SNBS – Inside the Hall’s Alex Bozich answers questions about Justin Smith leaving, Khristian Lander coming, and Archie’s best team yet!
May 29, 2020
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Category Archives: Indiana Basketball
College Basketball transfers short-circuit a wonderful lesson about sports and life
May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020
The question of allowing graduate transfers to compete without loss of eligibility is very complicated because transferring is rarely beneficial for a student-athlete or his sport. Our childhoods are about dreams – what we aspire to be. Adolescence teaches us what we cannot become and how we need to adjust our sites toward what we […]
Justin Smith transferring from Indiana to try to fulfill potential elsewhere
May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020
Justin Smith is leaving Indiana Basketball because he believes the grass will be greener somewhere else. Some believe where a kid plays is a bigger problem than who the player is, so it’s easier for them to project blame and move on than accept responsibility and hunker down. A reckoning comes eventually for those who are responsible for their […]
Without great luck, brilliant coaches like Celtics and Butler’s Brad Stevens might still be anonymous
May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020
Building a career as a college or professional basketball coach is tough – really tough. The combination of luck, timing, work ethic, and strategic acumen needed to get ahead is dizzying, and I don’t wish a career in that business on anyone. There is no more cited example of how young coaches make good than […]
Bill Self and Mark Gottfried deserve quick and severe justice for blatant cheating, but the NCAA spins in slow circles
May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020
The NCAA has transcripts of phone conversations that show beyond any rational doubt that University of Kansas basketball coach Bill Self was at least aware of major violations his program committed. Because of its labyrinthian enforcement and punishment protocols, Self is not only still the Kansas coach, it’s damn likely he will remain so until he […]
Khristian Lander will be a Hoosier one year early; let’s hope he’s ready #iubb
May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020
Khristian Lander is re-classing from 2021 to 2020, which means the recruit who was set to be Archie Miller’s jewel of the 2021 recruiting class will be a freshman for the upcoming season. It’s none of my business really, and I cannot rationally explain my interest in this young man’s decision, but I would like to […]