Pundits Pooh-Pooh Purdue’s NCAA Chances At Own Peril

The national media is suffering from a case of selective amnesia. That’s the diagnosis from your friendly neighborhood basketball doctor, who watched hours of NCAA Tournament selection analysis this week. “Duke is a bad matchup for Purdue, especially in Madison Square Garden,” the drum beat begins. “Marquette is the kind of team that gives Purdue…

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Kenny Looks at Big Ten Schedule Shakeups

Media reports indicate the Big Ten Conference’s top officials will meet sometime this month to work out plans for football schedules in 2024 and beyond. It’s not going to be as simple as plugging in new members USC and UCLA alongside Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern and Wisconsin in the West while shifting Purdue to…

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Professor Thompson Grades Big Ten Hoops

It’s time to issue mid-term grades for Big Ten Conference basketball. Entering the season, Indiana and Illinois were supposed to be teacher’s pets. The Hoosiers’ Trayce Jackson-Davis was the odds-on favorite for Big Ten Player of the Year honors. A funny thing, though, happened on the way to the awards ceremony. The team generally picked…

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Kenny’s Favorite Basketball Quotes

Vince Lombardi, the legendary Green Bay Packers coach whose name is on the trophy that goes to the Super Bowl championship team, once said that success comes before work only in the dictionary. Larry Bird did not become a legend at Indiana State and for the Boston Celtics on just talent alone. “I don’t know…

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