Big Ten Sets Home and Away Opponents for the 2025-26 Indiana University Women’s Basketball Season Home and Away opponents for the 2025-26 Big Ten Conference women’s basketball season was announced by the league Wednesday. The league will stay with an 18-game format and teams will play eight games at home and eight on the road while playing its protected rival twice. Dates, times and television designations will be announced at a later time.
2025-26 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Opponents
Home Only: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, Washington, Oregon Away Only: Illinois, Maryland, Nebraska, Ohio State, Rutgers, Wisconsin, UCLA, USC 2-Play: Purdue
Indiana University Men’s Soccer Announces 2025 Schedule, Season Tickets on Sale Now Indiana men’s soccer head coach Todd Yeagley announced the program’s 2025 season schedule Wednesday. IU’s slate includes 11 matches on its home pitch, Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Fans can purchase season tickets to see all 11 regular season home matches for $44 ($22 for youth). Indiana boasts a 373-65-53 (.814) record at Armstrong Stadium since the facility opened in 1981. Eleven of Indiana’s 18 regular season opponents finished top 60 in the 2024 RPI rankings and eight appeared in the NCAA Tournament. “We are thrilled to welcome back our fans, led by the Hoosier Army, as we embark on a challenging and exciting fall schedule,” Yeagley said. “Our home opener versus Clemson will be a blue blood battle, setting the tone for 11 fantastic home matches at Bill Armstrong Stadium this fall. Each Big Ten match will be pivotal as we look to continue our conference championship tradition. “This team is determined to make 2025 a memorable season.”
Indiana will kick off its season with a five-match homestand at Armstrong Stadium, starting with two storied programs. The season opens against Clemson on August 21, and three days later the Hoosiers host San Francisco – each opponent being a four-time national champion. IU will follow that up with Green Bay on August 28 before hosting two 2024 NCAA Tournament teams in Oregon State (Aug. 31) and 10-time champ Saint Louis (Sept. 3). Indiana and Notre Dame will meet for the 50th time in the series history September 7, IU’s first road match of the season. The in-state rivalry’s last nine meetings have been decided by one goal, a draw or penalty shootout.
Indiana returns home September 12 to open Big Ten play against Michigan. The Hoosiers will host UCLA (Sept. 26), Ohio State (Oct. 10), Wisconsin (Oct. 21) and Rutgers (Nov. 7) in Big Ten play and travel to Penn State (Sept. 19), Michigan State (Sept. 23), Washington (Oct. 3), Maryland (Oct. 24) and Northwestern (Oct. 31) in the 10-game conference slate. IU captured its second consecutive Big Ten regular season championship – No. 19 overall – last season, sharing the title with Ohio State. The regular season will conclude with that November 7 home match against Rutgers; the final day of league play around the conference. Between Big Ten matches, the Hoosiers will mix in non-conference contests at Kentucky (Oct. 14) and against Hanover College (Oct. 17).
SEASON TICKET INFORMATION- Season tickets are on sale now, and fans can purchase online or by calling the IU athletics ticket office at 1-866-IUSPORTS (487-7678). Adult season ticket packages are $44, and youth ticket packages (ages 3-18) are priced at $22. Each order will also receive 10 priority points in the ‘Other Sports’ category. For more information on the Varsity Club’s Priority Points program, visit here. Single-match tickets will go on sale August 2. Indiana University faculty/staff and students receive free admission to home matches with a valid Crimson Card. Faculty and staff can claim their tickets through one.iu.edu by searching “IU Faculty & Staff Complimentary Athletics Tickets.”
Indiana Men’s Soccer Schedule by RPI- 3. Ohio State* ,15. Clemson*, 30. Maryland*, 32. Washington*, 33. Michigan*, 35. Oregon State*, 41. Saint Louis*, 43. UCLA*, 48. Northwestern, 49. Notre Dame, 51. Wisconsin, 70. San Francisco, 71. Kentucky, 81. Penn State, 87. Rutgers, 89. Michigan State ,113. Green Bay, N/A. Hanover
Incoming Indiana University Volleyball Freshman Charlotte Vinson Named to the USA Volleyball Under 19 National Team Incoming freshman opposite/outside hitter Charlotte Vinson was named among 18 athletes on the 2025 Girls USA U19 National Team, as announced by USA Volleyball on Monday afternoon. She was one of seven pin hitters selected. This group of players have been selected as the preliminary roster for this summer’s FIVB Girls U19 World Championships in Croatia and Serbia. After the initial training block, a final group of 12 players will be picked to represent Team USA in its title defense this summer. Vinson will be making her debut with Team USA after spending many years in the national team youth development program. The Yorktown, Indiana native has had a journey that’s been well documented over the years. She overcame a life-threatening illness during her junior year of high school but has made a full recovery during her final season of club volleyball.
She will head to Colorado Springs for the first training block with the team during the first week of June. From there, a group of 12 players will be selected to head to Europe. That crop of athletes will have a second training block in the Netherlands before the U19 World Championships in July. Vinson, the 2024 Indiana Ms. Volleyball, was a consensus top 25 recruit by both Prep Volleyball and Prep Dig. She is joined in an elite class by the likes of outside hitter Jaidyn Jager (Carlsbad, Calif.) and middle blocker Victoria Gray (Temperance, Mich). IU’s entire freshman class will report to campus this summer. Team USA is in Pool C along with Turkey, Bulgaria, Poland, Peru and Spain in the 24-team tournament this summer. It won the last iteration of the tournament in 2023 with a 3-2 win over Turkey in the final. Former IU outside hitter Mady Saris (Canada) played in the 2019 tournament in Egypt.
