Devan Dumes News

Indiana certainly isn't the college basketball powerhouse that it once was, but Loyola's surprising victory over the Hoosiers Tuesday night is still one the Greyhounds will savor.

Eighty minutes of basketball now separates Indiana basketball from the end of a decade that's included five head coaches, a Final Four appearance and the university's first NCAA violations in a half century.A The Hoosiers came within 12 points of the 2002 national title, but they haven't been to the Sweet 16 since then.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Slowly but surely, Jordan Hulls is working himself into Tom Crean's Indiana University basketball rotation.

INDIANA vs. LOYOLA Tuesday, Dec. 22 * 6:30 p.m. ET Bloomington, Ind. * Assembly Hall Series Record: First Meeting TV: Big Ten Network RADIO: IU Radio Network THE OPENING TIP Indiana is in its 110th season of college basketball and will play host to Loyola University Maryland in the third game of a five-game homestand.

Maurice Creek had 29 points to lead the Indiana Hoosiers in an 81-58 victory over North Carolina Central on Saturday night.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The next three games on Indiana's basketball schedule could be brought to you by Pillsbury.

Talk about your Hoosier hostility. The Indiana crowd was into this Kentucky-Indiana thing from the jump, displaying rude signs, howling obscenities and reverting to the "Cal's a Cheater! Cal's a Cheater" chant.

Indiana fans hurled verbal abuse at Kentucky Coach John Calipari. His team responded with enough physical torment to bury the Hoosiers 90-73 Saturday.

The glow of Tuesday night's victory over Pitt was still brightly shining less than an hour after the game was over when I received my first of many emails from Kentucky fans about Saturday's upcoming game between the Hoosiers and Cats in Assembly Hall.

NEW YORK - It took Tom Crean 20 months to get a signature victory at Indiana University.

Verdell Jones III scored 22 points and Christian Watford had 16 to lead Indiana to a 74-64 victory over Pittsburgh on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden.

Indiana guard Devan Dumes takes an outside shot against USC-Upstate. The Hoosiers, without Matt Roth, are making their 3-pointers a ' they're just not taking very many.

Tom Crean has heard the stories of atmosphere at Assembly Hall when Duke visited for an ACC/Big Ten Challenge showdown.

Maryland coach Gary Williams didn't call Tuesday night's game here at Assembly Hall a must-win for the Terrapins so early in the season, but he certainly didn't want to look back on the Big Ten/ACC Challenge meeting with the Hoosiers the same way he did on last week's trip to Hawaii.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana didn't shoot well Tuesday night, its ball handling was sloppy at times and shot selection was questionable in the second half.

Ok, it was a cupcake opponent. No doubt about it. When you're playing a team that is 2-1 with victories against East Texas Baptist and Houston Baptist and a 20-point loss to Texas Tech you're not expecting a high caliber opponent.

Order in the Cream 'n Crimson basketball world has been restored, at least for now, and that is a huge thing.

Christian Watford and Maurice Creek scored 17 points each Saturday to lead Indiana past Northwestern State 90-72. Jeremiah Rivers dished out 10 assists, and reserves Derek Elston and Devan Dumes also contributed for the Hoosiers , who never trailed in the contest.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana University basketball experienced life without three-point specialist Matt Roth last week in Puerto Rico after the sophomore guard broke his ankle in practice.

Indiana coach Tom Crean wasn't happy with most phases of his team's game Friday in a 71-67 loss to Boston University.