by Kent Sterling Kentucky Basketball’s tradition will be celebrated in the architecture of the renovation to Rupp Arena that is scheduled to be completed by 2017, and will cost $310 million. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter There will be the typical upgrades like enough wi-fi bandwidth for all 23,000 fans, seat backs in […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana has six games left to try to find some redemption for this lost season. After losing 82-64 to Purdue yesterday, the chances of a late turnaround appear remote. The easily rankled Hoosiers fan base sped past the exit for agitated and judgmental, and are headed for vituperative and vengeful, the final outposts […]
by Kent Sterling Some shows, hosts get to choose from a bunch of great guests and topics to inform and entertain listeners, and others have topicality thrust upon them. Today is one of the latter for “Ahead of the Curve” with Fox 59 sports director Chris Hagan and me on 1070 the Fan/107.5 FM (Indianapolis) […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana University has released a comment from Tom Crean detailing the immediate consequence of Hanner Mosquiera-Perea’s early morning arrest for operating without a license. “I had a chance to speak with Hanner before we left for Purdue,” Crean is quoted in the release distributed tonight at 8:46p. “The first things I told […]
by Kent Sterling On today’s Breakfast with Kent, I extolled the virtues of Indiana University Basketball coach Tom Crean, including the fact that players don’t get in trouble. Strike that from the list of Indiana Basketball’s attributes. According to a report on Fox 59, developing big man Hanner Perea was arrested at 4:45 this morning […]
by Kent Sterling The truth always lies in the middle someplace, and as the chief potentate of Indiana Basketball Tom Crean isn’t as bad a coach as his critics believe nor as good as his ardent supporters assert. This morning the critics voices are loudly decrying last night’s miserable collapse in Bloomington at the hands […]
by Kent Sterling Trying to find a word that fairly and generously describes Indiana’s failed effort to hold onto an 11-point lead with two-and-a-half minutes to play is difficult. The best I can muster is “inept.” Yogi Ferrell made Indiana’s final field goal of the game with 5:16 left, and the Hoosiers turned the ball […]
by Kent Sterling If Indiana beats Penn State tonight at Assembly, legitimate hope for an NCAA Tournament berth will live. With a loss, the Hoosiers drop to 4-7 in the Big Ten, including home losses to the Nittany Lions and Northwestern. That spells tap city. There was a time in Big Ten Basketball where the […]
by Kent Sterling One of the strangest relationships between a college athlete and a conference fan base exists between Ohio State point guard Aaron Craft and fans of all teams in the Big Ten not Ohio State. Craft competes every possession, excels in the classroom, and is a supportive teammate and leader. Well, if that […]
by Kent Sterling Oklahoma State All-American Marcus Smart jumped to block a shot at the Texas Tech rim, fell toward the Lubbock crowd, got up, and angrily shoved a fan who was physically no worse for the interlude. Athletes should never go into the stands, as the Indiana Pacers learned the hard way in 2004 […]