Category Archives: College Basketball

Hoosier Hysteria set to open 2011-12 basketball season

Indiana fans live by their basketball and tonight, they’ll get their first opportunity to check out the 2011-12 Indiana Hoosiers. It will also be the first chance to see heralded-freshman Cody Zeller in the cream and crimson.

Hoosier Hysteria tips-off the basketball season and usually marks the team’s first official practice. However, with the festivities moved back to Saturday instead of the usual Friday at …

Why Gary Harris should go to…

Hamilton Southeastern guard Gary Harris is a hot topic around basketball in Indiana. The 6-6, 200-pound senior is the best uncommitted basketball player in the 2012 class from Indiana. He is the 25th best player in the country according to Rivals.com.

Harris is a freak athlete, who could probably play basketball or football wherever he likes. He holds plenty of offers from schools in each …

Tom Crean and Maurice Creek talk torn Achilles and his future

Indiana junior guard Maurice Creek met with the media Wednesday with head coach Tom Crean alongside, to discuss how his injury happened and how he is feeling.

Creek had surgery Monday to repair his torn left Achilles — his third surgery in 22 months. It all happened when walking up the stairs to his apartment. He immediately thought it was a sprain but called team …

Maurice Creek has surgery to repair torn Achilles, third injury in 22 months

Maurice Creek came to Indiana as a elite talent with NBA aspirations. Now, he’s having trouble getting back on the court.

The team announced today that Creek underwent surgery “to repair a torn Achilles tendon he suffered away from the basketball court in his left leg.”

This injury was suffered away from the basketball court on Friday, when the team had their last weekend off …

Video: Zeller, Oladipo, Watford, and Hulls talk about the media challenge and upcoming season

Following the IU media challenge, we talked with some of the Hoosiers about their observations from the day, Hoosiers Hysteria next Saturday and the upcoming season.

Watch below to see interviews with Cody Zeller, Victor Oladipo, Christian Watford and Jordan Hulls:

IU basketball media challenge was a lot of fun but a lot work

Prior to the 2011-12 Indiana basketball season, head coach Tom Crean held the 2nd Annual Media Challenge at Cook Hall and Assembly Hall on Thursday. It was a unique and fun opportunity to see inside the program and how hard they work each day.

(Click here to see a photo gallery from the day from IU athletics).

Upon arrival, we were presented with a packet …

Five reasons why IU basketball will be better in 2011-12

Before I compete in today’s Indiana basketball media challenge at Cook Hall, I thought I’d share five reasons for fans to be encouraged about the upcoming season. This is the first big turnaround season for Coach Tom Crean, who will start his fourth season in Bloomington.

Since the mass exodus of players in 2008 and with the ball in Crean’s hands, the Hoosiers have won …

Kelvin Sampson just doesn’t get it – once a cheater always a cheater

You kidding me…we’re talking about phone calls, phone calls? No matter how simple it sounds, former Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson isn’t above the rules.

Three years ago Sampson received his punishment from the NCAA, a five-year show-clause until 2013. Fact is, he ignored the rules while at Oklahoma and again at Indiana.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.…