by Kent Sterling I look at the mood swings of Chuck Pagano, the uncertainty surrounding Rick Pitino, and the constant din of criticism for Tom Crean, and I wonder whether being a coach is worth the money or sacrifice. It’s a tough life, even for a secure coach with a pristine record of winning and compliance. […]
by Kent Sterling It’s the silly season for sports content providers, but that’s no excuse for ESPN being so wrong in assessing the quality of Indiana college basketball teams. With only one major sports league playing meaningful games until after Labor Day and college/high school football being a couple of weeks away from their openers, […]
Breakfast with Kent – Jake & Kent on Sportslocker; Will Power wins Angie’s List GP of Indy; LeBron great only at last second;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6JP5qbr7D4
by Kent Sterling The Final Four has been held in Indianapolis six times, and Duke has qualified for three of those celebrations of amateur basketball (1991, 2010, 2015). They have won the National Championship all three times. Yet, only 9.8% entrants in the ESPN Bracket Challenge guessed Duke would win. Idiots! Kentucky was supposed to […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana a #10 seed? Wow. That wasn’t the only surprise of the NCAA Tournament bracket, but it was the biggest to me. Losing nine of their final 14 games with the five wins coming against Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, and Rutgers twice evidently meant nothing to the committee. Good for Indiana, bad for […]
Breakfast with Kent – Five teams from Indiana in Midwest – Only one can beat Kentucky!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq3H1j0Jw-g
by Kent Sterling Great shooter. Great kid. Great winner. Great leader. Good enough for me. I don’t know all the candidates for Mr. Basketball, the most coveted individual prize in Indiana high school basketball, but I’ve seen a lot of Carmel High School’s Ryan Cline and spoken to him at reasonable length. He is the […]
by Kent Sterling Like most people who grew attached to Indiana University Basketball during an extended stay as a student – a leisurely, but stressful six years for me – the occasionally interrupted mediocrity of the Hoosiers program under Tom Crean is baffling and a source of angst. I spent the majority of my radio […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana lost a basketball game to Purdue last night at Assembly Hall that dropped them to 8-6 in the Big Ten – one-half game ahead of two teams tied for seventh. The most troubling part of the night for Indiana fans should be the opening comment coach Tom Crean delivered in his […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana vs. Purdue used to be something else. Streets in Indiana emptied. Kids were allowed to stay up past bedtime. Gene Keady and Bob Knight matched wits and wills. Knight brought a donkey onto the set of his TV as a replacement for the Purdue AD, and Keady profanely threatened campers who […]
