2024-2025 Indiana University Women’s Basketball Season Tickets now on sale
Indiana Women’s Basketball season tickets for the 2024-25 campaign are now on sale. Season ticket prices will remain the same from last season including adult reserved season tickets are $112, while reserved senior season tickets (65+) and youth season tickets (18-and-under) are $48. IU faculty and staff can purchase reserved season tickets for $80. The rest of the arena will remain general admission for 2024-25, with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. This general admission area includes the court-level bleachers. Adult general admission season tickets are $96, while general admission youth and senior tickets are $48. Fans also have the option to purchase reserved parking again this season in Gates 2, 4, 12, and 14.
The Hoosiers have won 31-straight regular season games inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall including a perfect 15-0 mark in 2023-24 and hold the nation’s eighth-longest home game winning streak at 17 games. Fans piled into the Hall in 2023-24 as Indiana finished fifth overall in national attendance, averaging 10,336 fans per game. The priority deadline to renew season tickets is May 31st. To guarantee the opportunity to secure reserved season tickets, fans are encouraged to make their purchase as soon as possible. Seat locations will be determined later this summer based on IU’s Priority Point system. Indiana finished 26-6 overall and 15-3 in the Big Ten, advancing to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the third time in four years. Highlighting the returners will be fifth-year guards Chloe Moore-McNeil and Sydney Parrish along with junior guard Yarden Garzon. Head coach Teri Moren will enter her 11th season at the helm of the program.
Indiana University Men’s Basketball Officially announces the Addition of Washington State Transfer Myles Rice
IU Head Coach Mike Woodson announced the addition of transfer Myles Rice to the Indiana men’s basketball program on Tuesday. Rice, a 2024 Kyle Macy National Freshman All-America Team honoree, arrives at Indiana after three seasons at Washington State. “Myles is a savvy, downhill guard that really succeeds in pick-and-roll situations. He is a three-level scorer that makes the right play consistently, whether that is getting to the rim or finding the open man. He is going to be a huge help for our ballclub, and we are very excited to welcome him and his family to Bloomington.” Mike Woodson said in a Press Release.
The 6-3, 180-pound guard averaged 14.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.6 steals per game while leading the Cougars to the program’s first NCAA Tournament berth in 16 years. He shot 43.9% (190-of-433) from the floor, 27.5% (36-of-131) from the 3-point line, and 81.1% (103-of-127) from the free throw line. He posted 27 double-figure scoring games, 16 multi-steal performances, 13 outings with at least five assists, and netted 20-plus points on six occasions.
The Columbia, S.C., native was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, All-Pac-12 First Team, Pac-12 All-Freshman Team, and was selected Pac-12 Freshman of the Week seven times. He set Washington State freshman records for single-game scoring (35), single-season scoring (519), single-season steals (56), single-season assists (134), single-season field goals (190), and single-season free throw percentage (81.1%). He started all 35 games played for the Cougars. Rice took a redshirt season in 2021-22 and medically redshirted while receiving treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma during the 2022-23 season. He received his last chemotherapy treatment on March 9, 2023. Rice was named the Student Athlete of the Year at the 2023 Black Student-Athlete summit. He is the son of Joel and Tamara Rice.
Big Ten Volleyball Media Days to Return to Chicago A new era of Big Ten Volleyball will hit the court this fall as four teams from the west coast join the nation’s deepest and most talented conference. Before the season begins, all 18 teams will head to the Big Ten Network studios in Chicago for the third annual Big Ten Media Days. Created before the 2022 season, the Big Ten is the only conference in the nation to host an in-person volleyball media day to showcase the league’s premier talent and personalities before the season begins. Each team brings its head coach and two student-athletes to go through a series of interviews, television hits and social media trends.
This year’s media days will be held on August 5th and 6th in Chicago. There will be a reception dinner on the night of the 5th for all coaches and athletes. Indiana’s student-athletes and head coach Steve Aird are scheduled to speak on Tuesday, August 6th. The Hoosiers will begin the 2024 season on August 30th and return a core of veteran talent including to-be senior setter Camryn Haworth and to-be sophomore libero Ramsey Gary. IU’s top four pin hitters from last season return to Bloomington.
