Kelvin Sampson Archive

IU Hoosier Hysteria set for October 12th

  • Alex Bozich Sep 14, 2007 3
 

Here is the official release from IU media relations concerning this year’s Hoosier Hysteria: The Indiana University Athletics Department will hold its annual Hoosier Hysteria on Friday, October 12 in Assembly Hall, The event will feature the IU men’s and ...

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Hoosiers to tip-off Friday in Bahamas

  • Alex Bozich Aug 30, 2007 3
 

(Update: Read the full release regarding the trip by clicking here.) Coach Sampson and his 2007-2008 Indiana Men’s Basketball team will leave tomorrow afternoon for their trip to the Bahamas. Here’s a look at the scheduled games: • Friday, Aug. ...

Sampson wasting no time with Gordon

  • Eamonn Brennan Aug 28, 2007 3
 

Almost as soon as Eric Gordon made his commitment to IU official, I wondered how his addition would jive with the veterans on the team. Regardless of his considerable talent, Gordon remains a freshman with no experience at the college ...

A.J. Ratliff ineligible for first semester

  • Alex Bozich Aug 25, 2007 3
 

What has been speculated on message boards for a couple of weeks has now been confirmed by coach Kelvin Sampson: A.J. Ratliff is ineligible for the first semester due to academics. Ratliff, a senior, will miss the ACC/Big Ten challenge ...

Matt Roth down to two: Bradley and IU

  • Alex Bozich Aug 21, 2007 3
 

It wasn’t without controversy, but Washington (IL) sharpshooter Matt Roth has narrowed his college choices to two: Bradley and Indiana. Last week, it appeared Roth had trimmed his list to Indiana and St. Louis, but later said that he was ...

Armon Bassett looks to embrace leadership role

  • Alex Bozich Aug 14, 2007 3
 

Armon Bassett showed early on last season that he was a force to be reckoned with as he marched into Cameron Indoor Stadium on November 28th and scored a then-career-high 16 points. He finished the season fourth on the Hoosiers ...

Sampson does work at Wolf Challenge

  • Ryan Corazza Aug 13, 2007 3
 

We’ve all been rather intrigued by Fuzzy Zoeller’s Wolf Challenge, namely because the group Kelvin Sampson was set to play with was um, rather eclectic. Well, the golf shindig went down today and Coach Sampson, despite a rough start, held ...

Tyler Zeller visits Bloomington

  • Alex Bozich Aug 7, 2007 3
 

Thanks to one of our contacts in Bloomington (and a faithful reader of the site), Zach, Inside the Hall has learned that Tyler Zeller was in Bloomington today on an unofficial visit. Zeller was spotted in the South lobby of ...

Just when you thought the pairings at Fuzzy Zoeller’s Louisville-based Wolf Challenge could not get any more, ahem, eclectic, well, guess who’s joining the field: Alice Cooper. Seriously. Alice Cooper. I don’t know if you could have picked a person ...

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Bud Mackey loves Indiana University

  • Alex Bozich Jul 30, 2007 3
 

Hoopsreport.com, a site I’d never heard of until today, has an interview with 2008 recruit Bud Mackey. The interview is not bad, sans the question to Mackey asking him what it was like growing up in Kentucky. Since Bud didn’t ...

+ Oh America, what to do with you. Continuing the trend of U.S. basketball squads faltering on the international scene, the American Pan Am team lost its opening round game to Uruguay 81-72 last night, despite leading at halftime. The ...

– The praise for D.J. White for his performances with the United States team leading up to the Pan American Games continues to come rolling in. Haverford, a blog that is following the team, has the latest on IU’s top ...

Is this D.J.’s last year at IU?

  • Ryan Corazza Jul 19, 2007 3
 

D.J. White has the option to come back for a fifth year at IU if he so desires. But will he? Well, Kelvin Sampson doesn’t seem to think so. From Andy Katz at the WWL: Although listed as a senior, ...

Kelvin Sampson to play golf at Wolf Challenge

  • Ryan Corazza Jul 16, 2007 3
 

I fashion myself at least a novice golfer — and a poor one at that — but I’d never heard of “wolf golf” until today. If you are unfamiliar with it yourself, hop on over here and get your learn ...

Kelvin Sampson has a good sense of humor

  • Eamonn Brennan Jul 12, 2007 3
 

In our experience with him, if there’s one thing to know about Kelvin Sampson, it’s that he has a pretty great sense of humor. He gets bristly at times, but most jokes are well-delivered and well-received. (Ahem: most of the ...

Seth Davis sings the praises of Devin Ebanks

  • Eamonn Brennan Jul 9, 2007 3
 

If you think clicking on a national writer’s column and reading a fawning take on a soon-to-be Hoosier is ever going to get old, well, you’re wrong. The latest props for an incoming IU recruit? Seth Davis’ take on Devin ...