The 2026 NBA playoffs began on Saturday, April 17, with the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder the heavy favorite to repeat. Sports Illustrated experts like the Nuggets and Celtics better Advertisement Just over half of the league’s 30 teams made the playoffs, leaving 14 sitting at home during the postseason and looking ahead to the…
BLOOMINGTON – Indiana basketball guard Nick Dorn plans to enter the transfer portal, according to multiple reports. The transfer window for Division 1 basketball this year is a 15-day period running from April 7-21. Advertisement Indiana has lost five players to the transfer portal, in addition to the six players who were out of eligibility….
The 2026 NCAA Tournament began in March. It ended in April. It belonged to Dusty May. Michigan completed the journey and stopped the UConn dynasty to win the 2026 men’s college basketball national championship. This is Michigan’s second national title, its first since 1989. Dusty May has earned every comparison involving Indiana football coach Curt…
INDIANAPOLIS – Dusty May’s first trip to a Final Four in Indianapolis was a little less glamorous than his current one. He and three other Indiana men’s basketball student officials spent several days stationed in the lobby of the downtown Indianapolis Marriott that was hosting the National Basketball Coaches Association’s annual convention. His goal was…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Juju Reese had 26 points and 17 rebounds, Will Riley added 19 points and 10 rebounds, and the Washington Wizards snapped a 16-game losing streak with a 133-110 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday. It was Washington’s first win since Feb. 20 against Indiana. Advertisement Cody Williams scored 24…
Luka Dončić’s MVP march continued in Indianapolis, where he scored 21 first-quarter points and 43 total in a 137-130 victory over the hapless Pacers. He became the first player to average 40 points in six road games since Michael Jordan in 1986, according to ESPN. Advertisement Jordan, then 23 years old, actually averaged 41.3 points…
Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the lead-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments. It was a very pale first round, as expected, particularly with the four No. 1 seeds showing complete dominance. But from here, things…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 20 points and Braden Smith added 15 points and eight assists Friday night, helping No. 7 Purdue produce a historic rout of rival Indiana 93-64 to win a division in this season’s series. The Boilermakers emphatically ended their two-game losing streak against the Hoosiers by producing their…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kiki Rice had 17 points and nine rebounds, Lauren Betts added 16 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 2 UCLA beat Indiana 92-48 on Sunday to extend its winning streak to 19 games. UCLA (25-1, 15-0 Big Ten), which is undefeated since a 76-65 loss to No. 4 Texas on Nov….
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois – David Mirkovic had 25 points and seven rebounds and No. 8 Illinois rebounded from back-to-back overtime losses with a 71-51 victory over Indiana on Sunday. Kylan Boswell, the Illini’s second-leading scorer and best defensive player, returned and played nearly 33 minutes after missing seven games with a fracture in his right hand,…
