Butler brings back former player Ronald Nored to coach the Bulldogs
Nored started at point guard for Butler when the Bulldogs made consecutive NCAA championship game appearances in 2010 and 2011.
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Post Malone joins lineup of free Final Four concerts
Multi-genre hitmaker Post Malone will headline the closing night of the March Madness Music Festival at American Legion Mall.
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Noblesville arena selected as new site for Horizon League basketball championships
The Horizon League, which includes Indiana University Indianapolis and Purdue University Fort Wayne among its 11 member schools, will move the championships from Corteva Coliseum at the Indiana State Fairgrounds & Event Center.
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IU football updates: Mendoza says Kirkwood celebration ‘epitomizes the Hoosier spirit,’ will sign autographs in Bloomington on Wednesday
IBJ reporters bring you coverage of the fanfare, festivities and the football from central Indiana and south Florida as the Hoosiers take on The University of Miami Hurricanes in the College Football Playoff National Championship.
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IU football fans’ faith rewarded with national title in Miami
Persistent belief carried Indiana University fans from near and far to Miami on Monday to watch their Hoosiers capture a national football title.
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Marian women win 1st NAIA title since 2017 by topping 2-time defending champ Dordt
Marian University (35-2) claimed the third National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics title in program history.
In era of NIL and transfers, Sweet 16 filled with veteran teams that have stuck together
Purdue and many other schools that are still alive in the NCAA Tournament are underscoring the value of continuity within a college basketball program.
Ball State names SMU’s Chris Capko as head basketball coach
It’s the first head coaching job for the 42-year-old Capko, who spent nearly two decades working his way through the ranks of college assistant.
Derek Schultz: Of Indiana’s 11 Division I men’s basketball teams, just one heard its name on Selection Sunday
Only Purdue will participate in a postseason tournament.
Purdue seniors start March Madness farewell tour, putting team ahead of individual glory
By sticking around longer than most players in today’s game, Purdue players Trey Kaufman-Renn, Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith have seen and done things that seem increasingly unfathomable.
NCAA men’s basketball mock selection exercise provides look behind the curtain
The NCAA held a mock selection exercise on Thursday, Feb. 19, inside a conference room at the governing body’s downtown Indianapolis headquarters to show how much goes into the process.
NCAA tourney selection committee won’t let travel concerns dictate bracketing or seeding of field
For those teams that inevitably will have to travel great distances for March Madness, organizers of the men’s and women’s tourneys are pleading for patience.
NIL enforcement czar: Third-party deals that blow past college $20.5M cap not what they expected
The system created to regulate name, image and likeness deals across college sports isn’t working as smoothly as its designers had hoped.
Man who helped recruit players into sprawling NCAA basketball point-shaving scheme pleads guilty
Jalen Smith pleaded guilty to wire fraud and bribery charges, becoming the first of 26 people charged in the scheme to formally do so.
Ball State fires hoops coach Michael Lewis after 3 straight losing seasons
Lewis had a promising start to his career, going 20-12 in 2022-23 but won fewer games each of his final three seasons.
Derek Schultz: Marian University’s women’s team has been the state’s most reliable hoops powerhouse
Marian wasn’t a cellar-dweller when Gearlds took over the program, but it wasn’t exactly in the national conversation, either.
UPDATE: Lou Holtz, college football coaching great who led Notre Dame to national title, dies at 89
Holtz went 249-132-7 over a college coaching career that spanned 33 seasons and included stops at Minnesota, Arkansas, South Carolina and, most notably, Notre Dame.
IU’s Curt Cignetti receives Sachem Award
The award is considered Indiana’s highest honor and is given to “individuals who have profoundly shaped Indiana through character, leadership, and service.”
IU confirms details of coach Curt Cignetti’s lucrative new contract
It’s the third time Cignetti has received a raise since he took over the losingest program in FBS history in November 2024. All he’s done since arriving is produce the two best seasons in school history.
All eyes focused on IU’s Fernando Mendoza as QBs take center stage at NFL scouting combine
For Mendoza, who led IU to the national championship earlier this year, the NFL’s scouting combine is a different kind of stage.
Derek Schultz: Former Carmel High School star does it all for Miami of Ohio, which has started 26-0
The mid-major darling has already become the story of the sport this year.
Report: Curt Cignetti inks another deal with IU, cementing him among highest-paid college coaches
ESPN reported Friday that the new contract does not change the length of his agreement with the university, but it does increase his annual salary by about $1.6 million.
March Madness could expand, but talks won’t happen until after tournaments
NCAA President Charlie Baker reaffirmed his support for expanding March Madness from 68 teams — the current size of the men’s tournament since 2011 and the women’s tourney since 2022.
Indianapolis-based Horizon League names next commissioner
A Valparaiso native, Jill Bodensteiner was named the Nike Division I Executive of the Year by Women Leaders in Sports in 2024.