By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Hoosiers closer Ryan Halstead blew an eighth-inning lead, and two batters later, lefty reliever Brian Korte allowed a game-winning, two-run single as Indiana fell 5-4 Monday night in its second game of the College World Series. The Hoosiers’ storybook season is on the line Wednesday against Oregon State. Josie Janavicius, […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent A dominant pitching performance allowed Indiana to overcome an off-night by their hitters, and the Hoosiers beat Louisville 2-0 on Saturday night in the College World Series. Josie Janavicius, who regularly covers Hoosiers baseball for IU Student Television, checks in with us from Omaha, Neb., where Indiana is set to face Mississippi […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Indiana fans are accustomed to their national championship hopes revolving around basketball, soccer and swimming and diving. Now, for baseball, the time is finally here. The Hoosiers are one of eight teams left standing in the College World Series. They begin play tonight at 8 p.m. in the double-elimination tournament. […]
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From Purdue Athletics, the Big Ten and the ACC: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue men’s basketball team will host Boston College on Wednesday, Dec. 4, as part of the 15th-annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods. ESPN announced the lineup on Wednesday in a joint release with both conferences. The Boilermakers won […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Matt Painter did what needed to be done. After suffering a 16-18 season, Painter needed to shake things up in his program and get his house in order. He did just that. Shown the door were Jacob Lawson and Anthony Johnson, who didn’t buy into some of the things […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Fans would love college basketball players to exhaust their eligibility before they leave school, but that’s just not realistic in the day and age we live in if you’re talking about elite players. Despite what the minority may say, both Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo made the right decisions […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent As the Hoosiers finish spring semester classes, prepare to say their goodbyes to three impactful seniors and chart offseason workouts at Cook Hall, two incredibly dissimilar views emerge as a program begins to reflect on a season that concluded sooner than expected. In one view, the season was a grand […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Note: Griffiths covered Keady’s teams while he was editor of Gold and Black Illustrated. Gene Keady is a legend at Purdue and rightfully so. He’s the winningest basketball coach in Boilermaker annals and the second-winningest in Big Ten history. The Larned, Kan. native guided Purdue to six Big Ten […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor WASHINGTON D.C. ” Let the speculation begin. Will Victor Oladipo and/or Cody Zeller opt to leave Indiana with eligibility remaining and head to the NBA? After IU lost to Syracuse Thursday night in the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament, both of the Hoosier stars were asked about their future […]
Continue ReadingBy 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 […]
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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 […]
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