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• Indiana stuns Pitt, in front of Knight, no less

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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 1:28am EST
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• IU football gets 22nd commitment

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  Indiana has added Chase Hoobler, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound middle linebacker from Orrville (Ohio) High School, the home of Bobby Knight. Hoobler initially committed to Akron but de-committed, according to a newspaper report, after Akron’s recruiting coordinator resigned. The Zips are now looking to replace coach J.D. Brookhart, who was fired [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 4:45pm EST
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• IU football will have new uniforms

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  This picture was apparently posted on the Indiana Rivals (Peegs) message board earlier today creating the obvious presumption that those are the new Indiana football uniforms for next season. That may or may not be the case. An Indiana spokesman confirmed Monday that the Hoosiers will have new uniforms next [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 3:48pm EST
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• Audio from today’s availability

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  Tom Crean and players met with the media today to discuss Tuesday’s game at Madison Square Garden. Crean’s basic thoughts on Pitt are that the Panthers are extremely well coached, and even though they were hit hard by graduation, the NBA draft and injuries, the Pitt Way has been passed [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 8:39pm EST
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• 93 IU athletes named Academic All-Big Ten

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  From IU Sports Information: BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Big Ten Conference announced on Tuesday that Indiana University student-athletes claimed 93 Academic All-Big Ten selections for the fall term. Indiana boasted the second-most honorees in the conference with just two fewer than Ohio State. Athletes must be letterwinners in at least their second [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 4:36pm EST
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• Crean: Hoosiers will play in Las Vegas

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  Tom Crean was asked on his radio show if his team will play in another Thanksgiving week tournament next season like the Maui Invitational or Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The Hoosiers will not, Crean said, but will instead play in a tournament in Las Vegas just before Christmas. “We are in a [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:23pm EST
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• McDonough, Raftery join Crean on radio show

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  Tom Crean walked into the Crowne Plaza hotel on Monday night, found Sean McDonough at the bar and either bear-hugged him or put him in a choke-hold. I was behind them so I couldn’t tell. Regardless, McDonough and broadcast partner Bill Raftery, who are doing tomorrow’s Maryland-IU game on ESPN2, [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:12pm EST
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• Audio from postgame

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  Again, Tom Crean far too epic for my computer, but here’s what everyone else had to say about Saturday’s game. Audio: Mike McConathy Audio: Devan Dumes Audio: Maurice Creek Audio: Derek Elston and Christian Watford [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:48pm EST
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• Hoosiers exorcise Demons

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  Indiana got a win it needed to have, beating Northwestern State 90-72 in a game sandwiched in between the Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament and brutal non-conference games against Maryland, Pittsburgh and Kentucky. The Hoosiers were playing an athletically inferior opponent, but still showed significant improvement since Puerto Rico. They held the [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:42pm EST
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• Live Chat: Northwestern State at Indiana

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  We’ll be chatting here: Northwestern State at Indiana [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 1:06pm EST
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• Audio from today’s availability

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  Apparently I need some new digital recorder software (new technology is killing me) because anytime I do an interview that lasts longer than five minutes, it’s too big to put on the blog. And because Tom Crean goes about five minutes per question, something has to give or I’ll never [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 5:44pm EST
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• Lynch: “We’re disappointed”

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  It’s been said many different ways in this space that Bill Lynch is an eternal optimist and does everything he can to stay positive in all of his public comments. His season-ending press conference Tuesday was, for the most part, no different. But even Lynch had to admit, before he took [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:28pm EST
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• Crean: Roth to have surgery Wednesday

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  Tom Crean said on his radio show Monday night that Indiana has learned that sophomore guard Matt Roth broke the fifth metatarsal bone in his right foot and will have surgery Wednesday. He again said that Roth would attempt to rehab, and would apply for a medical hardship waiver if [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:43pm EST
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• IU leaves Puerto Rico winless

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 4:54pm EST
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• Crean gets Sheehey’s letter

