Purdue’s rally came up short in an 86-83 loss to Santa Clara in the second round of the CBI Tournament on Monday night. The Boilermakers trailed by 11 in the second half and 80-73 with 1:21 remaining before Ronnie Johnson scored on a layup and converted a three-point play to make it 80-78. Santa Clara’s Kevin Foster, […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Because I was covering the Indiana High School Athletic Association boys basketball state finals on Saturday for IndySportsLegends and the Associated Press, I was not with the Bulldogs in Lexington, Ky., for their round of 32 game against Marquette. Though a prior obligation pulled me off the Butler beat for […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor As a winter storm raged outside, the NCAA Tournament action inside Dayton Arena Sunday was everything March Madness is known for. In the opener, Ohio State and Iowa State put together a classic that wasn’t decided until Buckeye guard Aaron Craft sank a 20 footer with .2 seconds remaining […]
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Indy Sports Legends writers covered the Indiana state basketball finals as freelancers for The Associated Press. Cliff Brunt covered the Class 4A final between Carmel and Indianapolis Cathedral. Jim Johnson, an occasional ISL contributor, covered the Greensburg-Concordia Lutheran Class 3A final and the Class A final between Borden and Triton. Chris Goff covered the 2A title […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor This was supposed to be a good season for Notre Dame, perhaps even a very good season. It turned out to be a disappointing one. For the second year in a row, the veteran-led Fighting Irish failed to win a game in the NCAA Tournament, didn’t advance to the […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor The Indiana-James Madison game was over shortly after it started. It was supposed to be a mismatch and it was thanks to the play of freshman point guard Yogi Ferrell, who was unconscious to start the game. The Indianapolis product scored 14 of IU’s first 16 points, including the […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent LEXINGTON, Ky. – Another indication of a late-season apex arrived Thursday, when Brad Stevens dropped a not-so-subtle hint to those of us gathered in the bowels of Rupp Arena 20 minutes after Butler’s 68-56 victory over Bucknell gave the Bulldogs another berth in the NCAA tournament’s round of 32. This […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent LEXINGTON, Ky. – Butler took one haymaker. When it delivered one of its own, Bucknell was sent home, and the Bulldogs had configured the beginnings of another March run. Sixth-seeded Butler defeated No. 11 seed Bucknell 68-56 on Thursday afternoon on the strength of a 22-5 second-half run that immediately […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Butler Bulldogs a 68-56 win over the Bucknell Bison on Thursday afternoon at Rupp Arena. WHY IT HAPPENED: Rotnei Clarke scpred 17 points, 13 in the second half, and Roosevelt Jones added 14 as Butler improved to 6-1 in its past seven […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent 1:25: Butler leads 21-14 at halftime in a game that only Bo Ryan could love. The storyline so far is the immense struggles of Bucknell star Mike Muscala, who is 1-for-9 and has just two points. Muscala has scored at least 25 points in 10 of Bucknell’s 33 games. He […]
Click to read more:By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor We didn’t learn quite as much about Purdue as we could have on Wednesday night because Western Illinois was shorthanded. Forward Terell Parks, the Leathernecks’ leading scorer, missed the game because of a foot injury. Ceola Clark III, Western’s No. 2 scorer, tore his ACL during the Summit League tournament. What […]
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