It’s been a couple of days, which has given me the exact right amount of time to get irritated about the story surrounding Grant Gelon’s exit from Indiana Basketball. Here’s what happened, as best I can tell from reading the… Continue Reading
Have you seen The Fugitive? A part of me feels like asking that question is a little ridiculous. Like that time on The Late Show when Dave said, “Hey, Paul. You ever had cookies? Man, they’re good.” But another part of me… Continue Reading
Brace yourself. I’m about to say something nice about John Calipari, and not even in a backhanded compliment kind of way, like when I say, “He’s a really good coach. He wouldn’t be worth hating if he sucked.” John Calipari… Continue Reading
Two weeks worth of rumblings and it looks like Assistant Coach Kenny Johnson is leaving to take a similar job at Louisville. Conventional wisdom in reaction to this news is that it is bad. After all, Johnson was our primary… Continue Reading
I love Indiana Basketball fans. I don’t spend a lot of time around other team’s fans, and I admittedly subject myself, some would argue (accurately) unnecessarily, to the loud crazy that exists on fan forums and message boards, but I’m… Continue Reading
Before we get our sights fully set on the actual playing of basketball games I have one question that I need to ask, because I think the answer is yes, and that makes me sad. Is it possible to be… Continue Reading
It’s been a crazy year in the world of recruiting. 3 of the top 4 2014 targets in Indiana have committed and then decommitted. Blackmon, Lyle and Lyles all made calls then changed their minds. It’s odd and people are… Continue Reading
I have some more thoughts on what the de-commitment of James Blackmon Jr. means that I need to get out of my head so I can focus on the other things in my life that I need to do, and… Continue Reading
I was all set to give you part two in my award eligible series on how basketball has changed in the last 30 years, but then something happened that has shaken the Assembly Hall to its very foundations. A 17-year… Continue Reading
I was watching an episode of The Bob Knight Show a couple of days ago from the end of the 1985 season when Chuck Marlowe asked Knight about Marty Simmons’ decision to transfer. Knight’s response was interesting, not because it… Continue Reading