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  Tom Crean finally got Will Sheehey’s letter of intent and discussed the addition of the 6-5 guard from Florida on Saturday. “Will Sheehey to me is a guy that is the epitome of what we want to build our program on,” Crean said. “He’s got a great basketball temperament. He’s got  [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:59pm EST
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• IU falls to Boston

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:45pm EST
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• Audio from the postgame

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  So Tom was pretty epic in there. In fact too epic for me to post his comments right now because the file was too big to load on my computer. Here is what everyone else had to say, and we’ll try to get Crean’s dissertation on later. Audio: Boston coach Patrick [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:56pm EST
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• Game of the day, ‘Nova and Dayton

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  Villanova is up 37-29 at halftime in a game I still think will determine the champion of this tournament. Both of these teams are guard oriented, but the speed hasn’t been overly quick so far. Dayton has 11 turnovers and Villanova has eight. Chris Wright has had a much easier [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:48pm EST
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• Georgia Tech-George Mason audio

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  I’ve inserted audio from post-game interviews with Mason coach Jim Larranaga, Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt and Yellow Jacket forwards Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors. I’m new to this digital recorder thing (yeah, I know, thanks for joining the 21st century in 2009) so feel free to complain if there [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:26pm EST
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• Tech Wins 70-62…

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  …but it really shouldn’t have been that close. There was never really a point in this game where George Mason looked like it stood a chance. Georgia Tech’s length was way too much for them, and the inside combination of Derrick Favors and Gani Lawal was as good as advertised. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:15pm EST
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• Tech leads 27-19 at half

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  First half hasn’t been pretty at all. Both teams are playing zone, which is mostly keeping it slow. Neither teams are shooting well from beyond the 3-point arc (4-for-15 combined). Mason, actually, is shooting a horrid 7-for-30 (23.3 percent) from the field. They’re trying to work the ball inside, which [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:57pm EST
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• Mason, Georgia Tech battle for the right to play IU

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  Indiana gets either Georgia Tech or George Mason on Sunday, depending on who wins and who loses the games today. They’ll tip at either 10:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. As I type this, the game is tied at 8, and it’s evident that both of these teams could give Indiana problems. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:25pm EST
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• A brief, sort-of preview

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  A one-day turnaround doesn’t allow for much of a preview, so here’s some background info on the Terriers. They’re admittedly the underdog in this tournament, a mid-to-low major team from the America East Conference, which is sort of out of its class compared to even George Mason of the CAA. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:07pm EST
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• Ole Miss runs over IU

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:39pm EST
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• Thoughts from game 1

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  This Dayton team is no joke. The Flyers certainly needed to win the first game of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off a lot more than Georgia Tech did. The Yellow Jackets play in the ACC, so they’ll have a lot more time to prove themselves. Dayton plays in the A-10, which has [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:31pm EST
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• Villanova’s Yarou out

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  Villanova freshman forward Mouphtaou Yarou has returned to Philadelphia for tests to determine the origins of a viral infection according to a news release for the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, meaning he obviously won’t return. It’s hard to imagine Villanova playing Indiana in this tournament, but I posted this because 1) [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:53pm EST
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• Roth injured

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  [7:25 UPDATE] An IU spokesperson has said that it appears unlikely that sophomore guard Matt Roth will be able to play in Puerto Rico. He has rejoined the team after having x-rays, and will be evaluated further when Indiana returns to Bloomington following the tournament. ———– Sophomore guard Matt Roth injured his right [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:23pm EST
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• Can’t complain about the access

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  I’m not sure what to make of this exactly. Maybe it’s another sign that newspapers are losing money and that very few are willing or able to send reporters to cover games off the U.S. mainland. Maybe it’s a sign that even though the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Tournament has a strong [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:44pm EST
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• Selby’s mother: We’re watching Indiana closely

