James Blackmon Jr. Archive

For the fourth consecutive year, Indiana has recruited a McDonald’s All-American to Bloomington. Cody Zeller was the first McDonald’s All-American under Tom Crean back in 2011, Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell was selected in 2012 and current IU freshman Noah Vonleh made ...

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Only ten days ago at Jan. 19’s Hoophall Classic, 6-foot-10 Worcester (Mass.) Academy senior Matt Cimino raised eyebrows with a 22-point, 8-rebound performance for his school in a loss to Cushing Academy. One of those coaches that was made aware ...

Roundup: Exum to NBA, Nebraska dismissal, more

  • Alex Bozich Jan 28, 2014 3
 

As expected, class of 2014 Australian guard Dante Exum will skip college and declare for June’s NBA draft. In a statement to ESPN.com, Exum said he will sign with agent Rob Pelinka, who represents Kobe Bryant and former IU standout ...

Class of 2014 Marion guard and IU signee James Blackmon Jr. will try to make it a fourth consecutive year in which the Hoosiers have signed a McDonald’s All-American. Blackmon Jr. was one of close to 1,000 nominees named for ...

A little bit more than a third of the way through the 2013-2014 high school season, Indiana’s future backcourt duo of James Blackmon Jr. and Robert Johnson is setting a torrid scoring pace. Blackmon Jr., who led Marion to an ...

Check out 20 photos of class of 2014 signee James Blackmon Jr. and his brother, class of 2016 guard Vijay, from Marion’s 83-67 loss to Indianapolis Tech on Monday night in the embedded photo gallery after the jump. Purchase prints from J. ...

For the second straight year, an Indiana signee will play in the Nike Hoop Summit. As announced earlier tonight on his Twitter account, class of 2014 Marion guard James Blackmon Jr. has been named to the 2014 USA Basketball Junior ...

Indiana addresses needs with 2014 recruiting class

  • Jordan Littman Nov 15, 2013 3
 

As Tom Crean and his assistant coaches Steve McClain, Tim Buckley and Kenny Johnson addressed the media about a 2014 recruiting class in which James Blackmon Jr., Robert Johnson and Max Hoetzel all signed their National Letter of Intents on ...

The Indiana coaching staff met with the media on Thursday to discuss James Blackmon Jr. and Robert Johnson, who both signed National Letters of Intent with the Hoosiers earlier today. Max Hoetzel, who also signed with Indiana, was not discussed ...

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The first of three class of 2014 players expected to sign National Letters of Intent today with Indiana, James Blackmon Jr. made it official this morning by inking with the Hoosiers at Marion High School. Blackmon Jr., the No. 31 ...

Early signing period: IU commits to sign on Thursday

  • Jordan Littman Nov 13, 2013 3
 

The early signing period for the 2014 recruiting class began Wednesday and all three of Indiana’s verbal commitments are scheduled to sign National Letters of Intent with the Hoosiers on Thursday. James Blackmon Jr. will sign at 11:30 a.m. at ...

In a decision that literally came down to the final moments before going on air on ESPNU, James Blackmon Jr. committed to Indiana on Thursday night. Inside the Hall talked at length with No. 31 player in the 247Composite on ...

Video: James Blackmon Jr. through the years

  • Alex Bozich Nov 1, 2013 3
 

Following his original commitment to Indiana in September of 2010, Inside the Hall began collecting video of James Blackmon Jr. With his decision to commit to Indiana last night, here’s a look at some of our Blackmon Jr. footage, displayed ...

Video: James Blackmon Jr. commits to Indiana

  • Ryan Corazza Oct 31, 2013 3
 

Class of 2014 Marion guard James Blackmon Jr. committed to Indiana at halftime of a college football broadcast on Thursday night at ESPNU. Watch the replay of the No. 31 player in the 247Composite choosing the Hoosiers over Kansas, Kentucky, ...

2014 guard James Blackmon Jr. commits to Indiana

  • Jordan Littman Oct 31, 2013 3
 

2014 Marion guard James Blackmon Jr. has recommitted to Indiana. Announcing his decision Thursday evening live on ESPNU during halftime of the Louisiana-Monroe/Troy football game, Blackmon chose the Hoosiers over Kentucky and Michigan and became Indiana’s second commitment of the ...

Tonight during halftime of an ESPNU college football broadcast, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan will learn where class of 2014 guard James Blackmon Jr. will play next season. Blackmon Jr., a senior at Marion, will announce his intentions a little after ...