by Kyle Miller Is it bad to consider the weekend not over until after Monday Night Football? Since my weekend is dominated by my addiction to fantasy football, I see nothing wrong with a three day weekend, every weekend. What a great time of the year. College basketball is heating up as conference play approaches, [...]
by Kent Sterling It’s been a long time since Indiana posted anything resembling a gaudy record. The 107-50 blowout win today over Howard isn’t worth raising a banner, but the 11-0 record for a team that had been 28-66 the previous three seasons shows the program has turned a corner. Or has it? The schedule [...]
by Kent Sterling Indiana Basketball beat their neighbor to the south 73-72. You know, the one that keeps kids around for nine months and turns them loose to the NBA. Yeah, those guys in blue and white. This is THE win that fans in Bloomington have waited for since disgraced former coach ran the SS [...]
By Austin Miller Tomorrow no.1 Kentucky and Indiana will square tomorrow in the annual border war. It will be the first time that both teams come into this game undefeated and the excitement has reached levels not seen in some time. IU has surprised people by their play to open the season, but some still [...]
by Kent Sterling [ed. note: With the recent firings of Syracuse basketball assistant Bernie Fine and Penn State legend Joe Paterno associated with alleged child molestation charges, it's hard to gin up a lot of moral outrage against Kentucky coach John Calipari. As the sub-basement of morality of college sports has been dredged, Cal looks [...]
by Kyle Miller IU students are having their loyalty questioned. The attendance in the student section for Monday’s game against Stetson was sparse at best, I agree, but why all the hate? Indiana basketball reporters, writers and even long-time play-by-play broadcaster Don Fischer had something to say on the matter. Fischer on 1070 The Fan [...]
By Austin Miller In what was once built as “No.1 vs. No.2″, Kentucky and North Carolina now face off as No. 1 vs. No. 5. These two teams will square off tomorrow in what could be a preview of the NCAA Championship in April. This could technically be the “unofficial” kick-off to the NBA season [...]
by Kent Sterling The narrative in sports is constantly evolving, and that’s what makes it so consistently fun to think about. The minute the Cardinals won Game Seven of the World Series, talk began to percolate about whether Albert Pujols would come back to the team. Then Tony LaRussa retired, and the Cubs hired Theo. [...]
by Kyle Miller It took me awhile to gather my thoughts on Indiana basketball after the Butler game, but here’s what I saw. It certainly wasn’t what I expected. It wasn’t pretty, poetic or even fun to watch, but Indiana’s win last night was its biggest in four years under Tom Crean. Let’s be honest, upsetting Pittsburgh [...]
by Kent Sterling It has been correctly pointed out to me that my assessment yesterday of IU head basketball coach Tom Crean was both one-sided and very personal. I spoke of the negatives, and never acknowledged any of the positives, and there are positives. My rule about talking about college programs is that busting on a [...]
