Devan Dumes update
Indiana Daily Student reporter Jordan Cohen got a hold of the newest Indiana Hoosier this afternoon, Devan Dumes.
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Indiana Daily Student reporter Jordan Cohen got a hold of the newest Indiana Hoosier this afternoon, Devan Dumes.
IDS staff members Peter Stevenson and Lee Hurwitz contributed to this story
The grapevine has been on loudspeaker lately regarding IU men’s basketball.\nSince the Hoosiers lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on March 22, rumors have swirled violently around the program. They’ve ranged from who will be the team’s next head coach to which players might not be on the team next season.\nOn Sunday, WTHR Eyewitness Sports reported that sophomore guard Armon Bassett and junior forward Jamarcus Ellis would not be Hoosiers next season. Minutes later, WTHR analyst and former IU guard A.J. Ratliff refuted the report and said the two planned to meet with IU’s coaching staff Monday.\nThe meeting appeared to have sealed the two’s fate. Late Monday night, The Indianapolis Star reported IU interim coach Dan Dakich had dismissed Bassett and Ellis from the team for missing “two prearranged meetings” last week.\nWhen reached late Monday night, Dakich was asked to confirm if Bassett and Ellis had been dismissed and if any official roster changes had been made. Dakich declined to answer and ended the call abruptly. \nA source who wished to stay anonymous and is familiar with the program told the Indiana Daily Student that Dakich went to Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan with a request shortly after the Hoosiers lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Dakich asked Greenspan to remove Bassett, Ellis and two other players from the team immediately for several reasons, including failed drug tests, poor grades and talking back to coaches, the source said.\nBut IU spokesperson J.D. Campbell denied the meeting between Dakich and Greenspan and other media reports regarding Bassett and Ellis’ departure.\n“I am not aware of any changes to our official roster at this time,” Campbell said late Monday night.\nThis isn’t the first time Bassett and Ellis have run into trouble this season. Bassett, who averaged 11.4 points per game, was suspended for three games in December for violating undisclosed team rules. Ellis, who averaged 6.8 points per game, was suspended for IU’s last regular season game against Penn State for violating undisclosed team rules. \nIn an emotional postgame press conference following IU’s loss to Arkansas, Dakich campaigned to be the Hoosiers’ next head coach, preaching his willingness to do things the right way.\n“The passion, the desire to do things right academically, socially, on the court, style of play are all things that are absolutely what would happen if I become the head basketball coach at Indiana over the course of time,” he said.\nWhile the future of IU’s roster remains murky, the search for IU’s next head coach has been equally confusing for people attempting to follow the madness.\nSince IU President Michael McRobbie announced the formation of a 10-member search committee days before IU’s first-round tournament game, a guessing war has erupted between Hoosier fans and media outlets nationwide.\nOn Peegs.com, a popular IU basketball message board, a record 1,797 subscribing members logged on Monday to follow the latest Hoosier rumors. More than 2,000 fans were on the Web site’s free message board late Monday. \nMichael Pegram, the Web site’s creator and moderator, said he didn’t think things could get crazier than they were two years ago, when former IU coach Kelvin Sampson was hired.\n“The coaching search is kind of like talking politics,” Pegram said. “Everybody has their own candidate, and people can be so opposed on the same coach and debate it endlessly.”\nPegram said the fans on his message boards were more optimistic last week before Washington State coach Tony Bennett announced he would not pursue the IU position. And although the coaching search generates optimism amongst fans, Pegram said things are taking a pessimistic turn.\n“There’s more concern because of the NCAA sanctions, and people understanding the talent on next year’s team is not formidable with the loss of D.J. White, Eric Gordon and the potential loss of players to transfer.”\nIn a poll the Web site conducted, Pegram said Bennett was the clear favorite among Hoosier fans for IU’s next head coach, but Xavier’s Sean Miller finished second with “a lot of supporters.”\nHoosierNation.com’s John Decker said the rumors have been colorful and plentiful this offseason, which has been the busiest in his career of covering IU sports.\n“I’ve gotten everything from the job is Rick Pitino’s to the job is Tom Izzo’s to Thad Matta,” Decker said. “I’ve gotten e-mails and posts (on our Web site) giving the job to about 15 people.”\nBoth Decker and Pegram compared the current situation to the Sampson hiring two years ago.\n“There was a situation where you thought players were going to possibly transfer, (Robert) Vaden, D.J. (White), Ratliff,” Decker said. “From that standpoint it’s pretty much the same. I don’t know if I’m forgetful, but it seems like this time there has been a lot more rumors ... and it’s not as if anything has been drastically different.”\nCampbell said the sheer amount of rumors “shows the level of interest that exists about the Indiana basketball program.” But the rumors often don’t reflect the truth.\n“If you sit there and look at coaching searches for a lot of teams, the person usually comes out of nowhere,” Campbell said. “People think they know, but they don’t.”
