April 3, 2010
Bill BennerItâ??s all about the whole, not the parts. They cut and move, move, move on offense. They defend like their scholarships depend
on it.
More
April 2, 2010
Anthony SchoettleThe NCAA and city put together a deal to cover insurance and liability issues for this year's Final Four, but are still finalizing
an agreement that assures the event comes back regularly through 2039.
More
April 2, 2010
David B. MortonMediocrity in the athletic department was tolerated by the administration, winning wasn’t a priority and Tony Hinkle’s
five principles—humility, passion, unity, servanthood and thankfulness—had not been adopted as “The Butler
Way.”
More
April 2, 2010
Mason King
A debate rages over how Butler's spot in the Final Four will blunt the event's economic impact. But predicting
the Final Four's true impact is fraught with unknowns.
More
March 31, 2010
Anthony SchoettleMoney proving to be a powerful motivator in earning Big Ten's support of NCAA tournament expansion plan.
More
March 31, 2010
Scott OlsonTicket brokers say a flood of tickets became available on the secondary market following losses by the No. 1-seeded Kansas
Jayhawks and Kentucky Wildcats.
More
March 30, 2010
Associated PressThe NCAA said IUPUI allowed erroneous eligibility certification for 97 student-athletes from 2003-04 through 2006-07, demonstrating
a lack of institutional control and a failure to monitor by the university.
More
March 29, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin, Anthony SchoettleCorporate hospitality at sports events has been stagnant in recent years, but organizers expect a big bounce for this year's
NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis.
More
March 28, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressAbout eight hours after Butler beat second-seeded Kansas State 63-56 to reach the first Final Four in school history, the
Bulldogs returned home to a large crowd and loud cheers.
More
March 27, 2010
IBJ StaffThe U.S. Basketball Writers Association is recognizing Hunter's efforts on behalf of millions of children around the world
who are in need of shoes.
More
March 20, 2010
Anthony SchoettleIt started as a meeting seven years ago between the NCAA, city and state officials, representatives of the Indiana
Sports Corp. and a few others. The result was an agreement
assuring Indianapolis hosts a major NCAA event every year between now and 2039.
More
March 15, 2010
Scott OlsonOrganizers credit stronger ticket-selling efforts and new promotions for boosting attendance to more than 81,000, the highest
it's been since the tournament became an annual event in Indianapolis.
More
March 13, 2010
Bill BennerThe concept of more being better could be coming to a couple of institutions we know well.
More
March 12, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressGreenspan resigned from IU in 2008 amid NCAA allegations that his department failed to monitor former basketball coach Kelvin
Sampson.
More
March 11, 2010
Scott OlsonThe Big Ten men's and women's basketball tournaments will be held in Indianapolis the next two years, but the conference's
future in the city is uncertain after 2012.
More
March 8, 2010
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsAnnual unscientific survey does not take into account that many employees who participate in office pools devote extra time
to finishing their responsibilities.
More
February 27, 2010
Scott OlsonA National Collegiate Athletic Association posse will be supplemented by local police officers in search of unlicensed T-shirts
and other memorabilia.
More
February 10, 2010
Anthony SchoettleLawyers for former UCLA basketball player Ed O'Bannon are promising to expose financial information about NCAA's licensing
contracts the NCAA would rather keep private.
More
February 5, 2010
Anthony SchoettleCBS and Turner Sports are discussing a joint bid for the broadcast rights to the NCAA men's basketball tournament rights if
the
NCAA decides to opt out of its current deal.
More
January 23, 2010
Anthony SchoettleA group of academics recently grilled the NCAA about what it plans to do to secure the future of more than three-fourths of
its largest members, whose athletic departments are hemorrhaging cash at a surprising rate.
More
January 9, 2010
IBJ StaffGreg Shaheen, NCAA senior vice president of basketball and business strategies, said the deal needs tweaking
because Lucas Oil Stadium was in the conceptual stages when Indianapolis won the bid to host the 2010
Final Four.
More
December 15, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressAccording to a statement released Tuesday afternoon, the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors "believes that the timing
is right for the conference to once again conduct a thorough evaluation of options for conference structure and expansion."
More
December 14, 2009
Scott OlsonIUPUI says it needs about $15 million to renovate the aging Natatorium swimming complex and wants the city's Capital Improvement
Board to fund part of the expense.
More
December 12, 2009
Anthony SchoettleThe NCAA might expand its annual men’s tournament from the current three-week, 65-team format
to one featuring an added week and a whopping 96 teams. Proponents of the plan say it will generate a bigger
television rights-fee deal for the not-for-profit NCAA, which disperses 95 percent of the income to member institutions.
More
November 21, 2009
Anthony SchoettleOne of the legacies left behind by the late NCAA President Myles Brand is a 10-person startup company tucked in a high-rise
office building in downtown Indianapolis that is just starting to make its mark on the basketball world.
More
Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.