By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers pulled off a 125-91 blowout win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: Indiana scored a season-high 125 points, pulled off its biggest win of the season and earned its largest victory […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent As the Pacers get back to work tonight against New York after a week-long All-Star siesta, it’s worth taking a moment to appreciate their good fortune health-wise. Sure, Danny Granger hasn’t taken a dribble, but his absence has arguably been a net positive. With Granger on the floor, Paul George […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – You can stop pressing the panic button and surfing for tickets to those nutty First Four games in Dayton. Apparently there will be no late-season swoon. The natural order returned on Tuesday as fifteenth-ranked Butler said enough already and soundly beat Duquesne 68-49 to quell recent offensive struggles […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Butler Bulldogs picked up an easy 68-49 win over the Duquesne Dukes on Tuesday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: Playing with a healthy lineup and no in-game nicks, the Bulldogs had no problem beating up on the last-place Dukes. Rotnei […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Notre Dame is having a good season, not great and not very good, but just good. Thanks to the Fighting Irish’s upset over No. 20 Pitt, 51-42, last night in the Steel City, their record stands at 21-6 overall, 9-5 in the Big East with just four regular-season games remaining. […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor “To be the man, you gotta beat the man. Woooo!” Ric Flair coined that famous phrase years ago, and Tom Crean, that message is for you. To be the man in the Hoosier State, to be the man in the Big Ten, you’ve got to beat Tom Izzo, and you’ve […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent As we enter the final week of the regular season for Indiana High School Boys Basketball, all 403 teams now know who their opponents will be as the draw for the 2013 state tournament took place on Sunday. As I watched the pairings on WTTV, I saw pictures of teams […]
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ISL’s Cliff Brunt and Doug Griffiths were guests on the Rail Line with Clayton Duffy on Monday. Brunt gave his thoughts on the Purdue-IU basketball game and looked into the upcoming Indiana-Michigan State game. Griffiths previewed the Notre Dame-Pittsburgh men’s basketball game and explained why he thinks Purdue men’s hoops coach Matt Painter will make roster […]
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By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Jeff Gordon is on the outside of Row 1 as the Sprint Cup season begins Sunday at Daytona. No surprise there. Danica Patrick has the pole. There’s your shocker. Maybe it shouldn’t be anymore. Patrick, who has scuffled since transitioning from open wheel racing to the lead stock car circuit, […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent What do you get when you combine a rare five-game league winning streak for VCU with the shaky stretch that is Butler’s first extended lull of the season? A new No. 1 in IndySportsLegends.com’s weekly Atlantic 10 power rankings. The Rams have edged past the Bulldogs with the cresting momentum […]
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From the IHSAA Four hundred three (403) teams were drawn Sunday and placed into brackets for the 103rd Annual IHSAA Boys Basketball State Tournament presented by Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance. Sectional games are scheduled to begin Monday, Feb. 26, and run through Saturday, March 2, with the regional round slated for March 9 and semistates on […]
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