The No. 17 Hoosiers crushed Howard, 107-50, Monday night and put six players into double-figures in scoring. Jordan Hulls led Indiana with 16 points and Cody Zeller added 12.

“Our guys were on it,” head coach Tom Crean said. “They were ready to play, excited to play and excited to join some elite company. When there are only a few teams in the illustrious history of this program that have done something (like going 11-0), they wanted to join that group.”

The only other Indiana teams to go 11-0 were in 1942-43, 1974-75 and 1975-76, the last time a Division I national champion finished the season undefeated.

Consider that this year’s seniors won only six games as freshmen, 10 as sophomores and 12 last season as juniors. Now they’re one of a handful of unbeaten teams left in the nation.

Among the Hoosiers’ 11 wins this season are victories over Butler, N.C. State, then-No. 1 Kentucky and Notre Dame.

It’s all great news for Crean, who really needed to turn this thing around in this, his fourth year, after going 28-66 in his first three years in Bloomington, including 8-46 in the Big Ten.

When you consider the recruiting riches headed Crean’s way next year, there’s no reason to think he can’t sustain the turnaround going forward.

Indiana’s class of center Peter Jurkin, forward Hanner Perea, shooting guard Ron Patterson, forward Jeremy Hollowell and point guard Yogi Ferrell is ranked No. 8 by ESPN.com.

“Even though our teams haven’t been where we want them to be yet, this shows again, our program is in a great place,” Crean said last month of his recruiting haul.

Now, however, the Hoosiers are getting to where Crean wants them to be.

(The AP contributed)

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The school issued a statement conceding that head coach Tom Crean committed a violation by visiting an unnamed student-athlete in Indianapolis Oct. 6. The contact period ended Oct. 5, meaning coaches could not meet with players after that date.

“Coach Crean immediately reported an inadvertent recruiting contact violation to our compliance office, and we are following our normal procedures,” the school said in a statement.

Indiana assistant Tim Buckley noted the error and reported it to the Indiana compliance office, which, in turn, told the NCAA, ESPN.com reported. The school docked itself two recruiting days as a result.

The 6-4 Harris is considering Indiana, Kentucky, Purdue and Michigan State. He is slated to visit Indiana this weekend, Kentucky Oct. 22 and Michigan State Nov. 5.

A Kentucky fan sent emails to media members about the violation and a blogger from KentuckySportsNetwork.com also reported it.

Indiana is on probation until Nov. 24 for major recruiting violations that occured under former coach Kelvin Sampson.

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**Harris sets Kentucky visit

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Gary Harris,

“Haven’t cut any yet,” he said by text.

The 6-foot-4, 195-pound guard out of Fishers (Ind.) Hamilton Southeastern said Indiana, Michigan State, Louisville, Notre Dame and Purdue are “recruiting me the hardest.”

Still, Harris said Kentucky assistant Orlando Antigua has also been in touch “a little bit.”

As for when he may decide, Harris said he he plans to discuss his recruitment with his parents over the summer and has “no timetable” at the moment.

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Maurice Aniefiok, a 6-foot-5, 205-pound combo guard originally from Nigeria, has begun a series of visits and hopes to decide on April 25.

Aniefiok leaves today for an official visit to James Madison that runs through Saturday. After that he will take officials to Ole Miss (April 14) and Duquesne (April 21).

Indiana has also offered and Rutgers just did as well.

“I just finished talking to the [assistant] coach of Indiana [Tim Buckley],” Aniefiok, a senior at Huntington (WV) Prep, said Thursday by phone.

“From what I see talking to the coach right now, he’s more than interested,” Aniefiok added. “He just watched us practice. He just was overwhelmed with the way I played. He was so overwhelmed with the way I played, he wants me to come visit. He’ll keep in touch. He said he’ll get back to me.”

Earlier in the day, Joe Boncore, Aniefiok’s mentor, said Rutgers associate head coach David Cox called Boncore.

