Zach Osterman was a writer for Inside the Hall during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons.

An expansion manifesto after midnight

  • Zachary Osterman Jun 7, 2010 3
 

PARK RIDGE, Ill. — Noted political scientist Thomas Hobbes once wrote that man, in his basest state of nature, lives a life that is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” As a distant observer-turned-one-time insider, this is the best way ...

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An update on 2011 Washington forward Cody Zeller

  • Zachary Osterman May 13, 2010 3
 

It’s already been a busy and successful AAU season for Cody Zeller and Indiana Elite, and May isn’t yet half over. Zeller and his teammates — several of whom rank high on IU’s wish list for the 2011 and 2012 ...

Indiana makes Michel signing official

  • Zachary Osterman May 8, 2010 3
 

Release as follows: IU ADDS CENTER GUY-MARC MICHEL TO 2010 MEN’S BASKETBALL RECRUITING CLASS. PRONUNCIATION:  (GEE-Marc MEshell) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University men’s basketball head coach Tom Crean has announced that Guy-Marc Michel, a 7-1, 265 lb., center from North ...

Switch to Indiana Elite paying off for Yogi Ferrell

  • Zachary Osterman May 6, 2010 3
 

The AAU season, still in its infancy, has already been good to Yogi Ferrell. Playing a year up with an Indiana Elite team that includes fistfuls of top-level Division I talent, Ferrell has slotted in nicely at point guard, giving ...

Just a couple of rather noteworthy things to report regarding recent recruiting developments (brought to you in alliterative form). First, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to Inside the Hall that IU coach Tom Crean was up north today ...

Catching up with Austin Etherington

  • Zachary Osterman Apr 12, 2010 3
 

Bleary-eyed reporters covering seemingly-endless hours of basketball with the Final Four 51 weeks away can only mean one thing: AAU season is officially on rock-and-roll. Our good friends at the H-T, being both intrepid and equipped with constitutions of steel, ...

That’s A Wrap: Matt Roth

  • Zachary Osterman Apr 7, 2010 3
 

Welcome to “That’s A Wrap,” our attempt to um, wrap up the 2009-10 season. Sit back. Relax. Grab some popcorn. Get your read on. Final Stats (Two games): Oh come now, is it even fair to put 2 points per ...

Open thread: National title game

  • Zachary Osterman Apr 6, 2010 3
 

What a breathtaking ending. What a disappointing outcome. What a game. This post is mostly meant to be an open thread for y’all to discuss the Butler-Duke national championship, which has to be among the best this reporter has ever ...

That’s a Wrap: Bobby “The Situation” Capobianco

  • Zachary Osterman Apr 2, 2010 3
 

Welcome to “That’s A Wrap,” our attempt to um, wrap up the 2009-10 season. Sit back. Relax. Grab some popcorn. Get your read on. Final Stats (31 games): 2.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 39.7% FG, 31.3% from three. Bobby Capobianco was ...

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That’s A Wrap: TIJAN

  • Zachary Osterman Mar 29, 2010 3
 

Welcome to “That’s A Wrap,” our attempt to um, wrap up the 2009-10 season. Sit back. Relax. Grab some popcorn. Get your read on. Final Stats (22 games): 108 minutes, 8 points, 14 rebounds, 26 fouls, literally thousands of fans’ ...

So I talked to Joe Boncore tonight …

  • Zachary Osterman Mar 27, 2010 3
 

I got ahold of Joe Boncore, Moses Abraham’s adviser, this evening and we chatted for a good 15 minutes on Moses’ recruitment and eventual decision to commit to Georgetown. Essentially, what it boils down to, according to Boncore, is this: ...

That’s A Wrap: Devan Dumes

  • Zachary Osterman Mar 23, 2010 3
 

Welcome to “That’s A Wrap,” our attempt to um, wrap up the 2009-10 season. Sit back. Relax. Grab some popcorn. Get your read on. Final Stats (30 games): 17.8 mpg, 6.6 ppg, 2 rpg, 1.1 apg, 33.3% FG, 1.8 tpg. ...

So after sleeping until noon — I was quite tired — in my bid to recover from my New Orleans shenanigans this week, I realized that a) there were two semi-state games at Southport and b) thanks to the convenient ...

A little something from the NCAA tournament

  • Zachary Osterman Mar 18, 2010 3
 

I know it’s a hard day for most of you, watching now the second tournament in a row that Indiana has missed by quite some distance. And it probably doesn’t help your psyche to bring up some former Hoosiers who ...

Wait, they really have a 4:16 a.m., too?

  • Zachary Osterman Mar 15, 2010 3
 

Update (7:45 p.m. by Alex Bozich) — According to our friend John Decker over at Hoosier Nation, a decision will not come today from Moses Abraham. “Probably not today,” Abraham told Decker of a timetable for a decision. “It might ...

Moses Abraham, a 6-foot-9 forward from the Washington, D.C., area, has narrowed his list down to IU and Georgetown, and will make a decision around midnight, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to Inside the Hall Sunday afternoon. The ...