Author: Seth Tow

Keyanna Warthen didn’t always envision herself coaching. Indiana women’s basketball’s new team and recruitment coordinator and assistant coach knew she liked working with kids, and she loved basketball. But she didn’t begin picturing herself as a coach until she transferred from IU to SMU in 2021 — and even still, she didn’t immediately go that route. She took a marketing internship with the WNBA’s Dallas Wings after completing her sports management master’s degree at SMU. It took Warthen stepping back from the action to fully realize where she belonged. “To kind of not be around it but work behind the…

Indiana baseball’s postseason fate was uncertain going into Selection Monday. But the Hoosiers didn’t have to wait long to hear good news. IU has made the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year and the third time under head coach Jeff Mercer. The Hoosiers are in the Knoxville Regional, hosted by No. 1 overall seed Tennessee. Indiana (32-24-1) will open against Southern Miss (41-18), with the Golden Eagles coming off a Sun Belt Tournament championship. The Volunteers (50-11) play Northern Kentucky (35-22) in the other opening matchup of the regional. Both of those games are on Friday. Indiana had some…

IU baseball entered Saturday at the Big Ten Tournament with wins in its first two games and high hopes of bolstering its potential NCAA Tournament résumé. The third-seeded Hoosiers needed to win just one game of a potential two on Saturday against No. 2 seed Nebraska to advance to the conference championship game. The Cornhuskers’ close win Saturday morning forced a win-or-go-home game for both teams around five hours later. The nightcap’s result was never really in doubt. Nebraska dominated at the plate with seven extra-base hits and rolled to a 10-4 victory at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha. A…

After a hot start to the Big Ten Tournament this week, Indiana baseball quieted down on Saturday morning. The third-seeded Hoosiers suffered their first loss of the tournament in Omaha, a 4-2 defeat to No. 2 seed Nebraska. The teams will face off again this evening at 6 p.m. ET in a do-or-die game for both sides. The winner advances to the Big Ten championship game, while the loser will suffer its second loss of the tournament and go home. IU (32-23-1) brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning after a leadoff single by Jasen Oliver.…

Indiana baseball set the tone of Thursday’s Big Ten Tournament matchup against Ohio State early. The Hoosiers made clear the contest would be a slugfest, with five runs in the second inning. Ohio State fought back and tied it up, making Indiana work for it. But IU wasn’t fazed and ran away with a 14-7 victory at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha. This is the first time since 2014 IU has won its first two games in the Big Ten Tournament. And Indiana’s 14 runs tied a program record for its most in a Big Ten Tournament game. Indiana (32-22-1)…

Indiana men’s basketball went into this offseason with a lot of work to do and very little margin for error. With the program opting to stick by head coach Mike Woodson despite some recruiting misses in the class of 2024 and a disappointing 2023-24 campaign, this became a critical offseason for the Hoosiers. And with seven open scholarships, thanks to Liam McNeeley decommitting, Kel’el Ware going to the NBA Draft, and three outbound transfers, IU was looking at a major roster overhaul. Woodson was playing the transfer portal on expert mode. Given some of his swings and misses in the…

Shay Ciezki’s basketball journey started with gymnastics. Her older brother by three years, Matthew, played basketball his entire life and went on to play at Division III Keuka College in upstate New York. When he was on the court growing up, Shay was often hanging on the sideline. Sometimes she’d dribble a ball, sometimes she’d just tumble around. By age six, Shay started to play, herself. The Buffalo, N.Y. native eventually became a dangerous 3-point shooter at Penn State, before transferring to Indiana women’s basketball in April. “He would go to clinics and camps, and I’d be there doing cartwheels…

TOTAL:  81 (as of 5/30/24) (85 total scholarship players allowed to be enrolled and on campus.  Several of the above total are freshmen arriving in the summer.) Quarterback: 4 (Kurtis Rourke, Tayven Jackson, Alberto Mendoza, Tyler Cherry) Running back: 6 (Solomon Vanhorse, Justice Ellison, Elijah Green, Kaelon Black, Ty Son Lawton, Khobie Martin) Wide receiver: 9 (Donaven McCulley, E.J. Williams Jr., Elijah Sarratt, Andison Coby, Ke’Shawn Williams, Miles Cross, Myles Price, Omar Cooper Jr., Charlie Becker) Tight end: 6 (Trey Walker, Zach Horton, James Bomba, Brody Foley, Sam West, Brody Kosin) Offensive line: 14 (Mike Katic, Nick Kidwell, Tyler Stephens, Trey Wedig, Cooper…

Cornerback D’Angelo Ponds has committed to Indiana football out of the transfer portal, the sophomore announced on social media Saturday. The West Park, Fla. native comes to Bloomington after a stellar freshman season at James Madison. He was named to several freshman All-American teams, and was a second-team All-Sun Belt selection. Ponds finished third in the conference and tied for 11th in the nation with 15 passes defended last season — more than any Big Ten player. He added two interceptions and 51 combined tackles, including two tackles for loss. Ponds is the 12th JMU player to follow head coach…

For some people, it’s LeBron Bond’s name that grabs their attention. Bond knows his name can raise eyebrows. He is, in fact, named after NBA legend LeBron James. When people hear his name, they sometimes turn their heads or ask him to repeat it, to make sure they heard what they thought they heard. But for others, it’s his the wide receiver’s speed that draws people in. Bond, in addition to playing football, runs track at Maury (Va.) High School. He competes in the short-distance sprinting events, with success: Bond finished first in the 100m (10.91 seconds) and the 200m…