Day 1 (Aug. 5): Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Rutgers and Wisconsin. Day 2 (Aug. 6): Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington, UCLA and USC.
Indiana University Wins the Govenor’s Cup over Purdue University for the fifth straight year
Indiana has been better than its rival for more than a half decade. And the margins haven’t been particularly close. For the fifth straight year, IU Athletics can claim overall superiority over Purdue. Indiana holds an insurmountable 11-to-5 edge over the Boilermakers in the annual Governor’s Cup competition with just four points left to be determined through the end of the 2023-24 academic year. Highlighting the win for Indiana was another basketball sweep by the Hoosier women. Led by former Boilermaker star Teri Moren, the IU women have now won 11 straight games against Purdue, and 15 of the last 16 meetings.
Since 2001-02, the two schools have conducted the all-sports competition. It originally was known as the Titan Series until 2004, when it was renamed the Crimson & Gold Cup. It became the Governor’s Cup in 2013. Points are awarded to the winning team in each of the schools’ 20 shared sports. If the two teams do not meet during the regular season, the higher finisher at the Big Ten Championships is the point winner. In the case of ties, both teams get half a point. Since Indiana’s elite sport is men’s soccer, the competition has put IU at a bit of a disadvantage, as Purdue doesn’t field a men’s soccer team. But that hasn’t prevented Indiana from pulling out to a significant all-time lead with a recent run of dominance. In 23 years of competition, IU now holds a 13-7 advantage. Two years have ended in a tie. The 2019-20 competition was declared a no-contest, although Indiana was leading 9-4 when all sports were canceled.
Indy Fuel fall in Game Three of the Playoffs to the Wheeling Nailers on the Road
The Fuel headed to Wheeling for games three through five of the first round of the playoffs against the Nailers. Starting Monday night, they hoped to take a 2-1 series lead. Despite a late goal by Andrew Perrott and forcing overtime, the Fuel fell 3-2 to the Nailers. In the first period at 5:51, Fuel captain Seamus Malone took the game’s first penalty for hooking but Indy was able to kill it off. Isaac Belliveau, who returned to Wheeling’s lineup tonight after an AHL call-up, opened the scoring at 11:40 with an even-strength goal. Just four seconds later, the Fuel headed to the power play after a tripping call on Tanner Laderoute. After one period, Wheeling was outshooting Indy 12-5.
In the second period at 1:28, the Fuel were issued a too many men penalty that Kyle Maksimovich served, and the team was able to kill it off. About thirty seconds after killing that penalty, DJ King sat for hooking, forcing Indy back to the penalty kill. After killing that off, Indy took off with momentum, catching up to the Nailers in shots quickly. Ultimately, that resulted in a good goal by Maksimovich to tie the game up at 10:02. A pair of defensemen in Matt Cairns and Chris Cameron claimed assists on that goal. At 12:37, Belliveau took a tripping penalty which sent Indy to their second power play of the game. It was Davis Bunz who scored next, for the Nailers at 15:18 to give them a 2-1 lead. With about a minute to go in the second frame, Jordan Frasca took a cross checking penalty after putting Santino Centorame into the boards. The Fuel could not score before time expired in the second period, but the power play would carry over to the third.
Just 21 seconds into the third period, Kale Howarth took a penalty for high sticking. This forced some 4-on-4 play before Wheeling went to the power play. Soon after, the game went back to 4-on-4 after Justin Addamo was called for slashing. The Fuel gained momentum in the third period and surpassed Wheeling in shots. They were putting the pressure on which finally paid off when Andrew Perrott scored to tie the game, 2-2 at 13:39. Centorame and Maksimovich both had assists on the goal. Indy kept their momentum and had a few more good chances without really letting Wheeling have any significant time with the puck. Eventually, time expired on the third without another goal and the game headed to overtime. At the end of regulation, the Fuel were outshooting the Nailers, 33-24.
