So now Indiana fans look ahead to Selection Sunday to find out where the Hoosiers will play in the NIT. After the false promise built on the spindly legs of early season victories against Kansas and North Carolina, the Hoosiers backtracked into a season where on-court confusion was such a consistent presence, it appeared to […]
People are talking about the Indiana Basketball coaching job – again. The Hoosiers have just finished languishing through their third non-winning Big 10 season in the last four, and alums and boosters are getting restless. While there is still work to be done for Tom Crean and the 2016-2017 squad in the Big 10 Tournament and […]
Tom Crean may or may not return to coach a 10th season at Indiana, but a job opened yesterday where he could land and succeed. Missouri and Kim Anderson are parting ways three years after he was given a five-year deal to take over for Frank Haith – just ahead of an internal investigation that accused […]
The good news for the Indiana Hoosiers is posting a losing season is impossible, barring a first round loss in the Big 10 Tournament and an unlikely bid to the NIT that results in a first round loss. Other than that, the only worthy discussion about Indiana Basketball is why this disastrous season occurred. To […]
Is Indiana’s mediocrity this season because of injuries or incompetence? Is it an inability to recruit Indiana high school stars or an inability of current players to invest in the process? Is it Tom Crean as a coach, Tom Crean as a recruiter, or a series of unpleasant and unlucky circumstances? All good questions that can be […]
One of the best parts of hosting a sportstalk radio show everyday is that I get a chance to talk to local and national experts on all kinds of things. It’s college basketball season and this is Indiana, so I spend a lot of time talking to guys who know a lot about college hoops. […]
Indiana Athletic Director Fred Glass will wait until the season ends and then evaluate the basketball program. The decision will be made to either retain Tom Crean as the basketball coach or relieve him of his responsibilities. There are two sects of Indiana Basketball fans – those who view Crean as the hero of IU […]
So often, the answer from Indiana fans when asked about Tom Crean’s leadership of the Hoosiers basketball program is, “Poor game coach, quirky guy, but great recruiter.” His rep as a challenged game coach is overblown, but so is the usual valuation of his recruiting process. We all agree on the quirks. Normally, I am not […]
When I evaluate the work of others, my first step is to break the production of the employee into component parts. By measuring contributions in individual silos, I tend to be more objective and through that objectivity discover whether my visceral gut feeling is accurate. Let’s do that as well as we can from 35,000 […]
A double foul call may not have altered the outcome of the Indiana vs. Purdue tilt last night at Assembly Hall, but it sure appeared to be a ludicrous application of basketball justice. IU’s Thomas Bryant drove to his left against presumptive Big 10 Player of the Year Caleb Swanigan as the Hoosiers trailed by five with […]
