by Kent Sterling The Ed O’Bannon lawsuit has claimed its first victim – the NCAA’s licensing for its name and logo on EA’s incredibly successful College Football series. This doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the game – just the end of its association with the NCAA. As the statement from the NCAA reads, “The […]
by Kent Sterling There is a growing disconnect between the legislative body that governs college athletics and the big time programs that generate the revenue that keeps both the NCAA and the conferences swimming in cash. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive wants change, but not badly enough to do anything but send letters and whine. Click […]
by Kent Sterling On the list of corrupt university athletic departments, the University of North Carolina would not make my top 20, which means my top 20 needs some work. The well-documented academic fraud issues were part of the equation that should have colored my image of UNC, but despite writing about it only five […]
by Kent Sterling The one player who will intrigue college coaches and fans at the NY2LA Super Jam in north suburban Milwaukee more than any other is Dream Vision’s Stephen Zimmerman, a seven-footer from Las Vegas Bishop Gorman. Zimmerman just finished playing in Indianapolis at the Adidas Invitational where Indiana offered the 2015 recruit ranked […]
by Kent Sterling Point guard Noah Robotham of Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas is playing with Dream Vision, and last week at the Adidas Invitational, a lot of eyes were on him because his high school and summer teammate Stephen Zimmerman is being recruited by everyone. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter […]
by Kent Sterling The kids playing basketball on a relentless schedule this weekend in Indianapolis at the Adidas Invitational, in Atlanta at the Nike Peach Jam, and in Milwaukee and other cities next week are having a great time. The big time college coaches who are out in force evaluating them might not like it, […]
by Kent Sterling Nine games in five days is a lot of basketball for anybody, much less high school age kids, and thatwear and tear showed in the championship game of the Adidas Invitational at North Central High school today. ESPNU viewers deserve better. Spiece Indy Ice got off to a quick 17-2 start this […]
by Kent Sterling There is something wonderful about summer basketball tournaments. From one game to the next, you have no inkling what might happen. Teams that are assembled from neighborhoods can go to war against the nation’s best, and you never know. Some are well coached and others are led by a goofball who spends […]
by Kent Sterling This morning I wrote about the Indiana Basketball program, and how it needed to cover its ears to protect itself from the silent song of the one-and-done player quick fix. Dante Exum is a gifted basketball player from Australia who is considering an offer from Crean to join the Hoosiers next season […]
Australian Dante Exum Will Determine Whether Indiana Basketball Is About Winning or Education
by Kent Sterling Winning a national championship is not worth turning Indiana Basketball into a de facto AAU team where players are gathered to exploit their basketball talents, while waiting for earliest possible payday. But it’s not hard to see why Indiana coach Tom Crean would be going hard after Dante Exum, a 6’6″ point […]