by Kent Sterling Wisconsin just doesn’t lose very often at the Kohl Center, so that should be taken into consideration by Hoosier fans as they look forward to tonight’s visit by the Indiana Hoosiers. Only 22 times in 225 games has a visiting opponent left that den of iniquity with a win since it opened […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean went to sleep last night smiling. All but the nuttiest critics of his leadership in Bloomington had finally fallen silent. If you went into the 2014-2015 college basketball season believing that Crean was months away from being the latest former coach at IU and that Brad Stevens […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana Basketball continues to tantalize and taunt in equal measure. Talent and scheme show stretches that give fans reason for hope, then moments of borderline incompetence have fans on their feet screaming at the TV or court. Is Indiana a team on the come, or are they as mediocre as many thought […]
by Kent Sterling Everything at Assembly Hall is okay. It’s not great. It’s not awful. It’s okay, and that should be what fans expect out the of the 2014-2015 Indiana Hoosiers. After four individual events of serious misbehavior, the message has been sent that the next shoe to drop will kick a player onto a […]
by Kent Sterling Sometimes the messages we send aren’t those that were intended, and when Indiana University point guard Yogi Ferrell stood in front of the media yesterday and claimed responsibility for his aberrant behavior as well as that of his teammates, I had one immediate and lasting thought – why didn’t coach Tom Crean […]
TOM CREAN: First of all, the State of Illinois and the history of the Big Ten lost a really, really good one yesterday with Wayne McClain’s passing. I didn’t know Wayne as well as most, but had great respect for what he did as a coach certainly in high school and then what he brought […]
by Kent Sterling It’s impossible to have any clear notion of what Indiana University’s immediate basketball future holds, but the media will get a quick preview of what the Hoosiers will look like in 2014-2015 today as coach Tom Crean allows a peak behind the curtain. Late signees unwanted by others, a transfer from Illinois […]
Dr. Mark Robinson with some much needed advice for Yogi Ferrell, Jameis Winston, and Aldon Smith
by Kent Sterling I vaguely recall Dr. Mark Robinson from his two years as a basketball player for Bob Knight at Indiana, but I’ll remember his words of counsel for athletes for a long time. During the past nine days, there have been arrests of Indiana basketball players Yogi Ferrell and Stanford Robinson, and the […]
by Kent Sterling What kind of boob picks the eighth seeded Indiana Hoosiers to advance to the championship game of this weekend’s Big Ten Tourney? This kind of boob! These picks are for entertainment purposes only. ESPN and CBS have excellent previews as well. For non-entertainment sports insight and activation, visit Sports Betting Dime. Indiana has […]
by Kent Sterling There was no way the Indiana Hoosiers were going to lose on my birthday. It hans’t happened since Bob Knight’s final season, and runs the winning streak on February 22nd to four games. No one is looking for the Hoosiers to play otherworldly and transcendent games that redefine quality basketball. No one […]