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Tom Crean Gets His Hoosiers in Line, Indiana's Rotation Is Emerging

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...

Written by Mark Fodor about 8 days ago 243 reads 2 comments
Tobias Harris Picks Bruce Pearl, Tennessee Volunteers

Bruce Pearl has to be happy tonight, as his star recruiting prospect, five-star forward Tobias Harris of Dix Hills, N.Y., just announced his commitment to the University of Tennessee...

Written by Mark Fodor about 8 days ago 101 reads 3 comments
Indiana Basketball Early Season Guide: How Will Hoosiers Fare Out of Conference?

Between now and New Year's Eve, the fledgling Indiana Hoosiers basketball team will face 10 opponents ranging from pushovers (hello, Bryant University!) to a possible powerhouse (rival Kentucky)...

Written by Mark Fodor about 15 days ago 213 reads 5 comments
Big Ten Power Rankings (Week 11), Part Two: The Bad and the Ugly

After running down the Top Five in Great Lakes/Cornfields 12 Football, it's time to get to the rest of the conference! If there's a consistent theme to these squad's seasons, it's inconsistency...

Written by Mark Fodor about 17 days ago 121 reads 4 comments
Big 10 Power Rankings (Week 11) Part One: The Good

As promised, here are my Power Rankings for the future Heartland/Midwestern 12. There has been a lot of movement since I last did this a few weeks ago, especially in the case of Purdue (upwards), and Michigan (free fallin')...

Written by Mark Fodor about 17 days ago 404 reads 21 comments
Big Ten Power Rankings: Is Iowa for Real?

Big victory tonight for the Iowa Hawkeyes in Iowa City, as they defeated Michigan 30-28 on a final minute interception of Denard "Shoelace" Robinson...

Written by Mark Fodor about about 1 month ago 305 reads 3 comments
Sox Finally On Track, Buehrle Rocks Again

After what seemed like an eternity of our South Siders scuffling along at a few games under .500, the Boys in Black have finally woken up...

Written by Mark Fodor about 4 months ago 66 reads 0 comments
A Few Thoughts on the NBA Draft: Chicago Bulls Edition

Thursday is Draft Day, and I'm very excited. Although the NFL draft is more researched and hyped than its basketball counterpart, the two big drafts are always fun...

Written by Mark Fodor about 5 months ago 435 reads 1 comments
Bring the Big Ten/ACC Challenge to Football

Noffke got me thinking recently about how messed up major college football scheduling has become. The Big Six conference teams try to schedule mostly puff cakes who will come play in their stadiums without requiring a home-and-home series...

Written by Mark Fodor about 5 months ago 481 reads 19 comments
The Armchair Superstar Mock Draft

Steve and I took about an hour in between, well, grilling and sitting around to do our very own NFL Round One Mock Draft. Here are the results. Thank you, Google Chat! [SN is Steve Noffke, MF is Mark Fodor, both from armchairsuperstar...

Written by Mark Fodor about 7 months ago 835 reads 19 comments
Tom Crean After One Year: Can He Save Indiana Basketball?

On April 1, 2008, Tom Crean inherited an Indiana University program in complete disarray. A year later, Crean and the Hoosiers hit rock bottom with a 6-25 season, the worst in history for a program with five national championships to its credit...

Written by Mark Fodor about 8 months ago 730 reads 13 comments
Three Games to Watch - Upset Alert

You know, I've been debating over what exactly to write about this week. The tournament is in full swing, but it seems as though everyone and their mom is doing previews, commentary, postgame analysis, and so on and so forth...

Written by Mark Fodor about 8 months ago 293 reads 8 comments
Five Reasons To Love the NIT

College basketball is a magical thing, and we fans are on a collision course for three of the finest weekends of the year. The brackets are out and being pored over...

Written by Mark Fodor about 8 months ago 719 reads 5 comments
Getting To Know Wake Forest's Aaron Curry

As the NFL Draft approaches, possible top picks are falling like dominoes. Alabama's Andre Smith did a thorough job of shooting himself in the foot at the Indianapolis Combine. The monster tackle, who looked like a stone-cold lock for the No...

Written by Mark Fodor about 9 months ago 308 reads 2 comments
Northwestern Ends Assembly Hall Streak, Hoosiers Fall Again

It was a beautiful day in Bloomington, Ind., with temperatures in the 50s and a springtime feel in the air. The Northwestern Wildcats arrived at Assembly Hall carrying a heavy load on their ...

Written by Mark Fodor about 9 months ago 67 reads 0 comments
Michael Crabtree Has Fracture, Stock Slipping?

Top-rated WR prospect Michael Crabtree has a stress fracture in his left ankle, according to ESPN.com. Interestingly, this was not the reason that he was hesitant to run at the NFL Combine this weekend...

Written by Mark Fodor about 9 months ago 223 reads 5 comments
Chicago Bulls Acquire Miller, Salmons from Sacramento

I'm not going to go full-bore on this story yet, because nothing has been 100 percent confirmed, but it looks like the much-rumored Bulls deal for a big man could net us not Amare or Chris Bosh, but 32-year-old NBA&id=586">Brad Miller...

Written by Mark Fodor about 9 months ago 201 reads 2 comments
Rookies Give Durant, Sophomores A Run

Thank you, Noffke, for reminding me to watch the NBA Rookie-Sophomore game tonight! This was the first one of these games that I've really watched since Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, and Noce played back in 2006...

Written by Mark Fodor about 9 months ago 65 reads 0 comments

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Mark Fodor Article Archive

Tom Crean Gets His Hoosiers in Line, Indiana's Rotation Is Emerging

Tobias Harris Picks Bruce Pearl, Tennessee Volunteers

Indiana Basketball Early Season Guide: How Will Hoosiers Fare Out of Conference?

Big Ten Power Rankings (Week 11), Part Two: The Bad and the Ugly

Big 10 Power Rankings (Week 11) Part One: The Good

Big Ten Power Rankings: Is Iowa for Real?

Sox Finally On Track, Buehrle Rocks Again

A Few Thoughts on the NBA Draft: Chicago Bulls Edition

Bring the Big Ten/ACC Challenge to Football

The Armchair Superstar Mock Draft

Tom Crean After One Year: Can He Save Indiana Basketball?

Three Games to Watch - Upset Alert

Five Reasons To Love the NIT

Getting To Know Wake Forest's Aaron Curry

Northwestern Ends Assembly Hall Streak, Hoosiers Fall Again

Michael Crabtree Has Fracture, Stock Slipping?

Chicago Bulls Acquire Miller, Salmons from Sacramento

Rookies Give Durant, Sophomores A Run

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