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Oliver Moller-Jensen Brace Boosts No. 2 Indiana Hoosiers Men’s Soccer to Comeback Win<\/strong> over Kentucky <\/strong> No. 2-ranked Indiana men\u2019s soccer (10-0-2, 4-0-1 Big Ten) steadied its unbeaten season with a 3-1, comeback victory over Kentucky (1-6-3, 1-1-1 Sun Belt) Tuesday night on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Hoosiers overcame Kentucky\u2019s 19th-minute goal with three unanswered in the second half. Within a 12-minute split, Oliver Moller-Jensen scored the tying and winning goals, and Easton Bogard put the game to bed with a third.\u00a0 Indiana improved to 6-0-1 in non-conference play and will look to complete an unbeaten non-con slate for a second straight season on Friday, hosting NCAA Division III Hanover College for Senior Night.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 19th Minute a ball in just missed becoming a Josh Maher headed clearance and fell to Kentucky\u2019s Agustin Lopez at the top of the box, in front of his defender. Lopez finished low to the keeper\u2019s right to give the Wildcats the early lead <\/em><\/strong>1-0. Six minutes later, Kentucky made a big defensive stand, saving one shot and blocking two more \u2013 all headed towards goal. The Hoosiers would go into the break with a 9-4 shots advantage.\u00a0In the 63rd Minute Indiana\u2019s sustained pressure led to a Kentucky handball in the box. Oliver Moller-Jensen stepped to the spot and took advantage of the opportunity, sending the keeper the wrong way and scoring to the left side of goal <\/em><\/strong>tied the game at 1-1. In the 72nd Minute <\/strong>Njike danced with a Kentucky defender on the left side of the box, found his moment and crossed towards the far side of the six-yard box. Moller-Jensen stepped back from his marker and met the cross with his head, directing it into goal to make it 2-1 Indiana. Three Minutes Later Nolan Kinsella got past his man on the right wing and passed across to Bogard in the box. Bogard took a patient, clever touch around an aggressive defender and smashed it into the side netting <\/em><\/strong>to make it 3-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indiana clinched its 52nd double-digit win season. The Hoosiers have reached 10 victories in all but two seasons in the program\u2019s 54-year history (1986, 2013).\u00a0 Indiana has completed comeback victories in three consecutive meetings with Kentucky; The Hoosiers came back from down 2-0 to win 3-2 in 2024 and scored two unanswered to win 2-1 last season. IU improved to 29-3-5 all-time against the Wildcats.\u00a0 Kentucky\u2019s goal was Indiana\u2019s first allowed in a first half all season. IU trailed for the second time this season and for the first time since August 31 at Louisville.\u00a0 Moller-Jensen bagged his third brace of the season \u2013 second in three games \u2013 to improve his career-high single-season scoring to nine goals. Njike has assisted Moller-Jensen on three of his last four goals.\u00a0 Njike leads Indiana with six assists. The junior forward has recorded eight goal contributions (two goals, six assists) in IU\u2019s last seven matches.\u00a0 Bogard improved his career-high scoring season with his fifth goal.\u00a0 Tuesday\u2019s attendance: 31,225. Indiana has eclipsed 30,000 fans in a single season for the fourth consecutive year and the fifth time since 2013 (the first year that the NCAA published men\u2019s soccer attendance).\u00a0 Indiana will close out a four-match homestand Friday (Oct. 9) night, hosting Hanover College at 7:30 p.m. ET. The IU Soccer program will celebrate Senior Night with a pregame ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Ranked Nebraska Visits a Sold-Out Wilkinson Hall to Face Indiana University Women’s Volleyball <\/strong> All eyes in the volleyball world will be on Wilkinson Hall this evening as undefeated and top-ranked Nebraska makes the trip to Bloomington for the first all top-15 home match in program history. The Hoosiers have never beaten the top-ranked team in the country.\u00a0After a tough five-set defeat at No. 6 Wisconsin last Thursday, the Indiana volleyball team (10-3, 3-1 B1G) responded with a win at Rutgers to close out the longest road trip of the entire season. IU hit .288 in the match with three players in double figures for kills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second-year outside hitter Jaidyn Jager has had 10+ kills in 17 of her 24 career Big Ten matches.