From Butler Athletics INDIANAPOLIS — Butler’s first season in the BIG EAST will present a new set of challenges, a number of new opponents and unprecedented exposure. The Bulldogs’ 2013-14 men’s basketball schedule includes 28 national and regional telecasts, including 21 games on a Fox Sports network. After competing one season in the Atlantic 10 […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor WASHINGTON D.C. — This was supposed to be the year for Indiana basketball. The year Indiana returned to the Final Four. The year it won its first national championship since 1987. The table was set for Tom Crean’s Hoosiers shortly after his 2011-12 team fell to eventual national champion […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor WASHINGTON D.C. ” When Indiana and Syracuse do battle tonight at the Verizon Center in the nation’s capital, many Hoosier faithful will fondly recall the last time these two college basketball Goliaths collided in the NCAA Tournament. Remember March 30, 1987? There’s not a Hoosier fan on the planet that doesn’t […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor This was supposed to be a good season for Notre Dame, perhaps even a very good season. It turned out to be a disappointing one. For the second year in a row, the veteran-led Fighting Irish failed to win a game in the NCAA Tournament, didn’t advance to the […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Mike Brey’s Fighting Irish are enjoying every moment in New York City this week, knowing this will be their last appearance in the Big East Tournament before heading to the ACC next season earlier than expected. Notre Dame begins play at 9 p.m. tonight in Madison Square Garden. The […]
From the University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame will join the Atlantic Coast Conference for athletic competition in all sports except football and hockey beginning with the upcoming 2013-14 seasons. Notre Dame has been a member of the Big East Conference in most sports since 1995. The University announced Sept. 13 that […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Notre Dame is having a good season, not great and not very good, but just good. Thanks to the Fighting Irish’s upset over No. 20 Pitt, 51-42, last night in the Steel City, their record stands at 21-6 overall, 9-5 in the Big East with just four regular-season games remaining. […]
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