June is the time for Indiana sports fans to dream, and today we dream big. The Colts were one win away from a Super Bowl just 17 months ago, Indiana has won the Big Ten twice in the last four years, and the Pacers are coming off a nice bounce back season where they played […]
I like Frank Vogel. You do too. He’s a really good guy and coach who never put his self-interest ahead of the Indiana Pacers. That doesn’t mean he is the absolute best candidate to lead the Pacers in 2016-2017 and beyond, but it doesn’t mean he isn’t either. There is a chance that Bird hires […]
The rules are different this year, so the number of college basketball players declaring for the NBA Draft has exploded. Rightly so. College players who don’t hire an agent have until May 25th (10 days after the NBA Draft Combine) to declare their intention to return to school. This is a player friendly rule that […]
These are interesting times for Indiana sports fans. Mediocrity is everywhere, but all that may be about to change. Professional teams boast potentially transcendent talent that are capable of championship level play, and the college football and basketball teams are arching toward meaningful improvement. I’m normally a cynical critic of management and mediocrity, but there […]
When Indiana beat Kentucky Saturday to eliminate Big Blue from the NCAA Tournament, not only was it a triumph of good over evil, it may put in motion talks to resume a home and home series between two of the most storied basketball programs in America. Indiana playing Kentucky makes way too much sense […]
Two things happened simultaneously yesterday that Indiana basketball fans love. The Hoosiers won to move on to the Sweet Sixteen, and Kentucky lost to end its season. Yea and yea! There will be plenty of time later to talk about the challenge of competing against top-seeded North Carolina Friday night in Philadelphia. Today is a time […]
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 […]
As soon as the draw for the 2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament was leaked via Twitter, the analysis began. Stones were thrown at the selection committee, and then stones were thrown at those throwing stones. Pretty soon, the skies over college basketball were filled with stones. That’s what happens with predictive journalism and fan interaction. Self-righteous […]
Yesterday was one of those days. It seemed every story – every single thing I talked about on my radio show affected me emotionally. My emotional spectrum runs from inspired to annoyed, and all that happened pushed one of those two buttons. March is like that in Indiana. With high school and college basketball becoming […]
Indiana clinch a Big Ten championship two nights ago by beating Iowa, and two Hoosiers were instrumental in helping IU to that win. Max Bielfeldt and Nick Zeisloft combined to hit five-of-seven three-pointers to shoot the Hoosiers to an 81-78 win. Both are graduate transfers. The grad transfer rule allows athletes who have earned an […]