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Jon Krawczynski: Cool event: Derrick Rose will be at Three Stars in Bloomington tomorrow night for a Q&A and opening card packs with collectors. 5:30 pm.
Former Indiana guard Jalen Hood-Schifino will be back in Bloomington early next month to host a camp. Hood-Schifino, last season’s Big Freshman of the Year and a first round NBA draft pick by the Los Angeles Lakers, will host a camp at Twin Lakes Recreation Center on Saturday, September 2.
Cayleigh Griffin: Eric Gordon talking about his pizzeria in Bloomington - says it's right next to the football stadium. He said he's always wanted to get in the restaurant business and hopes to bring one down here to Houston.
Jeff Goodman: Indiana’s Juwan Morgan announces he will return to Bloomington.
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Both OG Anunoby and James Blackmon Jr., said they expect to be in Bloomington next season, while junior Troy Williams and freshman big man Thomas Bryant insisted they have yet to make a decision on whether to return to school or enter their names in the NBA draft. “I feel like in my years here, I’ve been getting better,” Williams said after the Hoosiers were bounced from the NCAA tournament, falling 101-86 to top-seeded North Carolina. “I feel like coach (Tom) Crean’s been preparing all of us in case we wanted to make that move.”
Ray (Indiana) Any chance Oladipo or Zeller stay in Bloomington for next year? Chad Ford (1:36 PM) Think Oladipo is gone for sure. He's going to be a Top 5-6 pick. Zeller might be a bigger question mark. Some scouts love him, many don't. His stock is a bit more volatile. Not sure where he lands and whether he'd be better off returning for a year to add strength and a jump shot to his game.
Since his ouster in Milwaukee last month, ex-Bucks coach Scott Skiles has been hanging out in Bloomington, Ind., where Indiana University is located. Interestingly, when Skiles became the Bucks coach five years ago, he bought his house from Tom Crean, Indiana’s head coach.
Shortly after ESPN showed a promotion for Saturday's matchup between No. 1 Michigan and No. 3 Indiana in Bloomington's Assembly Hall, play-by-play man Rece Davis began to offer a historical perspective on how long it'd been since Michigan had reached the No. 1 spot in a national poll. And, naturally, the Fab Five's 1992-93 team -- which began the year as the preseason No. 1 -- came up. Knight, as is often the case these days, was not impressed. "Fab indicates, to me, that you've won something," Knight said. "I've never been able to understand what 'Fab' was," he added. "It wasn't championships, I always knew that."
Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade was spotted in Bloomington Friday afternoon, visiting with his college coach. The Heat are down 2-1 to the Pacers in the second-round of the NBA playoffs. Other than treatment, the Heat took today off which allowed him to reach out to a man that is like a father-figure. Wade, along with IU head coach Tom Crean, road around campus on a golf cart and were also around team facilities.
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