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Hurry Up, Harbaugh. That Water Isn't Going To Pour Itself.
Your morning roundup for Feb. 23. Photo of Jim Harbaugh, in Indiana for the NFL scouting combine and moonlighting as team manager for brother-in-law Tom Crean's Hoosiers, via Larry Brown Sports. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Watch The Final Minutes Of The Game That Inspired <i>Hoosiers</i>, Real-Life Jimmy Chitwood Interview
The Indiana High School Athletic Association recently made this rare footage of the final minutes of the 1954 State Championship game that inspired the classic film Hoosiers available—though you'll have to go to IHSAA's site to see the final seconds. Milan High, with an enrollment of 162 students,...
Indiana Basketball Coach Tom Crean Makes Funny Faces When He's Angry
Your morning roundup for Jan. 13, the day we learned YouTube started at the zoo. Photo via Christopher G. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
"Unbelievable!" Indiana Beats #1 Kentucky On Buzzer-Beating Three-Pointer
On a day that already saw the #2 team in the country fall, the Indiana Hoosiers brought down top-ranked Kentucky on this buzzer-beating three-pointer that left Dick Vitale a puddly mess of screams and IU coach Tom Crean shaking his head in disbelief.[ESPN]...
Everything About Indiana Basketball Is Smaller These Days, Even The Booze Bottles
Your morning roundup for Dec. 1, the day The New York Times gave us a +1. Image courtesy Justin G. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
An Advanced Statistical Analysis Of Jimmy Chitwood's Basketball Performance In <em>Hoosiers</em>
This is Regressing, a numbers-minded column by our clever friends at the Harvard College Sports Analysis Collective. Over the next few days, they'll be applying rigorous statistical analysis to some of the finest basketball movies in the history of cinema (and also Hoosiers). Today: Calculating Ji...
Here's A Video Of Someone Dunking Who Is Not Blake Griffin
Last night, unranked Indiana defeated No. 20 Minnesota, 60-57. More importantly, though, Tom Pritchard, a 6'9" junior forward and also a white person, threw down what teammate Verdell Jones III called a "Space Jam Michael Jordan reach-back" dunk....
The Public Demand To Rip Apart The "This Is Indiana" Rap Video Is Undeniable
So we'll oblige. Now, before you skewer, please keep in mind that these young lads devoted many, many hours into making IU a viral Christian Lander joke. Fire when ready. [Brice Fox and Daniel Weber]...
Dennis Hopper Played <em>Hoosiers</em> Alcoholic By Spinning In A Chair
So says Maris Valainis, who played Jimmy Chitwood. So Shooter wasn't actually drunk? Next you're gonna tell me the bad guys' team wasn't really full of black kids. (Oh wait, it wasn't.) [Dan Patrick Show]...
"Dude, Look What You Did To Your Knee!"
Indiana's return to glory was sidetracked last night when leading scorer Maurice Creek dislocated his knee cap. The response from his teammates was not exactly helpful....
I Bet The Graphics Guy Who Cropped Indiana's Logo This Way Feels Like A Boob
Heh. Tit. And for those of you worried about this warping our young people, it has already been changed to a less-offensive image. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to make "BOOBLESS" appear on my calculator. (Thanks, reader Josh)...
Fire It Up And Get The Skanks, Hoosiers
Football season is upon us, which means that thousands of angry, horny, feisty pretend fans will converge upon this great nation's red cup-littered parking lots to participate in traditional tailgating revelry. These are not those stories....
Indiana To Make Nice With Bobby Knight
Bobby Knight will be inducted into the Indiana University Hall of Fame, less than 10 years after he was given the boot for yelling at kids. That should be a fun ceremony, huh?...
Keith Smart On Bobby Knight, The Shot, And Hell In The Pacific
Nearly 22 years after his 16-foot baseline jumper gave Indiana the national title in 1987, Keith Smart ruminates on how how that moment changed his life, and where he's going from here....
Guilty Your Honor, With An Explanation
There are two things I wish. First, that Indiana wasn't 1-11 in the Big Ten. And second, that Daulerio hadn't taped porn over the first 18 minutes of this instructional video....
The Rise And Fall Of The Indiana Hoosiers
The Indiana Hoosiers have never lost 18 games in a season; not even under the dubious Harry C. Good (1944-46), who was only there because Branch McCracken was serving in World War II....
A Long Winter In Bloomington
Indiana blows a 21-point lead at home, loses to the 5-6 Lipscomb Bisons. That sentence doesn't make me as gleeful as it probably should. [AP/Yahoo]...
Did Rampant Drug Use Doom The '07 Indiana Hoosiers?
Eric Gordon told the Indianapolis Star on Thursday that drug use was so bad among his Indiana Hoosiers teammates last season that he decided to live off campus to get away from it....
Is The Indiana Job Really That Great Of A Gig?
As an Illini fan eager to hammer Indiana at every opportunity, we must admit that we can't find much to mock about the hiring of Tom Crean. The guy's a respected coach, a solid citizen and has a funny name. No arguments there. Except ... why the heck is he leaving Marquette for Indiana?...
NCAA Pants Party: Indiana Vs. Arkansas
Indiana Hoosiers (25-7) vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (22-11) When: Friday, 9:40 p.m. Where: Raleigh, N.C....