Men's Basketball

The season starts Saturday

The tables turned more than a bit Tuesday night at Assembly Hall.

IU grad brings the ‘cheeseburgers-and-bus league’ to Bloomington

After IU’s 72-54 victory against Bemidji State, IU coach Tom Crean talked about the importance of his team playing with energy – something the Hoosiers will prepare for before their regular season opener. Conversely, Bemidji State coach Matt Bowen talked about preparing for the 16-hour bus ride home awaiting his team tomorrow.

Hoosiers bailed out by bench in team’s final exhibition game

Their regular season doesn’t begin until Saturday, but the Hoosiers have already had to grind out a win at home. With their starters off-key in the team’s final tune-up, IU needed a second-half run and a strong showing from its bench to pull away from Division II school Bemidji State, eventually winning 72-54.

‘My team is on the floor’

Crean to re-introduce team Friday at ‘Haunted Hall of Hoops’

IU coach Tom Crean wants people to get to know the Hoosiers before their first exhibition game on Nov. 7. The first chance to see the new-look IU squad came two weeks ago at Hoosier Hysteria. Then last Saturday the team scrimmaged at Assembly Hall shortly after IU’s Homecoming football victory against Northwestern.

ONLINE ONLY: Crean Q&A with IDS

On Wednesday, the Indiana Daily Student had the chance to sit down and talk to IU’s first-year coach Tom Crean. Here is the interview in its entirety: Q: What are your plans for homecoming this weekend?

Crean talks offense in address to students Tuesday

The two presidential candidates weren’t the only ones doing a bit of politicking Tuesday night.IU coach Tom Crean shook hands, signed autographs and took pictures with students Tuesday night, all after sending a message similar to one laid out the night before when he spoke at the IU Auditorium.Crean pleaded with IU students at the Hoosier Den in Foster Quad to purchase season basketball tickets.          PODCAST: Hoosier Sidelines“Get your things in order, you don’t want to miss this,” Crean told those in attendance. “I don’t know where it’s going, but you don’t want to miss this.”On Monday, Crean spoke in a more formal setting. In a more laid-back scene Tuesday, a projector screen replaced the red curtain of the auditorium stage, and a montage replaced Crean’s lecture.The montage showed highlights and images of former Hoosier greats, ranging from the 1976 championship team all the way to the 2002 Final Four squad. Intertwined in the highlights of Hoosier basketball were images of enthusiastic IU fans from last year, prompting Crean to say those are the fans needed back this season.

NCAA extends deadline for response to ‘failure to monitor’

The IU Department of Athletics received a letter Tuesday from the NCAA extending the deadline for the University’s response to the “failure to monitor” allegation leveled against the department.

Looking for a few good men

Odds stacked against Hoosiers

According to vegasinsider.com, a sports gambling information Web site, the IU men’s basketball team’s odds of winning a national title this year stand at 300-1  – same as seldom-feared small school Siena and a long way from highly regarded in-state rival Purdue, whose odds are 20-1.

Former Hoosier basketball player remains hospitalized after quadruple bypass

Georgetown transfer part of IU’s future

Doc Rivers had just finished restoring Boston’s rich basketball tradition when it hit him. Hot Pockets.

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Georgetown transfer part of IU’s future

Doc Rivers had just finished restoring Boston’s rich basketball tradition when it hit him. Hot Pockets.

Standout sophomore to join Hoosiers in 2011

Matt Carlino, a talented high school sophomore, verbally commits to play for IU in 2011.

What in the wide, wide world of sports is happening?

Basketball columnist Zachary Osterman discusses Bud Mackey's guilty plea.

IU squad travels for international games

Getting the opportunity to travel overseas is one many people never experience in their lifetimes. For four Hoosier players and the IU women's basketball coaching staff, the chance to participate internationally was too good to pass up as they went to Australia, Canada, Guatemala and Cuba this summer.

Senior ready to bounce back from knee injury

After sitting out two seasons because of medical redshirts, senior Jamie Gathing was awarded a sixth year of eligibility for the 2004-05 season by the NCAA. The Kankakee, Ill., native will rejoin a Hoosier lineup this year that features 11 returning letter winners from last season.

New assistants breathe life into IU program

Looking down his bench this year, IU coach Mike Davis sees something personal. Not only is this the first year with every player being a Davis recruit, but the coaching staff is also a product of his own.

What will it take?

Winning. A simple philosophy. It's all IU's storied tradition had known since 1970. However, last year's Hoosier team, buoyed by one star, Bracey Wright, for lack of a better phrase, fell flat on its face. Finishing with a 14-15 record, the Hoosiers failed to make the NCAA tournament for the first time in 18 years, snapping the second longest streak of consecutive appearances in the Big Dance.