Indiana University Softball Falls to Oklahoma State in the Regional ending the 2025 Season No. 3 Seed Indiana’s season came to a close on Saturday night at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas as the Hoosiers fell to No. 2 Seed Oklahoma State, 16-8 in six innings. With the loss, the Hoosiers finished the season at 34-20. In the top of the first inning Melina Wilkison made a diving catch in center field and then threw the ball back to Josie Bird at first to complete the double play and end the inning. Indiana scored first when Taylor Minnick doubled to right center then advanced to third while bringing Brianna Copeland home to open with a 1-0 lead. Avery Parker hit a sacrifice fly to right field to bring Minnick home and make it 2-0. An RBI double from Rachael Hathoot scored Tia Warsop to cut into the lead and make the score 2-1. Oklahoma State used a 12-run inning in the bottom of the third to pull ahead, 13-2. The Cowgirls made the lead 14-2 with a sacrifice fly out to right center in the fourth. Indiana cut into the lead to make it a 14-8 game as Madalyn Strader, Bird, Wilkison and Minnick each chipped in with RBIs in the inning. Oklahoma State added no two more runs in the sixth to set up a run rule. Indiana competed in three-straight NCAA Tournaments for the first time in program history. Minnick’s two doubles put her season total at 26, extending the program’s single-season record. Minnick (2), Strader (1) and Copeland (1) each hit a double.
Big Ten Announces the 2025 Conference Baseball Tournament Bracket The Big Ten Conference announced Saturday the bracket for the 2025 Big Ten Baseball Tournament Presented by IFS.ai, scheduled for May 20-25 at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. Omaha will be hosting the tournament for the eighth time since 2014. The 12-team tournament will determine the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. Oregon and UCLA clinched a share of the Big Ten Championship on the last day of the season Saturday with Oregon earning the No. 1 seed based on a tiebreaker. This year’s tournament will incorporate pool play with four groups consisting of three teams each. The four pool winners will meet in the single-elimination semifinals on May 24, followed by the championship game on May 25.
Tournament seedings:
1. Oregon (41-13, 22-8 Big Ten)
2. UCLA (39-15, 22-8 Big Ten)
3. Iowa (32-20-1, 21-9 Big Ten)
4. USC (34-20, 18-12 Big Ten)
5. Washington (29-26, 17-13 Big Ten)
6. Indiana (31-23, 16-14 Big Ten)
7. Michigan (33-21, 16-14 Big Ten)
8. Nebraska (28-27, 15-15 Big Ten)
9. Penn State (31-22, 15-15 Big Ten)
10. Rutgers (28-27, 15-15 Big Ten)
11. Illinois (29-23, 14-16 Big Ten)
12. Michigan State (28-25, 13-17 Big Ten)
Tournament schedule: https://bigten.org/base/article/blt7079be2870e8dc94/. The Big Ten Network will broadcast every game of the tournament. Games will also be available on the FOX Sports App. Single-game and all-session packages are on sale at www.bigten.org/baseballtickets.
Former Indiana University Men’s Basketball Players Thomas Bryant and OG Anunoby to meet in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals Both Thomas Bryant and OG Anunoby have NBA championship rings. Bryant won with Denver in 2023, and Anunoby with Toronto in 2019. They are the only two former Hoosiers to get NBA rings in the last 35 years. But only one of them will be going to the NBA Finals in 2025. The former IU basketball classmates and teammates will go head-to-head in the Eastern Conference Finals as Bryant’s Indiana Pacers take on Anunoby’s New York Knicks.
Here is the schedule for the series:
Game 1, Wed., May 21: at Knicks, 8 p.m., TNT
Game 2, Fri., May 23: at Knicks, 8 p.m., TNT
Game 3, Sun., May 25: at Pacers, 8 p.m., TNT
Game 4, Tues., May 27: at Pacers, 8 p.m., TNT
*-Game 5, Thurs., May 29: at Knicks, 8 p.m., TNT
*-Game 6, Sat., May 31: at Pacers, 8 p.m., TNT
*-Game 7, Mon., June 2: at Knicks, 8 p.m., TNT
In his eighth season, Anunoby had his best professional campaign. He averaged a career-high 18.0 points per game during the regular season to go along with 4.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.5 steals per contest while playing 36.6 minutes a night. He started all 74 games he appeared in and shot 47.9% from the floor, 37.5% from the 3-point line, and 81.3% from the free throw line. Thus far in the playoffs Anunoby has averaged 15.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.8 steals. He has started every game as New York defeated Boston and Detroit to get to the conference finals.