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  Fans hold up signs before the Howard game Friday encouraging top-10 recruit Josh Selby to commit to Indiana. Chris Howell | Herald-Times Josh Selby’s mother Maeshon Witherspoon said that the five-star guard’s unofficial visit to Bloomington went well this past weekend, but said there is a lot she and her son [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:47pm EST
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• Baseball signs nine

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  From an IU release: HOOSIERS SIGN NINE STUDENT-ATHLETES TO CLASS OF 2010 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Head Coach Tracy Smith and the Indiana baseball staff have signed nine players to continue their baseball careers at IU beginning in the 2010-11 season, the program announced today. Blair Betts (Cary, N.C./Athens Drive), Matt Dearden (Newberry, [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:07pm EST
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• Sheehey: It’s Indiana

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  Will Sheehey’s explanation for picking Indiana was close to the same his future coach had when he left Marquette. ““From a basketball perspective, it’s Indiana,” he said. ““I mean, tradition is just oozing out of Assembly Hall. Plus, Coach Crean is turning the program around, and I want to be part [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:18pm EST
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• Schell the backup QB

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  With just one game remaining on the schedule and Indiana assured of missing a bowl, Bill Lynch took freshman quarterback Edward Wright-Baker off the depth chart this week, essentially making it official that he will take a redshirt. Interestingly, though, sophomore Teddy Schell is listed as the backup as opposed [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 2:48pm EST
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• Coach confirms Sheehey commitment

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  Adam Ross, basketball coach at Sagemont Upper School in Weston, Fla., confirmed that guard Will Sheehey has committed to Indiana and will sign his letter of intent tomorrow. “Two things were the biggest,” Ross said of the reason for Sheehey’s commitment. “One was the intensity of practice and Coach (Tom) Crean’s [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:15pm EST
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• Hoosiers fall again

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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 6:33pm EST
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• Crean On Oladipo

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  Whenever anyone puts out a press release for any reason, they presume that they’ve said all there is that needs to be said about the topic, and that the release should be sufficient for everything a reporter might need. This of course, is never the case, because people never really [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:00pm EST
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• Paterno’s understanding of IU sorta sketchy

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  Just got a look at the transcripts from Joe Paterno’s press conference earlier in the day. Indiana fans will like a couple of his comments, but one doesn’t make any sense. On the positive side, Paterno sympathizes with the Hoosiers on some of their tough breaks this season, and cited the [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:09pm EST
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• Crean: It’s just a glimpse of what we want it to be

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  Tom Crean spoke to the Bloomington Rotary Club on Tuesday afternoon in the Hoosier Room underneath Memorial Stadium and told them the same sort of things he’s been telling the media so far. He continued to temper expectations for the immediate present, saying that the team still doesn’t have any true [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:41pm EST
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• Thomas, Replogle join injury report

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  The Hoosiers’ “out” list is getting shorter, but it’s “questionable” list is getting longer. Defensive end Darius Johnson (shoulder), defensive tackle Jarrod Smith (back) and cornerback Ray Fisher (knee) are all still out. At this point, it’s unlikely that any of those guys are going to play again this season. Defensive back [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 2:30pm EST
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• Lynch’s press conference: somewhat live updates

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  OK, took me a while to get the computer going, but we’re good now. So far, Lynch has said that the Wisconsin game was just a good tough football game, few turnovers, few mistakes. Wisconsin just made the big play at the end. Penn State,he said, is extremely solid and balanced. [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 1:26pm EST
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• Hoosiers outrun St. Joseph’s

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  Tom Crean pushed his team at practice and asked it to push the tempo Monday night against St. Joseph’s. His team responded, routing the Pumas 95-67 in front of 15,289 fans at Assembly Hall in the Hoosiers second exhibition game of the season. The Pumas were never really close. Indiana led 48-33 [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:40pm EST
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• Fisher still off depth chart, Willis on

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  If Monday’s depth chart is any indication, Indiana still doesn’t expect to have Ray Fisher back for Saturday’s game at Penn State. The senior cornerback is not listed on the depth chart at either cornerback or kick returner. Freshman tailback Darius Willis is still listed as the starter at tailback, though, [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 2:00pm EST
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• IU-Purdue game set for 3:30 p.m.

