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Crean's Hoosiers Still on Roller Coaster

Tom Crean suffered through one of the worst campaigns you'll ever see from a college basketball power last season, when his Hoosiers went 6-25 (including 1-17 in Big Ten play). Of course, due to the circumstances of virtually having to completely start the program over, Crean was obviously given a free pass from the large...

Worst Ever Indiana Season Quietly Ends

As the buzzer sounded in Conseco Fieldhouse early Thursday evening, the Indiana Hoosiers had lost to Penn State by a count of 66 to 51. Tom Crean's first season as head basketball coach had mercifully concluded. The Hoosiers will miss the NCAA Tournament for only the third time since A Season on the Brink was published....

Big Ten Conference Tournament Preview: It's All About the Bubble

The Big Ten has enjoyed something of a renaissance in 2009. Often maligned in past seasons, due to tumbling conference RPI rankings, they still need to have a collectively strong showing in the NCAA Tournament to silence the naysayers. For now, though, they can bask in the glory of sitting second in conference RPI and...

Big Ten Update: Penn State Is Cooked, But Badgers Are Back

A few weeks ago I did a halfway point roundup for the Big Ten, in which I buried Wisconsin and hailed Penn State to no end. Boy, do I look like an idiot now. Since then, Penn State crumbled, while Wisconsin has done a 180. The Nittany Lions were embarrassed by Michigan, lost at home to Wisconsin, and handily lost at...

Hoosiers Finally Win a Big Ten Game

In their ninth try, the young Hoosiers finally gave Tom Crean his first Big Ten win as the head coach of Indiana University. This was the first win for Indiana in nearly two months, as they had tied a school record with 11 consecutive losses. Still, this seemed like a natural progression, as they had been keeping games...