IHSAA Board of Directors Vote Against a Shot Clock for High School Basketball The IHSAA board of directors voted against the implementation of a 35-second shot clock in Indiana high school basketball. The shot clock would have been for varsity games only and would have begun in the 2028-29 season. Only one vote was in favor of the proposal, with 17 votes against it. “Tradition definitely carries a lot here in Indiana, maybe more than other states,” IHSAA commissioner Paul Neidig said. “When we looked at the stats, I think one of the things the board considered was the number of possessions that actually extend beyond 35 seconds in a game. When you average only two (possessions) in a game that extend beyond 35 seconds, you say, do we really have an issue in Indiana?” Neidig also said it would have costed schools on average around $10,000 to install a shot clock in their gyms.
Indiana University Men’s Basketball Planning a Summer Trip to Peru to Play in FISU America Games For the second year in a row, IU basketball is planning to take a summer tour. The team is headed to Lima, Peru to play in the FISU America Games. The South-Central Indiana News Network first learned of the plan late last week. The Indiana 247Sports site appears to have first reported the news on Monday. Indiana has not confirmed any plans to this point. The event runs July 20 to August 1. Indiana will represent the United States and compete against teams from North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean.
An international competition for university students, the FISU America Games were launched in 2018 and are held every two years, with the purpose of promoting sports practice and fostering cultural and academic exchange between young people from different nations across the American continent. The first edition was held in São Paulo, Brazil, the second edition in Mérida, Mexico, in 2022, and the third in 2024, Cali, Colombia. Baylor played in the FISU global event last summer and played a total of six games.
Head coach Darian DeVries will utilize the international trip to help accelerate the process of building chemistry with a roster that features at least nine new players. Along with the games in Peru, it is expected Indiana will be granted to opportunity to hold additional practices. Ahead of his first season in Bloomington, DeVries took Indiana to Puerto Rico last summer. The NCAA recently passed a new rule that allows teams to take an offseason international trip every year.
Former Indiana University Football Players Kahlil Benson and Jonathan Brady Sign NFL Free Agent Deals After Mini Camp Tryouts The NFL dream remains alive for former IU football offensive lineman Kahlil Benson and wide receiver Jonathan Brady. Benson, a Mississippi product, signed a free agent contract with the Kansas City Chiefs after participating in the team’s rookie minicamp. Meanwhile, Brady landed a free agent deal after participating in the Raiders’ rookie minicamp. The pair are now two of eight members of the 2025 Hoosiers on undrafted free agent deals, along with the eight players from the team who were drafted last month.
Benson played at IU for five years, beginning with the memorable 2020 campaign. He left to play for Colorado in 2024 before returning to Bloomington for his final year of eligibility. The 6-foot-6 Benson appeared in 49 career college games with 33 starts. He started games at right tackle and right guard. Brady played with Fernando Mendoza at both Cal and IU, and now they’re together with the Raiders. He had 14 catches for 116 yards and three scores in 2025, along with a punt return touchdown. He was named an All-Big Ten return specialist.
Here is a quick summary of the players who have signed NFL undrafted free agent deals and should be participating at training camps this summer: Mikail Kamara, Edge, San Francisco 49ers, E.J. Williams, Wide Receiver, Las Vegas Raiders, Roman Hemby, Running Back, Las Vegas Raiders, Devan Boykin, Safety, Pittsburgh Steelers, Mark Langston, Long Snapper, Buffalo Bills, Louis Moore, Safety, Miami Dolphins, Khalil Benson, Offensive Lineman, Kansas City Chiefs and Jonathan Brady, Wide Receiver, Las Vegas Raiders.
These signings are in addition to the eight former Hoosiers who were drafted. Here are those eight players: Fernando Mendoza, Las Vegas Raiders (Round 1, Pick 1), Omar Cooper, Jr., New York Jets (Round 1, Pick 30), D’Angelo Ponds, New York Jets (Round 2, Pick 50), Kaelon Black, San Francisco 49ers (Round 3, Pick 90), Elijah Sarratt, Baltimore Ravens (Round 4, Pick 115), Riley Nowakowski, Pittsburgh Steelers (Round 5, Pick 169), Pat Coogan, Tennessee Titans (Round 6, Pick 194) and Aiden Fisher, Houston Texans (Round 7, Pick 243).
