By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – With every defensive stop, Ball State appeared closer to beating Butler for a second straight year. There was an unexpected twist. A sophomore walk-on helped the Bulldogs avenge last December’s loss, and then some. Alex Barlow played 18 minutes in the second half and sparked a 26-4 run […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent How strong is the Atlantic 10? The conference placed 12 teams in the top 100 of the latest KenPom.com ratings. Only the Big East (13) had as many. The A-10 still does not have a team ranked in the AP Top 25 or USA Today Coaches Poll. With such overall quality, […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor NOTRE DAME, Ind. ” The way things are going for Notre Dame these days, it’s surprising someone with Irish ties didn’t win the mega-jackpot in last night’s Powerball drawing. Perhaps the two winners do indeed have Notre Dame ties, but they haven’t come forward yet. You’d have to have […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Notre Dame has a huge test Thursday night. The Irish, 6-1 overall, entertain the defending national champions in John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats in the second annual SEC/BIG EAST Challenge. The game will tip at 7 p.m. and be televised by ESPN2. It goes without saying that this is a […]
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Nebraska fans await the team after a win over Purdue in 2013. Photo by Ben Fahrbach By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Note: The writer is an Omaha native and former Omaha World-Herald reporter who now lives in Indianapolis and will cover the Big Ten title game for Indy Sports Legends and the Sports XChange/Reuters. INDIANAPOLIS […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Every time I watch Indiana play, I come away impressed with something different. This time, it was the Hoosiers’ ability to pull away from a talented team by simply sticking with the game plan. There were no major shifts in approach that took a close game and […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS” Roosevelt Jones gathered the opening tip and lobbed to Khyle Marshall for a crowd-pleasing jam. The rest of the night came nearly as easily for Butler. Marshall and Rotnei Clarke scored 19 points apiece to lead the Bulldogs to a 97-73 rout of Division III Hanover on Tuesday. Butler […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor We don’t know a whole lot about Mike Brey’s veteran Fighting Irish basketball team seven games into the season. Other than its a team that would be undefeated if it weren’t for a late second-half meltdown against St. Joseph’s in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, we simply don’t know […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor As North Carolina prepares to play IU tonight in Assembly in one of the biggest games of the young college basketball season, you have to wonder if we’ll see the Tar Heels more frequently in Big Ten country in the very near future. There’s plenty of legit talk circulating […]
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From Indiana Sports Information BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana senior defensive tackle Adam Replogle and sophomore wide receiver Cody Latimer earned second team All-Big Ten honors, the conference announced Monday evening. Seven additional Hoosiers received honorable mention recognition. The nine honorees are the most for the IU program since 2001, when 12 Hoosiers collected league laurels. […]
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From Purdue Sports Information WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Highlighted by first team All-Big Ten honors for defensive tackle Kawann Short, six Purdue football players have been recognized by the Big Ten coaches and media members as all-conference selections. Short, a first team selection by the coaches last season, was feted as such by both the […]
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