In less than a week’s time, two more notable former Indiana basketball players will reunite for a basketball game.
On Friday, it was Victor Oladipo (Orlando Magic) and Cody Zeller (Charlotte Hornets) in New York City at All-Star Weekend and in the Rising Stars Challenge. In that game, USA vs the World, the former Hoosiers were teammates.
Tuesday night up in Fort Wayne, Christian Watford …
Adam Ahlfeld is in his first season as head coach of the 8th grade boys basketball team at Eastwood Middle School, his alma mater. Ahlfeld graduated from Eastwood in 2000 and then went on to play at North Central High School (2000-04), and walk-on at Indiana University (2004-08).
Ahlfeld, who turned 29 years old last month, is proud and excited to be back at Eastwood. …
Football is a team sport. It takes all three units – offense, defense, and special teams – and a successful plan to come out ahead with the clock reads 00:00. Though football is a team sport through and through, a weakness at quarterback can truly do a team in.
That, in part, is what we’re witnessing with the current Indiana football team. I have attended …
Victor Oladipo is proudly from the DMV; Maryland, more specifically. But Indiana quickly became a second home for the 22-year-old.
Oladipo’s story has been well-documented, going from the 144th ranked high-school recruit, according to Rivals.com, to three years later being selected second overall in the 2013 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic.
Oladipo graduated in three years from Indiana University and helped lead the team …
Indiana grad Victor Oladipo will make the trip to Indianapolis Thursday despite the fact that an injury will keep him out of Friday’s game — the Orlando Magic’s second preseason game.
Victor Oladipo won't be able to play Friday night, but he's looking forward to being in Indiana: "It's my second home."
— Josh Robbins (@JoshuaBRobbins) October 9, 2014
There’s a very good chance that …
Legendary basketball coach Bob Knight means everything to former Indiana Hoosier guard A.J. Guyton. The 36-year-old is one of five members to be inducted into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Friday, Nov. 7.
Guyton is thankful for the honor, but says it won’t be the same without having coach Knight, the reason he attended IU, in attendance. He also believes …
The Indiana Hoosiers alumni squad came back to beat Purdue, 116-113, Saturday night at ‘The Jungle’ on the campus of IUPUI. 14 former players made it back for the game, headlined by Indiana’s Jordan Hulls, Christian Watford and Rod Wilmont, and Purdue’s David Teague and Terone Johnson.
(For a recap of the game and a box score, plus player updates, click here.)
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Leading up the second annual Indiana and Purdue alumni game, there had been lots of chatter. There always is when two rivals get together. And it continues throughout the year.
“You never like to lose to the Boilermakers so we kind of took it personal,” said IU’s Christian Watford.
The Indiana squad trailed by six points at intermission, and rallied from a double-digit deficit to …