Big Ten Conference Announces 2026 Opponent Rotation for Women’s Volleyball The first portion of the conference volleyball schedule was unveiled by the league offices on Monday (May 4) afternoon. The Big Ten released opponent rotations for the 2026 campaign on the Big Ten Network as schedules start to take form for the new season. All teams will play a 17-game regular season before a 15-team Big Ten Tournament over Thanksgiving break. Head coach Steve Aird and the Indiana volleyball team got the good side of the draw and will play nine home games and eight road games. The Hoosiers will get the chance to host the Monon Spike match at Wilkinson Hall in the only meeting of the year against in-state rival Purdue. Additional marquee home games come against NCAA Tournament teams Nebraska, Penn State, UCLA and USC.
IU will have to play just eight games on the road in conference play this season. The Hoosiers will return to the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington) for their annual west coast swing. Contests at Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Michigan State, Rutgers and Ohio State will make for another tough road slate in 2026. The 2026 schedule is set to be reversed for next season, meaning IU will play eight home games and nine road games during the 2027 Big Ten slate. This year’s Big Ten Tournament in Fishers will add additional games to the schedule for the 15 teams that qualify. The conference tournament will begin on Friday, November 20th at the Fishers Event Center. Full dates and times for all Big Ten matches will be set when the television schedule is finalized. Volleyball season will get underway on August 3rd in Chicago with the fifth-annual Big Ten Volleyball Media Days. Aird and two student athletes will represent the Hoosiers in the conference’s season kickoff.
2026 Big Ten Volleyball Opponents – Indiana:
Home: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Penn State, Purdue, UCLA, USC
Away: Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Oregon, Rutgers, Washington, Wisconsin
IHSAA approves student athletes to benefit off name, image, and likeness The IHSAA Board of Directors, passing with a 13-5 vote, approved student athletes to be able to benefit off their name, image, and likeness starting in the 2026-27 school year. “Personal Branding Activities,” the term the IHSAA is using, prohibits students from using their school affiliation or uniform during activities. “Unlike the current college system, where schools often play a direct role in NIL compensation, the new rule keeps high schools out of arranging or funding deals for student-athletes,” IHSAA commissioner Paul Neidig said in a news release. “Instead, it allows students to benefit independently from their school, without using school branding or representing school-sponsored endorsements. It creates a clear distinction between the college model and the educational mission of high school athletics.” Students can benefit off their social media brand, personal appearances, and endorsements that do not involve their school. Student athletes can also provide non-athletic services like tutoring or youth sports coaching. Schools cannot use Personal Branding Activities to recruit student athletes to attend their school. Student athletes also cannot accept benefits from Personal Branding Activities that are affiliated with or benefit their school.
Anthony Richardson Sr. Joins the Indianapolis Colts for Voluntary Workouts Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson has reported for voluntary offseason workouts, per a report from ESPN. Richardson did not show up for the first couple weeks of offseason workouts, as he has requested a trade. Colts general manager Chris Ballard said he was in Jacksonville training. The Colts opted to decline Richardson’s fifth-year option on Friday, making the 2026 season the last year on his contract. Richardson was drafted No. 4 overall by the Colts in the 2023 NFL Draft. Richardson started 15 games for the Colts in 2023 and 2024. He has thrown for 2,400 yards, 11 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions in his career in Indianapolis.
No. 1 Taylor University Baseball Three-Peats as Crossroads League Tournament Champion, Defeats Indiana Wesleyan University in Winner-Take-All Contest No. 1 Taylor (49-5) needed every bit of its high-scoring offensive production to add another trophy to the case, holding off rival Indiana Wesleyan 12-11 Monday afternoon at Burbridge Field to claim the Crossroads League Tournament Championship in a winner-take-all rematch of last year’s title series. The victory, which followed a 10-9 loss to IWU earlier in the day to force the deciding game — gave the Trojans their eighth CLT championship under head coach Kyle Gould, the fourth in the last five seasons, and third in a row.
