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Standouts From the D-League Showcase

The D-League Showcase in Idaho was held this week from Monday through Thursday in front of near-silent crowds consisting almost exclusively of general managers, coaches and scouts from the NBA and overseas teams, though this didn't seem to bother many of the players in attendance. In fact, it probably helped. While...

Changing Face of College Basketball: For First Time Ever, No Senior All-Americans

The Associated Press All-American team was announced today, and it's notable mostly for who didn't make it: For the first time ever, there are no senior All-Americans. Instead, the team consists of UCLA freshman center Kevin Love, Kansas State freshman forward Michael Beasley, Texas sophomore guard D.J. Augustin, North...

Indiana Falls to Penn State; Are Hoosiers Starting to Crack After Kelvin Sampson Mess?

In the first four games after Indiana head coach Kelvin Sampson received his $750,000 walking papers, the Hoosiers went 3-1, so at first glance they wouldn't appear to have mailed it in on their season. But the three wins weren't against good teams, and the one loss was a butt-whipping against Michigan State. And today the...

Report: Six Indiana Players, One Assistant Skip Practice as Kelvin Sampson Firing Looms

Local news reports in Indiana are suggesting that Hoosiers basketball coach Kelvin Sampson is about to be relieved of his duties, and as a result nearly half the team skipped practice today in protest. The Herald Times reports that neither Sampson nor his assistant coach Ray McCallum showed up to practice today, and that...

Kelvin Sampson Goes Out a Winner

For the second straight game, embattled Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson had his team ready to play, and for the second straight game the Hoosiers beat a ranked opponent in impressive fashion, knocking off No. 14 Purdue 77-68.But as impressive a game as Sampson had, it was also, almost everyone agrees, his last...