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

Indiana coach Tom Crean, junior Christian Watford and freshman Cody Zeller met with the media on Wednesday afternoon to preview Thursday’s game with Minnesota at Assembly Hall. Watch both press conferences in the high-definition quality video in the embedded media ...

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Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 3

  • Justin Albers Jan 9, 2012 3
 

Our third installment of the Big Ten power rankings are ready for your consumption and the movement this week comes in the middle of the pack as every team besides Michigan State now has a loss: 12. Nebraska (8-7, 0-4) ...

Notebook: Watford, Zeller combine for big night

  • Justin Albers Jan 6, 2012 3
 

During Tom Crean’s first three years at Indiana, when certain players weren’t scoring, the Hoosiers had no chance to win. Boy, how things have changed. Jordan Hulls and Victor Oladipo combined to score 32 points in the Hoosiers’ upset of then-No. 2 ...

HD Video: Tom Crean on 73-71 win over Michigan

  • Justin Albers Jan 6, 2012 3
 

Tom Crean met with the media following Indiana’s 73-71 win over No. 16 Michigan on Thursday night at Assembly Hall. Watch and listen to his comments in high-definition video in the embedded player below:

Christian Watford, Cody Zeller and Verdell Jones met with the media following Indiana’s 73-71 win over Michigan on Thursday night at Assembly Hall. Watch and listen to each player’s postgame comments in the embedded media players below:

Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 2

  • Justin Albers Jan 2, 2012 3
 

Before the season, some suggested the Big Ten was down a little bit this year. After the first week of conference games, it’s clear that it’s much deeper than many predicted it would be. Upsets by Iowa at Wisconsin and ...

Ohio State win confirms it: Indiana is for real

  • Justin Albers Dec 31, 2011 3
 

Indiana shocked the nation when it pulled a 73-72 upset against then-No. 1 Kentucky on Dec. 10. But not everyone was convinced the Hoosiers belonged amongst the country’s elite teams. “He [Christian Watford] just hit a lucky shot,” Kentucky’s Doron ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 1

  • Justin Albers Dec 26, 2011 3
 

Inside the Hall’s Big Ten power rankings are back. Each Monday during the conference season, we’ll deliver our team-by-team ranking of the league. For the first edition, the descriptions after each team will be a little bit longer than normal. ...

Indiana shot the ball so well in the first half Monday night against Howard, it seemed as if everything the Hoosiers threw up was going to go in. The No. 17 Hoosiers (11-0) made nine 3-pointers in the first 20 ...

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HD Video: Tom Crean on Howard win

  • Justin Albers Dec 19, 2011 3
 

Tom Crean met with the media following Indiana’s 107-50 drubbing of Howard on Monday evening at Assembly Hall. Watch and listen to his comments in high-definition video in the embedded player below:

HD Video: Jones, Sheehey and Watford on Howard win

  • Justin Albers Dec 19, 2011 3
 

Christian Watford, Verdell Jones and Will Sheehey met with the media following Indiana’s 107-50 win against Howard on Monday evening at Assembly Hall. Watch and listen to the entire press conference in the embedded player below:

Notre Dame went ahead of the Hoosiers 15-6 after Eric Atkins’ reverse layup with 14:33 to go in the first half. In the past three years, that might have signaled the beginning of the end for Indiana. Without enough consistently ...

New-look Hoosiers ready for another in-state test

  • Justin Albers Dec 16, 2011 3
 

The last time the Hoosiers played Notre Dame, the Indiana basketball program was in shambles. It was November of 2008, the beginning of Tom Crean’s first season in Bloomington. The Hoosiers lost to the No. 8 Fighting Irish 88-50 in ...

Indiana coach Tom Crean, along with senior Tom Pritchard and sophomore Victor Oladipo, met with the media Thursday afternoon to discuss Saturday’s game with Notre Dame at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Watch and listen to both press conferences in the ...

Indiana needed — and deserved — this win

  • Justin Albers Dec 11, 2011 3
 

It almost felt like it was supposed to happen this way. The Hoosiers blew their 10-point lead and trailed No. 1 Kentucky 72-70 with only 5.6 seconds left. But some way, somehow, you just knew something magical was about to ...

Crean concerned with Kentucky’s defense

  • Justin Albers Dec 9, 2011 3
 

If you’ve seen highlights of Kentucky basketball games on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” this year, chances are you saw a number of breakaway dunks. With athletes like sophomore Terrence Jones and freshman Anthony Davis, the Wildcats play above the rim more often ...