And Then There Were Three... Left at Indiana

Filed under: Indiana Basketball, Big Ten Basketball, NCAA Basketball CampusIt looks increasingly like Tom Crean's first season at Indiana will be brutal. Right now, they don't even have enough scholarship players to do much more than drills.The team lost D.J. White and Lance Stemler to graduation. Eric Gordon, to the shock of no one, was one-and-done. Freshman center Eli Holman decided to transfer and freak-out.Before Crean even arrived, interim head coach Dan Dakich dismissed junior Jamarcus Ellis and sophomore Armon Bassett from the team. While Crean has met with both, he has decided that neither would be reinstated. On top of that, junior DeAndre Thomas was dismissed from the team and his scholarship was not renewed (pdf). No specific reason was given for the dismissal of the JUCO transfer, who will have to drop to Division II to play before his eligibility expires.That leaves just three scholarship players remaining on the team. Freshmen Jordan Crawford, Brandon McGee and junior Kyle Taber will be back for next year. They will be joined by 5 players Crean has signed after Indiana released the former signees from their Letters of Intent following the dismissal of Kelvin Sampson.Essentially, this is the year for walk-ons at Indiana. If you are dominating the Indiana University intramural basketball games, this could be your big opportunity.Permalink | Email this | Comments more...