morgan of ...

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Barnstorming tour video from Batesville

For those of you who weren’t able to make it out to one of the first two stops of the Barnstorming Tour at New Albany or Batesville, there’s a very nice YouTube video that has surfaced of the game at ...

Bruce Weber’s recruiting secrets revealed

Before I get into the topic at hand, let me first mention that Eisenhower (IL) point guard Lewis Jackson has narrowed his list of schools to five and Indiana is one of them. The other schools still under consideration by ...

Lance Stemler speaks on the upcoming season, the status of his ankle, Eric Gordon and more

Lance Stemler talked to reporters following the Barnstorming Tour game at New Albany High School and the 6’8″ senior forward had a lot of interesting thoughts. Inside the Hall was there as he discussed the upcoming season, his ankle injury, ...

IU makes final four for Tyler Zeller

  • Alex Bozich Aug 3, 2007 3
 
IU makes final four for Tyler Zeller

Tyler Zeller, the top senior-to-be in the state of Indiana from Washington High School in North Daviess, has a list of his top four schools, announced today on the Indiana Elite website. As I told you a month ago, the ...

Around the Hall: NAHS Barnstorming Game

  • Eamonn Brennan Aug 3, 2007 3
 
Around the Hall: NAHS Barnstorming Game

You read how Big A — our man on the scene — reacted to the various exploits of IU’s incoming recruits last night … now read how those mainstream guys (you know, the ones who get paid to do this) ...