by Kent Sterling New Years Eve and Day are traditional times for reflection, dreaming, and beginning a quest to be better people that might last as long as three days. Rather than fail miserably at my own resolution, my first order of business is to project resolutions onto others, so they become responsible not only […]
by Kent Sterling Since Tom Crean’s first season in Bloomington, it’s been easy to express optimism about the Hoosiers. “It’s going to be better this year,” has been the mantra. Those day’s are apparently over. Indiana doesn’t shoot it well (making only 31.5% from behind the arc), and averages only 12 assists on 27.2 field […]
by Kent Sterling Tom Crean’s sixth Indiana basketball team is young, athletic, and lacks a collective purpose. The Hoosiers lost to Notre Dame in the Crossroads Classic 79-72, leaving fans to wonder who in the Big Ten they might beat. Hoosier Hysteria doesn’t only refer to what happens on the court. It’s also an apt […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana has had a tough time getting scoring from the wings this season, and when senior Evan Gordon dropped 26 points on 10-12 shooting, fans and media began to wonder very loudly about the possibility of the fifth year player emerging as an answer to a wide variety of questions. Gordon’s bounty […]
by Kent Sterling We have seen the 2013-2014 Indiana Hoosiers play against bad teams, and now we have seen them play against a very good team. Based upon those performances, the Hoosiers have a lot of room to grow during coach Tom Crean’s sixth season. There are a couple of positive things Indiana fans can […]
by Kent Sterling All day long, questions pop into my head, Facebook message center, Twitter feed, and email box. Answers swirl in my head at such speed that they can only be answered by short bursts in this post. Q: Will Indiana University’s basketball program hang a sixth National Championship banner with Tom Crean as […]
by Kent Sterling Bob Knight hasn’t been the head coach at Indiana in over 13 years. That means it’s unlikely any kid currently in high school can recall a time when the big man in the red sweater prowled the sidelines for the Hoosiers. But that doesn’t mean Knight isn’t still a figure looming over […]
by Kent Sterling After beating their first four opponents by an average score of 93-69, fans have learned a little bit about the 2013-2014 Indiana Hoosiers. The highly touted freshman class has performed as advertised, and the sophomores have also responded to the challenge of replacing the 70+% of the offense that moved on through […]
by Kent Sterling For one night I can set aside cynicism about Indiana’s Charmin soft non-conference home schedule and not give a damn one way or another about whether this game is against Kentucky or LIUBrooklyn. It’s Bloomington, and very little has gone unchanged since I left, but Assembly Hall remains exactly the same – […]
by Kent Sterling There was an interesting, but one-sided debate yesterday on Twitter about Kentucky’s lack of desire to play Indiana at either Rupp Arena or Assembly Hall after the UK 73-72 loss to the Hoosiers in Bloomington on December 10, 2011. Dan Dakich challenged Kentucky fans with logic, and Kentucky fans responded – as […]