by Kent Sterling Northwestern beat Wisconsin – the 14th ranked team in the country – last night in Madison. Penn State went to Columbus last night and beat Ohio State in overtime to drop the #23 Buckeyes to ninth place in the conference race. The last time both Northwestern and Penn State beat ranked teams […]
by Kent Sterling One-and-done basketball players have no place on a college campus, as they enter their chosen university with no desire to earn a degree or see college as anything but a stepping stone to the NBA. Other schools might dream of dipping into the pool of very talented players prohibited from entering the […]
by Kent Sterling The lead of Zach Osterman’s Indianapolis Star piece on Indiana’s road loss last night to Michigan State Spartans reads, “Indiana should leave the Breslin Center happy with its performance, even in a loss, to No. 3 Michigan State.” Has Indiana fallen so far that losses to a good team that played poorly […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana beats #3 Wisconsin, loses to heralded bottom feeding Northwestern, and then rises up to take the #3 ranked Michigan State Spartans to the wire in East Lansing. Will the real Hoo-Hoosiers please stand up, please stand up! The lead for Indiana got as high as five points at 46-41 with a […]
by Kent Sterling Not sure I’ve ever seen an Indiana team this capable of playing really well and really poorly within a four-day period. The Hoosiers weren’t perfect against #3 Wisconsin last Tuesday. The result of that game had as much to do with Wisconsin looking a step slow as it did the Hoosiers playing […]
by Kent Sterling There are days when the ball just won’t go in the bucket, but this was ridiculous. Indiana hit only 15 of its 60 shots in a loss to Northwestern at Assembly Hall today. That just simply could not happen if the Hoosiers hope to be seriously considered for an at-large bid in […]
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 Someone had to pay for a defense that had no chance to stop Navy – or anyone else, and defensive coordinator Doug Mallory and defensive line coach Jon Fabris became those people this morning. The leader of a defense that ranked last in the Big Ten the last three seasons, and 120th […]
by Kent Sterling Nothing is done quietly in Assembly Hall. Winning, Losing, cheating, rebuilding, and hanging a banner are all done under a bright spotlight in front of fans, alums, and national media that pays very close attention 365 days a year. As the Hoosiers continue to search for their collective personality, others are beginning […]
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 […]