by Kent Sterling Tom Crean and his Indiana Hoosiers team deserve the opportunity to complete the full season before anyone, including athletic director Fred Grass, define the team’s body of work as a failure – or a success. Strange things happen in college basketball. The Hoosiers can shoot it, and when you can shoot it, […]
by Kent Sterling ESPN quoted Indiana University athletic director Fred Glass yesterday in a post that generated a lot of buzz and conjecture about how deeply Glass is committed to Tom Crean as the head coach of the IU Basketball program. Not so fast my friends, as a former Indiana football coach who learned he had […]
by Kent Sterling Like most people who grew attached to Indiana University Basketball during an extended stay as a student – a leisurely, but stressful six years for me – the occasionally interrupted mediocrity of the Hoosiers program under Tom Crean is baffling and a source of angst. I spent the majority of my radio […]
by Bert Beiswanger Indiana’s 14 point dismantling by Iowa Tuesday night leaves the Hoosiers in a not so satisfactory position heading into tournament time. Beat Michigan State this weekend or… Even if Indiana can beat Michigan State, it’s one heck of a bind the Hoosiers have put themselves in. While a segment of Hoosier Nation […]
by Kent Sterling If Indiana is both the Crossroads of America and the home of basketball, then Assembly Hall is the home of the Crossroads of college basketball. For the fourth time in 15 years, one of the steadiest programs in the history of the game is in turmoil, and unless a major pivot is […]
by Kent Sterling Smart people in and around college basketball are proposing corrections to the lack of offense that is making college basketball less like a nonstop episode of Sportscenter and more like never-ending root canal. Last night, a team that will be named a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament scored a total of […]
by Kent Sterling There are a million sayings about the importance of defense in basketball. One of the most concise and on-point is “Defense travels.” Better than any other, that axiom explains why Indiana was unable to beat Northwestern with so much on the line last night in Evanston. Tom Crean discussed ad nauseum during […]
by Kent Sterling The college basketball season changes in the middle of February. Teams that appeared unbeatable in January are suddenly flawed, and those that couldn’t win earlier find the right combination of effort, experience, and talent to vanquish foes. Fans saw it last night as Syracuse beat Notre Dame in South Bend, Maryland upset […]
by Kent Sterling Normally, I’m not a fan of Quixotic causes, but a couple of potential rule changes would make college basketball a lot more fun to play and watch, and neither have anything to do with the shot clock. Sadly, neither have any chance at all to be implemented. I still rage against the […]
by Kent Sterling Late in the afternoon yesterday, Indiana took the court against Rutgers University, and it was clear the Hoosiers would roll over the confused and apathetic Scarlett Knights. The Pacers went to work as the Hoosiers game reached halftime against the team with the best record in the NBA – without the best […]
