Tom Crean

“If y’all don’t respect the Indiana Pacers now, I have no respect for you.”

“Whether you do or do not talk to New Albany coach Jim Shannon, that’s not changing your chances of getting Romeo Langford,” one recruiting analyst says.

Indiana basketball’s defining rivalry rekindles twice in February with two new episodes of a series Purdue currently leads by a reasonably commanding 115–89. Here’s what got (and kept) the ball rolling:

Is it time to love Tom Crean again? After a Big Ten title, the folks at tomcreanbuyout.com apparently think so.

If you want the best coach in the Big Ten, look to Iowa.

I am very satisfied with Tom Crean as Indiana’s head coach and don’t wish him to be fired. As a Boilermaker, I think he’s the perfect coach for the Hoosiers.

Dick Vitale turns on the disappointed-dad voice in critique of IU basketball.

DePauw wanted to end Wabash’s six-game Monon Bell win streak. It didn’t go so well.

“I’m a restless IU fan. To be fair, I think people forget where the program was when Crean got there. But if Brad Stevens availed himself, if he was more forthcoming about expressing an interest in the job, that would make me very happy.”

Reggie Wayne joins the Patriots. People lose their minds.

Uggs—Deflategate just won’t go away.

“We’re that hard on all of our IU basketball coaches. That’s what Indiana is.”

Butler’s sickening Big East tourney loss.

“I can say without equivocation that there is no truth to any of that stuff,” says Glass.

The Colts part ways with a franchise great.