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Indiana Elite One Captures May Classic Crown: Batesville’s Colt Ryan netted 18 points and Bloomington South's Jordan Hulls chipped in 13 as Indiana Elite One dropped the Michigan Mustangs 80-63 to win the 17 and under title at the adidas May Classic today in Bloomington. [5/11/2008]

Kuric to Sign With Louisville: After months of speculation, Evansville Memorial's Kyle Kuric will sign Monday with Rick Pitino's University of Louisville program. The 6-foot-5 guard, who averaged 22.4 points per game last season, orally commited to the Cardinals in October. [5/9/2008]

"Hoosiers" Reunion Game Set: The third annual "Hoosiers" Reunion All-Star Classic will take place at Knightstown, the home court of the famed Hickory Huskers, on June 6 at 8:00 p.m. Southern Indiana's stars selected to participate include Edgewood's Garrett Butcher, Batesville's Alex Grimsley, New Albany's Braydon Hobbs, Madison's Logan Jones, Evansville Memorial's Kyle Kuric and Washington's Tyler Zeller, Indiana's 2008 Mr. Basketball. [5/8/2008]

Hulls Chalking Up Scholarship Offers: Bloomington South’s Jordan Hulls is making plenty of noise on the AAU circuit so far this spring. Earlier this week, the 6-foot point guard received scholarship offers from Indiana and Purdue, with previous invitations from Evansville, Ohio, Toledo and Western Michigan. He is also drawing heavy interest from Duke, Stanford and Wake Forest. Hulls, who was named to the all-tournament team at last weekend’s Jayhawk Invitational, is traveling with Indiana Elite One. [5/8/2008]

Team Southern Indiana Nabs Second at Fast Break Festival: After finishing 3-0 in pool play, Team Southern Indiana advanced to the 16 and under championship of the Fast Break Festival in Indianapolis last weekend before falling to Indiana Select 90-79. The Brownstown duo of Taylor Wischmeier and Spencer Allman each scored 18 to pace TSI in the title contest. In the semifinal round, Wischmeier and Corydon's Garrett Ross tossed in 24 and 23 points, respectively, as TSI upended Indiana Elite Red 77-73. In pool play, TSI beat Club Indiana 72-65, Indiana Elite Green Wave 73-63 and the Indy Bulls 83-70. [5/8/2008]

Grimsley Picks Kent State: Alex Grimsley, a 6-foot-6 power forward from Batesville, recently gave a verbal commitment to new coach Geno Ford and his Kent State program. Grimsley, who is the Golden Flashes' first recruit of Ford's tenure, chose Kent State over an offer from Central Michigan. IPFW, IUPUI, Miami (Ohio) and North Florida also showed serious interest. [5/8/2008]

TSI Wins Indiana Open Title: Team Southern Indiana won the 16 and under division championship Sunday at the Indiana Open, a small tournament held at the Bloomington Sportsplex. Led by Corydon’s Garrett Ross (14) and Lanesville’s Bryant Conder (11), Team Southern Indiana edged Southern Extreme 55-51 in the final. Brownstown's Taylor Wischmeier chipped in eight points, and Rock Creek’s Jordan Todd and Brownstown’s Spencer Allman scored six a piece. [4/28/2008]

Spiece 2010 Scores Consolation Prize in Ark.: The Spiece Gym Rats 2010, formerly the Southern Indiana Sharks, finished with a 6-2 record this weekend, winning the consolation bracket at the Real Deal on the Hill in Fayetteville, Ark. The Gym Rats dropped their first two pool play contests, but rallied to win their final round robin game before going on a five game tear to garner the 16 and under division consolation title. Coached by Sherron Wilkerson, the Gym Rats' roster boasts a handful of Southern Indiana's best younger prospects, including A.J. Adams (Jeffersonville) Keegan Clark (Jeffersonville), Michael Howard (Edinburgh), Jordy Martin (New Albany), Steven Mayfield (Henryville), Dylan McDaniel (New Albany) and Ben Raichel (Austin), who join a small contingent of players from both the north and Louisville, Ky. [4/21/2008]

Indiana Elite One Captures JamFest Crown: Indiana Elite One, featuring Batesville's Colt Ryan, Bloomington North's Ray McCallum, Jr. and Bloomington South's Jordan Hulls and David Blackwell, knocked off the JUICE All-Stars (NY) today to win the 17 and under title at the Pittsburgh JamFest. McCallum, a junior-to-be playing up, had a sore hamstring and didn't play in much of the event. [4/20/2008]

South Well Represented on Indiana All-Star Team: Edgewood's Garrett Butcher, New Albany’s Braydon Hobbs, Evansville Memorial’s Kyle Kuric and Washington’s Tyler Zeller were named to the Indiana All-Star team today. Tecumseh coach Kevin Oxley will serve as one of the team’s assistants, and Muncie South boss Rick Baumgartner is slated to be head coach. The Indiana All-Stars will scrimmage the Indiana Junior All-Stars on June 9 in Washington and June 11 in Marion, and will face the Kentucky All-Stars on June 13 at Conseco Fieldhouse and again on June 15 at The Gardens in Louisville, Ky. [4/20/2008]

Zeller Totals 15 in Derby Festival Win: Washington’s Tyler Zeller scored 15 points to help his Black team defeat the Gold squad 128-121 last night in the adidas Derby Festival Basketball Classic at the University of Louisville’s Freedom Hall. Zeller also captured the event's three-pointer contest title, edging UCLA signee Jerime Anderson for the crown. [4/20/2008]

Derby Festival Game Slated for Saturday: Mr. Basketball Tyler Zeller will be Indiana’s lone representative in the 2008 adidas Derby Festival Basketball Classic this Saturday. Zeller, a University of North Carolina signee, will join University of Kentucky recruits DeAndre Liggins and Darius Miller on the Black Team. The Washington star will also compete in the festival’s Night of the Future Stars event on Friday at Bellarmine. [4/14/2008]

Grubbs Gone at Jennings County: The rumor mill from North Vernon has been mum, but George Grubbs will not return as Jennings County's coach. Grubbs, who tallied a 95-80 record in eight seasons at the school, guided the Panthers to a 14-8 record last season. [4/11/2008]

McCallum, Jr. Leaving Bloomington North?: Former Indiana University assistant Ray McCallum, Sr. was named head coach at Detroit today, and now many are pondering where his son, Ray McCallum, Jr., a Class of 2010 standout who played at Bloomington North the past two seasons, will land. The younger McCallum, a 6-foot point guard, is expected to join Indiana Elite One this spring and summer. [4/11/2008]

Zeller Named Mr. Basketball: As expected, Washington's Tyler Zeller was named Mr. Basketball today by the Indianapolis Star. Zeller received 257 votes of the 345 ballots cast by both media and coaches throughout the state. Plymouth's Randy Davis finished second with just 22 votes. Zeller, who will continue his career next season at North Carolina, led the Hatchets to a decisive win over Fort Wayne Harding to capture the Class 3-A state crown. [4/10/2008]

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