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Basketball notes.
Postseason basketball is in full swing: IU's women's basketball team won tonight in the WNIT on what sounds like a really strange finish. An inadvertent whistle apparently stopped the clock...
WNIT.
Basketball fever...catch it! Eh, well, IU's women narrowly missed their first NCAA bid since 2002, and now are playing in the WNIT for the second time in three years. Here's the bracket (....
Really, Bob?
I liked it better in the old days, when Bob Knight used to sarcastically refer to Billy Packer as "the Mastermind." Now, Knight is sharing the stage with Billy Packer and spouting Packeresque bo...
It's worse than I thought.
IU played its first round games in Indianapolis in 1993, when IU was the top seed in the Midwest and ranked #1 in the nation. Since then, IU has not played a first or second round game closer to Bloom...
The Gonzaga game (NCAA Tournament first round)
Gonzaga BulldogsOverall record: 23-10West Coast Conference record: 11-3 (plus 2-0 in the tournament)RPI: 60Sagarin: 46Series record: tied at 1-1Eight years ago, Gonzaga was nothing but a delightful mi...
Tournament memories.
I have lived in Indiana for nearly all of my life, but I didn't become an IU fan until I enrolled in autumn 1992. Growing up in Indiana as a sports fan, it was impossible to not follow IU, so I rememb...
And the worst five.
1. Pepperdine, NCAA first round 2000. We didn't know it at the time, but this was Bob Knight's last game at Indiana. The 2000 team frustrated. They started well, with a huge win over Kentucky, but nev...
More on Gonzaga.
IU’s defensive problems this season have been on the interior. Our 2-point field goals allowed percentage is very pedestrian, but at least for most of the season, our three point defense was the bes...
Indiana 70, Gonzaga 57
That was a really nice win. After a competitive first half, we managed to expand our lead in the second half. Gonzaga pulled to within 3, at 38-35 at the 17:37 mark. Rod Wilmont hit a three at the 17:...
The UCLA game.
UCLA BruinsOverall record: 27-5Pac-10 record: 15-3 (plus 0-1 in conference tournament)RPI: 2Sagarin: 6Series record: IU leads 6-5IU and UCLA have a combined 16 NCAA titles. In the history of the NCAA ...
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