“They offered him and I told him it’s late but he’s got one visit left [after the scheduled ones],” Boncore said. “He was going to Indiana but they got five kids in [in the Class of 2012] so he’s got one visit.”

Later, Aniefiok added of Rutgers: “He [Cox] said they want me to come visit so I told him to get with Coach Rob [Fulford] and fix something.”

Still, Ole Miss may be the favorite to land Aniefiok.

“I think Ole Miss has really been recruitng me a lot, higher than every other school,” Aniefiok said.

When asked which coaching was the lead recruiter, Aniefiok said, “[Andy] Kennedy himself.”

Aniefiok considers himself more of a combo guard and a scorer than a point guard.

“I’m combo player,” he said. “I can score, I can rebound, I can hustle, I can pass the ball, just everything from mid-range shots to 3-pointers. Tip it in, just dunk.

“A LeBron James, Dwyane Wade kind of game.”

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Two of them are at IMG Academies in Jamari Traylor and DeAndre Daniels.

The 6-foot-7 Traylor holds offers from Kansas, Indiana, Tennessee , Mississippi State and VCU.

“Those are the schools that have shown the most serious interest in Jamari,” IMG Basketball Director Andy Borman said. “Indiana has been down on campus twice in the last two weeks with Coach [Tom] Crean coming [Monday]. Kansas was here last week for his Senior night. Mississippi State should be here [Wednesday or Thursday].

“Jamari has received a lot of interest this entire year and it has only increased as he has continued to improve. He is an amazing athlete with a great body and a phenomenal motor. His offensive skills have really start to show themselves in the past six weeks and I believe that he still has a lot of room to grow. In addition to all of that Jamari just did really well on the ACT and has all of his academics in order.

“He has had a phenomenal year with us. He has grown as a player and as a person. He is a great representative of IMG and will continue to be that person and player at the next level. Whoever gets him will be an extremely fortunate school.”

As for the 6-8 Daniels, he remains in a holding pattern with offers from Kansas and Texas.

Borman said Duke has not yet offered Daniels a scholarship.

“DeAndre has continued to take full advantage of IMG and has continued to develop on the court and in the weight room,” Borman said.

“He is an extremely talented young man, but what sets him apart from other talented kids his age is that fact that he is extremely driven and focused on becoming the best player possible.

“He is an immediate impact player at the next level and is still open in his recruiting process.”

Christian Garrett, a 6-3 guard from IMG,  joined Kansas as a walk-on at the semester break but is red-shirting and can play in the fall.

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“I’m going to decide in January or February,” he said by text.

McCrory, who has dropped more than 30 pounds since the summer, holds offers from Wagner, Texas Southern, Hofstra, St. Bonaventure and Northeastern, according to Ian Turnbull of CJEOTO, where McCrory is averaging 21.4 points, 11.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks on a postgrad team that also includes Rutgers signee Kadeem Jack.

Turnbull said he has also received calls from Marquette, Maryland,Indiana, Clemson, Colorado and Quinnipiac. Maryland has invited him to a game in the coming weeks.

McCrory listed Wagner, Maryland, Hofstra, Indiana and Colorado as his favorites.

Hofstra has been working especially hard, Turnbull said, with head coach Mo Cassara and assistant Steve DeMeo coming in on Tuesday.

“He is their priority,” Turnbull said.

McCrory was supposed to visit Wagner and head coach Dan Hurley last Saturday, but had to re-take the ACT.

Still, Turnbull said he’s qualified to play next season.

WILLIAMS-GOSS TO UNLV

Todd Simon of Findlay Prep confirmed Alex Kline’s report that 6-4, 180-pound sophomore point guard Nigel Williams-Goss had verbally pledged to UNLV. “He’s going to have a phenomenal career here,” Simon said. “It’s a great get for UNLV.”

Williams-Goss also considered Washington, Arizona and Oregon State, among others.

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No, the best news was that Kyle Anderson was there to see it.

