July 24, 2018
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Going into last night’s game against Creighton, Butler’s Austin Etherington had scored in double figures exactly once in his five years as a college basketball career. Needing a win in the worst way, Etherington rained down 17 points to lead the Bulldogs to an 88-75 victory. None of the shots made ESPN’s Sportscenter, but Etherington’s […]
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by Kent Sterling Butler’s Basketball team had a tough time during its first year in the Big East Conference. Brad Stevens left to become the head coach of the Boston Celtics, Roosevelt Jones was lost for the season to injury, and the Bulldogs lost 11 games by a total of 48 points. The 2013-2014 season […]
by Kent Sterling Rumors waft through media workrooms this time of year, and I heard one the other day that did not please me. It’s not Tom Crean’s job to please anyone in the media. He answers to his players and athletic director Fred Glass, but the fallout for another transfer will be far less […]
by Kent Sterling The problem with fishing for tuna by using a giant net is that while you are going to get some tuna, you will also pick up dolphin, sharks, license plates, wooden crates, and turtles. Indiana caught Yogi Ferrell in the class of 2012, but it also came up with Jeremy Hollowell, a […]
by Kent Sterling Players leave programs all the time. It happens almost everywhere, and for the most part, it’s a win/win/win as the kid wins, the program he goes to wins, and the program he leaves wins. That will likely be the case for Austin Etherington, a redshirt sophomore who has asked for and has […]
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 The re-emergence of Indiana University’s basketball program has been a steady upward climb since the remnants of the grim Kelvin Sampson era walked out the door after not finding new coach Tom Crean to their liking. But like every climb, up can only be so high, and now after rising to the […]
by Kent Sterling Things in Bloomington are quiet – too quiet. The news in Bloomington generally pours out of Cook Hall to the tens of thousands of Indiana faithful who continue to wait patiently for the development of the current roster , as well as the arrival of the next wave of Indiana kids who […]