Indiana Hoosiers Rumors & News
IU, Purdue wrestlers advance
Indianapolis Star — Indiana's Angel Escobedo, who extended his record to 33-0 at 125 pounds while earning his third consecutive Big Ten title over the weekend, leads 10 qualifiers from IU and Purdue for the NCAA Tournament on March 18-20 in Omaha, Neb. Nate Everhart (285), Paul Young (165) and Matt Powless (197) also qualified from IU.
March 9, 2010Talk sports with Bozich and Crawford
Louisville Courier-Journal — Join columnists Eric Crawford and Rick Bozich at noon Tuesday for our weekly college basketball Web cast. Send us your questions on the season — and on any other sports topics — and then check out the show.
March 8, 2010Crean fires IU assistant McLeod
Indianapolis Star — The contract of Indiana assistant basketball coach Roshown McLeod will not be renewed and McLeod will not help coach the Hoosiers in this week's Big Ten Tournament, the university announced Sunday.
March 8, 2010Looking back at IU-Northwestern: A much-needed example of effort
Hoosiers Insider | Indianapolis Star — I have two blogs today. I felt following Saturday's 88-80 victory over Northwestern to close the regular season that I at least needed to provide a blog space for Indiana fans to weigh in about their team heading into the Big Ten Tournament. At the same time, if you came to this space and thought this was the only blog, please scroll down when you've finished this one and check out the transcript I provided from the Senior Day speeches by IU's four seniors as well as remarks from Tom Crean.I know it's a feature that has been appreciated in the past and I wanted to make sure it was provided aga...
March 7, 2010Freshman Elston finishes with flourish
Indianapolis Star — BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Derek Elston chalked up his recent success to a trust he believes Indiana coach Tom Crean has in him.
March 7, 2010Freshmen help IU end loss streak at 11
Indianapolis Star — BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The seniors might have given the speeches Saturday, but it was clearly freshman day at Indiana. Jordan Hulls scored a career-high 24 points, including eight 3-pointers. Derek Elston had a career-high 17 points. Christian Watford had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Bobby Capobianco came off the bench to score eight points and pull down seven rebounds.
March 7, 2010Senior Day Speeches 2010
Hoosiers Insider | Indianapolis Star — Steven Gambles' speech was short and sweet. Devan Dumes was too. Brett Finkelmeier got the biggest early applause when he introduced his sisters, and later put forth comic relief when he listed all of Tijan Jobe's nicknames. Tijan, speaking last, had the most heart felt comments when you could understand what he was saying. Tom Crean wrapped it all up with a few words about the seniors and led a final salute to Tijan's mother who died earlier this year. Four seniors, four speeches, and a wrap on Senior Day 2010. Here's a transcript of the Senior Day festivities. In the past this has been a pop...
March 6, 2010Indiana holds off Northwestern 88-80 in overtime
Louisville Courier-Journal — Indiana's 11-game losing streak is over. Freshman Jordan Hulls scored a season-high 24 points, all on 3-pointers, and freshman Derek Elston scored five of the first seven points in overtime to help the Indiana Hoosiers get past Northwestern 88-80.
March 6, 2010Yeguete in the house and Crean on recruiting
Hoosiers Insider | Indianapolis Star — Will Yeguete, the 6-7 power forward from Florida Air Academy in Melbourne Fla., will be at IU's Senior Day today against Northwestern for his official visit. Yeguete arrived Friday night. The fact that he's making an official visit is probably a good sign for the Hoosiers. The other schools believed to be among his leaders are Georgia Tech and Boston College. IU was hoping to get a visit this weekend as well from 6-9 center Moses Abraham of Temple Hills, Md., but Abraham is sick and won't be making the trip. Abraham's leaders appear to be Kentucky and Georgetown, and Georgetown may even be the...
March 6, 2010
- Purdue junior sprinter hitting stride ahead of nationals Indianapolis Star Everyone knew Shane Crawford had the ability to be fast. No one knew if he had the capacity to be whole.
- Bob Hunter commentary: Expanding tournament would help MAC teams Columbus Dispatch West Virginia coach Bob Huggins recently proposed splitting NCAA Division I basketball schools into I and I-A, much the way it’s done in football.
- College basketball notebook: UConn's Calhoun denies reports that he will retire Columbus Dispatch
- Morningstar still plans to compete Iowa City Press-Citizen Ryan Morningstar said Monday night that the knee injury he sustained at the Big Ten Championships won’t keep him from wrestling next week in the national tournament.
- Players’ actions may betray their words Iowa City Press-Citizen Reporters sometimes ask questions that they know can’t be answered truthfully under the circumstances.
- Recruiting: U-M looking to Arizona for linemen Detroit Free Press The No. 1 recruiting priority for Michigan in the class of 2011 is the offensive line. The Wolverines have signed four prospects in the last two classes on the offensive line, and just one of those was in the 2010 class.
- Purdue junior sprinter hitting stride ahead of nationals Indianapolis Star Everyone knew Shane Crawford had the ability to be fast. No one knew if he had the capacity to be whole.
- Granger suspended 1 game Indianapolis Star The Indiana Pacers knew there would be fallout from Saturday's altercation with the Phoenix Suns. They didn't know forward Danny Granger would be suspended one game for his part in the third-quarter incident.
- Pacers try teamwork in Granger's absence Indianapolis Star The Indiana Pacers knew they couldn't have one player try to make up for the absence of Danny Granger. So instead, they used a team effort to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 107-96 to end a four-game losing streak Tuesday night at Conseco Fieldhouse.
- Former Colts backup QB Sorgi signs with Giants Indianapolis Star Jim Sorgi's stint as an unemployed quarterback didn't last long. The longtime Indianapolis Colts backup, whose contract was terminated last week, agreed to a one-year contract with the New York Giants.
- The Rush factor Pacers Insider | Indianapolis Star THE `HOUSE - Brandon Rush spent the days leading up to Tuesday's game against the Philadelphia 76ers listening to Dahntay Jones mess with him about a line Bob Kravitz used in his column on Sunday. "I want to see if someone else can find the light switch in Brandon Rush's head -- assuming there is a light switch, a questionable proposition at best," Kravitz wrote. Rush was looking for Kravitz after he scored a season-high 24 points in 40 minutes. Rush took a team-high 20 shots because a lot of the plays are meant for the small forward, which is where he started at in place of the suspended Dan...
- How far will the Boilers go in the Big Ten Tourney Purdue Insider | Indianapolis Star With Robbie Hummel sidelined, Purdue's quest for a top seed in the NCAA Tournament has become more difficult. How the Boilermakers fare this week at the Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse will go a long way toward determining their seeding. How far do you think Purdue will go in the Big Ten event? And what do you think their ultimate NCAA seed will be?