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March 1, 2010

Ramblin' Reck: Hoops season kicks it up a notch this week

By Tom Reck The Tribune Star Mon Mar 01, 2010, 11:30 PM EST

TERRE HAUTE — Tournament time reaches a major high this week in the high school and college ranks for teams in the Valley.

•Indiana State’s men’s basketball team can wait until Friday to begin play in Missouri Valley Conference Arch Madness in St. Louis.

Coaches and players will meet fans today in the final luncheon at Beef O’Brady’s starting at noon.

In last week’s Sagarin rankings, Northern Iowa was 39th followed by Wichita State 65, Missouri State 88, Illinois State 93, Creighton 114, Bradley 118, ISU 120, Southern Illinois 122, Drake 160, and Evansville 230.

In this week’s RPI list, five teams are in the Top 100. Northern Iowa is 20th followed by Wichita State 51, Illinois State 77, ISU 81 and Missouri State 84.

• Illinois high school boys teams began the postseason last week and Paris, Robinson, Cumberland and Edwards County were winners.

Robinson and Paris are in the 2A sectional at Effingham St. Anthony along with Teutopolis and Tolono. The Maroons meet Tolono tonight and the Tigers take on T-town on Wednesday.

• Indiana’s girls teams are set for the state finals Saturday.

Ben Davis was ranked No. 2 again in the USA Today poll last week and had little trouble beating Floyd Central, ranked 22nd, in the semistate round and will take on Merrillville for the 4A title.

Turkey Run gave Fort Wayne Canterbury all it wanted but finally lost by five points in the Warsaw Semistate. Canterbury goes for a third straight Class A title against unbeaten Vincennes Rivet in a rematch of last year’s championship.

Turkey Run had a great season and should make another run for honors next year with most of its players back.

• Indiana boys teams commence sectional play tonight in the area.

We had a 4-2 record in girls sectionals. Here goes with our picks for the boys:

Plainfield Class 4A — We think Terre Haute North and South will be in the finals. Both teams have been playing well. We’ll take North.

Owen Valley Class 3A — Sullivan is the favorite and we like the Arrows to win but Brown County or South Vermillion could cause lots of problems.

North Knox Class 2A — South Knox and Eastern are the teams to beat. We like South Knox which got the bye.

White River Valley Class A — It’s another three-team race in this one. Shakamak got the long draw and the host team got the bye. We think the Lakers will win this one.

North Vermillion Class A — Covington and Attica are the top teams in this one and Rockville has been playing well. We’ll go with Attica.

Loogootee Class A — Barr-Reeve and the host Lions meet right off the bat in this tournament that has four good teams. We like Barr-Reeve to make it.

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n Honor for Harrold — Steve Harrold of Terre Haute is the owner of a German Shorthair bird dog that was accorded a top honor last month.

The dog is registered with the name of Sanjo Sin City Slicker and was inducted into the Field Trial Hall of Fame at the National Bird Dog Museum in Grand Junction, Tenn.

That’s a great honor since only two dogs are inducted each year.

Congratulations and thanks to Mike Dimmitt for the information.

• Tom-Cattin’ It — Pat Rady won his 700th game last week at Cloverdale.

The only other Indiana high school coaches who have won 700 or more games are Howard Sharpe, Jack Butcher and Bill Stearman.

Congrats, Coach Rady.

In the college ranks, Herb Magee won his 903rd game at Philadelphia University. His total is the most at a four-year school and is one better than the total of Bob Knight.

Magee has been coaching for 43 seasons.

Danny Miles also won his 903rd game at Oregon Tech. He’s been coaching for nearly 40 years.

• Tony Kornheiser was suspended for two weeks on the ESPN Pardon The Interruption program for some comments he made about Hannah Storm on the air. He later apologized.

• Butler defeated Valparaiso in men’s basketball last week to complete Horizon League play with an 18-0 record. Butler is the first to be unbeaten for the season in the league.

• Bridget Beard of Sullivan has signed to play college soccer at Kaskaskia.

• The University of Southern men’s basketball team finished 23-3 for the year. There is no postseason play for the team this year due to NCAA violations disclosed last year.



Tom Reck may be contacted by telephone at (812) 232-3231, by e-mail at tm_reck@yahoo.com or by mail at 4284 South 5th Street, Apt. 3, Terre Haute, IN 47802.

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