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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]

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 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 (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]