Thanks to a new NCAA rule allowing D-I programs to face each other in public preseason games, Mark Pope didn’t hesitate in scheduling the nation’s top-ranked team.
The outlook for prospects from Louisville, Kentucky and Indiana is brighter for next June than it was last week.
The narrative is that men's college basketball has gone 1000% Darwinian. The strong are getting stronger — and they don't care how many necks they step on to get where they want to be.
Imagine that was Guy V. Lewis.
How many transfers are on your roster?
I say this is a coaches' tournament.
Malik Reneau and Trey Galloway each scored 15 points, and Indiana allowed just 21 in the second half to overcome a 12-point halftime deficit and beat No. 13 Purdue 73-58 on Sunday.
On Tuesday night, as his team cruised to a 54-31 halftime lead against Kentucky, Ole Miss coach Chris Beard credited the Rebels' success to his beloved mentor, another coach.
Purdue is the men's college basketball program that Indiana has not been for 25 years.
Five teams in the top 10 as well as 15 in the top 25 in men’s college basketball were beaten last week at tournaments.