Published 4/1/2008
by John Lewis
at Bleacher Report - NFL
The Indiana Basketball program can be compared to the Titanic, it's great in size but a sinking ship non-the-less. Two starters, guards Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis, have been kicked off the team for violating rules. This isn't the only time both players have been in trouble before, each was suspended during the regular season. However, according to sources a head coach has been hired to right the ship. It's expected that Marquette University's Tom Crean will be announced as head coach as early as Wednesday. If Eric Gordon decides to go pro as expected, the Hoosiers will have no returning starters next season, not the kind of beginning you want. Gordon said he planned to announce his decision Monday. Crean now has more then one job on his plate, first he needs to find some players for next season but he also needs to get the program back to a clean image, no small task. The former Marquette coach can definitely guide his team, he took ...
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