Zach Osterman

As he joins Izzo, Knight and Keady in the 500-win club, it's time to recognize what Matt Painter is: a modern Big Ten legend. Maybe you already did, but we don't appreciate greatness enough in its time and that's what Painter is delivering. Insider: usatoday.com/story/sports/n…

Now at @usatodaysports: Sonny Dykes rips Josh Hoover, but Curt Cignetti may get last laugh. usatoday.com/story/sports/n…

Source tells IndyStar IU intends to hire Thomas Carr from Louisville, bringing Darian DeVries' staff to five full-time assistants. More on Carr here: indystar.com/story/sports/c… via @indystar #iubb

@DanaBenbow #Purdue's C.J. Cox detailed what he has and hasn't been able to do over the past couple of days, and how that right knee feels ahead of Thursday's Sweet 16 game against Texas. indystar.com/story/sports/c…

.@GreggDoyelStar on Butler and its coaching search: "Has Ronald Nored ever been a candidate for a coaching job anywhere else but Butler? Would he have been hired, this week, at any high-major school but Butler?" indystar.com/story/sports/c… via @indystar

My thoughts on Butler hiring former Butler PG Ronald Nored as its next head coach.

Breaking: Ronald Nored, former player and NBA assistant, to be next Butler basketball coach. indystar.com/story/sports/c… via @indystar

Carolina hasn’t hired outside the family since 1952. It will be fascinating to see where this goes.

As he passes 500 wins, it's time to recognize what Matt Painter is: a genuine Big Ten legend. Last dispatch from St. Louis: usatoday.com/story/sports/n… via @usatoday

We’ll spend the rest of forever trying to capture quite what he meant to the club and the teams he played for, and still not do him justice. A legend in every sense.

Texas coach praises #Purdue's Braden Smith, explains 'greatest gift' indystar.com/story/sports/c…

@ralphDrussoATH On the eve of a Mets season?

I tried to quantify fun. 😬

Butler basketball coaching search enters second week. Latest intel, names to know. indystar.com/story/sports/c… via @indystar

Mark Pope got The Roster Number Question yesterday. He didn't confirm it, but he didn't quite refute it either. And while he's right that injuries robbed this team of its full potential, that won't dampen now-unmet expectations. Insider: usatoday.com/story/sports/n… via @usatoday

Kicking off our softball coverage with this: Preseason Central Indiana Fab 15! Seen here: @CenterGroveSB, @CathedralSoftb1 and @MillerSoftball 📰: indystar.com/story/sports/h…

Mark Pope’s injury complaints are fair, at least to a reasonable point. And a roster’s price tag can’t be its only defining feature. But sympathy will still be in short supply after a season that delivered nothing more than that. For @usatodaysports: usatoday.com/story/sports/n…

T.J. Otzelberger says Joshua Jefferson has an MRI scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday that will give Iowa State a better idea of his injury timeline.

FINAL: No. 2 Iowa State runs away from No. 7 Kentucky, 82-63. Cyclones ride a dominant last 22 minutes of this game into the Sweet Sixteen. And that's all the basketball in St. Louis this weekend.

It was 28-23 Kentucky at the last media timeout in the first half. An Iowa State and-1 out of this break could push the run to 30-12 since then. And the Cyclones are beginning to disappear over the hill. Iowa State leads, 52-40, 11:46 left.

Challenge is successful. Bucket is coming off the board.