\u00a0When IU’s block shines bright, it usually bodes well in the win column. The Hoosiers are 6-0 this season when recording at least nine blocks. Even on a great passing night from Rutgers, IU still held the hosts to a .233 hitting percentage. Three of IU’s four Big Ten opponents this season have hit under .235 in the match.\u00a0With fifth-year opposite hitter Avry Tatum back in the mix, IU is getting closer to finding its best lineup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third-year outside hitter Izzy Clark is getting closer to making her season debut after missing the first 13 games of the season through injury. She has the ability to play all six rotations when she’s fully ready to go.\u00a0Both of IU’s games this week will be broadcasted live on Big Ten Network. Chris Vosters (PxP) and Mac Podraza (Color) will be on the call for Thursday’s contest at 6:30 p.m. The match is sold out to the general public with no tickets available at the door. IU will also play USC on Sunday (Oct. 11) this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A win over Nebraska Would Be the 11th win of the season and the fifth at home- Be the highest ranked win in program history- Be the sixth top-10 win in program history- Be the first win over the number one team in school history\u00a0Stats and Trends\u2022 The Hoosiers are looking for the highest-ranked win in program history.\u2022 IU has won 19 of its last 26 Big Ten games, dating back to the final week of the 2024 season.\u2022 Head coach Steve Aird last guided his team to a top-10 win in November of 2022 (at #5 Ohio State).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second-year setter Teodora Krickovic is closing in on becoming the 12th player in program history to reach 2,000 career assists. She’s less than 275 away as she continues to set the Hoosiers at an elite offensive rate. The Serbian is averaging 10.74 assists per set in her career at IU.\u00a0 Since the 2022 campaign (four-plus years), Indiana has racked up 87 wins under head coach Steve Aird. That includes at least 15 wins in each full season during that stretch. IU will be looking to reach that plateau again for the fifth-straight year in 2026.\u00a0 IU was boosted with the return of fifth-year opposite hitter Avry Tatum. In her three matches back with the Hoosiers, Tatum is averaging 3.17 kills per set on a .302 hitting percentage. She had a season-high 16 kills on the road at No. 6 Wisconsin at the beginning of the month.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First-year outside hitter Sara Snowbarger was thrusted into action out of the gate and has more than held her own against stiff competition. She’s got three matches with double-digit kills including a career high 11 at No. 6 Wisconsin last week. She’s averaging 1.92 kills per set.\u00a0 The Hoosiers are going for their first win over the top-ranked team in the country in program history. IU has five wins over top-10 programs in school history to date, all of them against Big Ten opponents. IU is 0-16 all-time against No. 1 teams – most recently a loss to Nebraska in 2025.\u00a0 Second-year libero Hannah Leftridge has flown under the radar on IU’s team. She’s had double-digit digs in six of the last seven games in her first season wearing the jersey full-time. She’s upped her defensive output by nearly 2.50 digs per set in her second season of college volleyball.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earning your own points is the key to winning matches in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers are third in the conference in points per set (17.80) during league play only. They are also third in the Big Ten during conference action in hitting percentage (.270) and assists per set (12.93)\u00a0DISHING THEM: Second-year setter Teodora Krickovic is 11th nationally and fifth in the Big Ten with 10.77 assists per set this year. She has dished out 517 helpers in 13 matches this year. She is second in the Big Ten (11.33 per set) if you include conference matches only.\u00a0 The NCAA ran its first official RPI rankings of the season, the biggest baseline tool in postseason selections. IU is 16th in adjusted RPI and 17th in overall RPI through the first six weeks of the year. The Big Ten was far and away ranked the top conference in college volleyball.