Category Archives: Indiana University

Collin Hartman Talks About Cathedral Finishing as Indiana 4A Runners-Up
April 15, 2013

by Kent Sterling Roughly 100 4A high schools in Indiana started the state tourney with dreams of cutting down the nets in Bankers Life Fieldhouse as champions.  Cathedral played in that game and lost.  The hurt lingers despite being one of two teams to make it to the ultimate game. Collin Hartman talks about his […]

Collin Hartman Talks About Indiana University Basketball
April 15, 2013

by Kent Sterling Collin Hartman played for the basketball championship of the state that treats the game like a religion.  He is an Indiana all-star from Cathedral High School, and next year will join the refurbished historic program of Indiana University.  And Hartman can’t wait to get started. Like so many of those players recruited […]

Indiana Basketball – Oversigning Keeps Hoosiers at Full Strength
April 15, 2013

by Kent Sterling For two straight years, Indiana coach Tom Crean has rolled through the spring with too many players committed for the 13 scholarships the NCAA allots, and for the second year he has looked damn smart in doing it. There are some who worry about the morality of overpromising scholarships without having a […]

Transfers Bowing Out at Purdue and Indiana; Nothing Wrong with Any of Them
April 13, 2013

by Kent Sterling College basketball players come, and then they go – sometimes before anyone would have hoped when they made their commitment and signed their letters of intent.  Two from Purdue and one from Indiana decided earlier this week that their collegiate careers should continue elsewhere. There is nothing wrong with that.  Basketball players […]

Indiana Basketball – Remy Abell Leaving, Math Getting Clearer
April 13, 2013

by Kent Sterling Indiana basketball lost its third undercassman this week as Remy Abell has announced his intention to transfer.  That brings the current total of outgoing players to six – equalling the number of incoming players. That makes the math as to how the Hoosiers would honor six new men much less fuzzy.  Six […]

Indiana Basketball – Tom Crean Is a Fascinating and Enigmatic Figure
April 12, 2013

by Kent Sterling The desire to be the head coach at Indiana is irrational, and those who embrace it are more than a little screwy.  To expect anything else is ridiculous. There are thousands and thousands of alums, students, boosters, kids, recruits, media, and fans of other teams that evaluate every public act of a […]

Tom Crean’s Behavior at the Oladipo and Zeller Press Conferences – Excellent
April 10, 2013

by Kent Sterling There are several people I know and respect who have told me that Indiana Basketball coach Tom Crean is an asshole.  They worked with and around him when Crean coached at Marquette.  They are good people who were treated poorly by Crean.  I’m not a fan of assholes, so I’m constantly on […]

Ten Reasons Why Indiana Will Win the 2014 NCAA Tournament
April 9, 2013

by Kent Sterling I’m calling it right now.  Indiana will win.  Yesterday, I picked Louisville to win by six.  What happened?  Louisville won by six.  I’m on a roll, and this top ten is an effort to strike while the iron is hot. 10 – Indiana won their last two titles in 1981 and 1987. […]