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Conventional wisdom held that Russ Smith, Louisville’s leading scorer from it’s NCAA championship team, would be headed to the NBA after a remarkable junior season. That wisdom was apparently way off, as Smith has announced he will return for his senior season.
Who is that OTHER team sitting at the top of the pack in the Big Ten? The Wisconsin Badgers. And love them or hate them, Bo Ryan’s Badgers are for real.
It’s hard to believe Duke can be so uninspiring yet position themselves for another questionable top seed in March Madness.
Unfortunately, over the past five years or so, every fan base and student section across America, especially during basketball season, feels they are entitled to rush the court whenever they choose. Well, they’re not.
Terry Hutchens wrote a terrific piece this morning that reminded me of a topic I’ve been wanting to address: Indiana’s scholarship crunch for the upcoming 2012-13 season. Hutchens’ piece – entitled "Hoosiers need to find a scholarship for Roth" – echoes exactly what I have been thinking about this issue.
Since the “college team versus a pro team” is almost never logical, but has some merit once the Kentucky versus Charlotte Bobcats matchups are considered, does this make Kentucky the most talented Final Four team of all time? Let’s not get too hasty.
With Friday’s Sweet 16 loss well past 72 hours in the rearview, Jerod is ready to say that the the 2011-12 Indiana Hoosiers deserve a banner in Assembly Hall. In this post, he explains why he think this is the case as well as provides his counter arguments to the more than reasonable points that can and probably will be made in opposition of this idea.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist getting mocked for struggling to speak is the sports world at its absolute worst. He should be unequivocally celebrated instead.
For the third-straight offseason, Brad Stevens has been pursued for a major conference job opening (or multiple major conference openings) and has refused to leave the small school he has helped raise to basketball relevance.
An era in Wisconsin sports history has come to an end. Zach Rastall pays tribute to Jordan Taylor, who leaves a lasting legacy on Wisconsin basketball.
Please, just suspend disbelief for ten minutes and try and consider what would have happened if LeBron James had chosen to gone to college for one year.
Today, he is a household name – maybe the most famous and popular head coach in all of American sports. One can almost list his resume with looking. It’s easy to forget that after three years at Duke, he was 38-47. What if…Coach K had been fired from Duke after his third season?
IU fan Jerod magnanimously extends an olive branch to Kentucky fan ThePoetCDub for the following acoustic tune posted yesterday on YouTube. He takes Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” and puts a UK hoops spin on it.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, VCU head coach Shaka Smart has turned down Illinois’ offer to become its men’s basketball coach.
The NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Tournament starts this weekend. Here’s a look at the tournament’s favorites, storylines and the schedule for the First Round games
