Indiana Basketball All Star Classic News UPDATE
Indiana Basketball All Star Classic News UPDATE: April 26, 2024 Good morning! Almost all the Indiana Basketball All Star Classic girls’ spots have been confirmed for the June 15th, 2024 event. Thank you for such a great response. The initial [More]
Shootin’ the Stars: The walk to the top always features different steps
Shootin’ the Stars: The walk to the top always features different steps By Mike Beas Indiana has celebrated a total of 195 boys state basketball champions, and, in snowflake fashion, no two have been alike. We’ve had dominant teams [More]
DOMINATE HUSKIES DOOM DESERT DREAMS
DRUM BEAT PURDUE BASKETBALL Shawn Martin Excelhsports.com DOMINATE HUSKIES DOOM DESERT DREAMS Glendale, Arizona – April 8, 2024 Sometimes you run into an opponent that is just better than you. The Connecticut Huskies met the Purdue Boilermakers in the National [More]
WASN’T A THING OF BEAUTY BUT BOILERS ADVANCE
THE DRUM BEAT PURDUE BASKETBALL by Shawn Martin Excelhsports WASN’T A THING OF BEAUTY BUT BOILERS ADVANCE “We are 40 minutes from a National Championship” proclaimed Purdue Sophomore guard Fletcher Loyer during the post-game news conference after the Boilermakers beat [More]
A PHOENIX FINAL FOUR EXPERIENCE
MUSINGS OF A HOOPSTER by Shawn Martin Excelhsports Columnist A PHOENIX FINAL FOUR EXPERIENCE Glendale, Arizona – With Purdue advancing to the Men’s NCAA Final Four at the Arizona Cardinals stadium, I get to cover this event for the first [More]
Lawrence’s Dre Davis shot chops down Indiana State 79 to 77
Davis’ layup cuts down Sycamores by: Steven Stremming Lawrence Central’s Dre Davis’ layup with 16 seconds left gave Seton Hall the Men’s NIT Championship at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the campus of Butler University 79 to 77. This is Seton Hall’s [More]
Caitlin Clark Captures Trio of Awards
Clark Earns Honda Award Honors CLEVELAND, Ohio – All-American Caitlin Clark was named the Basketball Honda Sport Award winner for the second straight season. It was announced Thursday by Chris Voelz, Executive Director of THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA). Clark was [More]
Bostic/Cook/Bryant Lead Illini to WBIT Championship
Bostic/Cook/Bryant Lead Illini to WBIT Championship by: Steven Stremming, Excel H Sports/United States Basketball Writers Association How do you describe the Inaugural WBIT Women’s basketball championships? Well, if you were in Indianapolis, Indiana, Monday and Wednesday of this week at [More]
Indiana State/Seton Hall to clash in NIT Final
Indiana State/Seton Hall to clash in NIT Final (The following is credit sourced to Indiana State University) Sycamores earn first-ever trip to NIT Championship with win over Utes INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Indiana State broke open a one-possession game midway through the [More]
SECOND HALF COLLAPSE ENDS BOILERS SEASON
SECOND HALF COLLAPSE ENDS BOILERS SEASON by: Shawn Martin, Excel H Sports/USBWA Hall of Fame NFL coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”. The Lady Boilers entered tonight’s game with Vermont at three games [More]