The 1975-76 IU Hoosiers refused to let anything—injuries, pressure, a brutal schedule or distractions— derail them from going undefeated. Forty-five years later, Gonzaga (30-0) needs two more wins to duplicate the accomplishment.
The most striking of the results: 94% of respondents said it would be somewhat or much more difficult to comply with Title IX gender equity rules if their school were to compensate athletes in the biggest money-making sports.
While they’re sequestered during March Madness, teams are ordering everything from pizza to soul food—and local restaurants are seeing a much-needed bump in business as a result.
The Big Ten Conference, regarded as the nation’s best basketball conference this season, sent a conference-record nine teams into NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament play. None are left.
Homer Drew soaked in the celebration Monday night. He had every reason. After coaching more than 1,000 basketball games and watching his two sons, Scott and Bryce, coach almost another 900, the family finally had its first ticket to a Final Four.
Team owners at a virtual meeting on Tuesday approved the 17th game as expected, marking the first time in 43 years the regular season has been increased.
The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association sent a letter to NCAA President Mark Emmert saying the external review he proposed to look into potential gender equity issues wasn’t good enough.
If the former college athletes who brought the case win, colleges could end up competing for talented student athletes by offering over-the-top education benefits worth tens of thousands of dollars.
The Hoosiers advanced past the Sweet 16 for the first time, but their methodical, grinding game simply ran into a a player it couldn’t match for 40 minutes. IU missed all nine of its three-point attempts and got no scoring off the bench.
The matchup between the University of Arkansas and Baylor University in the South Region final of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on Monday night in Indianapolis features coaches who’ve built on their fathers’ successes.
Matta, former Butler University coach and the winningest coach in Ohio State University basketball history, had been mentioned as a candidate for IU’s open basketball coaching position, but that has been filled by Mike Woodson, according to media reports.
Woodson, assistant coach for the New York Knicks, played for the Hoosiers under Coach Bob Knight from 1976-1980.
Revelation: Not all sports events are problem-free, irrespective of the athlete or spectator perspective.
Only yesterday, the Big Ten was the baddest bunch in the land. Today, it has as many teams in the Sweet 16 as the Summit League.
Cyrus will be featured in a special “Tribute to Frontline Heroes” performance between the first and second semifinal games on Saturday, April 3, organizers announced Friday.
The difference in a top-50 basketball player headed to Duke University or Kentucky and an unranked kid heading to Loyola Chicago might have felt like night and day 15 years ago. Now, the difference is negligible — if it exists at all.
Under sharp criticism during its marquee March Madness tournaments, the Indianapolis-based NCAA said Thursday it is hiring a law firm to review potential gender equity issues related to how it conducts its men’s and women’s championship events.
Lawmakers raised questions about the organization’s role in fueling inequity in college sports, a sign that scrutiny of the Indianapolis-based NCAA is likely to expand beyond this month’s men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.
Interest in tickets to Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games in Indianapolis is generally outpacing the demand for tickets to earlier rounds. Tickets for Hinkle Fieldhouse games are seeing the strongest demand.
The figures, obtained by IBJ on Wednesday, show an average attendance of 2,180 people per game across the seven basketball courts at six venues. All venues limited crowd sizes because of the pandemic.
