By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS”Maybe Butler isn’t overrated or too unathletic. Maybe Saint Louis is just really, really good. It took less than 72 hours for that realization to crystallize locally and nationally, after Saint Louis followed Tuesday’s upset of No. 24 Virginia Commonwealth with a 65-61 outclassing of the Bulldogs on Friday night […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Saint Louis Billikens earned a 65-61 win over the Butler Bulldogs on Friday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: Saint Louis was clearly the better team in the second half, unleashing a 10-2 run out of the locker room that turned […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent 10:05 — After beating VCU and Butler in back-to-back games, the Billikens have won nine in a row and are the clear-cut best team in the Atlantic 10 at this point in the season. Thank you for stopping by the live blog tonight. It was our first try at this, […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT and DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Editors INDIANAPOLIS — Colts coach Chuck Pagano talked to the media on Friday about his health, the state of the team and his thoughts on Bruce Arians getting hired in Arizona. Here is a 6-minute video of his time at the podium during the NFL Scouting Combine. ELWAY […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Bulldogs face a big game Friday. Saint Louis beat them pretty easily in January, making them look bad in a way that few teams can. Now Butler gets a second chance. The truth is the Bulldogs don’t match up well with the Billikens. They don’t have as much team […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingBy 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 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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