When Indiana University Head Basketball Coach Tom Crean was hired, he made a comment; “There are a lot of schools that don’t want Indiana to be good”. For three years, those schools were relishing their opportunity to stick it to the Hoosiers on the basketball court and on the recruiting circuit. Twelve games into the 2011-12 season those schools have reason for concern.
The college basketball season is upon us and every team is still in the race for an NCAA tournament berth and a run to the national championship. November is one of the best times of the year in the sports world as huge college and NFL football contests are played with Thanksgiving Day providing traditional NFL games in Detroit and Dallas.
ESPN.com writer Mike Fish just penned an article questioning the integrity of the Indiana Elite AAU Basketball Club, it’s connection to AHOPE (African Hoop Opportunities Providing an Education), and the Indiana Hoosiers college basketball team.
With Kentucky freshmen Brandon Knight and Terrence Jones entering the NBA Draft, how long can John Calipari run a successful program based on “one-and-dones”?
UConn received all but one first place vote.
Count me among the people who are sick and tired of the constant Butler basketball comparisons to the movie “Hoosiers.” They have become more tiresome than “American Idol” and make for a far too easy column for writers such as Mike Lupica of the New York Daily News.
On the surface, rumors surrounding Purdue coach Matt Painter leaving his Alma-Mater to take the vacant Missouri job seem laughable, but look at the surrounding circumstances and it actually becomes plausible.
This article is pretty much worthless now after Kansas lost to VCU in the Elite Eight, but like the pre-printed Kansas Final Four shirts that will be donated to a third-world country, we donate this to the masses!
“We’re not going to blame the officials,” Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon said.
We count down the ten best NCAA Tournament finishes of all-time.
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