indystar.com - 5/2/2008
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In a meeting that began as cordial but ended with a call to campus police, Indiana University freshman Eli Holman informed basketball coach Tom Crean on Thursday that he had decided to transfer. During their conversation, Holman became upset, IU police said. "His behavior took me, along with the other people in the office, by surprise,'' Crean said in a university release. "We saw him as a ...
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More Tom Crean violence: This time, the potted plant suffers
The Dagger —
... Yesterday, after lanky sophomore forward Eli Holman told Crean that he intended to transfer, things turned ugly.
Holman apparently threw a "tantrum" and broke a potted plant -- yes, a
precious potted plant -- in the basketball offices before police
officers were called. Holman eventually calmed down, and remained in a
meeting with athletic director Rick Greenspan for about an hour before
leaving the building on his own. Which officially makes him less
dangerous than ...
Eli Holman Leaves the Indiana Hoosiers
FanIQ Blog —
... IU police called after Holman tells coach he plans to transfer [Indy Star]
Fight at Indiana, Flight at LSU
The Big Lead —
On a slow day, these would be separate posts, but we must blend them together: Welcome to Indiana, Tom Crean! and Say goodbye to the Bayou, Ryan Perrilloux!
Indiana University Basketball: Is this Rock Bottom?
Rumors and Rants —
... In today's Indianapolis Star, beat writer Terry Hutchens discloses that redshirt freshman big fella Eli Holman abruptly decided to transfer after a meeting with new head coach Tom Crean yesterday. ...
Pacers Steer Clear Of Bad News Today
Indy Cornrows —
... and brace myself for some bad news about the Pacers. I noticed lately that the new stories throughout the day no longer gave me pause since (knocking on my head) the Pacers haven't made any negative news in some time. Instead Indiana University has had the crazy breaking news stories over the past few months.
But today, the wild news stories were flying fast and furious from several directions, yet all was quiet on the Pacers' front. Whew.
IU had a player snap yesterday and then Tom Crean announced that ...
IU Basketball: Shadier By the Minute
Rumors and Rants —
Well, I don't even know how to lead into stories like this anymore. The fallout from Kelvin Sampson forcibly resigning from the Indiana University basketball program is never ending. We've chronicled it every step of the way. I'm just going to keep the train rolling. The latest out of Bloomington is that new head coach Tom Crean is less-than-pleased about the way Eli Holman's decision to transfer went down. Holman told Crean he wanted to be closer to home. Fair enough, right? Holman has since decided that he'll transfer to Detroit Mercy, ...
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Eli Holman will not return to IU next season
insidethehall.com 5/1/2008 — According to a report by the basketblog , an afternoon meeting between Eli Holman and Tom Crean turned ugly. The Hoosier Scoop reported that Holman broke a flower pot near the basketball offices. IU police were called and Holman will likely no longer be a part of the program.
IU Media Relations Director J.D. Campbell released the following statement from Crean just a short time ago:
TOM ...
And Then There Were Three... Left at Indiana
sports.aol.com 5/3/2008 — It 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 ...
Around the Hall: The dismissals —
Inside the Hall | An Indiana Hoosiers basketball blog
It was another day of big news for Indiana basketball on Friday as DeAndre Thomas, Eli Holman, Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis were all dismissed by the university and will not return next season. Here’s a look at coverage of yesterday’s announcement from around the Web:
Crean and Indiana basketball clean house (Indianapolis Star)
Big losses? Sure, but they’re good ...
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Crean had to call local police when 6-foot-9 Eli Holman got angry after announcing his intent to transfer.
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Eli Holman speaks, sort of —
Inside the Hall | An Indiana Hoosiers basketball blog
Tough day, and night, for Eli Holman, and he’s a released statement addressing it:
Last night and this morning I had the opportunity to apologize to Coach Crean and today I would like to extend that to everyone involved in the program for allowing my frustrations to get the best of me. I appreciate everything Indiana University and Coach Crean have done for me and I hope nothing but ...
NO SHOCK WITH HOLMAN —
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Eli Holman had a reputation coming out of high school.
Talented, but crazy.
Holman was suspended for a year after shoving a referee back at Richmond High (Calif.)
and also grazed by a bullet in a drive-by shooting.
Well, the Indiana freshman big man lived up to it on Thursday, throwing a
tantrum that forced new Hoosiers coach Tom Crean to call the campus police.
Holman came into ...
Potted Plants Scared Again in Bloomington as Police Called In on Hoosier Player —
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Indiana freshman center Eli Holman went into new coach Tom Crean's office to inform the coach he wanted to transfer. He left after police were called as he apparantly threw a tantrum . "His behavior took me, along with the other people in the office, by surprise," Crean said in a statement released by the university. "We saw him as a danger to himself and wanted to take precautionary measures ...
