A double foul call may not have altered the outcome of the Indiana vs. Purdue tilt last night at Assembly Hall, but it sure appeared to be a ludicrous application of basketball justice. IU’s Thomas Bryant drove to his left against presumptive Big 10 Player of the Year Caleb Swanigan as the Hoosiers trailed by five with […]
Indiana is not dead yet. Last night’s loss to Purdue will not help the Hoosiers case with the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee, but it was not the last nail in their coffin. Indiana is 5-7 in the Big Ten, losers of four of their last five after bowing out 69-64 to the Boilermakers at Simon […]
Whether Indiana basketball coach is too nice or too needy a guy, he needs to stop it. When Indiana plays Purdue tonight at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, the Hoosiers will be playing for their NCAA Tournament hopes, and Tom Crean will be coaching for his job. If IU fails to earn an invitation to the […]
The Hoosiers and Boilermakers aren’t exactly the Tar Heels and Blue Devils, but it has been a great rivalry on and off for more than a century. Bob Knight throwing the chair, John Wooden playing for Piggy Lambert, the donkey on Knight’s TV show, Brad Miller and Steve Scheffler throwing forearm shivers to the throats […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana lost a basketball game to Purdue last night at Assembly Hall that dropped them to 8-6 in the Big Ten – one-half game ahead of two teams tied for seventh. The most troubling part of the night for Indiana fans should be the opening comment coach Tom Crean delivered in his […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana vs. Purdue used to be something else. Streets in Indiana emptied. Kids were allowed to stay up past bedtime. Gene Keady and Bob Knight matched wits and wills. Knight brought a donkey onto the set of his TV as a replacement for the Purdue AD, and Keady profanely threatened campers who […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana fans have gone from deliriously happy about a 5-1 start in the Big Ten to downright hostile after two straight road losses to Ohio State and Purdue. Talk of Tom Crean being the national coach of the year have been replaced by renewed calls for his ouster. That’s the life of […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana has six games left to try to find some redemption for this lost season. After losing 82-64 to Purdue yesterday, the chances of a late turnaround appear remote. The easily rankled Hoosiers fan base sped past the exit for agitated and judgmental, and are headed for vituperative and vengeful, the final outposts […]
by Kent Sterling Some shows, hosts get to choose from a bunch of great guests and topics to inform and entertain listeners, and others have topicality thrust upon them. Today is one of the latter for “Ahead of the Curve” with Fox 59 sports director Chris Hagan and me on 1070 the Fan/107.5 FM (Indianapolis) […]