Tag: Indiana Hoosiers

NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Can Gonzaga snatch the second seed?

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The big questions Tuesday night revolved around three of the mid-majors. Can St. Mary’s score an impressive win over Gonzaga in the Football World Cup championship game, confirming that the Gaels’ strong computer numbers deserve a correspondingly high rating? And will Oral Roberts and/or Charleston win their respective conference championships, or will they go to Selection Sunday in hopes of getting a big bid? Consider answering these questions definitively. Charleston outlasted UNC Wilmington in the CAA title game for their 30th win against a Division One. Meanwhile, Oral Roberts completed…

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Indiana’s Xavier Johnson out of season, will seek medical hardship waiver: What that means for Hoosiers

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The program announced Saturday that Indiana State senior Xavier Johnson will miss the remainder of the season after breaking his foot in December. Here’s what you need to know: Johnson underwent surgery after sustaining the injury in the December 17 loss to Kansas. Prior to the injury, Johnson appeared in 11 games, averaging 9.9 points and 4.9 assists. Johnson said that after his foot heals, his focus will shift to pursuing a medical hardship waiver in order to return to the Hoosiers next season. the background Indiana is 20-10 overall…

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South Carolina, Indiana, Stanford, and Utah round out the top 16 in women’s basketball

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South Carolina, Indiana, Stanford and Utah were ranked as the No. 1 seed Thursday by the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Commission in the second of two Top 16 rankings. Here’s what you need to know: South Carolina (27-0) remains the top seed in the world rankings. The defending champion Gamecocks were ranked No. 1 earlier this month in the first reveal of the season’s Top 16 Players, which offers a look at how teams rank in this season’s March Madness tournament. Utah (23-3) improved to fourth overall and first…

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Gary Barta says Kevin Warren’s departure won’t delay Big Ten plans to shake up the football schedule

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The departure of Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren will not delay the conference’s plans to change the alignment of the football schedule for the 2024 season, Iowa director of athletics Gary Barta said Thursday. For many years, conference and school officials debated changing or partially ending the east-west alignment to have a fairer championship game. There was momentum to enact changes for the 2023 season to coincide with a new media rights agreement until USC and UCLA accepted Big Ten invitations starting August 2, 2024. Conference officials decided in October…

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NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Alabama is the top seed. Northwestern and Clemson

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“They can’t imagine it… that someone like me would walk into their house, walk on their land…” – Cassian Andor When compiling this week’s segment, we were astounded by the inclusion of teams we’d never expected to have considered as recently as a few weeks ago. North-west? Pittsburgh? Clemson? UCF? wait … Is that true? It also got us thinking about another story focusing on underdogs who took the power structure by surprise: “Andor,” our favorite TV series of 2022. After the train wreck that was “The Book of Boba…

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College basketball rankings: Illinois out, Miami in. And hey, New Mexico!

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Merry Christmas after Christmas! I trust that the holiday treated everyone well, though there were a few precious college basketball games that caught our eye. As a result, there wasn’t much movement on top of the polls. The good news is that there are plenty of great matches to be shown this week, which top the list for Saturday’s packed New Year’s Eve. In the meantime, allow me to spread my usual holiday cheer by presenting the correct ranking of the top 25 college basketball teams, as presented to the…

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College football picks against spread: Bruce Feldman’s Week 10 picks

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I went 6-5 last week against the difference to take me to two under 0.500 against the season streak. The Good: Choosing TCU to do business with West Virginia. bad. Cincinnati’s choice to beat the UCF. The Ugly: Oklahoma’s Choice to Beat Kansas State. Here are the guesses for this week. (All spreads come from BetMGM, click here For live odds, all kickoff times are Eastern.) Appalachian State (-3) at Coastal Carolina, Thursday, 7:30 p.m., ESPN Jamey Chadwell’s team is an underdog at home. The offense handicapped some in the…

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All-America’s new mid-season college football team: Drake Maye, Quinshon Judkins on first list

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As we’re halfway through the season, it’s time once again to highlight some of the college’s most exciting young talents. This is the All-America Freshman mid-season squad at The Athletic, and an early look at the real freshmen and freshmen of the 2022 season. We try to prioritize production when we put this team together, and we judge players based on what they’ve achieved so far rather than what they might do in the future. But there is always a long list of candidates for every position and tough choices…

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College Football Week 1 Model Predictions: Austin Mock’s Best Bets

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After not seeing any value in the recreational week 0 of the college football season, we’re back with a few bets in week one (the “real” start to college football). The college football betting model returns this year after moving 52-43-3 last season for a 4.7% ROI. It’s the start of the season and there are a lot of changes in the world of college football, so I’m a little bit conservative about starting the season compared to how things are going in a few weeks. However, Saturdays will be…

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