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  The release from IU sports information. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Old Oaken Bucket Game against Purdue on Saturday, Nov. 21, will be televised on the Big Ten Network, it was announced today. The Hoosiers (4-6, 1-5 Big Ten) and Boilermakers (4-6, 3-3 Big Ten) will kick off at 3:30 p.m. EST [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 1:24pm EST
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• Crean: Muniru redshirt unlikely

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  Though Tom Crean reiterated Sunday that freshman center Bawa Muniru has a long ways to go in his understanding of the game, the Indiana coach said it is unlikely that Muniru would be redshirted. “I have no doubt that I’ll put him there tomorrow night,” Crean said in reference to Monday’s [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:32pm EST
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• Sheehey: Visit went well, but no commitment yet

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  Will Sheehey said he thinks he has all the information he needs to make a college choice. Now he just needs to sit down with his family and make a decision. The 6-foot-5, 190-pound wing from Florida visited Indiana and said he was happy with what he saw from the Hoosiers. “The [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:19pm EST
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• ScoopTalk: Badgers beat Hoosiers

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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:28pm EST
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• ESPN The Magazine kinda likes the Hoosiers

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  It’s tough to tell exactly why it took this approach, but ESPN the Magazine ranks what it believes to be the top 64 teams in the country in this week’s college basketball preview. That’s not saying which teams the Worldwide Leader thinks will actually make the 65-team NCAA Tournament — [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:51pm EST
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• Polk, Wills upgraded; Drane, Faulkner, Thomas out

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  Indiana apparently won’t have to go into Saturday’s game without it’s starting free safety. Senior Nick Polk missed last week with an ankle injury and was listed as questionable at the beginning of the week, but in Friday’s injury report, he was upgraded to probable. Freshman Darius Willis was also upgraded [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:41pm EST
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• Bawa Muniru cleared

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  Indiana coach Tom Crean told the Herald-Times that freshman center Bawa Muniru has been deemed eligible to play by the NCAA. We’ll have more on this story as the day progresses. [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 1:51pm EST
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• Fisher out, several questionable

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  Bill Lynch removed any doubts about Ray Fisher’s status this week by putting it flatly: he won’t play. Fisher, who injured his knee during the opening kickoff Saturday against Iowa, is listed as out this week with a knee injury. Lynch said he will have surgery tomorrow, but that he wouldn’t [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 2:37pm EST
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• Lynch’s press conference: somewhat live updates

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  You can hear Lynch’s entire press conference by clicking here. Or read the updates Dustin typed as the event unfurled: OK, Lynch is about two minutes into his opening statement. There were weekly awards. I missed those, but I know Collin Rodkey and Duwyce Wilson got one. He praised Iowa, said the Hawkeyes [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:10pm EST
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• Lynch: Fisher won’t play this week

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  Cornerback Ray Fisher wasn’t on the depth chart released by Indiana this afternoon, and Bill Lynch said on this radio show that Fisher won’t play this week. “He’s not gonna play this week,” Lynch said. “He hurt his knee on the opening kickoff of the game. It’s unbelievable. He had an [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:55pm EST
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• Lynch: We’ve made contact with the Big Ten

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  Indiana’s Bill Lynch said on his radio show Monday night that Indiana has made contact with the Big Ten over the controversial calls in Saturday’s game against Iowa. “We’ve made contact with the Big Ten,” Lynch said. “We are certainly confident that it will be handled appropriately.” The key call that infuriated [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:14pm EST
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• L.A. Times columnist says something’s fishy.