\u00a0 IU’s block came alive in a big way in the win at Rutgers. Fifth-year middle blocker Kiki Granberry is seventh in the Big Ten with 1.24 blocks per set. She is just 35 blocks away from reaching 400 for her illustrious college career. Her 51 rejections leads the team in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nebraska (15-0, 4-0 Big Ten comes in off the heels of a pair of efficient sweeps over Penn State and Maryland. The undefeated Huskers have looked all the part of the number one team in the country this season. Outside hitter Harper Murray leads with 3.20 kills per set at a .252 hitting percentage.\u00a0\u2022 Middle blocker Andi Jackson is perhaps the premier player at her position in the country. She’s averaging 3.94 points per set on 2.74 kills per set and 1.38 blocks per set. She’s top five nationally with a .497 hitting percentage. Fellow middle blocker Manaia Ogbechie is also hitting above .400.\u00a0Everything starts with setter Bergen Reilly, the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year. She is averaging 10.82 assists per set. That number jumps above 11.00 during conference play. She’s also digging 2.64 balls per set. Libero Olivia Mauch leads with 3.25 digs per set.\u00a0One of the premier brands in college volleyball, Nebraska has maintained a steady advantage in the all-time series. IU’s only win (1978) came before the NCAA officially recognized women’s volleyball.\u00a0\u2022 Nebraska has won every match since it joined the Big Ten. The Hoosiers have taken a set in two of the last three games in Bloomington. IU had a chance to go up 2-0 in a match in 2023, but Nebraska came roaring back to win in four sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indiana University Women’s Soccer Travels to #10 UCLA <\/strong>\u00a0 Indiana women’s soccer begins their west coast trip as they continue through their conference schedule. The Hoosiers will first play at No. 10 UCLA tonight from Wallis Anneberg Stadium. the match is set for a 10 pm EST start time. Indiana looks to get back in the win column after suffering a loss to Michigan on Sunday. Michigan found the first goal of the match in the 24th minute to take a 1-0 lead into halftime. Haden Vlcek added her second assist of the year playing a deep ball to Jenna Chatterton. She would even the match in the 52nd minute. Michigan answered back in the 64th and 73rd minutes with two goals, taking a 3-1 advantage late. Maggie Ledwith found the Hoosiers second goal off a corner kick for her 10th career score. With one final push the Hoosiers were unable to find the equalizer, falling 3-2 to the Wolverines. UCLA is 8-3-1 on the Season and tied for first with Michigan State and Ohio State with a 5-1 record in Big Ten Play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maggie Ledwith and Bella Haggerty lead all Hoosiers with five and three goals scored, respectively, this season. Kennedy Neighbors, Piper Coffield, and Jenna Chatterton tie with two goals apiece, followed by Aleyna Quinn with one goal. 10 Hoosiers have recorded an assist this season, led by Ledwith, Chatterton, Grace Hamm, and Haden Vlcek with two. Graham earned her first assist on the year in the previous match. Bella Haggerty, Kennedy Neighbors, Paige Droner, Emma Ehret, Amaya Falzarano, and Ella Stanley have also added assists. Ledwith and Haggerty lead the Hoosiers in total points with 12 and seven, respectively. Chatterton follows behind with six along with Neighbors with five and Coffield with four. Aleyna Quinn, Grace, and Vlcek each have two points while Droner, Ehret, Falzarano, Stanley, and Graham also have one point apiece for the Hoosiers. 18 Hoosiers have recorded a shot this season. Ledwith leads the way with 30 shot attempts, followed by Hamm and Neighbors with 16 and 15, respectively. Droner and Graham follow behind with 12 and 10, respectively, along with Coffield with nine shots. Chatterton has added eight shots, followed by Haggerty with seven and Stanley with six. IUWS will return to the pitch on Sunday, October 11th<\/sup>\u00a0when they play at USC. The match is set to start at 4 pm EST on B1G+\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 Former Indiana University Football Players See the Field in Week Four of the NFL Regular Season <\/strong> Week 4 of the NFL season is in the rearview mirror, and it was a big one for some former Hoosiers. Elijah Sarratt snagged his first career reception, and Ian Thomas found the end zone for the first time in six years. Here\u2019s a summary of how everyone performed: Fernando Mendoza, QB (Las Vegas Raiders) \u2013 <\/strong>Did not play, backup quarterback. Ian Thomas, TE (Las Vegas Raiders) \u2013 <\/strong>Played 26 offensive snaps and 6 special teams snaps. 