By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Just like that, it’s over. The Indiana Hoosiers are going home for one big reason: They couldn’t hit shots. More to the point, Syracuse’s 2-3 zone defense prevented them from hitting shots. Three-for-15 from beyond the arc? While the Orange got their hands on the ball for 12 steals and […]
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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 […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent THE SCOOP: Pacers forward Danny Granger is out for the season, the team announced Thursday prior to a game in Dallas. He will undergo surgery on his left knee. The longtime franchise mainstay had played in only five games this season, scoring as many as 12 points on Feb. 28 […]
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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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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Because I was covering the Indiana High School Athletic Association boys basketball state finals on Saturday for IndySportsLegends and the Associated Press, I was not with the Bulldogs in Lexington, Ky., for their round of 32 game against Marquette. Though a prior obligation pulled me off the Butler beat for […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor As a winter storm raged outside, the NCAA Tournament action inside Dayton Arena Sunday was everything March Madness is known for. In the opener, Ohio State and Iowa State put together a classic that wasn’t decided until Buckeye guard Aaron Craft sank a 20 footer with .2 seconds remaining […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor The Indiana-James Madison game was over shortly after it started. It was supposed to be a mismatch and it was thanks to the play of freshman point guard Yogi Ferrell, who was unconscious to start the game. The Indianapolis product scored 14 of IU’s first 16 points, including the […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent LEXINGTON, Ky. – Another indication of a late-season apex arrived Thursday, when Brad Stevens dropped a not-so-subtle hint to those of us gathered in the bowels of Rupp Arena 20 minutes after Butler’s 68-56 victory over Bucknell gave the Bulldogs another berth in the NCAA tournament’s round of 32. This […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent LEXINGTON, Ky. – Butler took one haymaker. When it delivered one of its own, Bucknell was sent home, and the Bulldogs had configured the beginnings of another March run. Sixth-seeded Butler defeated No. 11 seed Bucknell 68-56 on Thursday afternoon on the strength of a 22-5 second-half run that immediately […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Butler Bulldogs a 68-56 win over the Bucknell Bison on Thursday afternoon at Rupp Arena. WHY IT HAPPENED: Rotnei Clarke scpred 17 points, 13 in the second half, and Roosevelt Jones added 14 as Butler improved to 6-1 in its past seven […]
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