The 6-foot-8 Anderson sat about 10 rows up behind the basket with his mother, Suzanne. He had a perfect view of Dane Miller’s breakaway dunk that sent the student section into a frenzy late in the game.

Asked at halftime if he could imagine himself playing at Rutgers, Anderson said, “Yeah, I could. I like staying close to home so I definitely could see playing here.”

His mother also wants him to stay local, in the “Big East.”

No one’s saying Anderson, the No. 1 point guard in the Class of 2012, will land at Rutgers, but it certainly doesn’t hurt their cause that he was there on a day when the team hammered an ACC opponent amid an exciting environment.

On a day when 2011 Rutgers commits Kadeem Jack and Myles Mack, St. John’s pledge Maurice Harkless and West Virginia commit Jabarie Hinds were all in the house, Anderson was the biggest uncommitted name in attendance.

Mount Vernon coach Bob Cimmino and Nate Blue, the mentor to both Harkless and Rutgers frosh Mike Poole, were also courtside.

All in all, that is good news for Mike Rice and Rutgers.

If you don’t think it’s good to have the support of power brokers like Cimmino, Blue, St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley and Playaz director Jimmy Salmon, well then, you need to get your head examined.

As for Anderson, he recently visited both UCLA and Xavier and here’s what he had to say.

On UCLA: “I liked it out there on the West Coast. It’s a different type of vibe. I liked it out there.”

Asked if he could imagine going that far away, he said, “I’m still thinking about that. That’s a pretty long way from home.”

On Xavier: “The presentation was great. They showed me the whole academic view and the basketball view, so I got a lot out of it.

“They had a tough loss while I was out there, but I can see the team is going to get better. So I liked it out there at Xavier.”

What’s interesting is that Anderson is actually being recruited at a number of different positions. He can play the point, the two, three or even the four.

“I haven’t decided what I want to play in college,” he said.

He added that he was looking for a school that is not “so point-guard dominated unless I want to play point guard.”

Anderson said he has no list right now but plans to announce a year from now during the early signing period.

In the meantime, he is making the transition from the Nike of Paterson Catholic to the Reebok of St. Anthony. Practice begins on Friday under Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley.

What’s the goal?

“National champs,” he said. “Hopefully we finish No. 1 and I think we got a great chance of doing that.”

XAVIER DOWNS SETON HALL

Speaking of Xavier, the Musketeers downed Seton Hall, 57-52, Sunday night in the semis of the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands.

Xavier will play Old Dominion in the title game tonight, while Seton Hall plays Clemson.

New York native Tu Holloway scored a career-high 31 points and hit a fade-away 3-pointer in the corner with just 17 second left to ice the win.

“Terrell—what can you say? The kid is a total gamer,” Xavier head coach Chris Mack told Fox Sports Ohio. “He’s an extension of the coach on the floor. He makes big plays in big moments—the moment never, ever seems too big for that kid.”

Seton hall senior Jamel Jackson connected on his only bucket of the game, a 3-pointer to tie the score at 52, with just 50 seconds remaining, setting up Holloway’s dramatics on the ensuing possession.

Senior Jeff Robinson led four Pirates in double-figures with 15 points.  Junior Herb Pope had 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds.

Seton Hall played the game without its leading scorer Jeremy Hazell, who broke a bone in his left wrist during the Pirates’ 83-78 victory over Alabama on Friday.  Hazell was averaging 24.0 points per game and will miss the next 4-to-6 weeks while the injury heals.

IU LANDS TWO

Indiana coach Tom Crean continues to stockpile young talent by landing commitments from 2013 standouts Devin Davis Jr. and Collin Hartman during a weekend visit to campus.

The 6-6 Hartman, who averaged 15.4 points as a freshman, told the Indianapolis Star he was also considered Butler, Michigan State and Purdue.

“I always felt like it would be a gut feeling when I knew,” Hartman told the paper. “It felt right with IU.”

