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INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's roster keeps getting thinner. On Friday, a day after freshman center Eli Holman decided to transfer, coach Tom Crean announced junior forward DeAndre Thomas has been dismissed and starting guards Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis will not be reinstated. Crean said Bassett failed to comply with university and athletic department guidelines. He did not provide details ...
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Around the Hall: The dismissals
Inside the Hall | An Indiana Hoosiers basketball blog — ... Ellis, Thomas, Holman all leaving Indiana program (ESPN.com) Ex-Richmond basketball star leaves Indiana (San Francisco Chronicle) IU drops three players from men’s team (Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette) Thomas, Bassett, Ellis out at IU (Evansville Courier & Press) IU cleans its hoops house (Evansville Courier & Press) IU’s top priority is to restore credibility (Times-Mail) Crean loses three more returning players from Indiana (Associated Press) ...

05.04.08 Fast Breaks
Rush The Court — ... New Hoosier head man Tom Crean refused to allow Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis back onto the team, while kicking DeAndre Thomas off the squad as well. This all occurred one day after the bizarre transfer of Eli Holman, leaving Indiana with only seven scholarship players for 2008-09. ...

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