By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Boston Celtics came back for an 83-81 win over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: Jeff Green scored the game-winning basket with 0.5 seconds left to play. Kevin Garnett finished with 18 points, including six […]
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue head football coach Darrell Hazell announced that Jim Bridge has been hired to coach the Boilermakers’ offensive line. Bridge’s addition completes Hazell’s coaching staff. I’m excited to have Jim join our staff, Hazell said. He brings a lot of passion and experience to Purdue and he is a phenomenal teacher. […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The biggest threat to Saint Louis these days would appear to be injury. The Billikens retain the top spot of IndySportsLegends.com’s Atlantic 10 Power Rankings for a second straight week and show no signs of letting go any time soon. Usual suspects VCU and La Salle are still in pursuit. […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Whenever a team pulls off a major upset, more can often be learned from how it handles the next game than from the unexpected win. We’ll learn a lot about Purdue on Wednesday. The Boilermakers pulled off one of the biggest shockers of the college basketball season with their 69-56 win over […]
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By COLLIN O’CONNOR ISL Correspondent With Michigan’s win over Michigan State and Wisconsin’s loss to Purdue on Sunday, Indiana clinched a share of the Big Ten Championship and a shot at winning it outright if the Hoosiers are able to come away with a victory on Tuesday at home against Ohio State. The significance of this […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — On Sunday, the Pacers seized an opportunity to all but wrap up the Central Division race. The win put them four games ahead and gave them the season tiebreaker over Chicago. Truth is, the Bulls have no single weapon that will help them catch Indiana. Their scorers are […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers grazed the Chicago Bulls in a 97-92 victory on Sunday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: David West and Roy Hibbert thoroughly outplayed Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah inside, cutting off injury-riddled Chicago’s best chance to win the […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Chapters in life are funny sometimes. Check this one out. It’s a doozy. As you start your journey, all your dreams seemingly are within reach. Your carefully structured plans show promise but begin to crumble. Everything you thought you knew, everything you had banked on, everything that made you who […]
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By SAM KLEMET ISL Correspondent D.J. Byrd has had a heck of a career at Purdue. He is the Big Ten’s reigning Sixth Man of the Year and the Boilermakers’ captain. But this year, the senior from Crawfordsville has struggled to consistently find his rhythm. Sunday, he found it in a big way. Byrd scored 22 points […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — With two games left in the regular season, No. 1 Indiana is inching ever closer to its first outright Big Ten regular season title since 1993. An old saying holds that any achievement requires blood, sweat and tears. All three were present Saturday. Star and fan favorite […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent There’s a beautiful rodeo called the Atlantic 10 tournament heading our way in less than two weeks, and if you’re a Butler fan it might be an iffy investment of time. With Virginia Commonwealth and Saint Louis in the pool, Butler faces an uphill and daunting path to the trophy. […]
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