Bryant, also an eight-year NBA veteran, appeared in 66 games for the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers. He averaged 6.5 points and 3.8 rebounds in 14.6 minutes per game. He shot 50.8% from the floor and 85.9% from the free throw line. A reserve for the Pacers, Bryant has appeared in all 10 of their playoff games and is averaging 2.7 points and 1.9 rebounds over 9.9 minutes per game in series wins against Milwaukee and Cleveland. The pair arrived in Bloomington to play for Tom Crean as part of the class of 2015. They won a Big Ten title together as freshmen in 2016 and both left IU for the NBA after two seasons.
Anunoby, who saw his Indiana men’s basketball career end due to a knee injury during the 2016-17 season, was selected with the 23rd pick of the 2017 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors. He came to IU as an unheralded recruit but quickly made an impression with his athleticism and defensive ability, especially in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. He averaged 11.1 points and 5.4 rebounds as a sophomore before the injury. Bryant was chosen with the 42nd pick in 2017 by the Utah Jazz who then sent the pick to the Los Angeles Laker in a trade. He was a two-time third-team All-Big Ten selection and holds the IU career-record for field goal percentage at 59.2%. He averaged 12.6 points and 6.6 rebounds in 2016-17.
C. J. West Signs his Rookie Contract with the San Francisco 49ers C.J. West’s decision to transfer to Indiana for his final season of college eligibility has paid off in a big way. He has signed his first NFL contract with the San Francisco 49ers. David Lombardi is reporting West signed a 4-year deal worth $5.2 million this week. He got a $1.01 million signing bonus. The former IU defensive lineman joins former Hoosier quarterback Kurtis Rourke in the Bay Area. Rourke signed his deal with the 49ers last week. After an impressive season with the Hoosiers, West was chosen in the fourth round with the No. 113 overall pick by San Francisco. West played one season with IU after transferring from Kent State, and he was a key part of their historic 2024 run. He finished fourth on the team with 7.5 tackles for loss, and his two sacks tied him for fourth on the team as well. Pro Football Focus graded West highly, with the 14th-best overall grade among interior defenders in the country. West is one of eight members of the 2024 Indiana team who signed deals with NFL teams this spring.
Former Indiana University Men’s Basketball Player Kanaan Carlyle Transfers to Florida Atlantic University Kanaan Carlyle will try to revive his career at the mid-major level. After spending a season in Bloomington, he is transferring to Florida Atlantic, he announced on Friday. The Georgia native began the 2024-25 season as the starting shooting guard in his lone season at Indiana but soon lost that role. Carlyle seemed to lose confidence and at times exhibited poor shot selection. For the season Carlyle made six starts in 25 games played and averaged 4.0 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game. He struggled to make shots throughout the season and produced 28.9/24.3/42.9 shooting splits. Carlyle transferred to IU from Stanford a year ago. There he was named to the All-Pac-12 Freshman Team and averaged 11.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game.
Every former Indiana player who entered the transfer portal following the 2024-25 season has now picked a new school except center Dallas James. Here is where they have all ended up this spring:
Malik Reneau –> Miami (Fla.)
Gabe Cupps –> Ohio State
Jakai Newton –> Georgia State
Myles Rice –> Maryland
Mackenzie Mgbako –> Texas A&M
Bryson Tucker –> Washington
Kanaan Carlyle –> Florida Atlantic
Dallas James –> ?
Shawn Bowman Named Indianapolis Indians Manager for the Remainder of the 2025 Season The Pittsburgh Pirates announced that Indianapolis Indians manager Chris Truby has been named a major league coach and will join the big-league club in Philadelphia today. In his stead, Pirates minor league field coordinator and assistant director of coaching and player development. Shawn Bowman has been named Indians manager for the remainder of the 2025 season. Bowman, 40, is in his seventh year in the Pirates organization, five of which have been spent as the minor league field coordinator. In 2019, he was named the Dominican Summer League Manager of the Year after leading the DSL Pirates 2 squad to a league-best 56-16 record. Prior to joining the organization, he spent time as an assistant coach with the Canadian Junior National team (2013-17) and University of British Columbia (2015-17). He also worked with MLB in game development in Europe from 2017-18. The New Westminster, Canada native was selected by New York (NL) in the 12th round of the 2002 First Year Player Draft and spent 10 seasons in the minor leagues. He also played for Team Canada from 2009-12, earning a bronze medal at the Baseball World Cup and a gold medal in the 2011 Pan-American Games.