Mark Montieth: Michigan’s portal-savvy coach shows how much hoops has changed since IU’s heyday
If you want to illustrate how college basketball has changed over the years, you could do worse than simply drawing a line between these two groups.
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Mark Montieth: No one has come closer to assuming Reggie Miller’s mantle than Tyrese Haliburton
Head-to-head comparisons between eras aren’t always fair, but Haliburton has produced as many stunning individual highlights and led as many jaw-dropping comebacks in his three-plus seasons as a Pacer as Miller did in 18.
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Mark Montieth: Confluence of Indy 500, Pacers playoff game reflects longtime connections
On Sunday, Indy’s twin passions will combine forces for a rare doubleheader that will send a jolt of adrenaline throughout central Indiana and capture the attention of the nation.
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Mark Montieth: Can Purdue win it all?
It seems appropriate the Boilermakers would be playing in the final game on the same day as a total solar eclipse, given the rarity of both events.
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Mark Montieth: A word to describe the late Bob Knight? Complex.
He’ll ultimately be remembered for his coaching acumen, of course. His teams featured what for his era was the ultimate brand of basketball. Controlled pace, crisp ball movement, careful shot selection and stout defense.
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Derek Schultz: NBA targets tanking
As sound as that business decision might be, the NBA and Commissioner Adam Silver clearly don’t like it.
Mark Montieth: Indy’s stalwart minor league club promises mix of nostalgia amid brand refresh
The Indians have spent the past few years working on these changes, conducting personal surveys with focus groups and online to measure public opinion on a variety of topics. Foremost among them was whether to keep a nickname that has fallen out of favor in some places.
50 years later, IU’s undefeated champions still unmatched
The members of the Indiana University team that won the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in 1976 with a 32-0 record are experiencing a revival as the NCAA Final Four approaches.
Mark Montieth: Wilkerson missed victory bash for IU’s ’76 title. He’s ready for 50th celebration.
The Indiana University men’s basketball team that won the NCAA championship in 1976 will be honored throughout the week of the Final Four in Indianapolis, most publicly at halftime of the tournament’s championship game on April 6.
Mark Montieth: The Pacers’ history of eleventh-hour trades has been a mixed bag
In the NBA, the February trade deadline makes things happen.
Mark Montieth: Super-frosh Wagler is the latest player to erupt on the road in Indiana
That’s particularly true in basketball, where home-court advantage is an overwhelming factor.
Mark Montieth: Indiana coaching legends used principles similar to Cignetti’s
The Hoosiers have but one game to win to complete the greatest U-turn in the history of college football.
Mark Montieth: Coach’s daughter cried foul when ABA scheduled Pacers road game on Christmas
One of the games included the team her father coached, so she asked that the schedule be changed.
Mark Montieth: Colts rarely get big-time payoff when gambling with high-level draft capital
While tempting for teams, trading first-round draft picks for established talent is a treacherous strategy.
Derek Schultz: Pacers season in free fall
We knew the 2025-2026 campaign wouldn’t be a continuation of 2024-2025 after Tyrese Haliburton crumpled to the floor last June in Oklahoma City.
Mark Montieth: Former Colt helps children from tough circumstances similar to his own
Jackson’s dedication comes from the exceptional challenges of his childhood.
Mark Montieth: Brushes with gamblers were losing propositions for Indy pro hoopers
If nobody bet on sports, Indianapolis might still have an NBA franchise named the Olympians. Then again, if nobody bet on sports, the city might not have the Indiana Pacers today.
Mark Montieth: Are preseason games problematic?
NBA preseason schedules have come a long way.
Mark Montieth: Daniel Jones is just the latest pro athlete to enjoy a career resurgence here
The Giants’ pariah is the Colts’ Superman—one who has the power to cool the seats of his general manager and head coach and perhaps extend their employment beyond this season.
Mark Montieth: Soccer trailblazer Angela Berry White now head of IU Indy women’s team
She continued playing for regional and national teams for nearly a decade after college, including two years as a member of the U.S. Women’s National Team.
Derek Schultz: College football pundits can’t stop talking about IU’s schedule
Now, coming off the best season in the program’s modern history, a College Football Playoff campaign that brought both ESPN’s College Gameday and FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff to Bloomington, IU is legitimately in the conversation for the first time.
Mark Montieth: Speedway’s Tom Gilbert was billed as Purdue’s next hoops hero, but fate intervened
Gilbert passed through the stages of an idyllic childhood and nationally recognized high school athletic career at Speedway High School to a college experience at Purdue that was both snakebitten and self-destructive to an adult life that was cruelly unfair.
Mark Montieth: Summers of endless hoops—pickup games, tourneys, fundraisers and pro challenges—are long gone
It also became more difficult to attract NBA players as salaries skyrocketed and endorsement and business opportunities filled the offseason.
Mark Montieth: Sportswriter Bob Hammel wasn’t a paragon of objectivity, but he remained true to his kind nature
Bob Hammel might qualify as the biggest homer of all sportswriters in Indiana, if not beyond, during his 30 years as sports editor of the Bloomington Herald-Times (which was named the Daily Herald-Telephone the year his tenure started).