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Big day at Butler and Purdue as great leadership from Collier and Painter is rewarded
April 3, 2019
April 3, 2019
Media guys spend a lot of time ripping teams, programs, coaches, and players. We love to laugh at failure. It makes us feel smarter. Not today. Today we congratulate a couple of guys who do it right, and are being rewarded for it. Butler AD Barry Collier has earned a five-year extension, and Purdue’s Matt […]
Indiana Basketball – Hoosier fans need to embrace change if IU is going to catch Purdue
March 18, 2019
March 18, 2019
Indiana Basketball does not need to figure out how to compete with Duke and Kentucky – it needs to find a way to catch up with Purdue. Oof! For an Indiana guy, that was hard to write, but it’s true. Purdue has gone to the NCAA Tournament five years in a row, 11 of the […]
Indiana Basketball – How does Tom Crean measure up in Big 10 & among past IU coaches?
February 28, 2017
February 28, 2017
Is Indiana’s mediocrity this season because of injuries or incompetence? Is it an inability to recruit Indiana high school stars or an inability of current players to invest in the process? Is it Tom Crean as a coach, Tom Crean as a recruiter, or a series of unpleasant and unlucky circumstances? All good questions that can be […]
Top 10 Indiana (and Kentucky) basketball questions to be answered in the next year
June 29, 2016
June 29, 2016
What a year of hoops action Indiana basketball fans have to look forward to. So much potential for thrills and heartbreak with every shot, pass, and recruiting visit. This is why we love basketball – virtually anything can happen, and it likely will over the next 10 months. Some of the biggest stories in Indiana that […]
Top 10 reasons to cheer, boo, think, wonder, celebrate, and grieve from NCAA Tourney Day One
March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016
Indiana and Butler live, and Purdue’s dead. But day one of the NCAA Tournament was about more than results of local teams. There were upsets, reasons to feel good, moments of grace, life lessons, validation, local victories and defeats, some really good basketball, and other games that were difficult to watch (sorry, Stony Brook, but […]