Numbers to know for 16 teams remaining in March Madness
This year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament resumes Thursday and Friday with regional play.
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Ohio State outlasts Notre Dame in CFP final to win first national football title since 2014
Notre Dame (14-2) saw its 13-game winning streak end when its late comeback attempt fell short. The Fighting Irish are still searching for their first national championship since 1988.
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Derek Schultz: IU football fans finally get to live in the moment
If you had posed any of the current playoff scenarios to anyone back in August, much less a die-hard IU football fan, they would’ve laughed you out of the room.
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IBJ Podcast: JW Marriott’s manager on surviving pandemic, saving March Madness and facing new competition
Phil Ray also weighs in on the new taxing district the city is considering for beautification and public safety efforts downtown, plus the city-funded construction of an 800-room hotel that would become the JW Marriott’s biggest competitor.
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NCAA presents options to expand March Madness tournaments, source says
Many in college basketball have said they believe the 68-team fields and three weekends of play are ideal, but pressure has grown to add teams and games to one of the nation’s most popular sports events.
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Coach Matt Painter’s adaptability has Purdue returning to Sweet 16
In an era of college basketball where the only true constant seems to be change, Painter remains a model of consistency.
Analysis: Women’s NCAA basketball tourney not ready for expansion from competitive, financial standpoint
The first round of the women’s tourney this year featured a near-record number of blowouts and noncompetitive games.
Power conferences fill this year’s Sweet 16 for first time ever
The Sweet 16, a popular destination for bracket-busting mid-majors, is made up entirely of teams from power conferences, a first since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985.
Purdue’s advance to Sweet 16 means good news for Indy restaurants, retailers
While game tickets and downtown hotel rooms were already expected to sell out regardless of which teams end up in Indianapolis to play, Purdue’s inclusion is likely to boost visitor traffic throughout downtown.
Fifth IU player joins lawsuit, accuses former basketball team doctor of sexual abuse
The player accuses former team physician Dr. Bradford Bomba Sr. of unnecessarily performing a rectal examination on him during a routine physical examination.
UPDATE: IU hires men’s basketball coach away from West Virginia
The new coach brings 24 years of Division 1 coaching experience to Indiana University, which parted ways at the end of the season with coach Mike Woodson.
New poll breaks down why people fill out March Madness brackets
The survey found that about one-quarter of Americans fill out a men’s March Madness bracket “every year” or “some years.”
UPDATE: Purdue lone Indiana men’s team in March Madness, with IU’s bubble burst
Purdue is in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA men’s basketball tourney, meaning the team will play in Indianapolis if it reaches the Sweet 16. Meanwhile, three schools from Indiana will play in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.
Mark Montieth: Hobbled in college, Robbie Hummel could make Final Four as a star broadcaster
He will have worked 84 games by the time his broadcasting season ends, which is about 35 more than the industry norm for elite announcers.
John Feinstein, author of ‘A Season on the Brink,’ about Bob Knight, dies at 69
When “A Season on the Brink” appeared in 1986, it was immediately recognized as a breakthrough in sports writing.
Ten athletic directors to enforce new rules under college sports lawsuit
The new rules will come into play when terms of the landmark $2.8 billion antitrust settlement reconfiguring the industry go into effect this summer.
City hosting hundreds of athletes for NCAA Division II National Championship Festival
Spectators will watch more than 1,100 college athletes in five sports participate in title events at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and IU Natatorium this week.
Big Ten basketball tournaments start busy college hoops schedule in Indy
The Big Ten women’s tourney will feature 14 of an anticipated 43 Division I college basketball tournament games set for Indianapolis over the next four weeks.
Attorneys in college sports lawsuit point to ‘intergalactic paradigm shift’ for NCAA
Attorneys seeking approval of the $2.8 billion legal settlement for college sports said nearly 102,000 athletes have signed up to receive damages from the action.
Braun signs executive orders aimed at ‘extreme gender ideology’
Two executive orders signed Tuesday by Indiana Gov. Mike Braun seek to reinforce prohibitions for collegiate transgender athletes.
Q&A: IU basketball player making a play with software platform for college athletics
IU basketball player Anthony Leal is building his company, Motion Sports, as a go-to platform for collegiate athletic programs.
IU Indy to break ground on $110M arena named for late civic leader Jim Morris
The James T. Morris Arena honors the civic leader and philanthropist who died last year at 81.
Women’s basketball players formed an advocacy group. They can’t get a meeting.
The association has at least one rep from every Big Ten team and a majority of SEC programs. Both conferences declined to meet.
IU basketball coach Mike Woodson not expected to return next season
The 66-year-old Woodson has been under fire most of the past two seasons because his teams have underperformed.