by Kent Sterling “Len” is a friend of mine who emails anti-Tom Crean messages to me with regularity. Having worked with Crean twice per year while toiling for a competing Big East basketball program, he was not – and is not – a fan. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter So when he sent […]
by Kent Sterling Jordan was a guest today on “Ahead of the Curve”, and there is no way to not feel good about the Indiana University Basketball program when talking to him. He is exceptionally earnest, and very trusting in his way of playing basketball and living life. Follow Kent on Twitter by clicking here […]
by Kent Sterling The emails started as soon as Cody Zeller was announced as the fourth overall pick in last night’s NBA Draft. “How in the hell did the team with the second and fourth best players in college basketball not advance beyond the Sweet Sixteen?” “Crean had 2 and 4 and same outcome as […]
Why Victor Oladipo Should Be the #1 Overall Pick
by Kent Sterling That’s a clear-headed kid. Former Indiana University shooting guard Victor Oladipo will be taken in the top five picks in Thursday night’s NBA draft, but every team that passes on him will regret it. That’s because Victor is a man of goals, vision, and sacrifice. So many young men see draft night […]
by Kent Sterling My wife’s family lives in northwest Indiana, and they saw my name in a piece in the Gary Post-Tribune about 1070 the Fan radio host Dan Dakich. It’s nice when the in-laws are provided evidence of something positive being done by the husband of the youngest of eight Purcell kids. The Q&A […]
Collin Hartman Talks About His Decision to Play Basketball at Indiana
by Kent Sterling There are a lot of people who see inkling IU freshman Collin Hartman as the sixth member of a six-man freshman class. Hartman is not among them. Cathedral enjoyed his talents for four years as he did a lot of the little things that team needed to win. The Fighting Irish made […]
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 […]
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. […]