2 receptions, 32 yards, 1 TD. Cumulative season stats: 4<\/em> games. 102 offensive snaps. 3 receptions, 43 yards, 1 TD. Micah McFadden, LB (New York Giants) \u2013 <\/strong>20 special teams snaps, 2 total tackles. Cumulative season stats: 3<\/em> games. 47 special teams snaps. 3 total tackles. Riley Nowakowski, <\/strong>TE (Pittsburgh Steelers) \u2013 Played 1 offensive snap and 18 special teams snaps. Cumulative season stats: 4<\/em> games. 15 offensive snaps, 68 special teams snaps. 2 tackles, 1 solo. Kurtis Rourke, QB (San Francisco 49ers) \u2013 Did not play, inactive. Kaelon Black, RB (San Francisco 49ers) \u2013 Played 17 offensive snaps. 6 carries, 13 yards. Cumulative season stats: 4<\/em> games. 70 offensive snaps. 31 carries, 120 yards, 1 reception, 5 yards. CJ West, DT (San Francisco 49ers) \u2013 <\/strong>Inactive, on injured reserve. Cumulative season stats: <\/em>2 games. 49 defensive snaps, 5 special teams snaps. 5 tackles, 1 solo. Myles Price, WR (Minnesota Vikings) \u2013 Played 10 offensive snaps and 9 on special teams. Had 2 kick returns, 70 yards, 3 punt returns, 51 yards. 1 carry, 2 yards. 2 receptions, 6 yards. Cumulative season stats: <\/em>4 games. 43 offensive snaps, 38 special teams snaps. 14 kick returns, 423 yards, 9 punt returns, 181 yards, 1 TD. 1 carry, 2 yards. 2 receptions, 6 yards. Pat Coogan, OL (Tennessee Titans) \u2013 <\/strong>Played 2 special teams snaps. Cumulative season stats: 4<\/em> games. 10 special teams snaps. Aiden Fisher, LB (Houston Texans) \u2013 <\/strong>17 special teams snaps. Cumulative season stats: <\/em>3 games. 38 special teams snaps, 1 tackle. Kahlil Benson, OL (Kansas City Chiefs) \u2013 <\/strong>Played 60 offensive snaps and 4 on special teams. Started at left tackle. Cumulative season stats: <\/em>4 games. 261 offensive snaps, 22 special teams snaps. Omar Cooper, Jr., WR (New York Jets) \u2013 <\/strong>Did not play, on injured reserve Cumulative season stats: <\/em>1 game. 5 offensive snaps. 1 reception, 30 yards. D\u2019Angelo Ponds, DB (New York Jets) \u2013 <\/strong>Played 18 defensive snaps. 3 total tackles. Cumulative season stats: <\/em>2 games. 20 defensive snaps, 2 special teams snaps. 3 total tackles. Marcelino McCrary-Ball, LB (New York Jets) \u2013 Inactive, on injured reserve. Cumulative season stats: <\/em>3 games. 5 defensive snaps, 26 special teams snaps. 1 tackle, 1 forced fumble. Luke Haggard, OL (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) \u2013 <\/strong>Did not play, inactive. Cumulative season stats: <\/em>1 game, 5 special teams snaps. Dan Feeney, OL (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) \u2013 <\/strong>Did not play, reserve offensive lineman. Cumulative season stats: <\/em>4 games. Elijah Sarratt, WR (Baltimore Ravens) \u2013 Played 23 offensive snaps. 1 reception, 13 yards. Cumulative season stats: <\/em>2 games. 23 offensive snaps. 1 reception, 13 yards. Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, WR (Indianapolis Colts \u2013 Played 11 offensive snaps and 13 special teams snaps.  Recorded a special teams tackle. Cumulative season stats:<\/em>  2 games, 1 tackle, 12 offensive snaps, 28 special teams snaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ON NFL PRACTICE SQUADS  Roman Hemby \u2013 Las Vegas Raiders Raheem Layne \u2013 New York Giants Cam Jones \u2013 Kansas City Chiefs Ke\u2019Shawn Williams \u2013 Cincinnati Bengals <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Ten Unveils the 2026-27 Women\u2019s Basketball Television Schedule<\/strong> The Big Ten Conference unveiled start times and television designations for its 2026-27 women\u2019s basketball season on Tuesday, with all 162 conference games to be nationally produced and distributed for the 13th consecutive season. The conference also announced the times and network assignments for select nonconference games. The 2026-27 regular season slate will feature eight Big Ten matchups on a broadcast network, seven on FOX and one on NBC. The championship game of the 2027 Allstate Big Ten Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament will air March 7 on CBS for the fourth