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This is Xzibit comin' at you from Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and this MTV's "Pimp My Team." 

When we first saw the Hoosier basketball program, they was about as fresh as week-old bread.  Yeah, they was a winnin' team and all, filled with history and a proud tradition...but they had no gangsta in their game, no pimp in their play.  They was all about basketball and winning national championships and all that other cornbread s---.  But we all know that national championships and Big Ten titles don't mean a thing if you ain't got that bling!  Right?!?  Right.   

So Indiana University...we done PIMPED YO' TEAM!

With the help of my boyz from "West Coast Customs," we gutted your 1952-ish program and just started over with the freshest styles and most bumpin' systems.  For example...
And there you have it...the pimped-out 2004 Indiana Hoosiers.  Take a look at this bangin' team below (and roll over the picture to see the type of boring, broke-ass program we were dealing with in the first place...it will really, REALLY make you appreciate what we've done and how much work went into this pimpin' project). 





















And even though they might not beat a top-250 team all year, at least they'll be looking fly while finishing 9th in the Big Ten.  And when it comes right down to it, isn't that what pimpin' is all about?  Absolutely.

For everyone at "West Coast Customs" and "Pimp My Team," I'm Xzibit and we're out.  Peace.
*This episode airs
in March of 2005
Remember that cracker-corny motion offense?  Gone.  In its place, we put a state-of-the-art, plasma-screened Portland Trailblazers offense up in that piece.  It's an offense that encourages the playas to just stand around, waiting fo' their turn to take it to the rack or pull up from 25 feet.  Welcome to the 21st century, Hoosiers.

Remember that hokey team-defense they used to play?  See ya.  We trashed that s--- and put in a fly PlayStation2-like defense that is built on risky gambles.  Why?  Three reasons: (1) All them gambles lead to one or two fly breakaway dunks every couple of games; (2) Playin' defense is hard...ain't nobody likes it anyway; and (3) This new style redirects much-needed energy to the offensive end, where the REAL playas play.  You dig!?

Remember them Mr. Rogers uniforms they had?  Sayonara.  We struck up a deal with Adidas, because they was the only ones who would make us some customized 1994-Arkansas-Razorback-like "shants."  Plus, we hooked this team up with some blazin' headbands...now they look like every other team in the country.  The whole uniform thing worked out nicely because it goes with the new bumpin' image of the program: "And-1 Mix Tape"-esque. 
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December 16, 2004