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Julius Erving and the ABA: The High-Flying Revolutionary Who Transformed Basketball
Latest NBA News & Rumors Today
Mike Goodpaster
06/13/2025
Before he was “Dr. J,” the icon of NBA elegance and aerial artistry, Julius Erving was the heart and soul of the American Basketball Association (ABA) — a fledgling league desperate for legitimacy, visibility, and excitement. From 1971 to 1976, Erving didn't just play in the ABA; he defined it. His dynamic play style, charisma, and breathtaking above-the-rim exploits elevated the ABA’s brand, influenced generations of players, and reshaped the ...
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Mike Goodpaster
06/04/2025
Top 5 Upsets in NBA Finals History
In the NBA, the Finals are where legends are made—but sometimes, legends are broken. Throughout the ...
Mike Goodpaster
06/03/2025
Why the 2025 NBA Finals Matchup is a good thing for the NBA
The 2025 NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder mark a significant ...
Mike Goodpaster
06/02/2025
The 1975 Chicago Bulls: Grit, Defense, and a Forgotten Contender
In the pantheon of NBA history, the ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/30/2025
Spencer Haywood: Basketball Star and Trailblazer for Player Rights
Spencer Haywood’s legacy in basketball extends far ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/29/2025
Wayman Tisdale: A Life in Harmony – From Basketball Courts to Jazz Charts
Wayman Lawrence Tisdale was a man of ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/27/2025
Redemption in Red, White, and Blue: The 1973 ABA Finals
In the spring of 1973, the American ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/26/2025
Clutch in Crimson: Bob ‘Slick’ Leonard and the Making of a Hoosier Legend
William Robert "Slick" Leonard (July 17, 1932 ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/25/2025
“Save the Pacers”: The 1977 Telethon That Kept Indiana’s Team Alive
In the summer of 1977, the Indiana Pacers—once proud titans of the American Basketball Association (ABA)—stood ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/23/2025
Dr. Dunk and the Dynasty: The Darnell Hillman Story
Darnell Hillman, affectionately known as "Dr. Dunk," ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/20/2025
Zelmo Beaty: The Quiet Force Who Bridged Eras in Pro Basketball
Zelmo Beaty (pronounced BAY-tee) may not be ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/19/2025
Why Larry Bird Is Better Than LeBron James: A Case for the Hick from French Lick
In the pantheon of basketball greats, LeBron ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/16/2025
Connie Hawkins: The Hawk Who Soared Despite the Chains
Connie Hawkins, known as “The Hawk,” was ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/15/2025
The 1960 U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball Team: The Original Dream team
When the Summer Olympics tipped off in ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/14/2025
The Van Arsdale Twins: Basketball’s Mirror Image Duo
In the golden era of the NBA, ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/13/2025
Echoes of Greatness: The Life and Legacy of Walt Bellamy
In the annals of basketball history, certain ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/12/2025
Downtown Freddie Brown: The Sharpshooter Who Lit Up Seattle
Frederick "Freddie" Brown was born on August ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/10/2025
Banned but Not Broken: The Roger Brown Story
​Roger Brown's basketball journey is a compelling ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/08/2025
Has LeBron James Contributed to the NBA’s Decline in Popularity? A Closer Look
For over two decades, LeBron James has ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/07/2025
Mel Daniels: The ABA’s Towering Force and Unsung Basketball Legend
Mel Daniels may not be a household ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/06/2025
The 1979 Seattle SuperSonics: A Championship Built on Grit, Defense, and Redemption
The 1978–79 Seattle Supersonics remain one of ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/02/2025
Bad Boys Crowned: The 1989 Detroit Pistons Championship Season
The 1988–89 NBA season marked the culmination ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/25/2025
Ted Kitchel: Indiana Hoosiers’ Silent Assassin of the Early ’80s
When fans recall the golden era of ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/21/2025
From All-Star to Outcast: The Michael Ray Richardson Story
Michael Ray Richardson, affectionately known as "Sugar," ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/19/2025
Andrew Toney: The Forgotten Star Who Terrorized the Celtics
In the pantheon of 1980s NBA stars, ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/18/2025
Len Bias: The Shattered Promise and the End of a Dynasty
Leonard Kevin Bias was born in Landover, ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/17/2025
1984 NBA Finals: Celtics vs. Lakers — The Battle That Changed Basketball Forever
For over a decade, the NBA's greatest ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/16/2025
The 1976 Phoenix Suns: Cinderella Rises in the Desert
When the 1975–76 NBA season tipped off, ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/14/2025
Dennis Johnson: The Underrated Hall of Fame Guardian of Greatness
Dennis Johnson, often remembered by fans and ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/10/2025
