Category Archives: College Basketball

A.J. Guyton discusses his candidacy for IUPUI’s coaching vacancy

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 …

IU basketball to wear special adidas uniforms at Big Ten Tournament

The Indiana men’s basketball team will be wearing special edition “Hurryin’ Hoosiers’ uniforms during the Big Ten Tournament, which will be played in Indianapolis from March 13-16.

Adidas is trying to get as many of its schools to wear ‘Made in March’ uniforms, and IU finally game in. Last year, they passed on a rather bright and obnoxious combination — like we’ve seen with Baylor …

Knox Indy Pro Am to host Indiana-Purdue alumni rivalry game

Opening night of the fifth annual Knox Indy Pro Am will end with fireworks in the fashion of a rivalry game between alums from Indiana and Purdue University.

On Thursday, Aug. 1., nearly a dozen representatives from each school are expected to do battle at Cardinal Ritter High School. Games will be played at 6 and 7 p.m. with this featured game expected to tip-off …

Brad Stevens Follows His Passion — Hired in Boston As Celtics Head Coach

Brad Stevens has taken another, more decorated head coaching position. That part isn’t surprising to Butler University, athletic director Barry Collier and fans — they knew this day was inevitable. Losing their prized head coach, and so suddenly, to the professional ranks is what caught everyone off-guard.

I’m not sure what’s most surprising in this deal that was agreed upon Wednesday — the fact that …

Loyalty of a Bulldog: Turning down the UCLA coaching position finally ends discussion of head coach Brad Stevens leaving Butler

Since the conclusion of both the 2010 and 2011 runs to the National Championship game, Butler head coach Brad Stevens has been one of the hottest coaches on the NCAA market.

This success brought schools from across the country who wanted to make the ultimate catch for their programs: hire Stevens.

Over the early portion of the off-season in both years, Stevens was the target …

College Athletes Deserve To Be Paid

It wasn’t always my opinion, but, today, in the new world of college athletics, the athletes deserved to be paid.

If you would have asked me a few years ago if college athletes should be paid the answer would have been no, absolutely not. It didn’t seem ethical. It would be paying amateurs for something they choose to take part in.

Anyways, they already have …

Video: Making the 2013 Final Four Court

We are less than a week away from the 2013 Final Four, this year being held in Atlanta.

No. 1 Louisville faces No. 9 Wichita State on Saturday at 6:05 PM EST, followed by No. 4 Michigan vs. No. 4 Syracuse.

Each year, there is a brand new floor created by Connor Sports Flooring. Below is an HD video time-lapse of the court being put …

My Brief Thoughts on Indiana’s Loss and Should Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller Turn Pro?

Pictured: Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo. Photo courtesy of thestarpress.com

I apologize for not writing an article on my thoughts after Indiana lost to Syracuse in the Sweet Sixteen last Thursday. To be honest, the fan in me came out and I was mad.

I didn’t want to think about the game for a few days and now that I have my thoughts can be …