Darryl Baker, Jeffersonville’s often touted freshman, suffered a major setback Tuesday in practice.

The 6-foot-2 guard broke a bone in his right leg and is out indefinitely, according to Red Devil coach Tim LaGrange.

“(Baker) basically went up to catch an alley-oop and another player went up to contest it,” LaGrange explained. “(The other player’s foot) hit (Baker’s) leg just below the knee cap. It wasn’t a major collision at all. It had to be like the perfect storm. It really was a freak thing.”

Baker, who was set to undergo surgery Thursday, will miss a considerable amount — if not all — of the 2009-10 high school season.

“There’s no definite word on his likelihood to return,” LaGrange said. “I can say with all probability that it’s very doubtful (he’ll return this season). “We’ve had really good practices and I’m heartbroken for Darryl. He worked so hard and had a great attitude.”

After a productive summer traveling the AAU circuit with Spiece Select 2011, Tyler Greathouse, a junior from Columbus North, is now on the radar of many college basketball programs.

Greathouse currently holds scholarship offers from IPFW, Indiana Wesleyan, Olivet Nazarene and Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and is drawing interest from Ball State, Butler, Evansville, IUPUI, Miami (Ohio), Richmond, Southern Illinois and Western Michigan.

Each school on Greathouse’s list of suitors traveled this fall to Columbus to watch the 6-foot-9 prospect in open gym settings.

Bloomington South sophomore T.J. Bell, a transfer from Charleston, Ill. and perhaps the top Class of 2012 prospect in Southern Indiana, won’t be eligible to play varsity basketball until Feb. 4, the IHSAA announced today.

Under limited eligibility granted by the state association, Bell, who moved to Bloomington without his mother and is living with a family friend, must begin the season at the junior-varsity level.

“It’s a rule,” South coach J.R. Holmes told the Bloomington Herald-Times. “Nothing we can do about it.”

Jeffersonville’s Darryl Baker attended Indiana University’s “elite camp” Saturday, marking the freshman’s second visit to the Bloomington campus.

And Baker, who is hearing from a host of high-major colleges after a fruitful July with Team Southern Indiana 2011, played well, according this report from Inside the Hall, an IU basketball blog:

Both Darryl Hicks (of North Oldham in Kentucky) and Darryl Baker were especially impressive.  Hicks is more polished with his shot and Baker is better at getting to the hole and finding teammates.  Baker might have had the best move of the camp.  He was being guarded by (Jordan) Hulls, took two dribbles, did a spin move and got right to the bucket and hit it with an and-one on (Bawa) Muniru.  It was impressive. Baker has an issue of not playing hard and once he learns to go full speed all the time his potential is endless. Hicks is very talented and has a strong shot.  He plays hard and knows the game.

Southern Indiana news and highlights from day two — the final day of pool play — at the USSSA National Tournament at the Spiece Fieldhouse in Fort Wayne.

• Team Southern Indiana 2010 Red upended the Northwest Ohio Basketball Club in their final pool contest, 78-69. Brownstown’s Taylor Wischmeier scored 18 points and Austin’s Ben Raichel added 12.
• Team Southern Indiana 2011 dropped their first game of the tournament, losing 87-76 to Team Indiana 2012. Jeffersonville freshman-to-be Darryl Baker turned in a 21 point performance, and Bedford North Lawrence’s Logan Bailey chipped in 20.
• The Spiece Northeast Stars hammered Team Southern Indiana 2012 62-27. Switzerland County’s Keegan Kincaid scored eight points, and Providence’s Blake Schmidt six.
• The Scott County Sharks are competing in the tournament’s second division, and completed pool play earlier today with a 1-2 record. Scottsburg’s D.J. Myers racked up 30 points, but the Sharks lost 72-69 to the Bastrop All-Stars (Tex.). Brad Deaton, of Austin, added 13.
• In Scott County’s second game, the Mustang Ballers (Oh.) edged the Sharks 74-62. Scottburg’s Matt Bridgewater scored 22 in the loss.
• In their final pool contest, the Sharks defeated the Minnesota Outkasts 84-66 behind 26 points from Austin’s Zach Edwards.
• Double-elimination tournament games begin tomorrow.

The USSSA National Tournament — the final event of the AAU season for many teams — began earlier today at the Spiece Fieldhouse in Fort Wayne. Team Southern Indiana 2010 Red, 2011 and 2012 are all in action, along with a handful of other Southern Indiana teams and players.

• Team Southern Indiana 2011, with a handful of late roster additions, built an early lead and then held off OAA Select (Mich.), 68-62, in their opening pool game. Jeffersonville’s Darryl Baker poured in 28 points, and Bedford North Lawrence’s Braden Knight added 10.
• The Northwest Ohio Basketball Club got past Team Southern Indiana 2012 64-58. Scottsburg’s Max Clemons totaled 14 points in the loss, and Switzerland County’s Keegan Kincaid chipped in 12.
• Team Southern Indiana 2010 Red flew past a traveling club team from the country of Lithuania, 72-38. Lanesville’s Bryant Conder netted a game-high 15 points, Brownstown’s Taylor Wischmeier scored 13 and New Albany’s Tate Rohlfing and Corydon’s Garett Ross each added 10.
• In Los Angeles at the Double Pump Best of the Summer event, Jeffersonville’s Evan Maschmeyer scored 14 points as his Louisville-based Derek Smith All-Stars team improved to 2-0 in pool play.
• Team Southern Indiana 2012 rebounded in their second pool game and flew past the Spiece Gym Rats (Bragg) 63-42. The Madison duo of Sean Hoevener and Seth Pennington led the way with 14 and 11 points, respectively.
• Team Southern Indiana 2011 completed day one with a 2-0 record, beating Fieldhouse Elite King’s Court 77-61 tonight. Knight racked up 27 points, Bedford North Lawrence’s Logan Bailey added 15 and Baker 14.
• The Spiece Gym Rats (Tolson) got revenge from a pool play game earlier this month at the Best of the Midwest, edging Team Southern Indiana 2010 Red 84-78. In the loss, Ross and Wischmeier each scored 15 points, and New Albany’s Brad Benson chipped in 12.
• Spiece Indy Heat (Downs), which features New Albany’s Donnie Hale and Jeffersonville’s Kegan Clark, got past DDI (Oh.) 71-59 this afternoon in their opening game.