by Kent Sterling Mary Willingham is a polarizing person in the college athletics world. Her research shows 60% of the University of North Carolina football and men’s basketball players with whom she worked as an academic advisor read and write at anywhere from a 4th to 8th grade level, and 10% don’t fare quite that well. […]
by Bert Beiswanger This may be a little belated, so forgive me. But I’m going to address it anyway. I was at the Pacers game Tuesday night with a friend and we were following the Indiana-Wisconsin game on ESPN Gamecast. When it appeared IU was going to win, I said to my friend, “They better […]
by Kent Sterling The fuss is perplexing to me. The just course is so clear. The debate is silly. The American way is to reward those who provide value. Coaches get paid more and more money. Nick Saban makes more than $7 million for coaching football at Alabama. That’s a lot of cash for a […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana beat #3 Wisconsin last night 75-72 in a game very few thought would be competitive. The Hoosiers last beat the Badgers almost seven years ago, and this might be Bo Ryan’s best group yet. Wisconsin played a half-step slow, and defended with uncharacteristic indifference, but a win over the #3 team in […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana played a solid fundamental game and beat the #3 team in the country by three. Nice win. Good job. Stanford Robinson looked like a guy who can both get to the rim and defend a little bit. Austin Etherington played tough smart basketball. Yogi Ferrell and Noah Vonleh did what they […]
by Kent Sterling To compensate student-athletes for their participation in a revenue sport through a scholarship that provides an education he is not ready or able to use is immoral. That’s Mary Willingham’s position as she tells the truth about the reading level of North Carolina football and basketball players. She says that as a […]
by Kent Sterling I saw a TV spot for the Big Ten Network this morning that listed “elite coaches” as part of the magic of its basketball coverage. Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan, Michigan’s Jim Beilein, Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, and Ohio State’s Thad Matta made the cut. Tom Crean, Matt Painter, Fran McCaffery, John Groce, Chris […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana University Athletics is in the midst of an interesting time of growth and challenge. People leaving, people coming, teams in ascension, and another trying to find its collective personality. Cody Latimer has concluded that he will be drafted high enough to make the decision to forego his senior year and the […]
by Kent Sterling Iowa Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery earned two technicals after an ill-tempered eruption because of a series of calls and non-calls during what wound up as a four-point loss to undefeated Wisconsin. Big deal that it cost the Hawkeye four points, not that McCaffery might have hurt the feelings of a referee or […]
by Kent Sterling Today’s games ended much as 2013 with be remembered among hoops fans in Indiana – thrilling, but ultimately unfulfilling. The Pacers and Hoosiers kicked things off simultaneously, and I did my best to keep an eye on both while at Bankers Life Fieldhouse celebrating the New Year with the tenth sellout crowd […]