Offutt chooses Ohio over IU
Walter Offutt, the former four-star recruit from Indianapolis, is headed to Ohio University.
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Walter Offutt, the former four-star recruit from Indianapolis, is headed to Ohio University.
(5/7 update: Offutt is visiting Ohio NEXT Saturday. There was a miscommunication in our brief conversation last night. He, therefore, plans to make his choice on Monday, May 17)
Last week I interviewed and wrote about Walter Offutt, a 6-foot-3 Indianapolis native and former 4-star recruit that could find his way onto the IU roster as a walk-on. Offutt was a Top 100 prospect coming out of high school, according to Rivals.com, and is transferring from Wright State.
IU officially opened Cook Hall on Sunday afternoon at a dedication ceremony inside and on the men's basketball practice courts.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Assembly Hall has undergone minimal changes since it first opened in 1971.IU fans saw the addition of a $1.99 million state-of-the-art scoreboard in 2005. But very little else looks different from when the 17,456-seat facility first opened 39 years ago.Sunday afternoon, however, marked the dedication of the new basketball development center, Cook Hall.Take a virtual tour of the facility with this YouTube video.Connected to the historic basketball arena by an underground passageway, the $20 million Cook Hall is expected to provide the tradition-heavy IU program and its recruits a taste of the 21st century.“It is just an amazing thing when you go through that building,” IU coach Tom Crean said at a press conference Friday. “It is going to be such a positive for so many people, whether you have been a fan for a long time, whether you are a new fan and certainly for recruits.”From its two full-sized practice courts and the locker room suites to the strength-and-conditioning center and the athletic training room, Cook Hall will play an important role for both men’s and women’s basketball teams.The new facility will also serve as quite the special place for IU diehards and many others who set foot into Pfau Shine Legacy Court — a shrine celebrating the almost-unmatched IU basketball tradition.From the national championship trophies and other artifacts to the interactive display screens and database, it is likely to impress most who have the opportunity to see it up close.“For a historian, it is unreal, and for a true fan they are going to be blown away,” Crean said. “But I want the casual observer to come in and say ‘Wow, I have to see that again.’”Cook Hall, however, is intended to leave its greatest mark on Hoosier prospects.“We have only had a few players come up and see it at this point because of the tournaments that have gone on, and we had some dead periods,” Crean said. “But when they see it, they are going to be blown away.”As long as it stands, Assembly Hall will remain a unique building representing past IU basketball accomplishments.But together with the new Cook Hall, there is now hope that it will again be a place that houses a perennial college basketball power. “It is a complex now,” Crean said. “It is a basketball complex with Assembly Hall and Cook Hall and then when the Academic Center gets done, it is going to be the largest academic center in the country.”
Seven of the basketballs in Cook Hall commemorating IU's Big Ten Championships, as the finishing touches are put onto the "Cook Hall" lettering on the wall of Pfau Shine Legacy Court.
A photo of Tom Crean is the final image of the Reader Rail timeline that runs around the center of the terrace level of Pfau Shine Legacy Court.
One of many artifacts inside the Spirit of '76 Display on the terrace level of Pfau Shine Legacy Court, a tribute to the prefect 1975-76 season.
A photo of Bob Knight stands out among other photos on the Coaches Display on the second floor of Pfau Shine Legacy Court at Cook Hall.
One of two interactive display screens, featuring history and highlights of IU basketball
The Assembly Hall Era Case, displaying many of the most notable photographs and artifacts, inside Phau Shine Legacy Court. The other side of the room is also home to the Field House Era case.
Bob Hammel talks with IU women's coach Felicia Legette-Jack in front of the bottom of the IU Tower, which features the 5 national championship trophies.
A view of Pfau Shine Legacy Court from the terrace level. The IU Tower is the centerpiece of the room, which is bordered by the Prominent Players Mural.
The 1987 national championship trophy at the bottom of the IU Tower in Cook Hall. The other four trophies run clockwise around the tower, beginning with the 1940 trophy pictured to its left.
A view of the women's practice court from a second floor balcony inside Cook Hall. The men's team has an identical court, save for the different 3-point lines.
Cook Hall's Athletic Training Suite, which "features the latest in hydrotherapy training and rehabilitation equipment."
Inside the strength and conditioning room, where several cardio and weight machines are ready for use. Other equipment has yet to be unpacked as Cook Hall nears its official opening.
The entrance to the 2000-square foot strength development center, exclusively for IU's men's and women's basketball players.
This wall in the Locker Room Suites is one of many similar displays inside Cook Hall. Basketball players can relax or work on their studies here.
Randall Tobias Men's Basketball Locker Room inside Cook Hall