Former Indiana University Baseball Head Coach Chris Lemonis Dismissed from Mississippi State With only about a month until the start of the NCAA tournament, the college baseball world received some surprising news Monday. Mississippi State coach Chris Lemonis, who led the Bulldogs to their first and only national championship in 2021, has been fired, the university announced. Assistant coach Justin Parker will serve as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Over his seven seasons at Mississippi State, Lemonis went 232-135, though the program’s fortunes started to wane after winning the College World Series in 2021. The Bulldogs went 114-37 in Lemonis’ first three seasons, but have gone 118-98 since and have made it back to the NCAA tournament only once. This season, they’re 25-19 overall and 7-14 in SEC play, putting them in 14th place in the 16-team league. Despite those recent struggles, they are coming off a 40-win season in 2024 that included a trip to the regional finals of the NCAA tournament.
In a statement, Mississippi State athletic director Zac Selmon said the program has “not consistently met the standard of success that our university, fans and student-athletes expect and deserve.” “In a team meeting moments ago, I expressed to our student-athletes the confidence we have in their abilities and the potential they have for the remainder of the season,” Selmon said in a statement. “I encouraged them to compete with pride, resilience and intensity. With the hard work, preparation and talent already within this group, we are committed to putting them in the best position to finish the season competing at the highest level. Mississippi State is the premier job in college baseball. The tradition, the facilities, the NIL offerings and the fan base are all second to none. Dudy Noble Field is the best environment in the sport, period. This program is built for success. Our history proves it, and our future demands it.”
A national search for Lemonis’ successor is underway, the university said. Lemonis was hired at Mississippi State in 2018 after a successful four-year run at Indiana in which he led the Hoosiers to the NCAA tournament three times. Lemonis had an arrangement in which he was working under two contracts — one with the university and one with Bulldog Club, Inc., the latter of which is a non-profit organization that serves as the Mississippi State athletic department’s fundraising arm. For the 2025 season, Lemonis was set to make $1.325 million total, with $840,000 coming from the state contract with the university and $485,000 from the Bulldog Club. Both of Lemonis’ contracts were set to expire on June 30, 2026. According to the terms of his deals, Lemonis is owed 75% of his remaining salary. If May 1 is used as his firing date, that buyout would come out to just shy of $1.2 million. Lemonis’ contract includes a duty to mitigate clause, meaning the university and Bulldog Club can offset buyout money he’s set to receive based on income he receives from a new job.
The Indiana Pacers Eliminate the Milwaukee Bucks from the NBA Playoffs in Dramatic Fashion The game seemed out of reach. The Pacers were trailing by seven points with just 40 seconds left in overtime. Then, everything seemed to go the Pacers way. Andrew Nembhard knocked down a three-pointer. Pacers down four, 34 seconds left. Then, the Bucks turned the ball over on a bad pass from Gary Trent Jr. Tyrese Haliburton made an and-one driving layup with 17 seconds left. Pacers down 1. With the Pacers trying to scramble around on defense, Trent lost the ball out of bounds. Pacers ball, with 10 seconds left. Haliburton took care of it from there. He got past Giannis with a crossover, and his right-handed driving layup put the Pacers ahead with just 1.1 seconds left. The Pacers beat the Bucks in overtime, 119-118, to win the series 4-1. It was the only time in the last 20 years that a team won in the NBA playoffs when they were trailing by seven or more points with 40 seconds or less remaining. Previously, teams were 0-1,176. “We’re fortunate, but fortune favors the bold,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said. “Our guys were bold in the last three quarters, and we’re very thankful and very grateful to be moving on.”
“We just made plays when we needed to, and I think that’s part of the resilience of this group and what we’ve proven all year. So, it wasn’t pretty, but we’ll take it and celebrate this one for the night.” “This is my 10th year in the NBA. I’ve never been part of a game like that, but just finding ways to win,” Pacers guard T.J. McConnell said. “Credit our guys down the stretch of continuing to answer the bell. They kept punching, and just when you thought it was over, we made big plays.” Haliburton led the Pacers with 26 points. He also had nine assists. The Pacers had six players score in double figures. The Pacers advance to play the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Game 1 is scheduled for Sunday, May 4. Tip time will be announced later.
Former Indiana University Men’s Basketball Commit Harun Zrno Announces he is going to Rutgers Rutgers Basketball has landed another player for the 2025 roster, this time reaching across the pond to fill a major need. Former professional Bosnian Basketball player, 21-year-old Small Forward Harun Zrno has decided to commit to the Scarlet Knights. Despite being an older player at the start of his college basketball career, he still comes to Rutgers with four years of eligibility. Zrno was originally committed to play for Indiana but opened up his recruitment in March after Indiana coach Mike Woodson stepped down. He had offers from other big-time programs such as Creighton, Kentucky, Miami, Wisconsin, Virginia, and Villanova during his first and second rounds of recruiting. He is listed as a three-star recruit who boasts a lot of upside.
He was listed as one of the best remaining prospects in the class of 2025. During his time at KK Slavija, a division 1 club level professional basketball team in Bosnia, he hit 31 out of 71 three-point attempts for 43.7 percent from beyond the arc. He averaged 17.5 points per game and 3.6 assists per game while hitting 77 percent of his free throws. The addition of Zr no fills a dire need for the Knights when it comes to opening up the floor and shooting from the perimeter. Before Zrno committed to the Knights, Rutgers had no real deep shot threat on their roster. He made it clear during his recruitment that he wanted to go somewhere where he had the opportunity to get a lot of playing time early. Since Rutgers had a major void that could be filled by his strengths, it lined up well. The commitment of Zrno to Rutgers comes as a bit of a surprise as there was not much reported interest between the two parties. After Zrno’s commitment, the Knights still have three open spots on their roster.