http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/17959 Recent articles about Armon Bassett en-us Thanks to the Herald-Times for doing the grunt work on this: through an open records request it looks like we can now confirm IU's atrocious academic standing in the second semester with a figure. That figures? A 2.13 GPA. Whoopsies! Armon Bassett told the H-T players didn't go to class for two weeks during the turmoil [...] Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:16 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291439 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291439 Thanks to the Herald-Times for doing the grunt work on this: through an open records request it looks like we can now confirm IU's atrocious academic standing in the second semester with a figure. That figures? A 2.13 GPA. Whoopsies! Armon Bassett told the H-T players didn't go to class for two weeks during the turmoil [...] Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:16 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291439 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291439 Growing up in Chicago, there were only two options when it come to collegiate sports teams. You were either a Fightin' Illini or a member of Notre Dame nation. Period. Occasional Chicagoans would feel sentimental toward Purdue or DePaul because they had relatives that went there, but that was about it. Regardless which area team you passioned over, the enemy never changed -- and never will. It has always been the hated Indiana Hoosiers. WIth their rich tradition and historical success. Bob Knight and Scott May. Tom Coverdale and Dane Fife. Kelvin Sampson and Eric Gordon.. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:03:17 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/227492 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/227492 According to three sources close to the program, Indiana basketball players Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis have been kicked off the team by IU's interim head coach Dan Dakich. The sources say that Bassett and Ellis were required to run at 6am the day after the two missed an arranged meeting with coach Dakich and never showed. According to ESPN.com's Andy Katz, Tom Crean has been hired to clean up the mess in Bloomington. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:30:50 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/225912 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/225912 As I hinted at in yesterday's piece, everyone with a glimpse of sanity in their heads knew that the Hoosiers were the far superior basketball team. Better players. Better athletes. Better coach. Nothing new there. However, throughout the entire first half — one in which superstar Eric Gordon was limited to one point — it felt damn good to be a member of Illini nation. They came right out of the gate with unbelievable intensity and played hungry for the first time all season. Illinois wanted to hand it to Kelvin Sampson, the man who ruined their season before it even started. They wanted to make Gordon regret his jackass decision to renege on a verbal commitment and allow himself to be illegally recruited by Indiana. And for the first twenty minutes, the impossible looked to be a reality. The Indianapolis native was completely rattled via the hatred and frustration from 18,000 screaming Illini fans alike. The freshman had lost all composure and looked like a whining infant on the court full of grown ups.. Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:22:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/133118 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/133118