By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Danny Hope is in denial. He’s not about to look in the mirror and point the finger at himself for being fired from Purdue. But that’s exactly what he needs to do. Earlier this week Hope sat down with Mike Cleff, sports director at CBS affiliate WLFI-TV18 in West […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor We are just three weeks from Selection Sunday, a day Hoosiers fans can’t wait for. On March 17, IU will not only be one of four No. 1 seeds when the NCAA Tournament is unveiled on CBS, but Tom Crean’s fifth Hoosier team will be the top No. 1 […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor I was talking to a fraternity brother from Upstate New York yesterday and have to admit I wasn’t at all surprised by what he had to say about Saturday’s Purdue-IU game. Yes, he’s definitely what I would call a diehard Purdue fan, one of those that even if you […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I’ve never seen anything like this. I never imagined a No. 1-ranked team could lose to an unranked foe with a losing record in league play and stay at the top. Indiana did it. The Hoosiers’ convincing win at Ohio State on Sunday was enough to override the loss to Illinois and […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent This time, the rebound careened away from Cody Zeller, instead of right to him. And when the loose ball headed for the other side of the lane in the direction of Nik Stauskas and Trey Burke, Zeller absolutely seemed out of the picture. But Zeller shot forward like an overgrown […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Most players are fortunate to accumulate six steals and three blocks in a week. Indiana forward Victor Oladipo needed just one joyous Sunday afternoon. With the National Football League playoffs on a one-week hiatus, Oladipo provided national television viewers a reasonable facsimile of a cornerback in their […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Two first-half airballs – including one on a wide-open 3 – had the fans on Mike Bruesewitz’s case for the remainder of the evening. Wisconsin’s long-haired power forward heard vociferous jeers each time he touched it or – even better – dared to venture near Indiana’s student section during a stoppage. […]
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN O’CONNOR ISL Correspondent The ending was not in any way a pretty one, but Indiana’s win over Minnesota on Saturday left the Hoosiers with a victory over a top-10 team and a 3-0 start in Big Ten Conference play. Now, IU faces an entirely different kind of test when the Wisconsin Badgers come to Assembly Hall on Tuesday. […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Come hell or high water, the Dolphins of Jacksonville were swimming with the No. 5 team in the nation on its home floor. With 11 ½ minutes gone by, Indiana’s lead was just 21-17 over the scrappy team from the Atlantic Sun Conference. Then Victor Oladipo made […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Cody Zeller smiled as he succinctly described his recently improved accuracy at the foul line. “Shooting higher,” Zeller said. And so, metaphorically, are the Indiana Hoosiers. Following a loss to Butler that cost them the No. 1 ranking, Zeller and his teammates are as detail-oriented as ever […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The marquee game of Saturday’s Close the Gap Crossroads Classic, Indiana versus Butler, will likely swing on who controls the speed of the game. Indiana plays one of the country’s fastest paces. Conversely, less than 100 teams in Division I average fewer possessions per game than Butler, which prefers to […]
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