straight season. It will also be streamed live on Paramount+. Once again, Big Ten squads will play an 18-game conference schedule with teams playing one school in a home-and-away series while facing 16 teams once. Of the single-play opponents, teams will play eight at home and eight on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference action opens Saturday, December 5 and picks up in earnest on Tuesday, December 29, culminating in the 2027 Allstate Big Ten Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament, slated for March 3-7, 2027, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Big Ten women\u2019s basketball will make its television debut on FS1 when Michigan hosts UConn at 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 5, the first of 13 games slated for FS1 throughout the season. Big Ten Network will carry 61 regular season matchups, with coverage beginning Sunday, November 8 as USC welcomes Utah State at 8 p.m. ET. Games will also be available on FOX One. In its third year providing coverage for Big Ten women\u2019s basketball, NBC will air the clash between Ohio State and USC at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBCUniversal\u2019s direct-to-consumer platform, Peacock, will carry Big Ten games live for the fourth consecutive season. The 27-game lineup will tip Wednesday, November 18 at 8 p.m. ET when Kansas visits Minnesota. For the fifth season in a row, the FOX broadcast network will televise Big Ten women\u2019s basketball games. The 10-contest slate opens Saturday, December 5 at 2 p.m. ET with Michigan meeting Oklahoma in the Women\u2019s Champions Classic at Barclays Center. FOX and FS1 will air 23 games in total throughout the season. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2027 Allstate Big Ten Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament, with the second-round, quarterfinal and semifinal games on Thursday, Friday and Saturday slated for Big Ten Network. CBS will carry the championship game on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Big Ten Network, FOX and FS1 on-air games will also be streamed nationwide via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on FOX One, while the game televised on CBS will also be available for live streaming on Paramount+. NBC\u2019s broadcast will also be available for live streaming on Peacock. The remaining contests will air on Peacock and NBCSN. B1G+ will have a robust slate of additional games available for streaming on the platform. The full schedule is available online at bigtenplus.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo has grown from freshman star to a heralded face of the sport of Women’s Basketball as a senior<\/strong>   There’s a relentlessness to Hannah Hidalgo that shows every time she takes the floor, from her game-changing scoring to the way she harasses opposing ballhandlers. It originates with \u201cthat competitive mindset, that kill mindset\u201d that she carries into every game. That has brought Notre Dame’s 5-foot-7 point guard to her senior season, a career that began with immediate stardom and a never-stopped-flowing run of accolades in making her one of the faces of the sport. She’s dreaming of helping the Fighting Irish take another step forward after coming within a win of the Final Four last year. And the top WNBA prospect could end up as Division I’s career steals leader along with ranking among its top 10 all-time scorers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don’t focus on the numbers ever,\u201d Hidalgo said Monday during the ACC Tipoff preseason media days. \u201cAll the numbers I put up last year was never about me saying, \u2018OK, I\u2019m going to get this amount of points and this amount of steals.’ I go out every single game and play every game like it’s my last, and the numbers just come with how I play.\u201d If Hidalgo wanted to keep track, well, it would be easy to lose count. Both with stats and honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is averaging 23.9 points, 6.1 rebounds. 