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  (Herald-Times photographer Chris Howell caught this picture of the second disputed Terrance Turner touchdown catch. It was ruled a touchdown on the field but over-turned by the replay officials.) Not sure if I want to contribute to this conspiracy theory or not, but Los Angeles Times columnist Chris Dufresne floated the [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 2:26pm EST
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• Polk on depth chart, Fisher isn’t

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  Number of comments: 5
  Indiana fans, Monday’s depth chart has good news and bad news for you. The good news is Nick Polk, who missed Saturday’s game with an ankle injury suffered in Thursday’s practice, is back on the depth chart as the starting free safety. The bad news is Ray Fisher’s name is nowhere [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 1:59pm EST
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• Selby’s mother confirms Indiana visit

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  Number of comments: 10
  Rivals.com’s Jerry Meyer reported Friday that five-star guard Josh Selby would take an official visit to Indiana on Nov. 14. Selby’s mother, Maeshon Witherspoon, confirmed that to the Herald-Times on Sunday night. Selby visited Kansas on Oct. 16 for the Jayhawks’ Late Night in the Phog. Witherspoon said that trip went [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 8:35pm EST
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• Thoughts on the latest collapse

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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 7:49pm EDT
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• Patterson, Jones probable

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  Indiana’s defense should be close to back to normal for Saturday’s game against Iowa. Linebacker Will Patterson (hand) and cornerback Donnell Jones (elbow) are both listed as probable on Friday’s injury report. That means Patterson likely takes his starting job back from Justin Carrington, and the Hoosiers avoid having to [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 5:29pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Izzo: Big Ten is best it’s been in a decade

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  Conference media days are all about self-praise. That’s mostly the point of having them. OK, maybe it’s not just self-praise. It’s about praising every one else in your conference to show them respect, then hoping the assembled media prints said praise to make the conference look good, which in turns helps [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 5:08pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Rivers skips Chicago due to facial injury

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  Number of comments: 10
  Jeremiah Rivers didn’t make the Trip to Chicago for Big Ten Media Day, Tom Crean said, because he suffered a facial injury in practice coming off a pick n’ roll. “He hit his face in a pick n’ roll situation,” Crean said. “He ran into an elbow, and we decided to [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 3:49pm EDT
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• Michigan State Big Ten favorite

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  Number of comments: 5
  Michigan State was tabbed as the favorite to win the Big Ten championship at Big Ten media day with Purdue picked to finish second and Ohio State third. Michigan State’s Kalin Lucas was picked as the preseason player of the year. He’s joined on the all-conference first team by Michigan’s [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 9:23am EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Lewis will plead not guilty

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  Bill Moore, Kellen Lewis’s attorney for his pending misdemeanor battery charge in Valdosta, Ga., said Tuesday that the former Indiana quarterback will plead not guilty. “We’re going to insist on his innocence,” Moore said of Lewis, who transferred to Valdosta State after being dismissed from Indiana for a team rules violation. [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 3:54pm EDT
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• Iowa’s Robinson out for season

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  Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said freshman running back Adam Robinson, is likely out for the season with an ankle injury. Robinson was leading the Hawkeyes and was fourth in the Big Ten with 629 rushing yards and five touchdowns. [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 2:35pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• IU releases baseball schedule

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  Indiana’s baseball team released it’s schedule. The following is the release from IU sports information. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana baseball team has released its 2010 schedule, head coach Tracy Smith announced today. The Hoosiers, who open the season in San Diego, will play at least 12 games against teams that [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 2:21pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Jibreel Black changes commit from IU to Cincinnati

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  The news has apparently gone from bad to worse for Indiana. After Saturday’s heartbreaker, the Hoosiers also reportedly lost their top recruit in defensive lineman Jibreel Black. The brother of IU redshirt freshman defensive tackle Larry Black, Jr., told Bearcat Lair, Cincinnati’s Rivals.com site (subscription only), that he called the [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 11:29pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Sheehey mulling IU’s offer

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  According to Will Sheehey’s high school coach, even college coaches from other schools knew Sheehey was a Tom Crean kind of player. “We had a lot of coaches in from a lot of different schools,” said Adam Ross, basketball coach at Sagemont Upper School in Weston, Fla., where Sheehey will play [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 8:58pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Feldman still believes

