Crimson and Gold Cup Final: Indiana 11.5 Purdue 7.5
by JustAJ on May 15, 2012 11:04 AM EDT
Indiana pushes the series to 5-1-2 over the last 8 years.Indiana has established a very solid record. In that eight year span, Indiana has won the head to head sports competitions 87 to 71. Good enough for a .550 winning percentage. So… yay!
7 commentsHoosier Recruits to Watch For: Stanford Robinson
by JustAJ on May 15, 2012 10:33 AM EDT
After a visit on Monday #88 ranked Rivals recruit for the 2013 class Stanford Robinson is our most recent recruit to watch. Robinson, an incoming senior hailing from of Fairfax, Virginia (renowned basketball school, Paul VI High School), is just another example of Crean’s increased national recruiting strategy. Stanford plays on AAU Team Takeover with fellow IU target BeeJay Anya. Robinson and Anya are probably the two remaining targets of what looks to be another 5 man class for 2013. If Tom Crean can land one of them he will continue the trend of a DC area kid coming to Indiana to play basketball.
The lefty has a decent stroke from range, but the biggest strength to his game is competitiveness. He’s a 6’4" combo guard that probably trends more to a SG at the college level. I actually see a lot of Victor Oladipo in him, in that his shot is good when he takes his time but his biggest strength is using his speed to slash into the lane. Add in Robinson’s length and he has the potential to truly wreak on the defensive end much like Oladipo. Stanford has great athleticism that could make him an all-conference defender.
Indiana to host UNC in Big Ten-ACC Challenge.
by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on May 14, 2012 7:37 PM EDT
in Indiana Hoosiers Basketball
Is Tom Crean Making a Huge Recruiting Mistake?
by JustAJ on May 10, 2012 11:06 AM EDT
We can find little things to criticize Tom Crean on plenty but recruiting isn’t one of them. He has thrown together fantastic recruiting classes year in and year out even without putting one of the most competitive products onto the court until last season. But is his recruiting tactics completely bulletproof like many would have you believe?
With the recent success of the program, the nearly instantaneous high reputation of Indiana basketball (once again) and the light hearted yet determined personality of the team, Indiana can now spread its wings a little and show it can truly fly. That means that Coach Crean and staff are opening up their recruiting focus from just the borders. Previously, Crean and company kept a heavy focus on getting the best of the best from the state of Indiana and it has served them well. Now they are trying to get the best of the best of the entire nation. Is this a mistake?
Is Matt Roth being wronged?
by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on May 7, 2012 12:51 PM EDT
in Indiana Hoosiers Basketball
A sure sign of IU's resurgence on the basketball court is that covering IU basketball is once again a twelve month proposition. Today's Indianapolis Star includes a straight news article about Matt Roth. Roth, as all IU fans will recall, has been at IU for four years, participating in Senior Night (see above photo), earning his bachelor's degree in 2011, and finishing off a master's degree this year. Although Roth saw game action in all four of the seasons that he has spent at IU, in 2009-10, his sophomore year, Roth played in only two games before a foot injury sidelined him for the rest of the season. Roth has applied for and has received a medical redshirt year for that season, so he has one remaining year of eligibility. The above-linked article makes clear what hadn't been entirely apparent before: Matt Roth really wants to play for IU next year.
Ridiculously early CBB top 25 for 2012-2013
by Devin S. on May 4, 2012 11:54 AM EDT
The commentary regarding the cancellation of the Kentucky game and replacing it with another "top 5" team got me thinking about who is actually going to be a top 5 team next season. So, this seems as good a time as any to post an early look at college basketball's top 25 next season. One quick aside about the Kentucky situation: in my humble opinion, Kentucky wanted to switch the game locations to avoid the very real possibility losing to Indiana in Lexington next season. They've got a nice winning streak going there, and right after the NCAA tourney game I saw a couple of comments among UK fans about ending the home-and-home for that reason - not for all the other reasons listed. And that was before their top six players all jumped ship. The fact that Coach Cal has come out and said "We'd play two games in Indiana" just supports my thinking. Of course, I've not seen this mentioned anywhere else, so maybe I'm way off base.
Top 25 for next season below the jump!
Indiana and Kentucky will not play in 2012-13.
by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on May 3, 2012 2:25 PM EDT
in Indiana Hoosiers Basketball
According to an IU release, reproduced in full by the Herald Times, Indiana and Kentucky will not play each other in the 2012-13 regular season. IU and UK had played annually for 43 consecutive seasons, beginning in 1969-70. As has been discussed publicly, Kentucky was insisting that the series be moved to neutral courts, while IU was adamant that the series be played at campus venues.
One-class high school basketball in Indiana: will it return? Should it?
by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on May 1, 2012 1:41 PM EDT
The four-class IHSAA boys' basketball tournament structure is now 15 years old. Yogi Ferrell, Jeremy Hollowell, and other members of the high school class of 2012 were toddlers when Bloomington North defeated Delta in the final one-class state championship game on March 22, 1997. No current Indiana high school student has any more than a fleeting recollection of an event that was an Indiana institution for 87 years. Most current high school freshmen were born during the 1996-97 school year. Of course, none of that means that this contentious issue has faded from consciousness. During the most recent legislative session, some members of the Indiana General Assembly threatened to get involved in the issue via legislation, and the IHSAA staved off any immediate action by agreeing to conduct a number of town meetings around the state to discuss the state of Indiana high school basketball.
Unquestionably, when IHSAA commissioner Bobby Cox and State Senator Mike Deph visit Milan High School tonight, it will draw more publicity than most of the others. Milan, for those who don't know, is a small town in southeastern Indiana with a tiny high school, but led by Bobby Plump and an anomalous number of college-bound players, the Indians upset Muncie Central in the 1954 championship game. The movie "Hoosiers" was very loosely based on Milan's amazing run to the title. In the 43 tournaments that followed, plenty of small schools made deep tournament runs (Springs Valley in 1958, Tell City in 1961, Cloverdale in 1966, Loogootee in 1970 and 1975, Argos in 1979, Shenandoah in 1981, Southridge in 1985, and Whitko in 1991 advanced to the state finals; many other small schools won surprising sectional or regional championships), but no small school replicated Milan's feat. In the mid-1990s, a majority vote of the principals of Indiana's high schools led to the institution of the four-class setup that continues today.
