Post Tagged with: "Indiana"

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  B1G/ACC challenge new participants reflected in Hoosier state

  College Basketball, I.U. Basketball, Purdue University, Rake's Take May 9, 2013 at 10:28 am

  Perhaps college basketball is taking a page from the media behemoth that is the NFL. Find a way for people to talk about your product all year long. Over a month removed from the Final Four, and just under six months ahead of the tipoff of a new college basketball [...]

   
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  Indiana schools committing early to exempt tournaments

  Butler University, College Basketball, I.U. Basketball, Purdue University, Rake's Take May 8, 2013 at 11:29 am

  While the basketball focus in this state currently is on the Indiana Pacers, the Division I schools are already thinking ahead to next year’s schedule. That is, if they’re not completely locked in to the ever-changing landscape of what their own individual leagues will look like a year from now. [...]

   
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  Could Big Ten hoops become the ‘House of Payne?’

  College Basketball, I.U. Basketball, Purdue University, Rake's Take May 2, 2013 at 11:50 am

  With the NBA playoffs taking center stage, the deadline for the next crop of stars that needed to declare early for this June’s draft passed with little fanfare. Many of the top players in this area made their intentions known a few weeks ago, notably the now-former Indiana duo of [...]

   
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  NFL Draft: Who’s next from the Hoosier state

  I.U. Football, Purdue University, Rake's Take April 30, 2013 at 11:22 am

  Now that the 2013 NFL Draft is in the books, the average sports fan’s attention shifts over to the NBA playoffs, perhaps the NHL playoffs, and even Major League Baseball. But if you’re a football fan, you’re thinking about your NFL team’s upcoming OTAs, or maybe how your college team [...]

   
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  Busy weekend for former Irish at the draft

  I.U. Football, Purdue University, Rake's Take April 29, 2013 at 9:29 am

  The NFL draft is now in the books, and for fans of Indiana collegiate football teams, it was a flurry of activity in two bursts. After Tyler Eifert was the lone Indiana native and collegiate player selected in the opening round, two prospects with Indiana ties went within six picks [...]

   
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  Indiana postseason turnover continues

  College Basketball, I.U. Basketball, Rake's Take April 25, 2013 at 10:39 am

  For much of its successful season, there was a buzz in the background of Indiana basketball. It was regarding scholarship math for the 2013-14 campaign. No one, Hoosier fan or not, would have guessed that before the calendar turned to May 1, that problem not only would be resolved, but [...]

   
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  Indiana, Purdue divided by geography in new Big Ten

  I.U. Football, Purdue University, Rake's Take April 24, 2013 at 11:22 am

  The Legends and the Leaders are soon to be a thing of the past. As are Indiana and Purdue being part of the same division in Big Ten football. As has been speculated for some time, the two rival schools are on opposite sides of the geographic fence that will [...]

   
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  Spring football in the books: Here’s what matters

  I.U. Football, Purdue University, Rake's Take April 23, 2013 at 10:27 am

  Spring football in Indiana is now a thing of the past. Thank goodness. I recognize how important it is for teams, and especially players that are seeing live competition for the first time as collegians, or players making the transition from backup to starter. It’s tremendously important. It’s also tremendously [...]

   
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  Turning to A.D. for answers on the Pacers

  Brunos Blog, Pacers April 19, 2013 at 9:22 am

  They looked in peak form returning from a four-game sweep of a Western Conference road trip, and then promptly fell off the cliff, losing five of their final six games, trailing by at least 20 points in each. So what, exactly, are we to make of these Pacers as they [...]

   
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  Pacers slumping into first-round matchup with Hawks

  Brunos Blog, Pacers April 18, 2013 at 8:31 am

  Fast breaks from the Pacers’ 105-95 loss to Philadelphia in the regular-season finale Wednesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse: >> As expected, the Pacers drew a first-round matchup with Atlanta, with Game 1 coming Sunday at 1 p.m. at home (TNT). Game 2 will be Wednesday at 7:30 on NBA TV. [...]