Ben Kennedy helped contribute to the offense in Game 2 with two hits and four RBIs, including a key two-run home run to right-center in the fifth inning. The blast marked his fifth long ball against IWU this season alone and his career-high ninth of the year. The Trojans have now posted 87 home runs in 52 games – good for the second most in program history. TU jumped on starter Zach Troxel for three runs in the bottom of the first on Brayden Manning’s RBI double and Jordan Malott’s two-run single, then broke it open in the third when five hits — capped by Brennan Frickel’s RBI single, Nate Simpson’s RBI single, and Kennedy’s two-run knock through the right side — pushed the lead to 7-2.
Manning extended his hitting streak to 12 games and finished the tournament hitting .500 (11-for-22) with 10 RBIs, four doubles and pair of homers. The senior moved into third place on TU’s all-time career chart for most doubles (62). Kennedy’s homer made it 9-4 in the fifth, and Frickel’s two-run single up the middle in the sixth stretched the cushion to 11-6. The lead looked comfortable for the Trojans. It wasn’t. IWU (34-22) clawed back with two in the seventh on Ben Seitzinger’s RBI double and a Nick Wiley groundout, added another in the eighth on Jay Tomes’ RBI double, and pulled within 12-11 in the ninth when Trevor Vojtkofsky launched his second two-run homer of the afternoon to left field. Jake Boyer, summoned with the tying run looming, allowed a single and walk which raised the temperature, but the senior righty struck out the final batter swinging to end it for his fifth save of the year. Reliever Alec Hershberger (2-0) picked up the win after 3.1 innings out of the bullpen, while starter Brody Fine gave TU 3.2 frames in a bounce-back appearance.. Vojtkofsky finished 4-for-5 with two homers and four RBI for IWU, and Snowden added four hits and three RBI in the loss. Manning (3-for-5, 2 RBIs), Malott (3-for-4, 2 RBIs) and Frickel (3 RBIs) all turned in multi-hit days at the plate.
In Game 1, TU’s late comeback bid fell one run short Monday morning, as the Trojans dropped the opener of a doubleheader to Indiana Wesleyan 10-9 at Burbridge Field with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth. Nick Wiley’s two-run homer to right-center in the top of the ninth — his second long ball of the morning — proved to be the difference for the Wildcats, providing the cushion TU couldn’t quite reel in despite scoring three runs in the eighth and two more in the ninth. Down 8-4 entering its half of the eighth, TU mounted its first comeback push behind Rylee Singleton’s pinch-hit RBI single up the middle and Fletcher Roemmich’s two-run single to left to pull within 8-7. Wiley’s blast in the ninth pushed the IWU lead back to three, but the Trojans went right back to work in the bottom half — Roemmich drove in a run with a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, and Luke Sutter laced an RBI single to make it 10-9 with the bags still full and one out. The rally ended when Manning lined out to second and Malott flied out to left field. The Trojans stranded 13 runners on the day, a total that loomed large in the ninth, when their biggest opportunity with bases loaded and the winning run aboard slipped away.
Roemmich finished 2-for-5 with three RBIs to pace the Trojans, and Sutter went 2-for-5 with a solo home run to right in the third. It was Sutter’s ninth homer of the season while the junior extended his on-base streak to 26 consecutive games. Starter JT Tabor (8-1) was tagged with the loss after surrendering four earned runs on four hits in 2.0 innings, while Gage Gongwer, Nick Crabtree and Hunter Doran combined for 6.0 innings of three-run relief to keep TU in striking distance. Wiley led IWU with three hits, two homers and four RBIs, and Ben Seitzinger went 4-for-5 with two RBIs for the Wildcats. TU, already locked into the NAIA postseason after capturing the Crossroads League regular-season title, now awaits the tournament draw for the Upland Opening Round Bracket during the NAIA Selection Show scheduled for 5 p.m. on May 6.