Is Archie Miller doing a good job as Indiana’s basketball coach? If you want to start a fight at a sports bar in central Indiana, drop that bomb at a table where someone is wearing red and white. It’s not that IU fans are split as to whether Miller is doing a great job or a […]
Indiana lost 57-49 to Purdue last night, so fans are again ready for John Beilein to take the reins of the basketball program from Archie Miller. Prior to last night, fans had calmed themselves as IU had won three out of four and earned the commitment of five-star recruit Khristian Lander from Evansville Reitz. They […]
The life of a coach isn’t about navigating high and low tides – it’s about surviving tsunamis and droughts. The highs are stratospheric and the lows are seemingly bottomless abysses. On February 8th, Indiana was reeling after losing their fourth straight, a 12-point loss to Purdue at Assembly Hall. Bob Knight returned that day along with […]
Indiana Basketball fans are exhausted by the seemingly endless malaise surrounding the program. Day after day, week after week, month after month and year after year, the same questions are asked. Is IU about to make the turn toward consistent quality basketball? Is (insert coach’s name here) the right guy to get the program back […]
Indiana Basketball fans are probably as tired of being painted as dopes as they are of the way their favorite team fails to compete. Twitter can be an echo chamber of idiocy, reducing people and groups to their lowest common denominator. Stereotypes are embraced and proffered as absolute truths. This has happened to IU alums […]
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“What’s the worst that can happen?” is a question kids ask themselves all the time as they assess the risk and reward scenarios for behavior. If I make everyone in class laugh, I might get a detention. Is that worth it? Within the Indiana Basketball program, it appears the harshest discipline Archie Miller is willing to wield is […]
Indiana won last night. In 49 other states, that would be enough. But this is Indiana. Throughout last night’s 89-77 win against #19 Iowa, Indiana fans were thrilled or frustrated by each possession regardless of the score because that’s what we do. For years we were taught that basketball is a possession by possession quest for […]