By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Victor Oladipo sang and hollered through the halls of Assembly Hall so loudly that his voice reached the office of his old coach upstairs. Back at Indiana to serve as a counselor in Tom Crean’s youth camp this weekend, Oladipo wasted no time making his presence known. […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor SOUTH BEND, Ind. — We are a week away from Notre Dame kicking off the 2013 season when it hosts Temple. On paper, the Owls aren’t much of a test for the 14th-ranked Fighting Irish. After all, Temple is coming off a 4-7 season a year ago, including 2-5 […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Calbert Cheaney, one of Indiana’s all-time greats as a player, is leaving his post as director of basketball operations to join Saint Louis as an assistant coach. Hoosiers coach Tom Crean confirmed late Tuesday night that Cheaney had stepped down from the role in which he served […]
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By CHRIS GOFF and COLLIN O’CONNOR ISL Correspondents INDIANAPOLIS – Despite losing standout small forward Roosevelt Jones for the entire season with damaged ligaments, Butler coach Brandon Miller isn’t about to look back on the team’s exhibition tour of Australia with any regret. “Our team had a phenomenal trip,” Miller said during a Tuesday briefing. […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Whether it’s George Hill passing out backpacks or Paul George visiting Riley, the Pacers are to be commended for their work with young people. The Pacers, of course, rated first in regular-season defensive efficiency. But they slipped a little bit in the playoffs, finishing eighth in playoff defensive efficiency. That […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Shane Wynn, a prankster, is keeping a straight face as he gets a dose of his own medicine. Speaking with three reporters after practice, Wynn offers no response to the sight of teammate Kofi Hughes grinning childishly and doing an uncoordinated jig a few feet away. Finally, […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The ongoing saga of Butler’s offseason took another twist yesterday, when the Bulldogs announced that Roosevelt Jones would undergo surgery on his left wrist and miss the entirety of the upcoming season. This was unexpected given that a week ago the team announced Jones might return before the end of […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor VALPARAISO, Ind. — Robbie Hummel is glad to be back home again. Spending the 2012-13 season in Spain’s top-level professional basketball league, the former Purdue star got his fill of European life. There was the language barrier playing on Obradoiro CAB in the Spanish league which the Valparaiso native […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Before NBA commissioner David Stern retires in February, will he dare venture through Indiana, where he’s still unpopular? The Pacers may not play on Christmas, but they do play on the following holidays: New Year’s Day (at Toronto), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (at Golden State) and St. Patrick’s Day […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Dean Treanor isn’t quite ready. His night isn’t over. -Wait just a second,” he says to the reporter at his door, gently showing a palm as if he were a third-base coach giving a stop sign. Hands on his hips, eyes glued to the small TV on the […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor When Brian Kelly held his first formal press conference of the 2013 season, it was blatantly obvious just how confident the fourth-year Fighting Irish boss was. Shouldn’t he be? After all, he has re-energized a program that saw its usual sky-high confidence brought down to earth before his arrival […]
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