Tom Crean Fired @ IU

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Indiana has fired basketball coach Tom Crean.
After nine years of up and down results, IU made the decision to dismiss the nine-year head coach.
Indiana went 166-135 in Crean’s nine years, which started with a massive rebuild following sanctions and other issues from the Kelvin Sampson days.
Crean won Big Ten titles in 2013 and 2016 and reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament three times.
Inconsistency was among the key issues for Crean’s tenure at Indiana.
The past five years, IU won the league twice but finished 23-31 the other three.
IU also missed the NCAA Tournament completely in 2014 and 2017.
Indiana was 18-16 this season, losing on the road at Georgia Tech after passing on the chance to host that game at Assembly Hall due to
Crean, who turns 51 on March 25, was 166-135 in nine years at Indiana. He is 356-231 in 18 years overall as a head coach, the first nine at Marquette.

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