TOM CREAN: First of all, the State of Illinois and the history of the Big Ten lost a really, really good one yesterday with Wayne McClain’s passing. I didn’t know Wayne as well as most, but had great respect for what he did as a coach certainly in high school and then what he brought […]
by Kent Sterling It’s impossible to have any clear notion of what Indiana University’s immediate basketball future holds, but the media will get a quick preview of what the Hoosiers will look like in 2014-2015 today as coach Tom Crean allows a peak behind the curtain. Late signees unwanted by others, a transfer from Illinois […]
by Kent Sterling When two powerful and confident men lock horns, the victims are everywhere, and the latest unfortunate episode of the Bob Knight/Myles Brand zero tolerance standoff is former Indiana point guard A.J. Guyton pleading with his mentor to be on hand for his induction into the Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame. It […]
by Kent Sterling Before I even begin writing, I want you to be aware that everything I embrace in this post represents pie in the sky ideals from a time long past that cannot return. Tom Crean might as well submit a letter of resignation as adopt any of these philosophies. I know they are […]
by Kent Sterling Just two days after rolling out the Indiana University’s athlete’s bill of rights, yet another basketball player’s scholarship will be recovered by the program that stumbled through a 17-15 season, ending minus a postseason tournament appearance. The explanation for Peter Jurkin’s transfer from Indiana University’s basketball team was that he wanted more […]
by Kent Sterling There are some Indiana fans who remain unsold on the coaching acumen of Tom Crean, and after last season’s woes Purdue fans are losing a little patience with Matt Painter. But very few could name 50 coaches better than both. Click here to follow Kent Sterling on Twitter Yesterday, ESPN released coaches […]
by Kent Sterling Against some of the highest ranked boy’s basketball players in the country, Indiana’s own EG10 Central Stars 17 & under team finished the unique regular season of the Adidas Gauntlet with a 14-2 record. This is nothing new for coach Pat Mullin who has won with lesser known talent in the past. […]
I always feel a bit silly trying to figure out what’s going on in the heads of 16 year-old basketball players during summer tournaments like the Adidas Gauntlet – Indianapolis that wrapped up yesterday in Fishers, Indiana. There are players who look good one game and terrible the next, and deciding which represents the real […]
by Kent Sterling When I was a student, as long as I did my work, report cards were a lot of fun. If I made choices that kept me away from work, I sweated out mail delivery everyday until the bad news came. Today is a lot like that for athletic directors across the country […]
by Kent Sterling [Editor’s note: This is an odd time to opine about the future of Tom Crean at Indiana, but their are only so many days that I can write twice or more about the Indiana Pacers and Donald Sterling. I assume readers might be a little Donald Sterling fatigued themselves.] Like it or […]
