Indiana vs. Purdue tonight – Time for a return of anger and bitterness in this once great rivalry
by Kent Sterling Knight vs. Keady was the State of Indiana’s version of Ali vs. Frazier, and fans loved it. For 20 glorious seasons, those two coaching heavyweights appeared to hate each other and all their rival stood for. It was glorious era of combative basketball and behavior from two historic programs and coaches. They […]
by Kent Sterling Please understand this is not a lament about a reason the Hoosiers lost to Ohio State yesterday in Columbus. Indiana lost because its defense sucked. Allowing Ohio State players to catch and finish without resistance led to them hitting 62.3% of their field goal attempts, and beating a team that shoots better […]
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 When the 2014-2015 season started, college basketball analysts assumed Indiana would be a very mediocre Big Ten team, lacking size and cohesiveness. Well, they were half right. The Hoosiers are undersized, especially since the injury to Hanner Mosquera-Perea, but they play with trust and togetherness. That has been enough to make Indiana […]
by Kent Sterling There is a lot going on in Indiana sports, but nothing quite as compelling as predicting the future of people on the brink of success and failure, and it’s those stories that will captivate us in 2015. 10 – What the hell happened to Brandon Miller to cause him to decide to […]
by Kent Sterling How soon hopeful Indiana fans forgot the manic depressive stylings of last year’s up and down squad as they excitedly awaited last night’s game against Michigan State in East Lansing. Last season, tears filled Kirkwood Avenue after the Hoosiers opened the Big Ten season 0-2 with losses to Illinois and Michigan State. […]
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 Last night, Purdue and Nebraska lost to teams they were supposed to beat in Gardner-Webb and Hawaii. Indiana beat a team it was supposed to by 20 points – the inept Privateers of New Orleans. Actually, I haven’t seen New Orleans play, so calling them inept is uninformed commentary. Hard to blame […]
by Kent Sterling There is a sect of people who simply don’t like Tom Crean, and others who don’t care much for Kevin Wilson. Or, they are big fans of the rule that consequences should follow mediocre results. People want a level of scorched earth comeuppance for the leaders of Indiana’s two marquee programs that […]
by Kent Sterling What was former Big 12 Commissioner Don Beebe supposed to do, let the Big 12 unravel after Texas decided to shift to the Big Ten or Pac-12? Beebe played the only card available to him, which was to allow each member school to form its own network. This wasn’t the best solution […]
