Indiana University Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach Glenn Box named Head Coach at Miami Ohio
Monday afternoon, the Indiana women’s basketball program announced associate head coach Glenn Box has been named the Miami (OH) women’s basketball head coach after seven seasons with the Hoosiers. After several coaching stints at the junior college and Division I collegiate levels, Box landed an assistant coaching position at Saint Louis University in his second stint with the Billikens where he spent two seasons before joining the Hoosiers’ staff in the 2016-17 season.
As a Hoosier, Box helped lead the team to seven seasons of winning 20 plus games. This included seven postseason berths as five were NCAA Tournament appearances. In those big dances, Indiana advanced to the second round each time, the Sweet 16 twice (2021, 2022) and the Elite Eight once in the 2020-21 season. Box’s direction along with that of head coach Teri Moren led 11 Hoosier guards to earn a grand total of 16 All-Big Ten honors including four consecutive first team awards for former point guard Grace Berger, who was the program’s first WNBA first round draft pick in program history this past April. Just last season, Box coached the Hoosiers to its first Big Ten regular season title in 40 years and their first NCAA Tournament one-seed in program history. The Hoosiers set a new all-time win record with 28 victories and tied for the most conference wins at 16.
Box will head to Oxford, Ohio, which is 135 miles away from Bloomington, to build up the RedHawks program that hasn’t seen a winning season since the 2018-19 campaign. Box’s experience with NCAA Tournament appearances should fare well for a team that’s only played in the tournament once back in 2008 where it lost to Louisville in the first round. Many Hoosiers including Berger credited Box for their improvement on the court throughout last season, especially on the defensive side of the ball. The seven-year coaching vet will be missed as a replacement has not yet been announced.
Indiana University Men’s Basketball to host Wright State on November 16th
Indiana will host Wright State as part of its 2023-24 nonconference schedule, according to a report from Rocco Miller. The game is scheduled for Nov. 16 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Wright State went 18-15 overall in 2022-23, including a sixth-place finish in the Horizon League at 10-10. Coach Scott Nagy has led Wright State to two NCAA Tournament appearances in seven seasons, as well as three separate Horizon League regular season titles. Wright State guard Trey Calvin announced he will return for his fifth season after leading the team with 20.3 points per game on 39.0 percent 3-point shooting last year.
With the addition of Wright State, Indiana has a handful of games in place for the 2023-24 season. The Hoosiers will play Kansas at Assembly Hall, along with neutral-site games on Dec. 9 against Auburn in Atlanta, Ga. and versus Harvard at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Indiana will also participate in the 2023 Empire Classic at Madison Square Garden, playing two games against UConn, Texas or Louisville.
Indiana University Softball earns the Number 2 seed for the Big Ten Tournament
Indiana Softball (40-15, 18-5 B1G) earned the No. 2 seed in the official Big Ten Tournament bracket after a series sweep against Michigan State, the league announced Sunday evening. Indiana will play the winner of No. 7 Penn State or No. 10 Michigan on Thursday at 2:30pm Eastern Time. The 12-team, single-elimination tournament will begin Wednesday with first-round games and continue through Saturday’s Championship game. The University of Illinois will host all games at Eichelberger Field this week. The tournament champion will earn the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. BTN will televise all 11 games of the Tournament live.
SCHEDULE -Wednesday, May 10 (First Round)
Game 1 (#6 Ohio State vs. #11 Rutgers) – 11 a.m. CT (BTN), Game 2 (#7 Penn State vs. #10 Michigan) – 1:30 p.m. CT (BTN), Game 3 (#8 Maryland vs. #9 Iowa) – 4:30 p.m. CT (BTN) and Game 4 (#5 Wisconsin vs. #12 Illinois) – 7 p.m. CT (BTN)
Thursday, May 11 (Quarterfinals)
Game 5 (#3 Minnesota vs. Game 1 winner) – 11 a.m. CT (BTN), Game 6 (#2 Indiana vs. Game 2 winner) – 1:30 p.m. CT (BTN), Game 7 (#1 Northwestern vs. Game 3 winner) – 4:30 p.m. CT (BTN) and Game 8 (#4 Nebraska vs. Game 4 winner) – 7 p.m. CT (BTN)
Friday, May 12 (Semifinals)- Game 9 (Game 5 vs. Game 6 winner) – 5 p.m. CT (BTN) and Game 10 (Game 7 vs. Game 8 winner) – 7:30 p.m. CT (BTN)
Saturday, May 13 (Championship)- Game 11 (Game 9 vs. Game 10 winner) – 3 p.m. CT (BTN)
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Indiana Fever fall to the Chicago Sky in the WNBA preseason opener
The Indiana Fever started the 2023 preseason schedule at the Chicago Sky on Sunday evening. In the 81-56 loss, all 13 Fever players who saw the court contributed to the scoring column, including eight points in the WNBA debut from center Aliyah Boston. The 6-foot-5 rookie from South Carolina went 4-of-5 from the floor in just under 16 minutes of action in her professional debut. Kelsey Mitchell, who led Indiana in scoring 19 times in 2022, finished with a team-high nine points on 3-of-6 shooting.
Fever forward NaLyssa Smith pulled down a team-high five rebounds to go along with four points as well. Rookie guard Taylor Mikesell came off the bench and finished with five points on 2-of-4 shooting, while fellow rookies Grace Berger and Victaria Saxton each added four points. Berger the Indiana University Grad also contributed four rebounds in her first WNBA game in 22 minutes of action. The Fever conclude the 2023 preseason schedule at 1pm on Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse against the Dallas Wings.
In Chicago’s second preseason game of the year, forward Isabelle Harrison led all scorers with 15 points as the Sky ended the night with four starters scoring in double figures. Rebekah Gardner added 13 points and a game-high seven rebounds. After shooting 4-of-12 from 3-point range in Friday night’s preseason opener at the Dallas Wings, Chicago finished 10-of-16 from beyond the arc on Sunday night back at home.
Indianapolis Indians Pitcher Caleb Smith named International League Pitcher of the Week
Minor League Baseball and the Indianapolis Indians announced Monday that left-handed pitcher Caleb Smith has been named the International League Pitcher of the Week after tossing a 7.0-inning complete-game shutout in Game 2 of Wednesday’s doubleheader at Toledo. Smith, 31, pitched the first complete-game shutout in all of minor league baseball this season. The southpaw was one of two pitchers in all of professional baseball to throw a complete-game shutout this week, alongside Double-A Portland’s Chih-Jung Liu.
In his brilliant outing on Wednesday afternoon, he allowed only three baserunners on three hits, striking out five Mud Hens. He became the first Indians pitcher to toss a complete-game shutout since right-hander James Marvel on July 5, 2019 (2) vs. Toledo. It was also Smith’s second career complete-game shutout, following a rain-shortened one-hitter over 7.0 innings on June 18, 2017, with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at Buffalo. Smith was signed by Pittsburgh as a minor league free agent on Feb. 12, 2023. He was originally selected by New York (AL) in the 14th round (434th overall) of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft out of Sam Houston State (Huntsville, Texas) University. He is Indianapolis’ third recipient of an IL weekly honor this season following Tucupita Marcano (April 4-9) and Josh Palacios (April 25-30), who both earned IL Player of the Week.
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