4.8 assists and 4.7 steals for three college seasons. She was a first-team Associated Press All-American in each of her first two seasons and was a second-team pick last year. She has been named the ACC’s defensive player of the year in each of her three seasons. And she has a chance to join Duke’s Alana Beard (2002-04), Maryland’s Alyssa Thomas (2012-14) and Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley (2022-24) as the only players to be named ACC player of the year for three straight seasons. If she matches last year’s output, Hidalgo would rank sixth in career scoring with 3,369 points while setting a steals record with 683, breaking the mark of 648 set by Lamar’s Chastadie Barrs from 2016-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seventh-year coach Niele Ivey wants to savor what Hidalgo is doing even amid the broader focus on team goals. \u201cShe gives our team her heart and soul every night,\u201d said Ivey, the point guard on Notre Dame’s 2001 NCAA title winner. “The things that she does is very abnormal, it\u2019s very special, it\u2019s very unique. So I try to make her at least bask in it a little bit. … I try to celebrate her in the moment, especially in front of the team, and acknowledge it because it really is supernatural what she does.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hidalgo was the no-question leader of the Fighting Irish last year after fellow backcourt star Olivia Miles transferred to TCU. Hidalgo ranked third nationally in scoring (25.3) while leading the country in steals (5.6) for the second time in three seasons. She had a program-record 44 points to go with an NCAA record 16 steals and nine rebounds in a November win against Akron before eventually setting the NCAA’s single-season steals mark. She turned in a masterpiece in the NCAA Sweet 16 by flirting with a quadruple-double (31 points, 11 rebounds, 10 steals, seven assists) in leading the Irish to an upset of 2-seed Vanderbilt \u2014 led by AP first-team all-American Mikayla Blakes \u2014 and sending Notre Dame to its first Elite Eight under Ivey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And her output isn’t just the product of firing 3-pointers in lieu of attacking off the bounce. She didn’t attempt more than four 3-pointers in any of Notre Dame’s last 17 games. Louisville\u2019s Jeff Walz, who enters his 20th season as the league\u2019s longest-tenured men\u2019s or women\u2019s coach, watched from the sideline as Hidalgo capped the regular season with 30 points, 10 rebounds, even assists and five steals in a road win against his top-10 Cardinals team. It marked the third straight year that Hidalgo had scored at least 30 points on Louisville’s homecourt. \u201cWe just need to play them up there twice, solve that problem,\u201d Walz said with a chuckle. Jokes aside, Walz was quick to point to Hidalgo\u2019s impact in ways such as avoiding having the player Hidalgo is guarding bring the ball up the floor. \u201cIf you get sloppy and you lose focus, then that\u2019s when she takes advantage of things,\u201d Walz said. \u201cShe\u2019s a crafty kid, she plays hard. It\u2019s the one thing you can never question her on, is she going to show up and play hard? She does it every single night, it\u2019s really impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duke coach Kara Lawson got an up-close look at Hidalgo\u2019s competitive burn when she coached her in the 2025 FIBA Women\u2019s AmeriCup in Chile, with Hidalgo helping the Americans win the gold medal. \u201cI can\u2019t say I was surprised by it, because typically a player of that caliber, that\u2019s how they\u2019re going to operate, that\u2019s how they\u2019re going to practice,\u201d said Lawson, now the USA Basketball Women\u2019s National Team coach. \u201cSo I would say that\u2019s the thing with her that jumps out: just her approach every day, her competitiveness. There\u2019s a lot of players on that team that had that, too, but she was definitely one of the standouts.\u201d That much is obvious when talking with Hidalgo. Ask about racking up steals, she points to a mindset to harass an opponent and \u201cmake this day the worst day of their life, the worst game of their life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said she has worked to improve as a locker-room leader, along with managing expectations thrust upon her in that star-making freshman season. \u201cI think what I\u2019ve learned is to not care about the expectations and what other people put on you,\u201d she said, \u201cbecause I feel as though if I\u2019m consistently focused on that, it brings too much pressure on yourself. You wont be able to please everyone, is a big lesson that I had to learn.