“What’s the worst that can happen?” is a question kids ask themselves all the time as they assess the risk and reward scenarios for behavior. If I make everyone in class laugh, I might get a detention. Is that worth it? Within the Indiana Basketball program, it appears the harshest discipline Archie Miller is willing to wield is […]
Indiana won last night. In 49 other states, that would be enough. But this is Indiana. Throughout last night’s 89-77 win against #19 Iowa, Indiana fans were thrilled or frustrated by each possession regardless of the score because that’s what we do. For years we were taught that basketball is a possession by possession quest for […]
Indiana Basketball needs a leader. Tonight, the Hoosiers will play for their NCAA Tournament dreams against Iowa. With a win, they are still in the conversation. A loss would drop IU into the nether regions of the Big 10 standings and likely land them outside the bubble for the fourth straight year. Someone on Indiana’s roster needs […]
Breakfast with Kent – Pacers blast Bucks; Butler strikes X; IU must win tonight; Cubs sign Kipnis
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“At some point, you have to draw the line. If you don’t want to be a part of winning, you’re not going to be a part of what we’re doing,” Archie Miller on his radio show, Monday, February 10, 2020. That line needed to be drawn in December when Indiana’s flaws and disconnectedness were obvious […]
I hear you out there, Indiana fans. You’re tired of the losses. You saw Bob Knight at Assembly Hall and all your synapses started firing. Visions of championships, excellence, and toughness started dancing in your brain. Indiana’s basketball season took a hard turn south a couple of weeks ago with 1:27 seconds left against Big 10 […]
Bob Knight comes back to Assembly Hall for a perfect halftime in the middle of a brutal loss #iubb
Bob Knight coming back to Assembly Hall didn’t matter to me – until it happened. To watch a frail Knight walk back onto the court where he built champions tempted me toward sadness until he was magically transformed by the enthusiastic crowd and loving embraces from dozens of his former players into the towering figure long […]
Maybe Bob Knight comes back to Assembly Hall for tomorrow’s game against Purdue. Maybe not. These rumors have popped up many times before. This might have roots in truth as Dick Vitale doesn’t do games in Bloomington much anymore, and he’s been banging the drum for Knight to bury the hatchet and come back for […]
So, I wrote yesterday about how I am no longer invested in former Indiana coach Bob Knight returning to Assembly Hall, and how being jerked around by Knight has grown tiresome. The phone started ringing as soon as I published the post. On the other end of the phone for the rest of the morning […]
Rumors are circulating again that Bob Knight will be back at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. This time, I don’t care. Indiana fans have been down this road before. Knight’s steadfast refusals to come back to the building where he coached for 29 years softened a little over the last 12 months, so people got excited about […]
