Indiana University Men’s Basketball announces 2022-23 regular season schedule
The Big Ten Conference announced its 2022-23 men’s basketball schedule with Indiana opening its 20-game league slate Saturday, Dec. 3 at Rutgers. The season will be completed on Sunday, March 5 with IU hosting Michigan. The Big Ten Tournament will be held Wednesday, March 8 through Sunday, March 12 at the United Center in Chicago. Tipoff times and television designations will be announced at a later date.
IU will have home and home matchups with Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Purdue, and Rutgers. IU will play road games at Maryland, Minnesota and Penn State and will host Nebraska, Ohio State and Wisconsin. The Big Ten games in December at Rutgers on Dec. 3 and against Nebraska on Dec. 7 are part of a five-game stretch against high-major opponents including North Carolina at home in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Nov. 30, versus Arizona in the Las Vegas Clash on Dec. 10 and a road game at Kansas on Dec. 17. For the first 12 games of the conference season, the Hoosiers will alternate road and home games before hosting back-to back-games at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall against Purdue and Rutgers, Feb. 4 and 7. IU will not play a game between Dec. 24 and Jan. 4.
The Hoosiers resume games after the holiday break traveling to Iowa on Jan. 5 and hosting Northwestern on Jan. 8. The Cream and Crimson will play five-straight weekend games in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in January through the first weekend in February. The Hoosiers host Northwestern, Sunday, Jan. 8, Wisconsin, Saturday, Jan. 14, Michigan State, Sunday, Jan. 22, Ohio State, Saturday, Jan. 28 and Purdue, Saturday, Feb. 4. IU will face its first two-game road trip in the league Feb. 11 and 15 at Michigan and Northwestern. After a home game on Feb. 18 against Illinois, the Hoosiers venture out on the road again for games at Michigan State on Feb. 21 and at Purdue on Feb. 25. IU finishes the season at home Feb. 28 and March 5 against Iowa and Michigan, respectively. The Hoosiers announced the times for the two exhibition games as IU will host Marian at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, Oct. 29 and St. Francis at 7pm on Thursday, Nov. 3. Both games will be streamed on BTN+.
Indiana University Football welcomes Idaho to Bloomington for the second consecutive season
Indiana University Football will host the Idaho Vandals for the second consecutive season Saturday evening at 8 pm in Memorial Stadium with the game televised on the Big Ten Network. Indiana beat Idaho 56-14 on September 11, 2021, under the lights in thier first ever meeting. The Hoosiers are 1-0 after a 23-20 win over Illinois Last Friday Night in the season opener. Head coach Tom Allen is 12-1 all-time against non-conference opponents during the regular season, including last year’s meeting with the Vandals. For just the 30th time in program history and fifth time since 2000, Indiana will play its first two games of a season at home. In the previous 29 happenings, IU has started 2-0 on 18 occasions. Saturday’s meeting with Idaho will mark the 50th non-conference home game since the start of the 2000 season and Indiana is 36-13 in those contests. Allen is 7-1 all-time in-home non-conference home games, with 2-0 marks in three of his previous five years. Indiana will celebrate its 1968 Rose Bowl team on Saturday night. The 1967 Hoosiers went 9-2 overall and 6-1 in Big Ten play to finish No. 4 in the final national rankings after a narrow, 14-3, loss to No. 1 USC in the Granddaddy of the All.
Against Illinois, wide receiver Cam Camper and quarterback Connor Bazelak each etched their names into the record books, as Camper had the most productive debut in IU history and Bazelak accomplished something not done since Antwaan Randle El. Bazelak threw for 330 yards in his debut as Hoosier and became the first Hoosier since Randle-El in 1998 to throw for over 300 yards in his debut as Indiana Hoosier. Camper and D.J. Matthews Jr. (109 yards) each racked up 100-plus yards receiving against Illinois to become the first Indiana duo to reach the century mark in the same game since 2018. The Indiana running game is looking to improve after 32 yards on 26 carries against Illinois.
Idaho is 0-1 after a 24-17 loss at Washington State. Freshman Quarterback Gevani McCoy completed 21 of 32 passes for 212 yards and was intercepted twice for Idaho, which was outgained 358 yards to 269 yards in the game. McCoy replied with a 23-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Dwyer with 6:05 left in the game, cutting the WSU lead to 24-17. Washington State’s ensuing drive ate up the clock, but Dean Janikowski missed a 23-yard field-goal attempt wide left with 53 seconds left. McCoy led Idaho down the field but was intercepted at the goal line by Daiyan Henley to end the threat.
Rivalry week dominates week four of High School Football
Its week four of the High School Football Season as two big rivalry takes place as Bloomington South travels crosstown to take on Bloomington North and Owen Valley travels 10 miles east on State Road 46 to take on Edgewood. Both games kickoff at 7pm.