\u201d Besides, it’s simpler to just stick with her \u201cheart over height\u201d motto, formed from typically being the smallest player on the court back to elementary school. \u201cI want everybody to see how competitive I am,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I think they\u2019ve already seen that. I don’t really have much to prove to anybody anymore.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Ten Announces the 2026-27 Men\u2019s Basketball Broadcast Schedule<\/strong> The Big Ten announced the start times and television designations for the 2026-27 men’s basketball conference schedule on Tuesday, which includes all 180 contests set to be televised nationally. The conference also revealed tip times and network assignments for select non-conference games. The Big Ten Conference season will begin with four games on Tuesday, Dec. 1, with a total of 18 conference games being played between Dec. 1-13 before conference play breaks.  Following the holiday break, Big Ten action will resume on Wednesday, Dec. 30 with a pair of contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to broadcast platforms CBS, FOX, and NBC, the Big Ten Network (BTN) and FS1 will continue to carry games on cable networks. NBCUniversal\u2019s direct-to-consumer platform, Peacock, will also carry Big Ten games live exclusively on the platform. All games on FOX, FS1, and BTN will also be streamed on FOX One. CBS Sports broadcast coverage will be available to stream live on Paramount+. Peacock will air its first games of the conference slate on Tuesday, Dec. 1, as Iowa visits Purdue at 7 p.m. ET, followed by Wisconsin at Northwestern tipping two hours later. In total, Peacock will air 31 Big Ten contests, with two February league match-ups slated to air of NBC. NBC\u2019s broadcast will also be available for live streaming on Peacock. The remaining contests will air on Peacock and on NBCSN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FS1 will also broadcast its first Big Ten Conference matchups on Dec. 1. At 8 p.m. ET, Indiana will play host to Rutgers, with Oregon and UCLA meeting at Pauley Pavilion at 10 p.m. ET. The FOX broadcast network airs its first game on Dec. 12, with Northwestern visiting Michigan at 4:30 p.m. ET. FOX and FS1 will air 60 Big Ten games throughout the season, including 21 games on FOX, 38 games on FS1 and one network designation to be announced at a later date. BTN will open its conference schedule with a tripleheader on Wednesday, Dec. 2, as Minnesota visits Michigan State at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by Ohio State at Nebraska at 8:30 p.m. ET and Washington at USC at 10:30 p.m. ET. Throughout the season, BTN will air a total of 74 conference games. CBS Sports will present a total of 13 regular season Big Ten Conference games on CBS and Paramount+, including its first conference match-up of the season on Jan. 2 as Michigan State visits Nebraska at 3:45 p.m. ET. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference play will build up to the 2026 Big Ten Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament, set for March 9-14, 2027, at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The tournament will open on Tuesday, March 10 with a pair of games featuring the number 15-18 seeds aired on Peacock. Wednesday\u2019s schedule will include four contests, as Tuesday\u2019s winners will join seeds 9-14 in second round action. Peacock and BTN will split Wednesday\u2019s games, with the early session airing on Peacock and the evening games on BTN. Seeds 5-8 will begin tournament play on Thursday, with the top four seeds slated to open their postseasons in Friday\u2019s quarterfinal round following their double byes. Thursday\u2019s four third round contests and Friday\u2019s quarterfinals will also air on BTN. The semifinal contests are scheduled for Saturday, with a champion crowned following Sunday\u2019s title game. For the 30th consecutive year, CBS will broadcast the semifinals and championship game with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oliver Moller-Jensen Brace Boosts No. 2 Indiana Hoosiers Men’s Soccer to Comeback Win over Kentucky No. 2-ranked Indiana men\u2019s soccer (10-0-2, 4-0-1 Big Ten) steadied its unbeaten season with a 3-1, comeback victory over Kentucky (1-6-3, 1-1-1 Sun Belt) Tuesday night on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Hoosiers overcame Kentucky\u2019s 19th-minute goal …<\/p>\n

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