Cody Zeller’s arrival is garnering many of the national focus on this season’s Indiana team, but a substantially improved defense appears to be the key for the Hoosiers to climb out of the Big Ten cellar and into postseason play. ...
Below, some selected quotes from Verdell Jones, Will Sheehey and Jordan Hulls from Big Ten Media Day. Jones: On Cody Zeller: “Having Cody’s going to help all of us because he’s going to be a presence that’s going to command ...
It’s time for Inside the Hall’s player-by-player breakdown of the 2011-2012 Indiana Hoosiers. Today: Verdell Jones III. On the surface, Verdell Jones’ numbers during his junior campaign were respectable. He averaged 12.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists in just ...
It’s been a quiet couple of weeks since the conclusion of the July evaluation period, but it’s time to ramp back up once again as the official start of basketball practice is less than eight weeks away. We’ll have comprehensive ...
Welcome to “That’s A Wrap,” our attempt to make some sense of the 2010-11 season. Sit back. Relax. Grab some popcorn. Get your read on. Today: Verdell Jones III. Final Stats (28 games): 12.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.2 apg, 44.8% ...
Watch what Indiana guards Jordan Hulls and Verdell Jones had to say following Indiana’s 72-61 loss to Purdue on Wednesday at Assembly Hall. The loss dropped the Hoosiers’ to 12-16 overall and 3-12 in the Big Ten.
BLOOMINGTON — I’m going to tell you a story. That’s one of the wonderful options available in writing for a web site rather than, say, a traditional newspaper: I get to be a lot more informal and conversational. So here ...
Thoughts on a 60-57 win over the Gophers: As it turns out, there’s life after Christian Watford after all. This win came in the form of Tom Pritchard, who became Blake Griffin tonight. It came in the form of a ...
BLOOMINGTON — Execution is the common theme that runs through all of basketball. Everything a team wants to do, every goal it wants to achieve, however small or large, specific or grandiose, will be determined by its ability to execute. ...
Watch the postgame comments of Jordan Hulls (13 points, 4-of-4 from the field), Verdell Jones (24 points, 9-of-10 from the field) and Christian Watford (17 points, 10 rebounds) following Indiana’s 80-61 win over Michigan on Saturday at Assembly Hall in ...
It was, for the briefest of moments, hard to recognize Verdell Jones through the lens of my television Tuesday night. He’d shaved off what was left of his usually short hair, opting for an all-bald look that made him unique ...
Watch and listen to what Jordan Hulls and Verdell Jones had to say following IU’s 69-60 loss to Penn State at Assembly Hall on Monday in the embedded media players below (Audio from Jeremiah Rivers is also available, after the ...
Until about 24 hours ago, the doubt was cautious, compartmentalized. It’s now more general, and it’s spreading. When we started talking about Indiana’s 2010 non-conference schedule, the conversation generally split games into two categories: the eggshell-soft home slate and the ...
BLOOMINGTON — It has been suggested, perhaps not unfairly, that Indiana’s early-season schedule will eventually weaken it, perhaps critically. A November filled with nameless opponents, it was feared, wouldn’t provide Indiana enough tests to get the Hoosiers ready for the ...