Bloomington South comes in with a 2-1 record after a 55-7 rout of Terre Haute North last Friday night at home. The Panthers are averaging 34.3 points on offense and giving up 16.0 on defense. 3rd year head coach Gabe Johnson is 14-8 overall and 3-0 against Bloomington North. Bloomington North is 1-2 on the season after a 34-20 loss at home to Terre Haute South last Friday. The Cougars are averaging 22.7 points on offense and giving up 28.7 points on defense. Head Coach Scott Bless is 78-107 in his 18th season at Bloomington North. He is 6-16 all time against Bloomington South. Dating back to 1972 Bloomington South leads this series 46-14 all time and 8-2 in Sectional Meetings. The Panthers have won the last three in the series with the Cougars last win coming in 2019 when they won 38-27.
Edgewood is 1-2 on the season after a tough loss at home to Peotone Illinois 26-25 last Saturday afternoon. The Mustangs are averaging 24.3 points per game and giving up 28 points on defense. Owen Valley is 3-0 after a 41-39 overtime victory at home against Indian Creek. The Patriots are averaging 58.3 points per game after putting up 77 on Brown County and 57 on South Putnam. Owen Valley is giving up 26.7 points per game. They held Brown County to 7 points and gave up 34 points to South Putnam. Edgewood leads the All-Time Series 32-18 dating back to 1972. The Teams have played Black and Blue Trophy since 1994 as it represents the main colors of the two schools, Black for Edgewood and Blue for Owen Valley. Owen Valley leads that series 14-13 as the Patriots won 54-7 in Spencer a year ago.
Indianapolis Colts open regular season at Houston Texans
The Indianapolis Colts open the 2022 NFL season Sunday afternoon when they travel to Houston to face the Texans at 1 pm on CBS. The Colts missed the playoffs a season ago after losing in the final two weeks of the regular season to Las Vegas and Jacksonville. The team traded away Quarterback Carson Wentz to the Washington Commanders and traded for Matt Ryan from the Atlanta Falcons. Ryan has played for Atlanta for 14 years starting 222 games but on Sunday it will be with a new team. Running Back Jonathan Taylor led the NFL with 1,811 yards and 18 touchdowns last season. Taylor had 2 receiving touchdowns for a total of 20 which tied Los Angeles Chargers Running Back Austin Ekler for the league high.
Indy’s defense was second in takeaways last season and ninth in points allowed. The Colts’ offseason additions could help them play even better this season. New defensive coordinator Gus Bradley inherited three Pro Bowlers defensive tackle DeForest Buckner, linebacker Shaquille Leonard and cornerback Kenny Moore II. Then Indy added two more players with Pro Bowl resumes, defensive end Yannick Ngakoue and cornerback Stephon Gilmore, the league’s 2019 defensive player of the year. The combination of Ngakoue and Gilmore should help Indy fill two glaring holes from last season a consistent pass rush and a pass defense that struggled to close out games. The Colts won both meetings by a combined score of 62-3.
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Indians Split Doubleheader with Omaha
After falling in Game 1 in extra innings, 5-4, the Indianapolis Indians earned a split of a doubleheader with the Omaha Storm Chasers at Werner Park on Wednesday night, winning Game 2, 4-3.
In Game 1, the Indians (68-62) fell in a back-and-forth affair in extras. After the two finished the seven scheduled innings deadlocked 3-3, Indianapolis struck first in the top of the eighth with a looped single from center fielder Jared Oliva and a fielding error from newly entered Omaha left fielder Clay Dungan to plate placed runner Drew Maggi. In the bottom of the eighth, the Storm Chasers (63-68) responded with a game-tying RBI single through the right side of the infield from third baseman Nick Loftin. In the ninth, Omaha right-hander Wyatt Mills (W, 1-0) kept placed runner Bligh Madris at second base and held Indianapolis off the board by inducing a soft ground out to the mound and two strikeouts sandwiching an intentional walk of Indians first baseman Mason Martin. In the bottom half of the ninth, Indians right-hander Travis MacGregor (L, 1-2) got Storm Chasers center fielder Dairon Blanco to softly ground out to third, but that pushed right fielder Brewer Hicklen from second to third base. Catcher Jakson Reetz, who hit a two-run home run in the second inning, skied a ball to straight-away center field, just deep enough to allow Hicklen to tag and score to win the game. The Indians’ offensive output in Game 1 was highlighted by Madris, who cracked a two-run home run down the right field line for his first home run with Indianapolis since July 23 at Victory Field, and Martin, whose team-leading 16th home run in the fourth tied the game at three.
In Game 2, two unearned runs started the scoring for the Indians against Omaha left-hander Drew Parrish (L, 3-8) with an error from Storm Chasers shortstop Maikel Garcia leading to an Indianapolis run in both the first and second inning. Indianapolis right-hander Noe Toribio (W, 5-2), in his first Triple-A start, held Omaha off the board until a wild pitch plated Hicklen in the fourth and catcher Jose Briceño belted a solo home run to left center in the fifth. With the game tied 2-2 in the top of the sixth, a Mason Martin sacrifice fly to deep center and a hard-hit ground ball double down the third base line from Oliva plated the go-ahead and deciding runs. After Indians reliever Hunter Stratton (S, 3) allowed a home run to designated hitter Freddy Fermin in the sixth, he shut the door to secure the win with a scoreless seventh.
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