by Kent Sterling There is no season quite as silly as the period between the opening of football training camps and the regular season opener. We try to read tea leaves to figure out what the hell might happen, and no one is wrong because the measure for success is 100% subjective. Now, we get […]
Indiana Basketball – Tom Crean Talks About Leadership and the NCAA
by Kent Sterling Indiana Basketball coach Tom Crean is an interesting guy. Regardless of whether you like, love, or loathe him, he’s a lightning rod in Indiana sports who is impossible to ignore. Heading into his sixth year, the challenges of being the head coach at IU will evolve toward a new level of pressure. […]
by Kent Sterling Baseball used to be played at a place called Sembower Field that was only feet away from Foster Quad. Oddly, it was a hilly field. Outfielders had to run uphill as they tracked a flyball toward the fence. The bleachers were standard issue, and watching a guy like Bill Mueller hit bombs […]
The Importance of This Year’s Recruiting Class for Indiana University
by Kyle Miller It’s really quite simple. Competition drives success. Crean has come up empty on some top recruits (Selby, Irving, and most recently Abraham, to name a few), but there is no reason to fret. If Crean wants to establish a solid foundation, he must produce and excel with the core players we currently […]