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 […]
Click to read more: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 […]
Click to read more:By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Purdue coach Matt Painter recently said center A.J. Hammons would be better off accepting the fact that he’s an old-school, traditional big man, and that the fact that few of those exist anymore makes him a valuable commodity. In the same way that Hammons has emerged by accepting who he is, […]
Click to read more: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 […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Without Rotnei Clarke, Butler will play shorthanded at guard when it visits La Salle Wednesday night. The Explorers have plenty of them, and how the two teams match up their personnel is perhaps a pivotal issue in their first-ever battle at Tom Gola Arena. La Salle (12-5, 2-2 Atlantic 10) […]
Click to read more:IndySportsLegends.com asked fans to share their thoughts on the thrilling victory on a day Butler hosted ESPN’s “College GameDay” for the first time. Below is a sampling of responses we received. “We have had season tickets for 11 years, and all my family has graduated from Butler. Needless to say, we have seen the Bulldogs when […]
Click to read more:By COLLIN O’CONNOR ISL Correspondent Fresh off of their sixth Big Ten loss in six tries, Penn State will again face the daunting task of trying to stop one of the nation’s best offenses in Indiana. The Hoosiers proved that slowing them down offensively will be tough for this Penn State team to accomplish when they crushed the […]
Click to read more:From the Indianapolis Colts Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has been selected to play in the 2013 Pro Bowl, which will take place on Sunday, January 27 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. Luck replaces New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady who cannot participate due to injury. As the No. 1 overall selection in the […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Butler coach Brad Stevens ruled Rotnei Clarke out for Wednesday’s game at La Salle, but wouldn’t put a timetable on his recovery beyond that. Clarke, the team’s leading scorer, sat out a victory over Richmond as well as Saturday’s upset of No. 8 Gonzaga after spraining his neck Jan. 12 […]
Click to read more:By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Bob Huggins had me annoyed on Saturday. I was covering the Purdue-West Virginia game as a freelancer for The Associated Press and my deadline was approaching. West Virginia’s legendary coach was nowhere to be found after his team’s brutal 79-52 loss to the Boilermakers. (Here’s the […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Roosevelt Jones never had that one extraordinary moment. Until he slipped on a Butler uniform. Until Saturday night, in the first-ever matchup of top-15 teams at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse, on an occasion in which the basketball-crazed campus hosted ESPN’s College GameDay. Add yet another memory to Butler’s thrilling […]
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