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  Number of comments: 10
  Despite Indiana’s heartbreaking meltdown against Northwestern on Saturday, and the fact that it needs to upset either Iowa, Wisconsin or Penn State to become bowl eligible, ESPN’s Bruce Feldman is still picking the Hoosiers to play in a bowl game. [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 6:14pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Council demoted

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  Cornerback Richard Council’s recent performance as a replacement for starter Donnell Jones hasn’t gone well, and now he’s lost that spot. Council was not listed as a starter on Monday’s depth chart. Junior Adrian Burks has replaced him as the starter opposite Ray Fisher. Council was beaten for long touchdowns against [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 4:51pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Lewis facing battery charge

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  Number of comments: 10
  Former Indiana quarterback Kellen Lewis, who was dismissed from the program and transferred to Valdosta State, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery earlier this month. The case is still pending, and according to a Valdosta State spokesman, there has been no change to his status. [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 4:10pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Wisconsin game set for noon

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  From an Indiana release: IU-WISCONSIN TO KICK AT NOON ON BIG TEN NETWORK BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana’s game against Wisconsin on Saturday, Nov. 7, will be televised on the Big Ten Network, it was announced today. The Hoosiers (4-4, 1-3 Big Ten) and Badgers (5-2, 2-2 Big Ten) will kick off at [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 12:54pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Northwestern 29, Indiana 28

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  Bill Lynch discusses Indiana’s loss in his post-game press conference. Ray Fisher takes questions from the media. Matt Mayberry reacts to the loss. Northwestern kicker Stefan Demos hit a 19-yard field goal with 21 seconds left to give the Wildcats a 29-28 win over Indiana in a game they trailed 28-3 midway through [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 4:20pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Injury report still ugly for IU

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  Friday’s injury report didn’t see much change from Tuesday, which means it’s still pretty nasty for Indiana. Running back Zach Davis-Walker (foot) was downgraded from doubtful to out, joining defensive end Darius Johnson (shoulder), defensive end Fred Jones (foot), linebacker Will Patterson (hand), cornerback Donnell Jones (elbow), safety Chris Adkins (elbow) [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 11:56am EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Return of Haunted Hoops

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  Number of comments: 5
  Tom Crean and Indiana are apparently bringing back Haunted Hall of Hoops at Assembly Hall on Halloween. Here is the release from Indiana sports information. The Indiana University men’s basketball program will hold its second annual “Haunted Hall of Hoops” on Halloween in Assembly Hall. The event begins at 3 [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 5:58pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Lynch: Northwestern’s efficiency a concern

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  Number of comments: 10
  Bill Lynch said Tuesday he has more respect for Northwestern than maybe any other program. It was a slightly surprising statement considering that Northwestern is the one Big Ten school with a history as dour as Indiana’s. It wasn’t meant as a slight to the league’s powers, of course, because Lynch [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 9:27pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Porter, Fitzpatrick call in for Lynch

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  Number of comments: 2
  It took Bill Lynch a while to figure out whose voice was on the other end of the line. Don Fischer told the Indiana coach that one of his former players had called in, and the caller in question wouldn’t give Lynch any more information than that. But eventually it donned [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 8:19pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Injuries cause depth chart shakeups

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  Number of comments: 10
  Indiana’s depth chart shows that some of the injuries suffered Saturday and throughout last week could continue to be problems. Cornerback Donnell Jones (arm) and linebacker Will Patterson (hand), who both left Saturday’s game against Illinois with injuries, are not listed on the depth chart this week. Justin Carrington is listed [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 1:53pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Chappell named Co-Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week

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  Number of comments: 3
  Ben Chappell’s 333-yard, three-touchdown performance against Illinois earned him Co-Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors, as he shared it with Michigan State wide receiver Blair White. Chappell became the first IU player to earn the honor since Kellen Lewis on Sept. 1, 2008. From the Big Ten’s release: CO-OFFENSE: Ben Chappell, [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 10:36pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Indiana 27, Illinois 14

