by Kent Sterling College basketball is nutty. On its face, the Ed DeChellis to Navy move looks like the act of a mentally unstable man. Why would a guy leave the Big Ten for a Patriot League gig at a military academy where the academic standards are rigid and very high? Add to that, Billy […]
by Kent Sterling Basketball purists hate summer basketball. They say it erodes the specialness of the high school seasons, and features kids doing little more than what they used to do at playgrounds in previous generations. High school coaches hate it as it erodes the influence they have over a kid. College coaches love it […]
by Kent Sterling Tom Crean is rolling. The years of building relationships with summer and high school coaches, and families around Indiana is paying off. The result is a 2012 recruiting class that Rivals has named the best in the country. Already committed are (with Rivals ranking in parentheses): PF Hanner Perea (#15) PG Kevin Ferrell (#28) […]
by Kent Sterling Things in Bloomington are quiet – too quiet. The news in Bloomington generally pours out of Cook Hall to the tens of thousands of Indiana faithful who continue to wait patiently for the development of the current roster , as well as the arrival of the next wave of Indiana kids who […]
by Kent Sterling Yesterday, the NCAA hosted a bunch of media types for a day of inculcation into the grim world of NCAA enforcement. The idea being that them folks who criticize the NCAA ought to at least know how the hell the process works. Mark Emmert has been the president of the NCAA for […]
by Kent Sterling This is the second consecutive year a Butler Bulldog has taken the chance to jump from the Horizon League to THE league, as in the NBA. No one knows where Mack will be drafted, but his roommate and teammate for the past three years has all the confidence in the world in […]
by Kent Sterling Next year, the NCAA will force college players to decide whether they will forgo their remaining eligibility to enter the NBA Draft by the middle of April, and that will make it very difficult for a kid and his family to make the right choice. Not everyone deciding to leave college for […]
by Kent Sterling With Shelvin Mack leaving for the NBA, the best team in Horizon League history just lost its best remaining player, but it still remains a special program, and that is going to have to be enough for fans. What they were able to experience the last two seasons was a moment of […]
by Kent Sterling College basketball isn’t broken, but as part of the bigger landscape of big money amateur athletics, it’s sure as hell flawed. There are people making a boatload of money to compile and lead talented kids who are waiting for their shot to make millions in the NBA. Coaches make up to $4 […]
by Kent Sterling From the first NCAA Tourney in 1939 through 2009, Butler advanced to the Sweet Sixteen twice and the Elite Eight exactly zero times. In Matt Howard’s junior and senior years, they have done both twice, and are 40 minutes from their second straight trip to the Final Four. This is not to […]
