I love that we are a wider community of individuals who care so much for the players, experiences and memories of the Hoosier girls game and basketball in general. As much as we love the game and all that is basketball, circumstances often remind us of the greater priorities in our lives and the lives of others.

One circumstance that has recently grabbed the attention of Hoosiers and others around the nation is the plight of Henryville residents — young and old — who are trying to put their lives back together after a devastating and horrifying EF4 tornado ripped through their community and completely demolished Henryville Jr/Sr HIgh School on March 2nd.

The IHSAA, in an effort to aid the rebuilding efforts taking place in Henryville, has launched a donation campaign to raise funds for Henryville High School athletics. Helping the black and gold Hornets find some normalcy in their lives through the reinstatement of their high school athletic programs is just one small way we can all help. Read more…

The NCAA announced some sweeping changes for D-I programs, players and recruiting rules beginning with the 2012-13 season. Most important to high school players will be the new academic eligibility requirements.

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With the recent news that the Big Ten will be rotating both the men’s and women’s basketball championship tournaments between Indianapolis and Chicago for the next few years, it’s possible the IHSAA Girls Basketball State Championship finals could return to Conseco Fieldhouse in 2013 and 2015 — years when the B10 championships will be played in Chicago. More…

There are a lot of college coaches out there who talk the talk, but not too many who could have walked the walk that University of Indianapolis head coach LeAnn Freeland made this week. In a courageous move, the fourth-year Greyhounds coach released her team’s leading scorer, Samantha Meissel, from her program.  More…

There will be some excitement in the AD offices of high schools all around the state starting today, as the Class of 2011 begins putting pen to paper to make their college choices official.

We’re a bit behind on a BUNCH of commits. Blame my day job — the one that actually pays — for my failure to keep you all up to date with what we know.  Read more…

So you’re at a game and want to know what else is going on in the Indiana basketball world, so you whip out your iPhone, go to Safari and either type in the RRR domain name or pull it up on your bookmarks. It’s a tedious process, especially with popcorn salt on your fingers, and yikes! You just missed that awesome steal and layup by your favorite player. Grrr.

Well don’t let your salty fingers hold you back any longer. With one touch, you can get to the RRR website in an iPhone friendly format, hooking you up with all of the latest basketball info you need. Here’s how you do it. More…

Have a couple mil laying around for a really cool Christmas present? That’s what is expected as the minimum bid for the original 13 rules of basketball, devised by the father of basketball, James Naismith, on December 21, 1891.

The rules, first hung outside the gym at a Springfield YMCA in Massachusetts, go on the auction block on December 10 to raise money for the Naismith International Basketball Foundation.  Read more…

After the summer evaluation period — when players, their families and college coaches zip from one end of the country to the other for three full weeks of exposure events in July — the NCAA allows a non-scholastic evaluation weekend in the Fall during the academic year.

This last evaluation period allows college coaches to get a final look at players on their recruiting lists against like competition before the high school season begins. But is it really necessary? More…

On May 3, the IHSAA Board of Directors proposed and approved a variety of rule changes for the 2010-11 edition of the IHSAA By-Laws. One that will have a major impact on girls basketball is the prohibition of any type of “athletic activities, tryouts, auditions, practices and games held or sponsored by non-professional organizations or their representatives during the contest season.”

Every year the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee takes a look at what can be done to improve the college game and how it is played.  Some rules — extending out the 3-point line by an additional 12 inches for the women and addressing the charge zone under the basket for the men — will see some testing during exhibition games this upcoming season. Another rule that received some significant discussion, but which did not make it into the experimental stage, was the 10-second backcourt rule for the women’s game.

More so than in recent recollection, 2010 seems to be a year of change for support staff at a number of Division I women’s basketball programs in Indiana. Spring always brings a slew of coaching changes around the country, as head coaches get fired and hired, with the effects trickling down to support staff. But this year, head coaching positions at D-I Indiana programs are pretty solid with the support staff making the moves.

The RRR was extremely honored recently to receive the 2010 District I Virgil Sweet Distinguished Service Award at the IBCA coaches clinic at Lawrence North in Indianapolis last week. The award is named in honor of Virgil Sweet, the former longtime Executive Director of the IBCA and Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame member.