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  Number of comments: 10
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 12:05am EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Crean: I don’t have time for freshmen to be freshmen

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  Number of comments: 10
  After showing off his team in what was basically a fake practice Friday night, Tom Crean allowed Indiana to see a real one Saturday, and as he said he would be, he was much less tolerant of screwups than he was at Hoosier Hysteria. There’s no confusing Tom Crean with Bob [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 6:15pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Adkins out, Willis and Saxon questionable

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  Number of comments: 3
  Chris Adkins mysterious elbow ailment is apparently enough to keep him out of the lineup for Saturday’s game against Illinois, which means Hoosier fans could get to see what they’ve apparently all been waiting for — Jerimy Finch on defense. The Florida transfer has been playing as the third safety [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 12:14pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Willis, Saxon, Finch questionable

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  After sitting out Saturday’s game, Darius Willis was listed as questionable on Tuesday’s injury report with an ankle injury, and IU coach Bill Lynch said he wasn’t prepared to say whether he would be available for Saturday’s game against Illinois. Willis was one of five players listed as questionable on the [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 2:36pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Depth chart stays same

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  Number of comments: 5
  Usually this goes up earlier, but I didn’t get back into town until this evening and couldn’t open the notes attachment on my laptop. Regardless, here’s IU’s depth chart, which looks about the exact same as it did a week ago. Despite missing Saturday’s game with an ankle injury plus [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 9:00pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Flu bug affected Hoosiers

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  Bill Lynch didn’t want to mention it. He didn’t talk much about it before Saturday’s game, didn’t reference it in the post-game press conference afterward, and stressed even when Don Fischer asked about it on his radio show Monday that it wasn’t an excuse for the way the Hoosiers played [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 8:31pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Thoughts from a day at Assembly Hall

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  Thanks to some tape recorder malfunctions — yeah, yeah, get digital, I know — I don’t have much in the way of direct quotes from the players from Thursday’s media availability, but had some thoughts from workouts and interviews I wanted to share. Despite having not played a game at Indiana [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Lynch: ‘We can play better than that’

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  Number of comments: 3
  Bill Lynch had no problem admitting that the reason Indiana was blown out Saturday night was that it played a superior football team in Ohio State. After watching film, however, the IU coach found a lot of things that weren’t quite up to par for IU, and in particular he found [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 2:57pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Finch “Doing OK,” says Lynch

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  Number of comments: 10
  The increasing bewilderment Indiana fans have with Florida transfer Jerimy Finch’s lack of playing time finally inspired one caller to ask IU coach Bill Lynch about it on his weekly radio show on Monday night. Lynch, unsurprisingly, did the best he could to dodge the question, and said it has more [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 8:13pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Groh slightly happier this week

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  In case you’re interested, the following is the complete transcript from Virginia coach Al Groh’s weekly press conference, two days after the Cavaliers broke their seven-game losing streak. COACH GROH:  Congratulations to Anthony (Poindexter), well deserved.  He is one of the all‑time great players here.  I thought they were retiring my [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 3:18pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Depth chart stays the same

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  For yet another week, the Indiana depth chart saw virtually no changes. Freshman tailback Darius Willis needed treatment on his ankle after Saturday’s game, but he’s still at the top of the depth chart. Cornerback Donnell Jones, who is still battling a nagging hamstring injury, is listed as a second-stringer [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 1:41pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Things learned about Jelan Kendrick while trying to actually get a hold of Jelan Kendrick

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  So we know Indiana had an in-home visit with Jelan Kendrick last night, I just don’t have anybody who can go on the record and confirm it. The number someone gave me for his dad has been disconnected and his high school coach has yet to return my calls and [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 5:36pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Student tickets sold out

