The college football season is about a week away. Thank goodness. Big Ten coaches and player representatives from each school came together Thursday in Chicago for Big Ten Media Day.
Read what Indiana coach Kevin Wilson, who enters his second season, had to say. (Note: I took out everything pertaining to Penn State so that it’s all about the IU progam.)
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COACH WILSON: Year …
After a tremendous season last year, Indiana welcomes a top ten recruiting class – that covers every position – to Bloomington. Known as ‘The Movement,’ the group consists of Yogi Ferrell, Jeremy Hollowell, Ron Patterson, Hanner Mosquera-Perea and Peter Jurkin.
Hollowell, from Lawrence Central High School, is the first freshman interviewed in the summer series on IUHoosiers.com. The 6-8, 200-pound forward averaged 18.9 points and …
Indiana has put out their annual commercial for the college football season. Kevin Wilson is now in his second year as head coach and by now, has surrounded himself with others that share the same values and work towards a common goal.
Under athletic director Fred Glass, the number of football tickets sold each year has increased. Following last year’s 1-11 finish, selling tickets for …
Indiana’s Christian Watford won the 2012 ESPY for ‘Best Play’ for his buzzer-beater that lifted Indiana past No. 1 Kentucky. Thanks to a fan vote, he beat out 15 other plays and was presented the award Wednesday in Los Angeles.
The reactions of Tom Crean and John Calipari are simply, priceless.
The play:
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Following the Hoosiers 27-9 season that ended in a Sweet Sixteen loss to Kentucky, head coach Tom Crean has upgraded the job titles for his staff.
In short, Tim Buckley and Steve McClain each named associate head coach. New assistant Kenny Johnson has will also be the recruiting coordinator and Calbert Cheaney, who enters his second year as director of basketball operations, adds the title …
Next up in the summer update series is senior Derek Elston. Last season, he saw the court in 34 games, and averaged 4.2 points and 2.4 rebounds.
The 6-9 forward from Tipton has struggled with his health and admits he is now the healthiest he’s been in quite awhile.
Being one of the older and more experienced players on the team, it’s important for Elston …
After all the struggles that Tom Crean and the IU basketball program went through from 2008-2011, they are back in the spotlight, where they belong. And fans are quick to jump on board.
Student season tickets are flying through the Assembly Hall roof, with almost 10,000 sold to date. The students are eager to get behind a program that combines a sweet sixteen team with …
Christian Watford went down in Indiana history on December 10th when he hit the game-winning buzzer-beater to lift the Hoosiers past undefeated and No. 1 Kentucky.
(Sidenote: the ‘Watshot’ is up for the ESPY for Best Play in 2011. Voting begins Friday with 16 seeds and the award will be decided by bracket-style voting until July 11th.)
In fact, because of the ‘Watshot,’ he’ll never …