Just thirty seconds into the overtime period, Justin Addamo scored on a 2-on-1 attempt to give the Nailers the 3-2 victory and a 2-1 series lead. If necessary, the Indy Fuel will be back in action at Indiana Farmers Coliseum next week on Monday, April 29 against the Wheeling Nailers in the playoffs. Tickets are available HERE.
Former Indianapolis Colts Quarterback Matt Ryan officially retires from the NFL
On the very first pass of his very first NFL minicamp, Matt Ryan delivered a wobbly throw that left his new Atlanta Falcons teammates shaking their heads. They couldn’t help but wonder if the team made a huge mistake drafting this skinny kid out of Boston College with the No. 3 overall pick in 2008. “He threw a duck,” said former Falcons receiver Michael Jenkins, chuckling at the memory. “We’re like, ‘Uh, is this the guy?’” He was. After putting up numbers that will surely put him in consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Ryan formally announced his retirement Monday to cap a 15-year career in which he spent all but one season as the steady-as-they-come quarterback of the Falcons. He signed a one-day contract with Atlanta so he could officially close his career with his longtime team.
“I took the hometown discount,” Ryan quipped. The decision was not a surprise, given the quarterback had not played since a single disappointing season with the Indianapolis Colts in 2022. He worked last season as an analyst for CBS, receiving a rousing ovation when he called a game in Atlanta. Ryan, who turns 39 next month, threw for 62,792 yards and 381 touchdowns in his career, quickly becoming the face of the Falcons during the most successful era in franchise history. He ranks seventh in NFL history for passing yards, ninth in career TD passes and won the league MVP award in 2016 when he guided the Falcons to only their second Super Bowl appearance in franchise history.
But Ryan came up heartbreakingly shy of the ultimate goal when Atlanta squandered a 28-3 lead to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the title game, losing 34-28 in overtime. “It hurts,” Ryan conceded. “It’s one of those things that’s always a part of you. Falling short of what you ultimately set out to do is tough. But that’s life. There are so many things in your life that are going to go that way. You’ve got to pick up and move on.” The lack of a championship — and the improbable way the Falcons lost to the Patriots — could hurt Ryan’s bid for a spot in Canton. “Obviously, if you had that Super Bowl victory, it might make things a little easier,” Jenkins said. “But I do think he’s a Hall of Famer.”
Ryan’s rookie campaign turned out to be the first of five straight winning seasons for a team that had never put together even back-to-back records above .500 over the first 42 years of its existence. Ryan would lead Atlanta to one more playoff appearance in 2017 — a season he’s especially proud of coming off that Super Bowl debacle and the Falcons becoming the butt of jokes from around the nation. But Ryan closed his career with five straight losing campaigns. When the Falcons went into rebuilding mode after the 2021 season, the aging QB and his mammoth contract were dealt to the Colts for a mere third-round draft pick.
His tenure in Indianapolis didn’t go as planned. Ryan posted a 4-7-1 record as the starter, had a career-low 14 touchdown passes and was benched for the first time in his pro career. At the end of the season, he was quietly let go by the Colts. Ryan joined CBS and kept one eye on possibly returning to the field with another team. He got several offers, but nothing to his liking, so he finally decided it was time to call it a career. With Ryan at the helm, the Falcons won three division titles and made six playoff appearances, also reaching the NFC championship game during the 2012 season. He had 10 straight seasons with more than 4,000 passing yards, highlighted by his MVP season when he set career highs with 4,944 yards, 38 touchdowns and a 69.9 completion percentage. Ryan was a four-time Pro Bowl selectee and remarkably durable over his career, missing only three games during his Atlanta tenure because of injuries. After turf toe sidelined him for two games during the 2009 season, he made 154 consecutive starts before a high ankle sprain sidelined him for one week in 2019. He finished his career with a record of 124-109-1 as a starter, including a 120-102 mark with the Falcons.
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