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  Number of comments: 1
  Indiana made it official Friday morning, saying that all 11,000 student tickets have been sold out for Saturday’s game against Ohio State. That’s the most student tickets sold, the release said, since the 1992 season. The release also said that there are “barely” 2,000 reserved tickets still available. The ticket office [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 11:32am EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Johnson, Jones and Beckum out

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  Indiana’s latest injury report came out Friday morning and, unsurprisingly, defensive ends Darius Johnson (shoulder) and Fred Jones (foot), and linebacker Leon Beckum (ankle) are out for Saturday’s game against Ohio State. Cornerback Donnell Jones is still listed as questionable with a hamstring injury. He did not practice Tuesday but [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 11:29am EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Tickets down to 2,000

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  Number of comments: 10
  Just got word from Indiana that there are 2,000 seats remaining for Saturday’s IU-Ohio State game. That’s overall, and I couldn’t get a breakdown of students vs. reserved, though I imagine the student tickets are close to gone. [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 6:53pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Gum-throwing incident claims no casualties

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  Number of comments: 10
  The piece of gum Bill Lynch took out of his mouth and whipped at his sideline after Saturday’s controversial interception call  apparently managed to land without causing any damage. “I haven’t been called by any lawyer at this point,” Lynch said with a laugh when asked about the incident caught by [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 3:05pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Johnson’s injury could be long-term

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  Number of comments: 2
  Sophomore defensive end Darius Johnson didn’t play Saturday, he wasn’t on the depth chart Monday, and there’s a good chance he won’t return for sometime. Johnson suffered a shoulder injury in last Wednesday’s practice that coach Bill Lynch said could be long-term. “It’s unfortunate,” Lynch said. “He was really playing well. It [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 2:35pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Lynch: Quiet is good

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  Number of comments: 1
  The silence on the bus told Bill Lynch that his team wasn’t satisfied with a close loss, and that was exactly what he wanted to hear. Because that meant that Indiana didn’t mistake it’s closer-than-expected loss to Michigan on Saturday for a victory. “You could tell on the locker room, you could [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 8:29pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Saturday’s game approaching sell-out

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  Number of comments: 10
  According to an Indiana spokesman, and an Indiana release that’s coming out shortly, IU is down to about 1,000 student tickets and just over 5,000 reserve seat tickets for Saturday’s game against Ohio State. This game, of course, is always close to a sell-out, but IU’s performance against Michigan certainly [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 7:12pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Schlabach: Hoosiers still a bowl team

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  Number of comments: 4
  Not that Indiana did anything Saturday to change his mind, but in case you’re wondering, ESPN’s Mark Schlabach still has Indiana headed for the Insight Bowl in his latest bowl projections. Bruce Feldman, though, still isn’t biting. [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 5:48pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• OSU’s starting safety suspended by Big Ten

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  Ohio State safety Kurt Coleman has been suspended for Saturday’s game by the Big Ten for a late helmet to helmet hit against Illinois. You can read the Columbus Dispatch’s story on the suspension here. [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 5:30pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Jones’ hamstring the issue

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  Number of comments: 1
  Donnell Jones’ status for Saturday is unresolved and will be updated on IU’s injury report tomorrow, but the reason he isn’t on the depth chart is his hamstring injury, which he re-aggravated against Michigan. [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 5:21pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Willis Earns Starting Job

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  Number of comments: 5
  Darius Willis’ big day against Michigan was enough to put the redshirt freshman atop the depth chart. Senior Demeterius McCray had been the listed starter since the season opener, but after Willis ran for 152 yards and two touchdowns against Michigan on Saturday he is listed first among running backs on [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 3:46pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak

• Film Review: Other Thoughts

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  Indiana made more of a point to get the ball to Max Dedmond than ever before, calling several plays that were actually designed with him as the first option. ESPN analyst Ray Bentley actually at one point said that the whole offense runs through Dedmond. That is, of course, incredibly [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 2:13pm EDT
  by Dustin Dopirak