Indiana Reels In Monster Basketball Recruiting Class

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

It has been a tough few years in the land of the Hoosiers, as the Indiana University's team has gone 28-66 over the first three years of the Tom Crean Era. Crean had the unenviable task of rebuilding the program from the smoking pile of rubble left by former head ...

Tom Crean And Wife Join Search For Missing Indiana Student

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Take one look at the above picture and you'll instantly know why people in Indiana love Tom Crean. Despite three years of tough sledding on the court, Crean has the heart of the Hoosier State. The picture shows Crean and his wife Joanie helping in the search for missing Indiana ...

Kelvin Sampson To Interview For NBA Jobs?

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

From the "Things That Will Give Phillips An Aneurysm" department, as many as three NBA teams are reportedly considering Kelvin Sampson to fill their coaching vacancies. I need a second...(thinking happy thoughts, thinking happy thoughts...). OK, I'm good. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports says the Cleveland Cavaliers are looking at Sampson, who ...

Being An Indiana Basketball Fan Is Awesome

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Yeah, that's right I said it. Rooting for Indiana University's men's basketball team is just freaking great. Not only has my Alma mater been tearing it up on the court the past two seasons (to the tune of a 16-46 record), but hated rival Purdue has become a national power. ...

Indiana University: Where Ten Wins Make Us Smile

Monday, March 8th, 2010

As you loyal Rumors and Rants readers are all too familiar with by now, we’re a bunch of Indiana University graduates. Which means a few things: 1. We apparently weren’t smart enough to get into our No. 1 college choice (Northwestern in my case). 2. We watch “Breaking Away” at least ...

Link Dump! Brought To You By Kate Mara

Monday, October 19th, 2009

We'd like to thank Kate Mara for making her return to television this fall on "Entourage." The triumphant return of Kyle Orton! - The Angry T Michael Oher is not impressed with Jared Allen - Sportress of Blogitude Can't believe UK actually beat Auburn - Strait Pinkie Deep Blue Something formed at North Texas? ...

Tom Crean’s Tweeting Is A Little Harsh

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

I've never been a huge fan of Twitter. I know saying that publicly is good enough to get me struck down by lightning here on the internets. But occasionally the twit-osphere can cause moments of hilarity and this weekend was no exception. The following appeared on Indiana head basketball coach Tom ...

It’s Time to Get Some New Forms of Communication in Bloomington

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Raise your hand if you thought the Indiana University basketball program would get through this season without even the slightest of NCAA rules violations. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Well, the Indianapolis Star reported Tuesday that Indiana turned in its own secondary violation for an extra phone call during one week to incoming recruit Bawa Muniru in late ...

Perhaps Indiana Can Still Make this Game Watchable

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Today could be a nightmare. Usually there are few things better for the writers of this blog than a little Indiana-Purdue rivalry, especially this time of year. That's because basketball season is the time where Hoosiers get revenge for a normally embarrassing football loss. Not so this year. Since Kelvin Sampson pillaged and burned the Indiana program ...

The Hoosiers Might Go Down, But They Will Do So Swinging

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

We missed this Sunday night and into Monday, but Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean suspended his top scorer, Devan Dumes, on Sunday after the flurry of elbows Dumes threw in Saturday's game at Michigan State. The suspension is for an indefinite number of games. For the record, Dumes has since apologized ...