Indiana All-Stars narrowly edge Kentucky All-Stars in Louisville
The Kentucky All-Stars gave the Indiana All-Stars all they could handle before Indiana pulled away late for a 90-85 victory.
The Kentucky All-Stars gave the Indiana All-Stars all they could handle before Indiana pulled away late for a 90-85 victory.
In preparation of facing their counterparts from Kentucky, Indiana’s Junior and Senior All-Star teams suited up Wednesday in front of a near-capacity crowd at Pendleton Heights High School’s Arabian Arena in the second of two scrimmages, with the seniors winning 121-96.
2012 IU Men's Basketball commit Ron Patterson scored 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including 2-of-4 on threes, to help the Indiana Senior All-Star team fend off an energetic Junior All-Star team 104-97 Monday at the Lloyd Scott Gymnasium in Seymour, Ind.Patterson added three assists, four rebounds and two steals to lead the trio of 2012 IU commits on the Senior team. Jeremy Hollowell struggled from the field, scoring just 5 points on 1-for-7 shooting, while Ferrell scored 11 and grabbed seven rebounds but struggled running the point, committing six turnovers to one assist.
Following a successful debut in 2011, the athletic directors at Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame and Purdue universities have agreed to a two-year extension that will keep college basketball’s Crossroads Classic at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis through 2014.
Fairfax, Va. shooting guard Stanford Robinson became the fourth member of the 2013 recruiting class to verbally commit to IU when he did so late Wednesday.
The Hoosiers will play North Carolina in the 2012 ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Tuesday, Nov. 27 in Assembly Hall.
1. Indiana The Hoosiers find themselves at the top of almost every preseason poll on the national level, and the same is true in the Big Ten. IU returns every player who scored against Kentucky in the 102-90 Sweet Sixteen loss. A nationally ranked recruiting class joins the five returning starters, and Tom Crean’s fifth season in Bloomington has the makings of a deep run into March Madness.
The IU men’s basketball season came to a close Thursday night at Assembly Hall with its first awards ceremony open to the public.
IU men’s basketball forwards Christian Watford and Cody Zeller announced that they will return to school next season and put their NBA dreams on hold. The two were IU’s leading scorers and rebounders in the 2011-12 season.
Former Indiana basketball player Isiah Thomas was fired this past weekend as the head coach for Florida International.
Per an IU Athletics press release, freshman forward Cody Zeller and junior forward Christian Watford are staying at IU for next season instead of going to the NBA.
I saw an analogy the other day I found rather clever. Yahoo! Sports columnist Pat Forde compared the NCAA Tournament to a pizza: It is never awful but sometimes merely passable compared to others.
Creek has never played a full season in his IU career. Injury forced him to sit out this year, as the Hoosiers made an unexpected run into the NCAA Tournament. But he persists, trying to contribute in any way he can, while working to make his return.
The list of accolades continues for freshman forward Cody Zeller. He earned an honorable mention Associated Press All-America honor on Monday. He is the 42nd Hoosier to share All-American honors and is just the second freshman in school history to earn that honor. Eric Gordon was the first in 2008.
It just wasn’t the same. The Bloomington Police Department cars were there, the crowds were there, the cream and crimson shirts were there, but it just wasn’t the same.
After returning just 32 points to the roster four years ago, IU will bring back all five starters and 85 percent of its starting lineup next season. Based off those numbers, the answer to this question would seem like a pretty obvious “No.” However, IU Coach Tom Crean is bringing in a top-five recruiting class with multiple players ranked in the top 50 by various news organizations.
Though the IU men’s basketball season came to a close in Friday night’s loss to No. 1 Kentucky in the Sweet 16, the Hoosiers’ success was greater than tournament teams of some recent years past.
Here are five key statistics that IU improved on from this past season.
The Big Ten torch will be carried by the Ohio State Buckeyes this weekend in New Orleans. Overcoming major foul trouble in the first half, the Buckeyes outlasted Syracuse 77-70 to win the East Region and advance to their first Final Four since 2007.
Kentucky played like Kentucky. Despite No. 4 IU’s 90 points — Kentucky’s worst defensive output of the season — the Wildcats still pulled out the 12-point win.