The magical high school basketball career of Indiana University basketball recruiting target Romeo Langford has come to an end, and along with it the 22 game winning streak of the New Albany Bulldogs. Warren Central’s David Bell hit a runner at the buzzer over Langford to give the Warriors a 64-62 victory and a ticket to the state championship game next weekend. Here is the game winner by Bell: I’ve watched a lot of great Indiana high school basketball in person, and this moment definitely ranks as one of the most exciting I’ve seen. Congrats @WarriorNation_1 and @TheRealDBell_ ! See…
Author: Mike Schumann
The 2018 NCAA women’s swimming and diving championships concluded on Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio. Indiana finished in 8th place overall with 169 points, marking the program’s third straight top 10 finish at the NCAA Championships. Lilly King won two NCAA titles (100 and 200 breast) at the meet, giving her six career NCAA titles, the most ever in Big Ten history. You can watch King’s post-competition comments after days 3 and 4 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxc7swzuWxU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waLU5IJW-wQ -NOTABLE DAILY UPDATES- Wednesday: IU finishes 16th in the 800 freestyle relay with a time of 7:02.37. The team of Kennedy Goss, Delaney Barnard, Maria…
Collin Hartman has been a Hoosier for a long time. The Indiana fan favorite committed to play for IU back in 2010 when he was a sophomore at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis. Even before then he had visions of wearing the candy stripes to live out the dreams of his family. It’s been a roller coaster ride since then, with declining recruiting rankings, injuries, stellar sophomore and junior seasons, injuries, and more injuries. Did we mention the injuries? Ever since Hartman’s eye opening sophomore year, when Indiana fans were first able to get to know and appreciate Collin the person…
-Originally published November 2, 2017; Updated March 16, 2018- As promised, Part II of our review of the Tom Crean era at Indiana focuses on the negatives. We believe that these are the primary factors that ultimately led to his dismissal as the IU head coach. And no, you won’t see anything about the irrelevant personality quirks that some chose unnecessarily to harp on. Unlike the top 10 list which for the most part highlighted specific games and team accomplishments, the bottom 10 list is replete with specific examples of various coaching decisions and program-wide concerns that we believe ultimately…
– Originally published on November 1, 2017. Updated March 16, 2018 – When Indiana fired Tom Crean last March there was little time to reflect on his nine seasons as head coach, as all of the attention immediately shifted to the hiring process for his replacement. Now that Crean has been hired at Georgia a year later, the former Hoosier coach is back on our minds. We invite you to take a look at the top 10 Tom Crean moments at Indiana. Careful, you might shed a tear: The Top 10: 1. The Wat Shot. It goes without saying. It…
The Indiana University women’s basketball team defeated Tennessee Martin on Thursday night by a score of 74-50 to advance to the second round of the National Invitational Tournament. The Hoosiers got a glimpse of a future next season without stars Tyra Buss and Amanda Cahill, as freshman phenom Jaelynn Penn led the way with a career high of 25 points. She added 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Buss and Cahill each scored 14 points on the night. Buss added 3 steals and Cahill led the way with 9 rebounds. Freshman Bendu Yeaney led the Hoosiers with 4 assists.…
The University of Georgia has announced that Tom Crean will be its next head basketball coach. The former Indiana and Marquette coach served as an analyst for ESPN during the 2017-18. A press conference is expected on Friday to introduce the new leader of the Bulldogs’ basketball program. https://twitter.com/UGAAthletics/status/974451526432309248 Various reports put the deal at six years, and at a financial value that should largely or entirely eliminate any future contractual obligations by Indiana University. Under the terms of their agreement, IU, which fired Crean a year ago, was required to pay out the remaining term of Crean’s contract unless…
It’s March Madness time, and for the third time in the last five years we have been reduced to nothing more than dutifully watching and rooting against our rivals. The only good news about that is for the most part, rooting against Kentucky and Purdue in the NCAA tournament has had pretty good entertainment value over the years. For as much as their fan base would have you believe that Kentucky is the premier program in America, the reality remains that they have only one national title in the last 20 years. Since Kentucky’s 1998 national title, four other programs…
Robert Johnson was a key contributor to the Indiana basketball program since the day he stepped on campus back in 2014. The senior guard was a starter for 118 of the 129 games he was healthy enough to play in since joining the team for the 2014-15 season. That kind of involvement from day one is just the kind of resume that can result in multiple appearances on the all-time statistical lists. Today we take a look at where the senior from Richmond, Virginia ended up in IU’s career record books. Points Career Points: 1,413 (21st) Between: Ray Tolbert and Kirk…
If you have followed us over the course of the season you know that we have done post-game report cards after every IU game. With the news that IU was not invited to the NIT and will not participate in any other postseason events, it is time to conclude our analysis of the 2017-18 season with an end of the year report card. First, take a look at the final 2017-18 statistics: Overall: B- Let’s face it, 16-15 with no postseason is never considered a good campaign in Bloomington. The season started with nothing short of a shocking outcome against Indiana…