By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor How tough is the Big Ten? Well, Michigan, a Top 10 team all season long, doesn’t even get a first-round bye in the Big Ten Tournament, and four Big Ten teams enter the postseason ranked in the Top 10, Wolverines included. As we brace for the start of the […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Mike Brey’s Fighting Irish are enjoying every moment in New York City this week, knowing this will be their last appearance in the Big East Tournament before heading to the ACC next season earlier than expected. Notre Dame begins play at 9 p.m. tonight in Madison Square Garden. The […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor For the third straight season, the Atlantic 10 tournament will have a new champion, because St. Bonaventure isn’t around to defend its crown. Before the tourney tips Thursday at noon, let’s take a look inside the event: Storyline: Imagine the possibilities. There are many. Only once in the past […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent It was an easier decision than filling out a conference awards ballot. So for a third straight week, Saint Louis – in the final edition of IndySportsLegends.com’s Atlantic 10 Power Rankings – clutches the No. 1 spot. For 17 straight regular-season weeks – and once before that during preseason practice […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor You win with class. You lose with class. Isn’t that the way it’s supposed to be? Apparently IU’s Tom Crean didn’t learn that, or at the very least, he forgot one of sport’s most important lessons. Instead of loving every second of his team’s 72-71 thrilling victory over Michigan Sunday, […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent It’s been an unusual regular season with 16 teams in the Atlantic 10 for one year, with Butler and VCU joining the conference ahead of schedule and Temple and Charlotte completing their final season as members. While the rest of the week undoubtedly will center upon an interesting league tournament […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Butler concluded its regular season with crunch-time execution in a win over Xavier. The Bulldogs face Dayton on Thursday afternoon at the Atlantic 10 tournament in New York City. Let’s explore some odds and ends from the last time Butler took the court. — Chris Mack, in his […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – If this is what the rest of March is going to be like, then ready the oxygen, please. Butler’s 67-62 win over Xavier had a little bit of everything, as the battle between the Musketeers’ isolation sets and Butler’s perimeter prowess played to a draw for 39 ½ […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Butler Bulldogs earned a hard-fought 67-62 win over the Xavier Musketeers on Saturday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: Butler continued a recent resurgence heading into postseason play, winning its second straight over a feisty Xavier team. Rotnei Clarke scored 21 […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Perhaps sharing the ball was a large emphasis in Butler’s players-only meeting heading into a big road game at Massachusetts. If so, the Bulldogs did it, tallying 18 assists on the evening, their most in nearly two months. With Butler’s season at a crossroads, the team’s chemistry came around real […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent With pressure defense seeming to throw Butler out of whack, there aren’t many places less inviting than Amherst, Mass., where yet another brand of aggressive Atlantic 10 basketball is practiced. However, to coach Brad Stevens, whose Bulldogs are playing Massachusetts tonight, the forceful defense he will see in Amherst is […]
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