By COLLIN O’CONNOR ISL Correspondent Gonzaga at Butler couldn’t help but be big. When ESPN’s College Gameday crew of Rece Davis, Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps and Jalen Rose are in town, the buildup elevates to a national level. Two teams outside of the power six conferences that consistently garner national attention will be pitted against […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor It’s starting to come together for Purdue center A.J. Hammons, and as a result, things are coming together for the Boilermakers. The 7-foot, 280-pound freshman center is becoming the beast Purdue coach Matt Painter has envisioned. Hammons is averaging 10.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game as the […]
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From Purdue Athletics WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue head football coach Darrell Hazell announced the first six members of his coaching staff, bringing Jon Heacock, Marcus Freeman and Jafar Williams over from his previous stop at Kent State, and adding Jim Bollman from Boston College, Greg Hudson from Florida State and Kevin Sherman from Virginia […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent A week in, here’s where we stand: four unbeatens, seven winning records and four winless teams. Conference play in the Atlantic 10 has already produced one ultra-entertaining classic (VCU-St. Joe’s), a photo finish (Xavier-St. Bonaventure) and a brilliant individual line (Chaz Williams’ 22 points, nine assists, five rebounds and four […]
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As usual, Brad Stevens and his Butler Bulldogs found a way on Wednesday night. And as usual, ISL photographer Ben Fahrbach was there to capture it all at Hinkle Fieldhouse. In Butler’s first game without the services of injured leading scorer Rotnei Clarke, the Bulldogs handled Richmond 62-47. Andrew Smith scored 15 points, Kellen Dunham had 11 and […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Am I in the minority for being stunned that Notre Dame had a press conference to explain the Manti Te’o soap opera? Why would a major university hold such an event to discuss its star football player’s now non-existent girlfriend? This is beyond bizarre and Notre Dame’s handling of […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Much has been made of Indiana’s high talent level this season, but after three halves of shaky basketball, it’s time to look at things the other way. The Hoosiers led Minnesota 52-29 at halftime on Saturday before hanging on to win 88-81. Indiana followed that with a 64-59 loss to Wisconsin […]
Continue ReadingBy SAM KLEMET ISL Correspondent It took D.J Byrd a while to get in rhythm, but the Purdue senior found his stroke at the most crucial moments. Byrd connected on four second half triples and scored all 12 of his points after halftime to lift the Boilermakers past Nebraska, 65-56 Wednesday night in Lincoln. Games […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent This was a game of opposites. An up-tempo, dribble-penetration offense displayed by Pike, against a motion-based, take-advantage-of-what-the-defense-gives-you style employed by Carmel. There were two completely different halves of basketball played in this game, one dominated by Pike, and the other by Carmel. And for Pike, a hope for the opposite of […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Butler lacked the brilliant outside shooting of Rotnei Clarke. So coach Brad Stevens turned to the next best thing. His thirteenth-ranked Bulldogs pounded smaller Richmond into submission inside in a dominant 62-47 victory Wednesday night. Butler held the Spiders to a season-low point total and seized its […]
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From Notre Dame Athletics On Dec. 26, Notre Dame coaches were informed by Manti Te’o and his parents that Manti had been the victim of what appears to be a hoax in which someone using the fictitious name Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe […]
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