Category Archives: Hoosiers

Rivals meet again – former Indiana and Purdue hoopers square off Saturday night

Former members of the Indiana and Purdue basketball teams will fight for bragging rights this Saturday at the second annual rivalry game, part of the Knox Indy Pro Am. The game, appropriately held on middle ground at The Jungle on the campus of IUPUI, will tip-off at 7:30 p.m. and it’s expected to be another exciting clash.

“I just think an uptempo, fast-paced game with …

Indiana’s Will Sheehey works out for Pacers

The Pacers hosted another set of six prospects Friday afternoon for a pre-draft workout on the practice court at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. At the conclusion of their workout, around noon, Will Sheehey, who just finished playing four years down in Bloomington for IU, was the most popular interview – as expected.

“We just competed a lot more in this one than in the previous ones,” …

2014 Knox Indy Pro Am tips off July 12th

The Knox Indy Pro Am returns to The Jungle at IUPUI July 12th to begin its sixth year. Running for five consecutive Saturdays through August 9th, the NBA-sanctioned league has a few new twists this year.

Each week there will be two games, a 7 p.m. ET regular Knox Indy Pro Am league game followed by the best of the Knox Indy Pro Am at …

IU basketball to wear special adidas uniforms at Big Ten Tournament

The Indiana men’s basketball team will be wearing special edition “Hurryin’ Hoosiers’ uniforms during the Big Ten Tournament, which will be played in Indianapolis from March 13-16.

Adidas is trying to get as many of its schools to wear ‘Made in March’ uniforms, and IU finally game in. Last year, they passed on a rather bright and obnoxious combination — like we’ve seen with Baylor …

Fischer, Kravitz deservedly voted Indiana Sportscaster and Sportswriter of the Year

Each year, members of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association cast their vote for the top sportscaster and sportswriter for the past year, both locally and nationally.

The results are in.

The great Don Fischer, the radio voice of the Indiana Hoosiers, earned the top sportscasting honor in Indiana for the 24th year. On the sportswriting side, Bob Kravitz of Indianapolis’ only local paper, The …

Knox Indy Pro Am to host Indiana-Purdue alumni rivalry game

Opening night of the fifth annual Knox Indy Pro Am will end with fireworks in the fashion of a rivalry game between alums from Indiana and Purdue University.

On Thursday, Aug. 1., nearly a dozen representatives from each school are expected to do battle at Cardinal Ritter High School. Games will be played at 6 and 7 p.m. with this featured game expected to tip-off …

ESPN NBA analysts discuss Oladipo, Zeller pre-draft

ESPN held a conference call Wednesday afternoon to discuss the upcoming NBA Draft. Fran Fraschilla and Chad Ford, both well in touch with the process, college coaches and NBA execs making the decisions took questions from members of the media on the call.

Below are their thoughts on IU’s Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller.

FRASCHILLA:  Chad probably talked to the teams about both, so I’ll …

My Brief Thoughts on Indiana’s Loss and Should Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller Turn Pro?

Pictured: Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo. Photo courtesy of thestarpress.com

I apologize for not writing an article on my thoughts after Indiana lost to Syracuse in the Sweet Sixteen last Thursday. To be honest, the fan in me came out and I was mad.

I didn’t want to think about the game for a few days and now that I have my thoughts can be …