Greetings, Undertherockers. As you can tell from today's warm temperatures and Kirby's coverage below we are amidst spring football season. Yesterday, the IDS was fortunate enough to have Tracy Porter on our sports podcast "That's What He Said."
Marion County prosecutors had an opportunity to do what Larry Bird has only dreamed of.\nJamaal Tinsley and Marquis Daniels were nice enough to take a 20-minute break from destroying the Indiana Pacers franchise Monday afternoon to appear in a Marion County courtroom.\nThe two faced a slew of charges from a 2007 bar fight where, among other things, Tinsley threatened to kill the bar’s manager. But much like the past two seasons, Tinsley and Daniels were able to brush aside any wrongdoing, which included a felony charge of intimidation and myriad of misdemeanors, and walk free.\nTinsley, the mastermind of the idiocy, potentially faced up to four years in prison. Four years that would have kept him out of Indy’s backcourt and in a cell for the rest of his miserable, senseless life. Er, I mean contract. According to the police report, Tinsley threatened the 8 Seconds Saloon manager’s life before punching him and knocking him to his knees. \nDemonstrating the versatility and rebounding skills Larry Bird once envisioned in him, Daniels picked up where Tinsley left off, striking the man repeatedly in the face. I wish Daniels showed that kind of passion on the court instead of his typical deadpan stare off into the distance.\nBut instead of locking up two of the Pacers’ worst, Marion County prosecutors (synonymous with incompetent), let the two go on the condition they stay out of trouble for the next two years. \nWait, what?\nDid the prosecution make Tinsley and Daniels promise? How about a pinkie swear? Do crosses count? What was it exactly about Tinsley’s checkered past that made him seem trustworthy? And why two years? Why not three? What kind of ridiculous Mickey Mouse resolution is this?\nOn top of “good behavior,” the two Pacers were also sentenced to 32 hours of community service each. On a side note, remind me to commit some heinous crime next time I make the trip north to Indy – I like my chances.\nInstead of doing the community a disservice and letting Tinsley and Daniels “help out” (do you think they’d give a lecture on guns or strip clubs?), I think Marion County should just give the two Pacers 32 hours total.\n32 hours to pack your things and get the hell out of Indianapolis. Don’t stop when you reach the state line, don’t affiliate yourself with the blue and gold, and don’t ever, ever come back.\nYou’ve been more embarrassing than Elliot Spitzer. You’ve caused more problems than pollution, famine and poverty combined. You’re as distracting as a sorority girl in a lecture hall. The only thing that is keeping Bird from giving you a good ol’ French Lick-ing is the fact that your trade value is lower than Bear Stearns. I would complain about your play, too, except for the fact that you’ve made a habit out of wearing dress clothes to games rather than a jersey. \nThe Pacers have been on an uncontrollable downward spiral ever since The Brawl in 2004. They traded away the two biggest problem makers – Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson – only to breed others. I’m looking at you, Shawne Williams and David Harrison. \nWilliams one-upped Daniels last month in a contest of who could make Bird and Donnie Walsh gray faster. Only a few days after a rape was reported at Daniels’ home, Williams was found to be harboring a 20-year-old man with an outstanding murder warrant in Tennessee. Just in case there was any confusion about the two’s relationship, the murderer was arrested after leaving Williams’ house driving a car registered to the Pacer!\nThings have reached a Spears-like bottom in Indianapolis. Then again, that is exactly what Pacer fans told themselves two years ago. Things are so bad, I have yet to even mention how miserable their play on the court has been (25-41 with little chance of landing a top-5 pick). \nBut until the Pacers can clean up their mess off the court, nobody will care how they do on it. You can’t root for a team that literally puts the community in danger on a daily basis. \nPacers co-owner Herb Simon said his team will consider making changes to “everything but the owner right now,” and I would do just that. No matter the cost, no matter the salary cap ramifications – get rid of the bums like Tinsley, Daniels and Williams.\nUnfortuantely, the prosecution has rested. It’s up to you, Larry.
