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IU Notebook: Fired-up Hoosiers reassert state dominance over Purdue

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent These are not your younger brother’s Indiana Hoosiers, not with Cody Zeller roaming the middle and defensive stalwarts like Victor Oladipo and Yogi Ferrell clogging driving lanes, and they reestablished supremacy again Wednesday night. Purdue’s Baby Boiler era looks for all the world like a fading memory, a four-year blip […]

Indiana-Purdue rivalry oozes with tradition

By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor What’s your favorite Purdue-Indiana game? Perhaps it’s the Hoosiers’ 41-point blowout over the visitors in 1992 or IU’s 1987 double-digit home win over No. 4 Purdue. If you’re a Boilermaker backer, thoughts of the Austin brothers slaying Bob Knights’ IU teams in the 1990s come to mind and so […]

Voice of the Boilermakers says future looks bright for Purdue

By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor This morning, IndySportsLegends.com interviewed long-time Purdue radio play-by-play announcer Larry Clisby to get his thoughts on the Boilermakers as they prepare for third-ranked Indiana tonight in Mackey Arena. Following is what Clisby, the “Voice of the Boilermakers,” had to say about Purdue, who is 11-9 this season. IndySportsLegends.com: Do […]

Atlantic 10 Power Rankings: La Salle reaches No. 2 as VCU stumbles

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent A projection Sunday by John Templon, who forecasts the National Invitation Tournament field for the Big Apple Buckets website, has seven Atlantic 10 teams in the 32-team NIT. For some schools, such as Charlotte, an NIT berth would be an improvement on preseason expectations. For others, like Saint Joseph’s, missing […]

Oladipo leads way as rolling Hoosiers top Michigan State

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Most players are fortunate to accumulate six steals and three blocks in a week. Indiana forward Victor Oladipo needed just one joyous Sunday afternoon. With the National Football League playoffs on a one-week hiatus, Oladipo provided national television viewers a reasonable facsimile of a cornerback in their […]

Butler Notebook: What we learned from the Temple victory

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Amid all the mayhem, all the upsets, surprises and VCU losses, Butler sits alone atop the Atlantic 10 standings with a 4-1 record in conference play. Only league games factor into a team’s seeding for the A-10 tournament in March, so the Bulldogs knew they couldn’t live off […]

Butler stays undefeated at home, beats Temple in Rotnei Clarke’s return

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Temple’s Anthony Lee left the court with a towel over his face. Rotnei Clarke walked off with a smile on his. A standing ovation from the sellout Hinkle Fieldhouse crowd said it all. Clarke dominated in his return from a severely sprained neck. The senior point guard scored […]

Pacers Notebook: Is Gerald Green’s contract a sunk cost?

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Pacers coach Frank Vogel didn’t do general manager Kevin Pritchard any favors by benching reserve forward Gerald Green. Pritchard, like many others in the organization, publicly defended the signing. Green hasn’t worked out. Now that Vogel has yanked the alleged sixth man from the rotation, everyone knows it. Green is […]

Indiana routs Penn State on quiet night for Zeller

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Cody Zeller typically finds points at will. At 7-feet, he can get his shot off against nearly any post defender in the country. For an entire game, Zeller rarely looked for offense. And yet No. 7 Indiana breezed past Penn State 72-49 in spite of Zeller’s career-low […]

What’s wrong with Brey’s Notre Dame squad?

By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Fresh off one of the worst home defeats under Coach Mike Brey, Notre Dame finds itself in late January searching for answers. The 24th-ranked Fighting Irish were pummeled Monday night by unranked Georgetown, 63-47, prompting Brey to say the game was like “men vs. boys,” when he stepped to the […]

Butler success is proving ascendancy to higher class

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Butler Bulldogs are putting together one of the most impressive resumes in the country, and perhaps it’s time we stopped acting surprised. What’s scary about Saturday night’s victory over Gonzaga is that it had all the marks of a program’s maturation. Butler came into the season expecting to challenge […]