The "Z" Watch

The "Z" Watch

• IU still working towards sixth banner

  Monday night in Atlanta, Louisville won the school’s first National Championship since the year I was born - 1986. This accomplishment is significant to Indiana basketball fans, because the last two times the Cardinals cut down the nets (1980, 1986), the Hoosiers did it the following year. The stat, of course means nothing, other than both schools had strong programs in the 1980s.

  April 11, 2013

• Zeller declares for NBA

  Indiana’s Cody Zeller turned down one chance to play in the NBA. He couldn’t say no twice.
  The 7-foot sophomore center who returned to school last fall for one more shot at a national championship announced Wednesday he is leaving college early to enter the NBA draft. The reason was simple.

  April 11, 2013

• Washington shows support for Zeller

  Washington residents don’t get to see Tyler Zeller much these days, but for one night, he was back in Indiana.
  Zeller, along with his Cleveland Cavaliers teammates played the Indiana Pacers Tuesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, much to the enjoyment of more than a hundred Washington residents that made the two-hour trip to Indianapolis.

  April 10, 2013 1 Photo

• Zeller scores 18, but Pacers beat Cavs 99-94

  For the first 43 minutes Tuesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, it looked like a great homecoming for former Washington Hatchet - now Cleveland Cavalier - Tyler Zeller. The final five belonged to the Indiana Pacers.

  April 10, 2013 1 Photo

• Oladipo, Zeller named All-Americans

  Statistics through March 17
  First Team
  Trey Burke, Michigan, 6-0, 190, sophomore, Columbus, Ohio, 19.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 6.7 apg, 40.1 3-pt fg pct, 1.6 steals, 35.2 minutes (62 first-team votes, 319 total points)
  Otto Porter Jr., Georgetown, 6-8, 205, sophomore, Morley, Mo., 16.3 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 42.7 3 pt-fg pct, 1.9 steals, 35.3 minutes (62, 319)
  Victor Oladipo, Indiana, 6-5, 214, junior, Upper Marlboro, Md., 13.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 59.9 fg pct, 44.3 3-pt fg pct, 2.2 steals (58, 306)
  Doug McDermott, Creighton, 6-8, 225, junior, Ames, Iowa, 23.1 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 56.1 fg pct, 49.7 3-pt fg pct, 86.0 ft pct (44, 279)
  Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga, 7-0, 238, junior, Kamloops, British Columbia, 17.5 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 65.2 fg pct (47, 278)

  April 1, 2013

• Hoosiers look ahead after disappointing finish

  Indiana left Washington in a dour mood.
  Tom Crean knows his team can't afford to let it linger if it intends to continue chasing another national championship banner.

  March 30, 2013

• Turnovers spell disaster for No. 1 Indiana

  Nineteen turnovers. Sixteen baskets. A season-low 50 points.
  Top-seed Indiana had no answer for the 2-3 zone of Syracuse, and now the Hoosiers are heading home after a 61-50 loss Thursday night bounced them from the NCAA tournament.

  March 29, 2013

• Indiana can't solve Syracuse zone in Sweet 16

  It took winning a national title for Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim to get over a late-shot loss to Indiana the last time the schools faced off in the NCAA tournament.

  March 29, 2013

• Top four seeds left in East Region

  Yelps of support and echoing applause greeted the voice booming over the loudspeakers Wednesday at the scheduled start of practice for the East Regional's fourth seed: "Coached by Jim Boeheim, please welcome the Syracuse Orange!"

  March 28, 2013

• Basketball is a king's sport in Indiana

  Indiana athletic director Fred Glass must be ready for the game each time he goes out.

  March 26, 2013

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