Verdell Jones Archive

Good, Bad and Ugly: Pitt

  • Ryan Corazza Dec 9, 2009 3
 

THE GOOD: A BIG WIN, SOME CONSISTENT PLAY. First, the big picture: It got a little too close for comfort at the end of the game, and it took longer than some IU fans would have liked, but the Hoosiers ...

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Bank is open for George Mason, IU falls 69-66

  • Alex Bozich Nov 22, 2009 3
 

Cam Long’s three-pointer with 5.4 seconds remaining, a bank shot as the shot clock expired, lifted George Mason past Indiana 69-66 in the seventh place game of the O’Reilly Auto Parts Tip-Off Classic. Long hit the game-winner with the teams ...

Good, Bad and Ugly: Ole Miss

  • Ryan Corazza Nov 19, 2009 3
 

THE GOOD: FIRST FIVE MINUTES. This is what this Hoosiers team can be. Running the break efficiently, not letting teams get set up on D, pushing the pace, getting controlled buckets in transition with Jeremiah Rivers and Verdell Jones leading ...

For seven minutes in Puerto Rico, Indiana looked capable of hanging with Ole Miss. And just like that, the Rebels reeled off a 28-5 run en route to a comfortable 89-71 win in the opening round of the O’Reilly Auto ...

Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall crew. You can send us a link at [email protected]. + Andy Katz talks to Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke coach says that Indiana should “celebrate” Bob Knight before he ...

Friendly competition in the Indiana backcourt

  • Alex Bozich Oct 9, 2009 3
 

The season is almost here which means it’s time for video features from our friends at UWire (formerly The Palestra). Casey Richards has the story on the backcourt competition and the new up-tempo Hoosiers below:

Hoosier Hysteria is on the horizon and it’s time for Inside the Hall’s player-by-player breakdown of the 2009-2010 Indiana Hoosiers. Today: Verdell Jones. In a year of horrific gosh-they-just-play-so-hard basketball, Verdell Jones was a pleasant surprise. Whether he’s anything more ...

Fan Report: Bawa, Pritchard, Dumes and Verdell

  • Alex Bozich Aug 14, 2009 3
 

If you’re following us on Twitter, you know by now that Bawa Muniru is in Bloomington and Maurice Creek should be there shortly. And if you’ve browsed the various IU message boards, you may have read some reports of Bawa ...

That’s a wrap: Verdell Jones

  • Alex Bozich Mar 25, 2009 3
 

‘That’s a wrap’ is Inside the Hall’s player-by-player postseason breakdown of the 2008-2009 Indiana Hoosiers. Today: Verdell Jones. Final statistics: 11.0 ppg; 3.1 rpg; 71 percent FT’s; 45 percent FG’s; 21 steals The transformation of Verdell Jones from a player ...

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The Palestra wraps up the IU season

  • Alex Bozich Mar 14, 2009 3
 

… And we’ll be back Monday to begin breaking down the season that was in Bloomington as well as the NCAA Tournament.

Predictably, there will be no March Madness for Tom Crean and the Indiana Hoosiers. Indiana (6-25) concluded the 2008-2009 campaign with a 66-51 loss to Penn State in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse in ...

Dumes’ status unknown, so sayeth Tom Crean

  • Alex Bozich Mar 6, 2009 3
 

Tom Crean, Verdell Jones and the defensive stopper known as Brett Finkelmeier met with the media earlier today to talk about Sunday’s game at Wisconsin. Nothing groundbreaking was revealed, but Crean did give an update on Devan Dumes: “He has ...

Upset bid foiled: Hoosiers fall 64-59

  • Alex Bozich Mar 3, 2009 3
 

The script was set perfectly for Kyle Taber’s final game in Assembly Hall. Family and friends ascended upon Bloomington to say farewell to the senior captain. Chants of ‘Ky-le Ta-ber’ were heard throughout Assembly Hall. And in a game in ...

Second half drought sinks Hoosiers

  • Alex Bozich Feb 19, 2009 3
 

After trailing by just one at halftime, Indiana scored just four points in the first 9:01 of the second half and fell 68-51 to Wisconsin on Thursday night at Assembly Hall. By the time the Hoosiers (6-19, 1-12 Big Ten) ...

The Morning After: Staying positive

  • Eamonn Brennan Jan 14, 2009 3
 

There are only so many things to say from game to game about the way IU is playing. For example, what was there to say after Illinois? The Hoosiers were destroyed by a far superior (and still underrated) team. Michigan ...

Good, Bad and Ugly: Ohio State

  • Ryan Corazza Jan 13, 2009 3
 

THE GOOD: THE GOOD, CONTINUED: Verdell Jones looked incredibly competent in the point guard role tonight (I feel like this was the first time all year we didn’t get a lot of Daniel Moore dribbling all over the place, which ...