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January 14, 2021
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It figures. The re-scheduled Old Oaken Bucket game between Indiana and Purdue has been canceled. That’s par for the course during a 2020 when everything in our lives has been tentative due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19. The Hoosiers finish this most irregular season with a 6-1 record and a #7 national ranking […]
The chants were audible throughout the game as IU fans expressed their disdain for Purdue center Matt Haarms, “***k you, Haarms!” I have no problem with yelling at opposing players – it’s part of the fun of going to the game. I have no problem with profanity – skillfully used, it can punctuate a point and get […]
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 […]