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Loose Balls: December 3
Duke hammered Purdue by 16 in a game that never seemed that close. Illinois first blew a lead and then its last possession en route to 2 point loss to Clemson.A Iowa fought back against Boston College only to lose as a freshman bricked the front end of a 1 and 1 with less than [...]
Illinois Makes a Statement
A 69-63 overtime win by Illinois over Kent State last night tempered somewhat the pain of three stinging Big Ten losses within 24 hours.A On Thanksgiving, Michigan State was regrettably pushed around by Maryland. On Friday afternoon, with the added burden of a whistle happy officiating crew, ...
Mullens Ain’t Ready…Yet
Ohio State escaped Louis Orr's Bowling Green team 61-57 on Monday night in Columbus.A They played poor perimeter defense against players named Jakubowski and Clements and, most glaringly, they demonstrated a desperate need for a replacement to Jamar Butler at the point. Looking...
Mullens Ain’t Ready
Ohio State escaped Louis Orr's Bowling Green team 61-57 on Monday night in Columbus.A They played poor perimeter defense against players named Jakubowski and Clements and, most glaringly, they demonstrated a desperate need for a replacement to Jamar Butler at the point. Despite...
The Season Begins
With a belly full of prime beef and Roquefort cheese washed down by a crisp Speckled Hen ale from the Spotted Pig, Hoopraker will watch the season begin in earnest for Purdue tonight in Madison Square Garden against the Boston College, the former Big East school and now step-child of the ACC.A ...
Big Ten Won’t Go Undefeated
So it's official. A On Friday night, Michigan was the first Big Ten team to fall, losing fair and square to Duke. They'll get another crack in two weeks in the Big Ten/ACC challenge. Wisconsin could be the second conference team to stumble when they play No. 2 UConn tonight...
Something Afoot in West Lafayette?
As Purdue enters a season with expectations, E'twaun Moore lost his starting spot for the Boilermaker's season opening 82-50 win against Detroit for what has been called a violation of team rules during practice.A Painter laid down the law and swiftly.A While Moore's digression...
Tubby 2.0
Save the miraculous Blake Hoffarber shot against Indiana at Conseco last March, the Gophers of last season beat who they were supposed to beat and lost to whom they were supposed to lose.A Hoopraker looks forward to the progress Tubby Smith has hopefully made in restoring some of the luster to ...
Why Do I Watch College Basketball?
Perhaps reflexively, perhaps compulsively, the opening tips are upon us and I catch myself shooting free throws against my bedroom walls with socks.A So disgusted with the whimper of the Big Ten basketball last March, Hoopraker abruptly unplugged its Mac and tuned out.A Radio silence.A But, ...
Devin Ebanks Asks IU for Release
Hoopraker spotted a Devin Ebanks look-alike sitting solemnly in Conseco section 15, the seats reserved for families and guests of IU, for Friday’s fateful game with Minnesota. As reported by zagsblog, the 6′9″ Ebanks was in Indy to visit IU AD Rick Greenspan and formally...
Big Ten Plants Bullseye On Carolina, Duke
The March road trips of the Indiana Hoosiers and Purdue Boilermakers, if they are to be of the long and winding variety, depend on rising above distractions, NCAA inexperience, and the best of the vaunted ACC. With two Big Ten bulls-eyes planted on the much patted backs of North Carolina...
Ed Hightower, Shrimp Cocktail & the NCAA Tourney
The tables were turned when Ed Hightower commandeered St. Elmo’s table 31 and Hoopraker took Bruce Weber’s chairs across the aisle. As a referee, Hightower extols superfluous flamboyance, which meshed neatly with his unnecessary drowning of a perfectly charred New York...
Big Ten Plants Bullseye On Carolina, Duke
The March road trips of the Indiana Hoosiers and Purdue Boilermakers, if they are to be of the long and winding variety, depend on rising above distractions, NCAA inexperience, and the best of the vaunted ACC. With two Big Ten bulls-eyes planted on the much patted backs of North Carolina...
The Big Ten Stinks
As the punditocrats filled out their Tournament Brackets, they quickly and dismissively scribbled a line through the names Wisconsin and Michigan State. In an age where glamor too often trumps substance, they shout from their glass houses that the Big Ten stinks. How wrong they are.
The Sad, Final Day of Eric Gordon
The drift of Eric Gordon from peerless national regard and King Hoosier to passive, disconsolate underachiever, a trend that had a sad culmination last night in Raleigh, was one of the most disheartening stories of the year.
The Eric Gordon Melt-Down
March 22, 2008 by
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The drift of Eric Gordon from peerless national regard and King Hoosier to passive, disconsolate underachiever, a trend that had a sad culmination last night in Raleigh, was one of the most disheartening stories of the year.
Our Dinner with Coach Weber
From the tenor of their post-game victory dinner at St. Elmo's last night, the Illinois basketball team possesses confidence. Seated from the proximity of table 31, between dissecting a dry-aged porterhouse and a bottle of Mauritson, Hoopraker caught the cohesive team of...
Big Ten Plants Bullseye on Carolina, Duke
The March road trips of the Indiana Hoosiers and Purdue Boilermakers depend on rising above distractions, NCAA inexperience, and the best of the vaunted ACC. With two Big Ten bulls-eyes planted on the much patted backs of North Carolina and Duke, those weary of the continued maligning...
Devin Ebanks Asks Indiana for Release
Hoopraker spotted a Devin Ebanks look-alike sitting solemnly in Conseco section 15, the seats reserved for families and guests of IU, for Friday's fateful game with Minnesota. As reported by zagsblog, Ebanks was in Indy to visit IU AD Rick Greenspan and formally ask for a release...
Ed Hightower, Shrimp Cocktail and Two Teams Ready to Dance
Seated next to Ed Hightower and over a choice strip steak, Hoopraker reflected on having just watched Wisconsin and Michigan State, two of the Big Ten's best, play to the music of the zebras' whistles. Both are ready to dance deep into March.
Hoopraker Live In Indy: Taxi Driver And St. Elmo’s Fire Edition
Hoopraker’s first day in Indy was bookended by some petty theft from a taxi driver and a shank of cow saved from St. Elmo’s fire and delivered, perfectly scarred and oozing, to our table adjoining Bruce Weber and his victorious Fighting Illini.
The Hoopraker charter touched...
A Senior Year To Remember: D.J. White
An increasing rarity in this mercenary age when many of the best players use college as little more than stats’ aggrandizing NBA auditions, D.J. White is a throwback to those sepia-colored days of yore when players chose programs out of loyalty, stayed out of love for game and...
The Duke Mythology
The Duke mythology that has continued to shield Tommy Amaker’s reputation and coaching career was dented further by allegations of questionable recruiting practices at his latest stop in Cambridge.
Like his mentor whose success formula is unduly dependent on McDonald’s...
Free Eric Gordon
In knocking of the Indiana Hoosiers, the Minnesota Golden Gophers overcame a referee corps that did everything in its power to get the home state team to Saturday, the continued absence of Spencer Tollackson, and another monstrous double-double from D.J. White in notching what constitutes...
Dinner with Coach Weber
A motivated Illinois team (14-18) took the Conseco Fieldhouse court yesterday afternoon. With a spring in the legs and a sense of confidence in their demeanor, they ran an efficient and crisp offense that, when coupled with its trademark defense, disabled a young and talented Penn...
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