With apologies to Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan and President Michael McRobbie, the real leader of IU is its men’s basketball coach. To this day, you can’t wear Hoosier paraphernalia outside Indiana without someone bringing up Bobby Knight, and he hasn’t coached at IU in eight years.\nIU won’t name a new full-time head coach until the summer, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start speculating who will lead Hoosier basketball into the future. Here are the names of five top candidates to fill Kelvin Sampson’s shoes.
IU Athletics Director Rick Greenspan and Associate Athletics Director Tim Fitzpatrick were entrenched in Greenspan's Assembly Hall office late Thursday night until just before midnight.
James Hardy made headlines with his departure to the NFL, but he might not be the first Hoosier selected on NFL Draft day. ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr., the John Nash of mock drafts , ranks IU cornerback Tracy Porter as the No. 24 best prospect in the 2008 NFL Draft. Before updating his Big Board on Jan. 2, Porter was listed at No. 12 on the same list. Kiper describes Porter as "not only a skilled coverman" but "a dynamic punt returner as well." In addition to the NFL Combine in February, Porter will have a chance to improve his draft stock during the East-West Shrine Game on Jan. 19 and the 2008 Under Armour Senior Bowl on Jan. 26. We've heard plenty the last few days about Hardy, but what kind of NFL career do you see Porter having? Do you see him as a starting cornerback in the NFL? A nickelback? A punt returner?
TEMPE, Ariz. – An inspirational season came to a disappointing end Monday night.\nHistory will remember this season as the year the Hoosiers fulfilled their season-long goal to “play 13.”\nWitnesses will remember this season as the year the Hoosiers failed to compete during No. 13.\nBy the time the Hoosiers knew what had hit them it was too late. At halftime IU was down 35-10 to Oklahoma State, an insurmountable lead even by fairy tales' standards.\nThe second half became a formality, one many of the fans didn’t feel the need to stick around for. By the middle of the third quarter the Tempe bleachers were as empty as Wrigley Field’s in the cold of October.\nYou don’t need a crystal ball to tell you the Hoosiers won’t be the same team next year. The loss of the strongest senior class in years will leave an Arizona mountain-sized void in IU’s depth chart. \nIf you focus on the bottom line, this season is a success. Yes, they played 13. No, they didn’t quit. They fulfilled Terry Hoeppner’s dream.\nBut you don’t need me to tell you that Coach Hep wouldn’t have been satisfied this year, and the same can be said for IU coach Bill Lynch too.\nYou don’t travel to a bowl game for the weather. You don’t come for the New Year’s block party. And you certainly don’t come to get blown out by a team in front of your home fans who traveled across the country just to see you.\nNext year’s success might start with something as trivial as setting your goals higher. How about “win 13” – or “don’t give up 35 points in the first half of your bowl game.”\nPeople tend to make resolutions at this time of the year. The players and coaching staff of IU’s football team should be no different. \nHere a couple of friendly suggestions:\nContinue to honor the memory of Coach Hep. There was no stronger motivator this season for IU’s football team than Jane Hoeppner, and her presence will continue to have the same effect next season. Her late husband is remembered as an inspirational difference maker – she should continue to be viewed in the same light.\nSchedule tougher opponents. Getting to a bowl game is nice. Winning a bowl game would be phenomenal. Bowing out of the Insight Bowl as early as the Hoosiers did is like running the first 26 miles of a marathon and failing to squeak out the last 385 yards. The Hoosiers will need to play tougher out-of-conference opponents in order to be sufficiently prepared for bowl games of the future.\nStrive for consistency. I learned a long time ago that it's one thing to be able to do something, but it’s a whole new world to be able to do it consistently. That means consistently tackling, consistently establishing the run and consistently playing the entire game.\nFollow in the footsteps of your elders. I’d be hard pressed to name a player who played harder and with more passion this season than Tracy Porter. After taking a helmet-to-helmet collision with the 6-2, 300-pound Greg Brown in the first quarter, Porter laid motionless on the field, looking more mannequin than man. But you don’t know Porter very well if you were surprised to see him back on the field the next quarter.\nObviously disappointed after the game, Porter opened up and told reporters how he’d remember this year.\n“I’ll remember this season because guys never gave up through all the adversity we faced, through all the things that happened to us,” Porter said. “We were still able to accomplish the goals that we had, to play the next play, to ‘play 13.’ I know I’ll remember (my teammates) ‘cause they never gave up on me and I did the same and never gave up on them.”\nDon’t quit on this Hoosier team. They’ll be back next year.
