Quinn Buckner is part of an eight-member class to be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on November 20, 2015, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Buckner, 60, played four years at Indiana University and was a member of the 1976 NCAA Championship team that went undefeated, the last team to accomplish that feat.
In his four years in Bloomington, the Hoosiers were extremely …
CINCINNATI — David West is beloved at Xavier University for what he did at the university and helping to establish the basketball program’s legitimacy in the early 2000s. West, a three-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Year who graduated in 2003, won 94 games at Xavier and led them to a top-ten ranking.
As the Pacers visited West’s old stomping grounds Wednesday to play the …
On Tuesday, I finally got my first look at the newly renovated Fairgrounds Coliseum (formerly the ‘Pepsi Coliseum’).
And wow, it was spectacular.
The place was busy with people, IUPUI men’s basketball fans who were scurrying around the building looking for their desired seat location for season tickets. There are more than 6,500 seats with the current setup, up from 1,215 at The Jungle, the …
Last week while in Terre Haute, Indiana, I figured no visit – no matter how short – was complete without checking out the statue of Hall of Famer Larry Bird.
In a small town with everything so close together, the stop was just two blocks out of my way.
Indiana State University, where Bird starred on the basketball team from 1976-79, erected a statue of …
Legendary basketball coach Bob Knight means everything to former Indiana Hoosier guard A.J. Guyton. The 36-year-old is one of five members to be inducted into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Friday, Nov. 7.
Guyton is thankful for the honor, but says it won’t be the same without having coach Knight, the reason he attended IU, in attendance. He also believes …
Former members of the Indiana and Purdue basketball teams will fight for bragging rights this Saturday at the second annual rivalry game, part of the Knox Indy Pro Am. The game, appropriately held on middle ground at The Jungle on the campus of IUPUI, will tip-off at 7:30 p.m. and it’s expected to be another exciting clash.
“I just think an uptempo, fast-paced game with …
Lance Stephenson was called out Tuesday night.
Not by his Pacers teammates or coaches, but by Niele Ivey. The ex-Indiana Fever guard (2001-04) and current Notre Dame women’s basketball assistant coach challenged Stephenson, along with former Irish hooper Skylar Diggins, athletic director Jack Swarbrick, and head football coach Brian Kelly.
As Ivey completed the challenge, one member of her team blew in her ear — …
The IUPUI men’s basketball program has an opening for a new head coach and, as expected, it has drawn plenty of interest. The program is seeking its next leader to help a struggling program become a consistent winner.
The Jaguars compiled a 26-70 record over the last three seasons. This past year, they went 6-26, including a 1-13 mark in the Summit League. It’s worth …