by Kent Sterling When Ron Patterson from Broad Ripple High School committed yesterday to the Indiana Hoosiers, it represented another piece in the puzzle for a potential blockbuster 2012 class. He joins seven-footer Peter Jurkin as the first two commitments in a class that could run deep for IU. That’s when the worm could really […]
by Kent Sterling There is a piece in today’s Indy Star by Jeff Rabjohns about how the city of Indianapolis is making it look easy for kids to make it to the NBA. Currently, there are nine former Indy area players in the NBA, and the flow appears unlikely to stop anytime soon. With the […]
The Importance of This Year’s Recruiting Class for Indiana University
by Kyle Miller It’s really quite simple. Competition drives success. Crean has come up empty on some top recruits (Selby, Irving, and most recently Abraham, to name a few), but there is no reason to fret. If Crean wants to establish a solid foundation, he must produce and excel with the core players we currently […]
by Kent Sterling There is some discontent in Bloomington. The Hoosiers have posted 16-wins over the past two seasons, and that isn’t going to get it. The recruiting class that is supposed to prove that last year’s top ten class was no fluke currently consists of two kids at positions where Indiana already has depth. […]
by Kent Sterling It had to happen eventually. How long could IU fans expect the frenetic and constantly-hydrating Tom Crean to take that kind of abuse? It’s been a long time between W’s for Crean and the Hoosiers, and fan were beginning to question Crean emotional health with loss after loss greeted by incessant clapping […]
by Kent Sterling It’s easy to respond to a six-game Big Ten losing streak with cynicism. Until the past two seasons, the Hoosiers haven’t suffered a six-game conference losing streak since World War II. That kind of systemic failure is usually met with skepticism at the minimum and usually an amount of horror. IU fans have […]
