By ZACH VOGTISL Contributor The 2023-24 college basketball season saw Purdue reach heights they hadn’t achieved since Joe Barry Carroll took the Boilermakers to the Final Four in 1980. Purdue put together their greatest season in 44 years with a team centered around the back-to-back National Player of the Year, Zach Edey. Unfortunately for Purdue, […]
By ZACH VOGTISL Contributor “Loyer will dribble it out! And the next stop on the Purdue redemption tour … is the Final Four!” Those were the words of Andrew Catalon as he delivered arguably the most iconic call in Purdue history. WELCOME TO THE #MFINALFOUR @BoilerBall 🚂#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/9GZVp9imRB— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 31, 2024 […]
By ZACH VOGT (@ZachVogt30)ISL Contributor The two words every Purdue fan wanted to say after the NCAA Tournament opening weekend: “Still Dancing.” And now the two words that remain: “It’s time.” The top-seeded Purdue Boilermakers took care of business in historic fashion in Indianapolis over the weekend, securing a 78-50 win over Grambling State in […]
By ZACH VOGT (@ZachVogt30)ISL Contributor Buckle up, Purdue fans. It’s March. The long awaited NCAA Tournament bracket is out, and Purdue’s path to destiny is in front of them. It has been a fun regular season for the Boilers, who put together the nation’s best resumé. Purdue won the Big Ten Conference by multiple games […]
By ZACH VOGTISL Contributor The Purdue Men’s basketball program returned a lot of talent from the 2022-23 team. Those returning included National Player of the Year, Zach Edey, their starting backcourt in Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer, frontcourt depth in Mason Gillis, Trey Kaufman-Renn, and Caleb Furst, as well as veteran defensive presence in Ethan […]
Photo by: Steven Erler-USA TODAY Sports By ZACH VOGT (@ZachVogt30)ISL Contributor The 2023-24 rendition of Purdue Men’s Basketball is off to a blistering hot start. A start that is eerily similar to that of the 2021-22 team, which was led by the eventual 5th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, Jaden Ivey. A start […]
By AUSTIN LAWTONISL Contributor INDIANAPOLIS — After over a month of interviews and speculation, the Indianapolis Colts have found their next Head Coach. Now former Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator, Shane Steichen, will take the reigns from interim head coach, Jeff Saturday. “I’m extremely honored and grateful to be the next head football coach of the […]
By AUSTIN LAWTON ISL Contributor INDIANAPOLIS– The 2023 season for the Indianapolis Colts will be one to forget for the fan base and the franchise. The Colts finished with a 1-7 record to end the season, including being on the wrong end of the largest comeback in NFL history on December 17 against the Vikings. […]
By CHRIS GOFFISL Contributor INDIANAPOLIS – Don’t look now, but we may be 80 minutes of Saturday afternoon basketball away from an Indiana-Purdue Big Ten championship game on Selection Sunday. March roared like a lion Friday night, with the No. 11 seed Nittany Lions of Penn State giving third-seeded Purdue all it could handle, but […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Contributor INDIANAPOLIS – The lesson we learned from Indiana’s Big Ten tournament opener? This team has it. They don’t display it as often as their fans would like, but these Hoosiers have an extra gear to win big games. Indiana needed to beat Michigan on Thursday to have a realistic chance […]
By ALEX GOLDENISL Contributor INDIANAPOLIS — After going 2-2 on the West Coast Road Trip, Indiana came home and took care of business against the Philadelphia 76ers. The Pacers were 6-8 and momentum indicated that this team might be turning things around. Indiana had three winnable road games ahead of them against New York, Detroit […]