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 There is something creepy about caring deeply about where a high school kid is going to go to college, but for the same reason ‘American Idol’ transfixed America (while the judges were interesting), trying to project high school athletes into a collegiate environment is fun. So I keep track of the kids […]
by Kent Sterling When there were a few more boxes than I would like in our attic, the Sterlings had a family garage sale where we netted $500. Bob Knight is evidently not a fan of garage sales. His junk is available for sale at auction on Steinersports.com. To be fair, there is some one-of-a-kind memorabilia […]
by Kent Sterling Most of the time in business, logic isn’t enough to motivate bureaucrats to change a policy. Nowhere has that been historically truer than at the NCAA. Wonderfully, magically, magnificently – the NCAA announced yesterday a change in the preseason practice window that will allow teams to practice six weeks prior to the […]
by Kent Sterling After a 42 year battle of Assembly Halls, the basketball arena at Indiana University can now claim victory. The Assembly Hall at the University of Illinois will be known for at least the next 30 years at the State Farm Center as a result of a $60-million deal announced yesterday. Illinois’ building […]
Indiana Basketball – 2015 Recruit Jalen Coleman Talks About State Championship Loss to Carmel
by Kent Sterling I saw Cathedral High School’s Jalen Coleman play well for his Indiana Elite team today. It was the first time I’ve seen him on the court since his Fighting Irish lose to Carmel almost exactly a month ago. In this video clip, the stellar junior-to-be talks about the experience of winning the […]
by Kent Sterling With Maurice Creek leaving Bloomington for a program closer to his child, the Hoosiers have a slot available, and coach Tom Crean can do one of four things with that scholarship. Crean can stand pat, pleased with the six returning players and six incoming freshmen. There is the option of pursuing an […]
by Kent Sterling The math is now swinging in the opposite direction as the Indiana Hoosiers will for a time have one more scholarship available than people hoping to claim it, as Indiana announced today that Maurice Creek will forego his last year of eligibility in Bloomington to play closer to his home in Maryland, […]
by Kent Sterling “I’ll take hasty decisions for $500, Alex!” Michael Pointer of the Indianapolis Star has reported that outgoing sophomore guard Remy Abell’s mom met with Tom Crean to ask him to allow her son to return to the team for his junior season. There are few means less effective to effect change than […]
Indiana Basketball – Collin Hartman Loves Basketball and His Mom
by Kent Sterling Good kid, this Collin Hartman. The Cathedral student will head to Bloomington in June to prepare for his freshman season at Indiana. The road he’s taken to one of college basketball’s premiere programs has been an honest one, and a major influence on his development as a person and a player is […]
