Apparently the banks are open Sunday in Puerto Rico. At least for George Mason University.

An Indiana offense rich with talented football players might do more than carry the Hoosiers through the early part of next season, coach Bill Lynch said Tuesday.

It doesn't take long to come to the conclusion that Indiana coach Tom Crean isn't a patient man.

Christian Watford and Tom Crean are on the same page. This is good. Neither are satisfied with his double-double season average of 15.5 points and 5.5 rebounds.

The Indiana University men's basketball team saw their undefeated season end tonight, as the Rebels of Mississippi spotted the Hoosiers an early nine-point lead before settling down and dominating in the school's first round Puerto Rico Tip-Off matchup.

Raise your hand if you looked at the list of recruits coming in as freshman for the 2009-2010 season, and you thought to yourself, "Who is Derek Elston?" If your hand is raised, you are not alone.

Mississippi had too much athleticism, too much physicality and too much speed and quickness for Indiana on Thursday night in the opening round of the O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off. And in the second half, it was clearly too much Murphy Holloway.

Ole Miss breezed through its first two games of the season, winning by a combined 65 points over Arkansas-Little Rock and Alabama State at Tad Smith Coliseum.

Indiana's goal was to finish this season in a bowl game. In the Hoosiers' minds, they still can.

This isn't the first time the Hoosiers have dominated in the first half, only to let the opposing team come back and win.A Yet, it is just as hard to take.

Christian Watford finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds, Maurice Creek added 14 points and Verdell Jones scored 13 to lead Indiana past South Carolina-Upstate 69-61 on Monday night.

They are 4-7. They have fought the good fights and lost. They have been competitive.

Between now and New Year's Eve, the fledgling Indiana Hoosiers basketball team will face 10 opponents ranging from pushovers to a possible powerhouse .

Most teams don't win games after four turnovers in one half, let alone one game.

Most of the time, though, simple is best, Crean says: Just look at the scoreboard.

Indiana freshmen Maurice Creek, Christian Watford and Derek Elston all scored in double figures Friday night, leading the Hoosiers to an 83-60 rout of Howard.

The standards for gridiron success are quite different for Indiana and No. 19 Penn State.

York Daily Record/Sunday News reporter Frank Bodani talks Penn State with readers every Monday during football season.

York Daily Record/Sunday News reporter Frank Bodani talks Penn State with readers every Monday during football season.

Freshman Maurice Creek would be the first to tell you his play in the exhibition opener last week against Grace College left a lot to be desired.