1984 NCAA Tournament: Indiana Upsets Star-Studded North Carolina in the Sweet 16
The 1984 NCAA Tournament featured a much-anticipated ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/08/2025
Top 10 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game Performances of All Time
The NCAA Men's Basketball Championship has been ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/07/2025
The Night Goose Soared: Jack Givens and the 1978 NCAA Championship Game
On March 27, 1978, in the heart ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/07/2025
🏀 Top 10 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Games of All Time
Context: Houston’s “Phi Slama Jama” (Hakeem Olajuwon, ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/06/2025
Jimmy Rayl: The Splendid Splinter of Indiana Hoosier Basketball
Jimmy Rayl, affectionately known as the "Splendid ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/05/2025
Bob Knight’s Top 10 Coaching Wins of All Time
Bob Knight's coaching career is marked by ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/02/2025
Why Paige Bueckers Isn’t as Big as Caitlin Clark?
Over the past few years, women’s college ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/01/2025
Top Ten College Basketball Teams of All Time
College basketball has a storied history, featuring ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/31/2025
Top 10 Greatest Final Four Performances in Men’s NCAA Basketball History
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four has ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/31/2025
David Thompson: The Rise and Fall of a Basketball Legend
David Thompson was one of the most ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/30/2025
Top 10 Houston Cougars Basketball Players of All Time
The University of Houston has a rich ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/24/2025
7 March Madness Takeaways: One of the Worst Tournaments, so far!
  No buzzer-beaters. Of the 32 first-round ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/23/2025
The Michigan Wolverines’ Fab Five: Don’t Believe the Hype, they were overrated
The Fab Five—Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/21/2025
The 1984 Dayton Flyers: Don Donoher and Roosevelt Chapman lead the Flyers on a Cinderella run
The 1983-84 Dayton Flyers Basketball Team: A ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/17/2025
Top Six Most Likely First Round NCAA Tournament Upsets
  The Drake Bulldogs have faced their ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/10/2025
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings Heading into the Big Ten Tournament
This was easy; the Huskies were bad ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/03/2025
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings: Spartans on Top, and here come the Hoosiers (03-02-25)
Washington's performance last week was unimpressive, losing ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/18/2025
Chris Street: The Iowa Hawkeyes’ Forever Young Legend
Chris Street was a rising star in ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/17/2025
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings: A new Number One (02-17-25)
In early January, the Nittany Lions upset ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/13/2025
Top 10 Iowa Hawkeye Men’s Basketball Players of All-Time
The Iowa Hawkeyes have a long and ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/10/2025
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings 02-10-25
The Huskies upset Northwestern at home over ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/09/2025
Top 10 Realistic Hires for Indiana Basketball
On this list, we are going to ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/04/2025
1980 Iowa Hawkeyes: A Legendary Team that had a Tragic ending.
The Iowa Hawkeyes have a rabid fan ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/03/2025
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings 02-03-25
The Huskies will unlikely be favored again ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/30/2025
Top 10 Louisville Cardinals Basketball Players of All Time
The Louisville Cardinals have one of the ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/21/2025
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings (01-21-25)
Things have taken a downturn for the ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/12/2025
The State of Indiana’s Top 20 Basketball players of all time
This list will comprise anybody born in ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/01/2025
Top 10 Indiana Hoosiers of the 1980s
This was the Hoosiers' greatest decade, as ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/24/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings 12/24/24
Minnesota won their sole game last week ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/16/2024
Top 11 Big Ten Basketball Teams, since 1960
The Big Ten Conference has been one ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/11/2024
Top 8 Greatest Rivalries in College Basketball History
College Basketball is famous for its rivalries, ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/10/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings 12/10/24
Minnesota is back at the bottom of ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/05/2024
Top 17 Dirtiest College Basketball Coaches of all time
Today we will look at the biggest ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/03/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings 12/03/24!
