Indiana coach Tom Crean may not be able to evaluate prospects during July. Chris Howell | Herald-Times
AT HOOSIERSHQ.COM
- Cutting out the July evaluation period is a decision full of folly, I wrote.
- Bill Lynch refused to call Northwestern a “must-win,” instead of focusing on the idea of winning them all, Dustin writes.
- Denise Jackson played through several challenges to become one of Indiana’s best women’s basketball players, Jeremy writes.
IT’S INDIANA
- Inside the Hall profiles Matt Roth and Will Sheehey.
- Indiana is not willing to talk about bowls, the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette’s LaMond Pope writes.
- Ben Chappell emphasized the need to narrow focus to just what is next on the schedule, the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel’s Pete DiPrimio writes.
- Lynch emphasized the need to reduce the turnovers, the IDS’ Connor O’Gara writes.
- Victor Oladipo is a presence for the Hoosiers, the Indy Star’s Terry Hutchens writes.
HEY, REMEMBER DARNELL AUTRY? (or news on Northwestern)
- The close loss to Michigan State has Northwestern feeling confident but also in a bit of a bad mood, the Chicago Tribune’s Teddy Greenstein writes.
- Freshman tailback Adonis Smith is calling the offense his, the Chicago Sun-Times’ Tina Akouris writes.
- Only four schools have allowed more sacks than Northwestern, the Arlington Heights Daily Herald’s Lindsey Willihite writes.
BIG TEN FOOTBALL
- Ohio State is in need of help for its goal of another Big Ten championship, the Columbus Dispatch’s Tim May writes.
- Minnesota coach Jeff Horton will not let his team lay down against Ohio State, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune’s Phil Miller writes.
- Iowa’s loss to Wisconsin is not a disaster, the Iowa City Press-Citizen’s Pat Harty writes.
- Michigan State controls its own destiny in terms of the Big Ten title, the Lansing State Journal’s Joe Rexrode writes.
- Wisconsin pulled out the empty formation for the first time in five years against Iowa, Madison.com’s Tom Mulhern writes.
- Penn State quarterback Rob Bolden is probably for Saturday, the Harrisburg Patriot-News’ Jared Shanker writes.
- Michigan’s Denard Robinson claims he is 100 percent, AnnArbor.com’s Pete Bigelow writes.
- Illinois has to completely change its defensive focus, from IU’s spread attack to Purdue’s option, the Champaign News-Gazette’s Bob Asmussen writes.
- Purdue is facing a QB dilemma, the Lafayette Journal & Courier’s Mike Carmin writes.
BIG TEN BASKETBALL
- Practice was open to the public at Iowa, and the fans saw a team that is going to run all game long, the Des Moines Register’s Rick Brown writes.
- It looks like Illinois will get a commitment today from Mike Shaw, the Chicago Tribune’s Chris Hine writes.
- MSU guard Korie Lucious will likely be suspended multiple games for a driving incident, the Lansing State Journal’s Joe Rexrode writes.
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