Indiana got it done last night. They had chances to turn that 14-point lead into a loss, but finished Iowa to clinch the regular season Big Ten Championship. That’s a hell of an accomplishment for a team that spent the last three seasons failing to meet the expectations they promoted to fans and media. With a […]
There is a petition being circulated via social media to remove Dan Dakich from 1070 the Fan, and it is having exactly the opposite effect if the management at Emmis listens to it correctly. Only one unpardonable sin exists in media, and that is to inspire indifference. Dan is definitively not the cause of any […]
Indiana Basketball stands very near an accomplishment that would have been impossible to imagine three months ago. After losing to Wake Forest, UNLV, and Duke during a two-week stretch that was thoroughly disappointing, Indiana found itself, and is in the drivers seat to win the Big Ten regular season crown over teams like Maryland, Michigan State, […]
Great guys fighting courageously against adversity is the narrative of every great sports movie. Rudy, Hoosiers, Bad News Bears, Mr. Carter, Miracle, My All-American, Bend It Like Beckham, Rocky, Hoop Dreams, and every other great sports movie circle that territory. The story of Josh Speidel, an Indiana All-Star basketball player from Columbus North High School, […]
The Hoosiers and Boilermakers aren’t exactly the Tar Heels and Blue Devils, but it has been a great rivalry on and off for more than a century. Bob Knight throwing the chair, John Wooden playing for Piggy Lambert, the donkey on Knight’s TV show, Brad Miller and Steve Scheffler throwing forearm shivers to the throats […]
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Indiana lost at Michigan State Sunday, and the murmurs about Tom Crean being overmatched started again. Most of the time, I dismiss them as fans who watch and react with passion to what they see and understand about basketball, which often is not much. I saw some tweets about second half adjustments that appear to […]
Indiana built a 16-point first half lead last night, lost it very quickly, and righted the ship to win by seven over Big Ten leading Iowa. If you went to bed and 9:30p, you think Indiana can go to the Final Four. If you watched from 9:30p to 10:30p, you think IU would be lucky […]
Yesterday, the NCAA took a step toward what I perceive to be logic as it decided the Tuesday and Wednesday games that begin the NCAA Tournament will no longer be referred to as “the first round.” I’ve been yelping about this since 2011 when the NCAA decided the play-in games deserved the “first round” distinction. […]
Basketball is Indiana’s game, and rarely have we enjoyed a season across levels as competitive and fun as this one. Regardless of the level, basketball in Indiana has never given fans more reason for hope as the season heads toward its third act. The Pacers could win multiple playoff series, or miss the postseason entirely. […]