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REPORT: Crossroads Classic ending in 2021 The Crossroads Classic will not be played beyond this year, according to a report from the Lafayette Journal and Courier. The annual basketball doubleheader has been held in December every year since 2011, with Indiana and Purdue alternately facing off against Notre Dame and Butler at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The event's contract runs out in 2021, when Indiana will face Notre Dame and Purdue will take on Butler. Indiana athletic director Scott Dolson did not directly confirm the news, but did reiterate Indiana's commitment to play g...

Now it is the question that, unlike the Indiana-Kentucky basketball series, is seemingly playing on repeat. On Thursday it was Mike Woodson’s turn to answer the question that college basketball fans have been asking since Christian Watford brought more than 17,000 fans out of their seats and scurrying towards the Branch McCracken Court, where they may or may not have trampled Kentucky coach John Calipari’s spine. WISH-TV sports director Anthony Calhoun reported on his Twitter account that he asked Woodson whether he would like to revive Indiana’s nearly century old series with Kentucky....

April 16, 2021 Indiana University didn’t just hire former Hoosiers standout Mike Woodson to turn around the school’s struggling basketball program; it also brought reinforcements. Thad Matta and Dane Fife are joining Woodson in the effort to bring glory back to IU. Mason King talks with IBJ reporter Anthony Schoettle about why IU Athletic Director Scott Dolson put together the team he did and how the strategy could get big-money donors excited again. It’s all about bringing different generations of IU fans back into the fold. Click here to find the IBJ Podcast each Monday. You can also...

Teri Moren just got paid Share this story Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Now that the most successful season in Indiana women’s basketball program has history has come to an end, Teri Moren can get paid. And she will. IU announced Thursday that it has agreed to a new contract with the seventh-year coach that increases her annual average compensation to $862,500 through the 2026-27 season. According to a release, Moren’s deal also includes several performance bonuses for Big Ten regular and postseason titles, NCAA Tournament and WNIT Tournament participation and wins, conference and national c...

Brian April 1st, 2021 at 11:17 AM End of the road for amateurism? Blasting the NCAA has been one of the rare bipartisan activities over the past few years, and judging from the things said at the Supreme Court's hearing for the Alston case it sounds like they're about to drop a bomb on the organization: Justice Amy Coney Barrett later questioned why the NCAA should get to decide how to define what it means for an athlete to be paid. Several justices also expressed skepticism about the NCAA's "high-minded" claims about the importance of preserving amateurism. Justice Elena Kagan asked why the ...