Justin Albers was a writer for Inside the Hall during the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.

Blackmon Jr. off to hot start in junior season

  • Justin Albers Dec 21, 2012 3
 

If there was ever any doubt as to how well James Blackmon Jr. would be able to recover from last year’s season-ending knee injury, he’s put those questions to rest pretty quickly. Blackmon Jr., a 2014 Indiana commit, is making ...

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Elston returns, Hollowell, Jurkin sit out

  • Justin Albers Dec 19, 2012 3
 

Senior forward Derek Elston played for the first time this season in No. 6 Indiana’s 93-54 victory against Mount St. Mary’s on Wednesday night, but freshmen Jeremy Hollowell and Peter Jurkin failed to get off the bench. Hollowell had been ...

Assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Kenny Johnson, freshman Hanner Mosquera-Perea and junior Victor Oladipo met with the media on Tuesday to preview Wednesday’s game with Mount St. Mary’s at Assembly Hall. Watch and listen to the press conferences in the ...

Tidbits from Tom Crean’s radio show

  • Justin Albers Dec 17, 2012 3
 

Tom Crean’s weekly radio show was Monday night. Here are some of the major tidbits to take from it: · Reacting to loss: To open the show, Crean was asked if he had changed his mind about Saturday’s overtime loss to ...

Hoosiers will learn from Saturday’s loss

  • Justin Albers Dec 17, 2012 3
 

There are many ways to try and explain No. 1 Indiana’s upset loss to Butler on Saturday. There are many ways to try and justify it. But maybe, just maybe, the right answer you’re so desperately looking for doesn’t have ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana looked dead in the water. Down 74-69 with 38 seconds left in regulation Saturday afternoon against Butler, the No. 1 Hoosiers went to full-court pressure, desperately trying to remain undefeated. They swarmed around and did everything possible ...

Crean analyzes each of Indiana’s 2013 signees

  • Justin Albers Dec 14, 2012 3
 

Tom Crean’s recruiting philosophy has always been fairly clear during his tenure at Indiana: Pursue players that will fit your program — no matter where they are ranked — and develop them. Crean didn’t always get highly-touted recruits during his ...

Glass: Program has returned to 1980’s form

  • Justin Albers Dec 13, 2012 3
 

Fred Glass knew what Indiana basketball was supposed to look like. Glass graduated from IU in 1980, and he was at Assembly Hall for numerous games during the Bob Knight era. When Glass took over as Indiana’s Athletics Director in ...

Hoosiers high on 2015 guard Richardson’s list

  • Justin Albers Dec 11, 2012 3
 

The Indiana staff has had a great deal of recruiting success on the East Coast recently, and they seem focused on continuing to hit that part of the country hard. After scoring commitments from Troy Williams and Noah Vonleh earlier ...

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Indiana sophomore guard Austin Etherington underwent surgery this morning to repair a fractured patella he suffered late in the first half of Saturday’s 100-69 win against Central Connecticut State. Etherington will miss the remainder of the season. He was averaging ...

Notebook: Zeller has a big night

  • Justin Albers Dec 8, 2012 3
 

After a week without a game, Cody Zeller‘s legs were certainly very fresh. He attacked the boards like a madman against Central Connecticut State on Saturday night, and his effort showed on the stat sheet in No. 1 Indiana’s 100-69 ...

Indiana sophomore guard Austin Etherington suffered a left knee injury late in the first half of the Hoosiers’ 100-69 win against Central Connecticut State on Saturday evening. Etherington attempted to take a charge under the basket, and then went down ...

What to Expect: Central Connecticut State

  • Justin Albers Dec 7, 2012 3
 

After a week off following their convincing 87-51 victory against Coppin State last Saturday, the No. 1 Hoosiers return to Assembly Hall on Saturday for a 6 p.m. meeting with Central Connecticut State. The Blue Devils (4-3) are coming off ...

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Tom Crean was out recruiting on Monday night, so assistant coach Tim Buckley along with Cody Zeller and Yogi Ferrell filled in for him on his weekly radio show with Don Fischer. Here were some of the more interesting topics ...

Oladipo’s deflection record guides Hoosiers

  • Justin Albers Dec 2, 2012 3
 

Indiana couldn’t buy a basket. The No. 1 Hoosiers didn’t look anything like the team that carefully demolished North Carolina on Tuesday night. It wasn’t necessarily that the energy or effort was lacking, but the Hoosiers struggled to get anything ...