by Kent Sterling Michigan State guard Gary Harris has decided to forego early entry to the NBA Draft and stick around with coach Tom Izzo for another year – at least – because he is in no hurry. He never has been in a hurry. It’s the right thing to do because Gary Harris’s defining […]
by Kent Sterling There was nothing like Little 500 weekend when I went to school at Indiana University. The bike race that is the centerpiece of the weekend long series of events to celebrate the end of the school year gives students a chance to blow off a little steam. It was made famous by […]
by Kent Sterling Former Colts GM Bill Polian would never tell the media anything about the team’s plans for the draft, so the Indianapolis media believes that no one will. There are coaches and GMs who will absolutely layout team strategy. Whether people choose to believe it is a different story, but while in St. […]
by Kent Sterling I made $260 this morning selling $3,000 worth of stuff to people who will go to a flea market this weekend and make $3,000. That makes me an idiot. But $260 for one hour of sitting in the cold talking to strangers isn’t so bad. We had boxes and boxes of stuff […]
Cathedral Guard Jalen Coleman Talks About Getting Better at Basketball
by Kent Sterling There is always a little knot in my stomach about meeting a kid that I like to watch on the court because there are times – not often – when the quality of a kid’s character doesn’t match the way he plays the game. I really like Jalen Coleman on the floor, […]
by Kent Sterling This week, I spent a little time with two excellent high school basketball players who will move on to big time collegiate programs. I told them both the same thing, every chance you have to talk to the media, take it with a smile. Given a base level communication skill set, the […]
by Kent Sterling The Indiana Pacers limped into the number three seed of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Playoffs, and it doesn’t matter a damn. It’s better to be the three seed having lost five of six, than to win six in a row as the four seed – especially if it means playing the Atlanta […]
by Kent Sterling The toughest part of Colts coach Chuck Pagano’s job will be to manage the expectations of fans who incorrectly assess last year’s 11-5 record as just the beginning of things to come. I’ve spent the last two weeks watching the Colts season on nfl.com’s Game Rewind feature (the best $25 I’ve ever […]
by Kent Sterling “I’ll take hasty decisions for $500, Alex!” Michael Pointer of the Indianapolis Star has reported that outgoing sophomore guard Remy Abell’s mom met with Tom Crean to ask him to allow her son to return to the team for his junior season. There are few means less effective to effect change than […]
Indiana Basketball – Collin Hartman Loves Basketball and His Mom
by Kent Sterling Good kid, this Collin Hartman. The Cathedral student will head to Bloomington in June to prepare for his freshman season at Indiana. The road he’s taken to one of college basketball’s premiere programs has been an honest one, and a major influence on his development as a person and a player is […]
