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12/15/2011 5:39pm

Notre Dame Coach Mike Brey's press conference notes

I sat in on the conference call with Notre Dame coach Mike Brey this afternoon and here are some comments he had about IU. Brey talked about how his team has battled injuries a lot this season, trying to continue a series with IU and what he has seen from the Hoosiers so far. Follow the jump for Brey's comments. Mike Brey's Comments On what Cody Zeller gives IU: "He gives them a low post that they can throw it into.




12/12/2011 11:29pm

Jay Bilas Interview on IU-Kentucky

On Thursday before the IU-Kentucky Basketball game, Mitchell Paul and I interviewed ESPN College Basketball Analyst Jay Bilas. Topics discussed were his life, basketball, Duke, broadcasting/analyzing, IU vs.



12/12/2011 12:18pm

Watford named Big Ten Player of the Week

In news that was far less shocking than his buzzer-beater 3-pointer to knock off No. 1 Kentucky, IU junior forward Christian Watford was named Big Ten Player of the Week. For those of you who have seen the shot a million times, let's make it 1,000,001. "The shot heard 'round the Hall," as coined by fellow IDS men's basketball beat reporter Kevin Bowen, capped off a 20-point effort from Watford.







12/9/2011 6:53pm

The curious case of Verdell Jones

Besides a game against some No. 1 team on Saturday (Kentucky, I think?), there has been a lot of talk about senior guard Verdell Jones amongst IU fans this season.



12/8/2011 9:00am

Breaking down Kentucky and IU

Yes, both teams will enter Assembly Hall at 8-0 this Saturday but their paths to undefeated records have taken much different paths. IU's strength of schedule currently ranks No.



12/7/2011 5:40pm

Men's soccer receives plethora of awards Wednesday

Following in the footsteps of former IU soccer players Will Bruin and Rich Balchan, who were both selected in first round of the 2011 Major League Soccer draft, current seniors Chris Estridge, Tommy Meyer, and Alec Purdie have been invited to the 2012 adidas MLS Player Combine in January. The Hoosier trio will be among 49 other NCAA men's college soccer players from 31 Division 1 schools invited to the combine being held in Ft.


12/7/2011 5:13pm

#CampCrean shut down

They got to spend one night as senior sleeping outside Assembly Hall, but at around 5 p.m. today, Camp Crean was shut down by IU Athletics and the students were asked to pack up, but were given vouchers to allow them to be the first ones inside Assembly Hall on Saturday. Per IU Athletics: BLOOMINGTON, IND - Student season ticket holders who have been standing outside Assembly Hall since Tuesday afternoon were given vouchers late this afternoon (Dec.


12/7/2011 3:31pm

Big Ten recognizes Academic All-Big Ten Recipients

The Big Ten Conference honored 788 fall student athletes, including 90 from IU. By sport, those honored included: Seven field hockey players, 24 football players, 11 men's cross country runners, 13 women's cross country runners, 10 men's soccer players, 18 women's soccer players and Seven volleyball players Sophomore soccer player Rebecca Dreher was one of 14 Big Ten student-athletes to earn a 4.0 GPA.