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Lament For the Indiana Hoosiers

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s unbelievable how bad the entire Indiana athletic program is now.
At a place like Missouri, which has TWO Big XII titles, in softball, the baseball facility is upgraded. The hoops facility, thanks to Wal-Mart money, is nearly brand new. The football stadium has a great facade from a renovation in recent decades.
Compare that to IU, [...]

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Baby Jordan Can’t Wait for GTA IV

March 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The official release of Grand Theft Auto IV is not scheduled until April 29th.  We all know how much NBA players enjoy their video games.  Well it turns out that one former player couldn’t wait until April 29th to get back to Liberty City.
As reported by our sister site TMZ, Isaiah Rider was arrested for [...]

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Riches to Rags: Bennett not coming to IU

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

SportsLink is reporting that Tony Bennett, the current Washington State head coach, has declined to pursue the job at Indiana University.
According to the link above, here’s how it went down:
“I had an exploratory conversation with Indiana,” said Bennett Sunday afternoon, “and I am not going to pursue the Indiana job.”
Bennett said Indiana called Saturday evening [...]

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Report: Bennett spurns Indiana, Miller next?

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

According to Vince Greer of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Tony Bennett said thanks but no thanks to the Hoosiers. Here’s his blog post:
“Just got off the phone with Tony Bennett. He called to let me know - and you - that he had preliminary talks with Indiana today, but decided to tell them no, that [...]

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TMC Podcast - Sunday, March 30

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Cast: Galen Clavio, Scott Caulfield
 
Topic: IU basketball coaching search-o-rama. Scott and I break down the Tony Bennett situation, talk some Mike Montgomery, some Lon Kruger, and go through a bunch of other names (both realistic and unrealistic), before deciding that no one has a damn clue what’s going on with this situation.

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Ok, is this story REALLY real, Roy?

March 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So we found a Coke commercial from 2006. UNC coach Roy Williams basically says his Mom got depressed he couldn’t afford a Coke, worked a second job just to get him the drink, and suddenly everyone is happy.
Come on - are you serious? And if so, your Mom’s working two jobs just to get you [...]

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