Its almost New Years and the UTR staff is growing restless. Here are our stories from tonight's game:
[Indiana 33, Oklahoma State 49] (Final)
With so many Hoosiers in town, there was only one way for IU's fans to send off their football team before the big game.
We are high above Sun Devil Stadium in the press box, about three hours before kick-off.
The sun is beginning to set in Tempe and we're about to head downtown for the festivities on the eve of the Insight Bowl.
Humphrey Bogart could have narrated this story.
A majority of the passengers flying on my evening flight from Indianapolis to Phoenix had something in common.
I know we are flooding you with press releases. But the Hoosiers arrived in Tempe yesterday and I thought I'd pass along the transcript from IU coach Bill Lynch's arrival press conference.
Read what OSU coach Mike Gundy had to say following the Cowboys practice at Corona del Sol High School Wednesday. Oklahoma State had its first on-sight practice yesterday leading up to Monday's Insight Bowl.
The strike is over.
40-year-old man or not, the Hoosiers are coming after Mike Gundy and Oklahoma State.\nIn case you’ve been trapped under The Rock following the on-field Old Oaken Bucket celebration, the Hoosiers and Cowboys will spend New Year’s Eve playing in the Insight Bowl in Tempe, Ariz.\nSet to watch the BCS selection show on a television the size of Barry Bonds’ head (pre-steroids), my Sunday evening was disturbed by an anticlimactic sports information director. Oklahoma State University’s athletics Web site spilled the Insight Bowl beans an hour before Fox was supposed to break the story nationally.\nBut small screen or not, the picture couldn’t have been any clearer: For the first time since 1993, the Hoosiers can call their football season a success.\nSince the Bucket game, Lynch and his coaching staff have been recruiting endlessly, selling the “buzz” around IU football. With the future of IU’s coaching position cemented and their bowl tickets stamped for Tempe, the “buzz” is bordering on a deafening roar in comparison to years past.\nThe Insight Bowl is everything coach Hep envisioned and exactly what Bill Lynch and his players have been fighting for all season. A prestigious game, a national setting, a warm climate, a legitimate opponent – take a deep breath Hoosier fans, how refreshing is IU football’s relevancy?\nLike that oversized plaid sweater you wear around the holidays, the Insight Bowl is the perfect fit for the Hoosiers. For weeks, the only thing Hoosier fans have been wanting for Christmas is not to spend the day after at the Motor City Bowl. \nBut the sleepless nights spent poking and prodding Detroit-related voodoo dolls and knocking on cream and crimson wood paid off – the Hoosiers are destined for the Valley of The Sun. \nAnother sunny destination, The Champs Sports Bowl, made a last-second push in IU fans’ hearts, but the game ultimately would have been a bad fit. Boston College, a team ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation this year, would have presented an opponent too talented for the Hoosiers to compete with. \nInstead the Hoosiers are dealt the Cowboys, a challenging yet equal opponent. \nFor a writer who fancies focusing on the negatives, there are only two currently present in IU’s biggest football game in 14 years. \nMaking a push in the ultimate irony category, the Insight Bowl, a college football postseason game, will be nationally televised on the NFL Network. \nFor fans making the trip to Tempe and not scrambling for satellite-enabled televisions, the Barenaked Ladies will be headlining the Insight Bowl’s block party, which is an all-day party in Tempe that plays out until 2008. Apparently, Fastball and Savage Garden were already booked during bowl-season. \nBut the positive buzz resonating from Memorial Stadium and IU football easily drains out the two discrepancies. A teleconference late Sunday night couldn’t reveal Lynch’s smile, but everyone listening could hear him grinning through his teeth.\n“The mindset isn’t just getting a chance to play a bowl game,” Lynch said. “The fun part is going to win it.”