by Kent Sterling Dan Dakich is a great radio host because his genuine curiosity evokes answers that lead to unique opinions. I spent 90-minutes with Dan today in the 1070 the Fan studio, and he asked me about Rutgers. The most interesting part of the discussion dealt with journalistic weasels – my term, not Dan’s […]
by Kent Sterling Julie Hermann is accused of calling her University of Tennessee volleyball players “whores, alcoholics, and learning disabled,” before she resigned as coach 16 years ago. People aren’t perfect, but at a place trying to emerge from scandals, the behavior she displayed should DQ her as a candidate for an AD job at […]
by Kent Sterling All you can do is all you can do, and by all accounts that’s what Indiana Men’s Basketball Coach Tom Crean did in his pursuit to snare five-star recruit Theo Pinson. The 6’6″, 180 lbs. wing committed to North Carolina today. He’s similar to Michael Jordan in more than appearance, although a […]
Theo Pinson Commitment Day – Highlight Reels Show Combination of Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan
by Kent Sterling You can never trust highlight reels. If you could, a Wesleyan Christian Academy (NC) class of 2014 player scheduled to announce today at 12:15p whether he’ll attend North Carolina, Duke, Georgetown, Louisville, or Indiana today would get fans of those schools really excited. Theo Pinson does things on the videos below that […]
Indiana Basketball – Theo Pinson to Announce Wednesday at 12:15p, and He’s Special
by Kent Sterling Normally, I don’t give a damn where a 17 -ear-old chooses to attend college. It’s the kid’s decision, and whether he decides to head to Indiana, Duke, Kentucky, or SIU-Edwardsville is meaningless. College basketball isn’t the pros, and kids should be able to make this call without fanfare. Once they get to […]
by Kent Sterling Right or wrong, some mistakes stick to a man forever. In 2002, while head basketball coach at the University of Iowa, Steve Alford defended Pierre Pierce, who was accused of third degree sexual assault. After another incident in 2005, Pierce pled guilty to third-degree burglary, assault with an intent to commit sexual abuse, […]
NCAA Basketball – Why Early Commits Are a Good Idea
by Kent Sterling It seems illogical to talk to 14 and 15 year-olds about where they might prefer to go to college. Every week for a 15 year-old, if I remember correctly, feels like it lasts a year, and they change their mind about what classes they want to take next semester every other day. […]
by Kent Sterling Kyle Neddenriep of the Indianapolis Star has reported that former Cathedral High School standout Errick Peck has committed to Purdue for his post-grad year of eligibility. Peck spent the last four years at Cornell, but Hoosiers know him as a an Indiana All-Star who enjoyed a nice prep career at Cathedral. What […]
by Kent Sterling Conspiracy theorists among basketball fans will see the offer to and commitment from Evan Gordon as a prelude to a kiss for his brother Eron. Evan is a 6’1, 187 lbs., graduate eligible transfer from Arizona State, who began his collegiate career at Liberty. Now, he’s coming home to spend one year […]
by Kent Sterling They are the most predictable fans in all of sports, and have the least class. The University of Kentucky has many reasons to feel shame, but the behavior of their fans toward a kid who did nothing but choose to attend Kansas today shows why teenage basketball players who decide to attend […]