The 6-6 Davis chose the Hoosiers over Illinois, Purdue and Xavier.

“He wants to be part of something special,” Warren Central coach Greg Graham told the Star. “What coach Crean is doing there with Hoosier Nation is going to be something special. There’s a lot of buzz right now, and getting these in-state kids is really going to have people talking.”

Indiana has signed 6-10 senior center Cody Zeller and 6-6 senior guard Austin Etherington and secured commitments from 7-foot Peter Jurkin, 6-8 Hanner Perea and 6-3 guard Ron Patterson, all juniors.

Two top freshmen — 6-9 forward Trey Lyles and 6-3 guard James Blackmon – have also pledged to Indiana.

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“Until about a week ago, I didn’t know it was right,” Zeller said during the announcement, according to the Indianapolis Star. “Next year, I’m going to go to IU. The biggest thing was the players and the coaches. They had a good combination of the two.”

“I knew it was the right thing for me,” Zeller added. “It was a tough process, but I enjoyed it. … I didn’t tell hardly anyone.”

Zeller, out of Washington (Indiana), is the No. 4 rated power forward in the Class of 2011, per Rivals.com.

Cody’s older brother, Tyler, is a junior at North Carolina and his oldest brother, Luke, competed at Notre Dame.

This is a major get for head coach Tom Crean, who has already landed 6-8 junior  forward Hanner Perea, 7-0 junior center Peter Jurkin and two of the nation’s top freshmen, Trey Lyles and James Blackmon Jr.

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Derrick Wilson

“When I went to my official to Marquette I fell in love with  everything about it,” Wilson said by text. “The coaches and players are all great people. I like what they had to offer academically and I feel I can really contribute to the basketball program.”

Hotchkiss head coach Fred Benjamin told the New England Recruiting Report Marquette is suited to Wilson’s style of play.

“It is a tailor fit to his style and how he plays the game,” Benjamin said.  “They are a tough and hard-nosed team, they let their guards play, and they have success, they win.  Those are all things that are consistent with Derrick.”

Wilson joins Juan Anderson in Buzz Williams‘ 2011 recruiting haul. The Golden Eagles have one scholarship remaining.

ZELLER TO ANNOUNCE THURSDAY

Cody Zeller, the No. 4 power forward in the Class of 2011, will announce Thursday at 1:05 p.m EST, according to the Indy Star.

The 6-10 Zeller is considering Butler, Indiana and North Carolina.

The announcement will be streamed live on www.wamwamfm.com, according to the Star.

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“Oh, yes I did,” Perea, the No. 4 power forward in the Class of 2012, said by phone.

“I like them,” he added. “The No. 1 thing I like about it is the coach. All the coaching staff and Coach [Tom] Crean. I love the way he coach everything. I love the way he is. I like the team.”

Perea, out of La Porte (Ind.) La Lumiere School, joins 6-2 shooting guard Ron Patterson and 6-11 center Peter Jurkin among Hoosiers’ recruits for 2012.

“He’s extremely athletic and extremely long,” said Mark Adams of Indiana Elite. “He’s 6-8 with a 7-4 wingspan and really jumps extremely well. He’s really athletic and he’s got a high motor.

“He knows how to play. He can shoot from 17 [feet] on in. His outside shot is really coming around. He’s worked on it hard since July. I saw him play in early September. He can face-up, turnaround, hit 17-footers. He really improved his shot. He was hitting everything actually. He’s got a nice little jump baby hook that’s hard to defend because he’s so long and jumps well.

“He’s very talented, very talented.”

Adams said Perea is a natural four-man who would have to “work on his perimeter ball-handling to be a three.”

“I think he can defend the three,” Adams added. “His defense has really picked up.”

Peraa said he hopes to continue to work on his skill set before he arrives at IU.

“I’m trying to be better,” he said. “I’ve been working on my dribble and my shot and all that kind of stuff so that when the time is right for me to come to Indiana for college, I can help a lot.”

The story was first reported by Scout.com.

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