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By Seth Hine Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Hoosiers were struggling to contend with multiple histories in their first game of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. There were the frustrating, narrow defeats throughout this season. There were the five conference tournament losses in seven games since 2016. There was the nine-game …

By Joe Tykane Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — The Iowa Hawkeyes made history Sunday evening, beating the Indiana Hoosiers, 74-67, to win their fourth Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament championship and the second in four seasons. The victory comes on the heels of a regular season in which Iowa finished tied for the best …

By Laura Vázquez David | @lauravazquezpr Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The fifth-seeded Indiana Hoosiers reached the championship game of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament for the first time in 20 years, defeating top-seeded Ohio State, 70-62, in a semifinal at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday. Indiana (22-7) will face second-seeded Iowa at 4 …

By Joe Tykane Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – They still had work to do. One game was not going to define this season for the Indiana Hoosiers, not even this one, the 62-51 quarterfinal victory over the eighth-ranked Maryland Terrapins, the two-time defending champions of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Terrapins, a …

By Joe Tykane Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana reached the 20-victory mark for a seventh consecutive season, a program record, with a 66-54 victory over Rutgers in the second round of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Thursday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Graduate student Ali Patberg scored 19 points, including five 3-point shots to …

By Jordan Morey | @JordanAMorey Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – For the Gonzaga Bulldogs, records are irrelevant at this point in the season — even the one that could create a place as one of the greatest teams in the history of the game. Once the 2021 NCAA tournament bracket was released, the Bulldogs …

By Will Hogsett | @WHHogsett Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – On the last night of the college basketball season, Indiana University coach Archie Miller remembered how he delivered the information that shook the world of his players. “It was like telling them a family member was sick, or something happened to somebody,” Miller said. …

By Justin Powell | @Justin_Powell24 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The top-seeded Maryland Terrapins used a dominant third quarter to beat the fourth-seeded Indiana Hoosiers, 66-51, and advance to a record sixth consecutive championship game in the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Terrapins (27-4) advanced to the title game against Ohio State on …

By Jacob Keith | @JacobKeith55 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – She looked up toward a scoreboard at Bankers Life Fieldhouse as the last few seconds ran out. Ali Patberg, the fifth-year junior guard for the Indiana Hoosiers, had led her team to the semifinals of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament for the first …

By Justin Powell | @Justin_Powell24 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Hoosiers advanced to the semifinal round of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament with a 78-60 win over the fifth-seeded Rutgers Scarlet Knights, a record 24th victory that last reached the semifinals in 2006. The Hoosiers (24-7) will make their sixth semifinal …