This week's 71-36 loss to Saint Mary's ...
Mike Goodpaster
11/27/2024
Louisville humiliates Indiana 89-61: Coach Woodson strikes again
This was the year, and that's what ...
Mike Goodpaster
11/26/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings 11/26/24
No bad records exist in the Big ...
Mike Goodpaster
11/23/2024
Top 10 Indiana Hoosiers to ever play in the NBA
The Indiana Hoosiers have won five National ...
Mike Goodpaster
11/07/2024
Top 10 College Basketball Players of all time
This list only considers college achievements and ...
Mike Goodpaster
10/31/2024
Top 14 Greatest Pure Shooters in Indiana High School Basketball History
When you think of high school basketball, ...
Mike Goodpaster
10/03/2024
Top 10 College Basketball Teams that didn’t win a National Championship
Today we will look at the greatest ...
Mike Goodpaster
10/01/2024
Top 10 Greatest IHSAA Boys State Basketball Championship Games in History
Once upon a time, the Indiana High ...
Mike Goodpaster
09/29/2024
Top 10 College Basketball Point Guards of All Time
You win in College Basketball with guard ...
Mike Goodpaster
09/12/2024
Top 10 College Basketball Programs of all time: Who is Number One?
Choosing the greatest college basketball program is ...
Mike Goodpaster
09/06/2024
Top 20 Indiana High School Basketball players of all time: Big O, Larry, Damon and more
This list is based solely on what ...
Mike Goodpaster
09/02/2024
Top-10 Indiana High School Basketball Teams of All-Time
Of course, nothing was better than Hoosier ...
Mike Goodpaster
07/27/2024
Top 10 Buzzer Beating Shots in NCAA Tournament History
Buzzer-beaters in March Madness never get old, ...
Mike Goodpaster
07/19/2024
Top 10 Big Ten Basketball Coaches of All Time: Who is the GOAT of Big Ten Basketball Coaches
The Big Ten has always been considered ...
Mike Goodpaster
07/16/2024
Bob Gibson almost Played Basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers
Everybody knows the name, Bob Gibson. He ...
Mike Goodpaster
07/13/2024
Bob Knight and Michael Jordan, the Summer of 84
Michael Jordan wasn't dressed in an expensive ...
Mike Goodpaster
07/01/2024
1952 Cuba Cubs the smallest school to win the Kentucky High School Basketball Championship
Sixty years ago, the Cuba Cubs, a ...
Mike Goodpaster
07/01/2024
Top 10 Guards in Big Ten Basketball history: Who is the GOAT?
The Big Ten has seen some incredible ...
Mike Goodpaster
06/13/2024
Larry Bird is the Greatest of All-Time
With all the "Greatest of All-Time" debates ...
Mike Goodpaster
06/08/2024
Top 20 Big Ten Basketball players of all time
There are many legends of Big Ten ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/27/2024
Top 10 White Point Guards in NBA History
Today, we will look at the top ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/22/2024
Top 10 Players in ABA History
The ABA didn't even last a decade, ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/06/2024
Top 10 NBA Draft Busts of All Time
The great thing about discussing a bust ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/25/2024
Top-20 Players in Duke Blue Devils History
The Blue Devils under Coach K was ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/22/2024
Top 10 Greatest Shooters in Indiana Hoosier Basketball History
Indiana is a state known for shooters ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/21/2024
Top 10 Most Scandalous College Basketball Programs of All Time
This list of the dirtiest basketball programs ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/08/2024
Top 10 NCAA Basketball Championship Games of All-Time
The most incredible month-long sports event is ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/07/2024
1988 USA Olympic Basketball: How John Thompson lost the Gold medal
The 1988 US Olympic delegation arrived at ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/07/2024
Bob Knight’s 1973-76 Indiana Hoosiers: What Might Have Been?
What if's are a huge talking point ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/06/2024
Top 10 Centers in College Basketball History: Alcindor, Russell, or Walton at Number one?
If you are under thirty, you might ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/05/2024
Top 10 Purdue Boilermaker Basketball Players of All Time
Current players are not eligible for this ...

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