Tom Crean Archive

Former IU coach Tom Crean was the guest on this week’s Hoosier Hysterics podcast. In the later part of the episode, Crean, an ESPN analyst, was asked for his thoughts on this season’s IU team and roster. Here’s a transcript ...

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The past 10 years of Indiana men’s basketball have been among the most eventful in program history. A coaching change came along with two outright Big Ten titles, and trips to the NCAA tournament always stopped in the Sweet Sixteen ...

Former IU coach Tom Crean accepts job at Georgia

  • Alex Bozich Mar 15, 2018 3
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Former Indiana coach Tom Crean has landed his next head coaching job. As first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Crean finalized a deal to become the next head coach at the University of Georgia on Tuesday. “I am honored ...

Tom Crean, who was fired on Thursday after nine seasons at Indiana, spoke publicly for the first time since being dismissed to Pete Thamel of Sports Illustrated. You can read the entire piece at this link, but here are some of ...

The year it all ended

  • Ryan Corazza Mar 20, 2017 3
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A confidence-boosting win over Kansas in Hawaii set the year off with a bang. ESPN’s post-game interview with Tom Crean on the court turned into a celebration, his players preening and pumping their chests as they tussled his hair. This ...

Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall staff. Pat Forde of Yahoo! Sports writes that Tom Crean’s firing was a surprise: I talked to Tom Crean on Wednesday afternoon. He said he had “heard nothing” from ...

What we know about Indiana’s coaching future

  • Josh Margolis Mar 16, 2017 3
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Less than three hours after announcing via press release that Tom Crean would no longer be the head coach of IU basketball, Athletic Director Fred Glass spoke to the media inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The press conference lasted nearly ...

Indiana fires Tom Crean after nine seasons

  • Alex Bozich Mar 16, 2017 3
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Tom Crean, who led Indiana to two Big Ten regular season championships and three Sweet Sixteen appearances, was fired on Thursday. Crean, who took over in Bloomington in April of 2008 with the program under NCAA sanctions, was 166-135 in ...

Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall staff. Rick Bozich of WDRB.com writes that the spotlight in Bloomington has turned to Athletic Director Fred Glass: Glass must make a call on the marriage between IU basketball ...

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Video: Tom Crean reacts to loss at Georgia Tech

  • Alex Bozich Mar 15, 2017 3
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ATLANTA – Tom Crean met with the media following Indiana’s 75-63 loss to Georgia Tech on Tuesday night at McCamish Pavilion in the NIT. Watch his postgame comments below:

WASHINGTON – Tom Crean, James Blackmon Jr. and Juwan Morgan addressed the media following Indiana’s 70-60 quarterfinal loss to Wisconsin in the Big Ten tournament on Friday at the Verizon Center. Watch their postgame comments below:

WASHINGTON – Tom Crean, De’Ron Davis, Juwan Morgan and James Blackmon Jr. met with the media following Indiana’s 95-73 win over Iowa in the Big Ten tournament at the Verizon Center. Watch their postgame comments below:

News and notes from Tom Crean’s radio show

  • Josh Margolis Mar 7, 2017 3
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Inside IU basketball with Tom Crean was live on Monday evening from the Holiday Inn in Bloomington with player guest Thomas Bryant for the final show of the season. Below are news and notes from Crean and Bryant (all quotes ...

Video: Tom Crean reacts to win at Ohio State

  • Alex Bozich Mar 4, 2017 3
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Tom Crean met with the media following Indiana’s 96-92 win over Ohio State on Saturday afternoon at Value City Arena. Watch his postgame comments below:

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – What a difference a year makes. Back on Mar. 6, 2016, Indiana was on the top of the Big Ten. It was the last game of the regular season, and the Hoosiers had already clinched the ...

Video: Tom Crean reacts to loss at Purdue

  • Josh Margolis Feb 28, 2017 3
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Tom Crean met with the media following Indiana’s 86-75 loss to Purdue on Tuesday night at Mackey Arena. Watch his postgame comments below: