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Live Blog: Butler vs. Bucknell

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent 1:25: Butler leads 21-14 at halftime in a game that only Bo Ryan could love. The storyline so far is the immense struggles of Bucknell star Mike Muscala, who is 1-for-9 and has just two points. Muscala has scored at least 25 points in 10 of Bucknell’s 33 games. He […]

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Butler announces move to Big East

From Butler Sports Information INDIANAPOLIS”Butler University will join the Big East conference in July 2013, President James M. Danko announced today. As a Big East member, Butler will join Creighton University, DePaul University, Georgetown University, Marquette University, Providence College, Seton Hall University, St. John’s University, Villanova University, and Xavier University. Joining the Big East is […]

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Purdue to host Western Illinois in CBI

From Purdue Sports Information WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s basketball team has accepted a bid to the 2013 College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Purdue will host Western Illinois on Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. ET. This year’s selection marks the Boilers’ first appearance in the event, which is in its sixth year of […]

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Good & Bad With Notre Dame’s NCAA Draw

By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Notre Dame got a good draw in the sense that it will get to play fairly close to home in Dayton, Ohio, but one look at the opening game opponent and you realize the Selection Committee didn’t do the Fighting Irish any favors. Mike Brey’s team received a No. […]

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Crowley, Volovic lead Carmel in semistate rout of Merrillville

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Prior to the start of Saturday’s Semistate contest, there was a buzz in the Marian Crawley Activity Center among the crowd that had assembled on the Merrillville side of the arena at Lafayette Jefferson High School.  It certainly appeared by the body language of the players on the floor […]

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First Thoughts: Philadelphia 98, Indiana 91

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers lost a 98-91 decision to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center. WHY IT HAPPENED:  Philadelphia’s starting guards outscored Indiana’s 39-15, and 76ers center Spencer Hawes, filling in for injured star Andrew Bynum, put up insane […]

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Beat Bulldogs bounced in Brooklyn

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Keeping your head is the phrase Brad Stevens likes to use for games like this, but another body part went missing Saturday. Playing their third do-or-die game in three days, Stevens tried everything both before and during the game to push his troops through a brutal matchup into a berth […]

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First Thoughts: Los Angeles 99, Indiana 93

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers dropped an unsightly 99-93 game to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED:  Marginal players performed above their heads for the injury-riddled Lakers. None were better than the sensational Steve Blake, who had […]

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