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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 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]

  Villanova/Illinois Claim Wins at Hinkle by: Steven Stremming/Excel H Sports/USBWA  In the first semifinal Villanova came out of the half leading 26 to 24 and determined to extend their lead. To that, Lucy Olsen, who never left the floor [More]

Transcripts are as follows (Courtesy of the WBIT) A transcript with: Villanova Wildcats, Denise Dillon, Lucy Olsen, Bella Runyan 142874-1-1003 2024-03-31 15:36:00 GMT http://asaptext.com/asap_media/media/1011/1550/transcripts/142874.pdf http://asaptext.com/asap_media/media/1011/1550/transcripts/142874.html A transcript with: Illinois Fightin’ Illini, Shauna Green, Kendall Bostic, Adalia Mckenzie, 142877-1-1003 2024-03-31 19:07:00 [More]

Edey Wills Purdue to Final Four by: Steven Stremming, Excel H Sports/USBWA Photo by: Tony Harper/Excel H Sports/Indiana Sports Network Purdue fought and won the battle to gain a spot in the Final Four. A first for Boiler Nation since [More]

Purdue Advances past Gonzaga written by: Steven Stremming, Excel H Sports/USBWA Trey Kaufmann-Renn’s three consecutive buckets opened up a 42 to 40 lead to 48 to 40 for the Purdue Boilermakers, a lead they would never relinquish over Gonzaga at [More]

Indiana takes unbeaten South Carolina to the wire falling by Four Points By Nick Jenkinson\Excel H Sports      The #4 Indiana Hoosiers were down by 22 points to the top seed South Carolina Gamecocks as they fought all the [More]

Indiana faces Top Seed and Unbeaten South Carolina in the Sweet 16 By Nick Jenkinson/Excel H Sports         The #4 Indiana Hoosiers are in the Sweet 16 for the third time in the last four years and [More]

(The following is courtesy of Indiana State University Athletics) Sycamores advance to NIT Quarterfinal with victory over Minnesota TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State men’s basketball reaches the 30-win mark with a 76-64 victory over Big Ten’s Minnesota in the [More]

March 24, 2024 THE DRUM BEAT PURDUE BASKETBALL by Shawn Martin Excelhsports.com photos by: SMR BOILER BLITZKRIEG BELIES BEGINNING     Indianapolis Indiana – Midwest Region top seed Purdue, came out with some early game jitters, and found themselves in a [More]

Marquette downs Colorado 81 to 77  by: Steven Stremming, Excel H Sports/USBWA Marquette advances in the NCAA tournament with a solid performance against the Colorado Buffaloes in the first game an of the NCAA Second round at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in [More]

Sara Scalia leads #4 Indiana over #13 Fairfield in the NCAA Tournament First Round By Nick Jenkinson/Excel H Sports    The #4 Seed Indiana Hoosiers pulled away in the second half to hand the #13 seed Fairfield Stags their second [More]

Boilers Exercise their Demons by: Shawn Martin, Excel H Sports photos by: For three hundred seventy-one days, the Purdue Men’s Basketball team has lived with the bad taste of last year’s first round NCAA Tournament defeat at the hands of [More]

Wisconsin Edges Purdue in overtime 76 to 75 by: Steven Stremming, Excel H Sports/USBWA In the first semifinal game of the 2024 B1G Ten Men’s conference basketball championships, Wisconsin and Purdue went toe to toe for not only regulation time [More]

Wisconsin (22-12) 76 Purdue (29-4) 75 overtime Story can be found at: www.excelhsports.com Illinois (25-8) 98 Nebraska (23-10) 87 The Illini of Head Coach Brad Underwood must have told his team at the half, with Illinois trailing Nebraska 51 to [More]