by Kent Sterling Sadly, Indiana State will be on the outside looking in once the brackets are announced in six days. Greg Lansing’s Sycamores have had a nice year, but 12-6 in the Missouri Valley is not going to get it done. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Let’s compare the Sycamores in a few […]
by Kent Sterling The Big Ten Tournament is going to be won by one of the eight teams that will play into the quarterfinals on Thursday. That’s bold talk given that four of the eight will be on a bus or plane home by the time play starts Friday. Click here to follow Kent on […]
by Kent Sterling Cynics among Indiana Basketball fans have called for the curtain to come down on the 2013-2014 Hoosiers season for weeks, but with two games left Indiana is still playing for a chance to get to 9-9 and lay claim to an at-large bid to the Big Dance. This team was left for […]
by Kent Sterling Mark Cuban is really smart and really blunt. That makes him a headache for the people and systems about whom he talks, and the reason Major League Baseball approved the shoddy offer of Tom Ricketts rather than his, but that’s a different story. Tonight, ESPNDallas.com posted some comments by Cuban about the lack […]
by Kent Sterling Once the Big Ten expanded beyond 10 teams, the opportunity for a true round robin vanished. Now with 14 teams competing next season, the scheduling gets even murkier. Every team will play all other team at least once, but the home and homes will be reduced to five in order to hit […]
by Kent Sterling Managers in business create a culture, hire to it, and enforce it. Those who violate the culture as defined by the manager are penalized. Those who embody it are rewarded. That’s business, and that’s basketball too. Each coach or manager prizes different behaviors, and what is not strongly discouraged will become the […]
Indiana Basketball – Hanner Mosquera-Perea Reinstated from Indefinite Suspension After Two Games
by Kent Sterling Two games. That’s it. Two games. One of the most recognizable students at Indiana University allegedly gets hammered, makes the irreconcilably stupid and irresponsible decision to get behind the wheel of a car, and gets arrested. The extent of the punishment we know about amounts to a two-game suspension. Indiana basketball coach […]
by Kent Sterling In all things, what’s right gets done eventually. It never happens as quickly as logic would dictate, but right always wins the debate in the end. “They should be happy with their scholarship!” as a retort to those advocating for the payment of collegiate athletes is falling out of favor with every […]
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 […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana University has announced what most had already assumed – that the Hoosiers vs. Iowa Hawkeyes makeup game will be played at Assembly Hall at 9p on Thursday, February 27th. This was the only date that made sense for both teams. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Indiana athletic director Fred […]
