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Indiana’s Victor Oladipo has Top 5 NBA Draft pick potential

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Entering this college basketball season, Victor Oladipo was not the Indiana Hoosiers baller that everyone was talking about as a future NBA lottery pick. Instead it was Cody Zeller. The stock of Cody Zeller is still high, but Oladipo draft stock is a must buy. Dipo, as the Indiana faithful refer to him is a tremendous leaper, and lockdown defender. His defense has always been … [Read more...] about Indiana’s Victor Oladipo has Top 5 NBA Draft pick potential

Keys for the #3 Indiana Hoosiers against the #1 Michigan Wolverines

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Fans, analysts and (surely) the teams themselves have had this one circled all season. Indiana and Michigan were projected to be the Big Ten's two best teams before the beginning of the 2012-13 college basketball campaign, and each has held true to form -- even if in inverse order to this point. And at 9 p.m. today, the Hoosiers and Wolverines -- both with 7-1 Big Ten … [Read more...] about Keys for the #3 Indiana Hoosiers against the #1 Michigan Wolverines

Indiana Hoosiers get caught playing Butler’s game, fall to in-state foe

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The No. 1 Indiana Hoosiers have become known for going on scoring tears -- particularly on fast breaks -- when they can create even the slightest cushion against opponents. In-state rival Butler never let Indiana have that chance Saturday. The Bulldogs (8-2) asserted themselves physically against the Hoosiers (9-1), per the custom of Brad Stevens-coached teams, and … [Read more...] about Indiana Hoosiers get caught playing Butler’s game, fall to in-state foe

Indiana Hoosiers claim preseason No. 1 in USA Today Coaches Poll

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Tom Crean's restoration project of Indiana University basketball has pretty much come full-circle. After being crippled by NCAA sanctions stemming from former coach Kelvin Sampson's violations, struggling through six-, 10- and 12-win seasons his first three  years in Bloomington, and leading a remarkable turnaround in 2012-13 that resulted in a Sweet 16 appearance, Crean has … [Read more...] about Indiana Hoosiers claim preseason No. 1 in USA Today Coaches Poll

Indiana Hoosiers appear tourney-bound after win against Michigan State

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No. 1 Kentucky? Check. No. 2 Ohio State? Check. No. 5 Michigan State? Check. Each of those three teams, while ranked as listed, has fallen at Assembly Hall this season, adding a feat to the already deep lore of Indiana University basketball: the Hoosiers (23-7, 10-7 Big Ten) have knocked off three top-5 teams in the regular season for the first time ever. Knocking … [Read more...] about Indiana Hoosiers appear tourney-bound after win against Michigan State

Indiana Hoosiers Are Back After Beating No. 1 Kentucky

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Welcome back, Indiana University basketball. It's been way too long. Fans in Bloomington and across the nation have been longing -- aching -- to utter those words after the fallout from the Kelvin Sampson fiasco and the subsequent 28 wins over the first three seasons of the Tom Crean era. And what better way to usher in the Hoosiers' resurgence than with an epic 73-72 … [Read more...] about Indiana Hoosiers Are Back After Beating No. 1 Kentucky

Indiana Hoosiers Take Program’s Buzz into Kentucky Game

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The week leading up to the Indiana University basketball game against No. 1 Kentucky at 5:15 today at Assembly Hall has been, in actuality, a rather controversial one in Bloomington. IU Athletics sustained a bit of a public relations hit in reprimanding a group of students who planned to camp out in front of Assembly Hall for the entire week so that the fans could be first … [Read more...] about Indiana Hoosiers Take Program’s Buzz into Kentucky Game

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