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When discussing NFL superstars, Josh Allen is a name that dominates current NFL news.
Zach Carter is the Sports Editor of the Ball State Daily News. His views do not necessarily represent those of the newspaper.Before every home game this season, a hype video for Ball State men’s basketball was played on the jumbotron in Worthen Arena. Being the only Mid-American Conference (MAC) program in Indiana, they use a clever phrase to set the stage.
WINCHESTER, Ind — On March 14, 2024, a devastating tornado impacted the Winchester and Selma communities.
MUNCIE, Ind. — Championship teams often run much deeper than just the players on the court. The coaches, trainers, and managers who can make large differences frequently work behind the scenes. Ball State Women’s Basketball Head Coach Brady Sallee wants to make sure that doesn’t happen to his assistants.
MUNCIE, Ind— Homelessness has become a rising issue in the state of Indiana. According to the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, just over 4,854 people were experiencing homelessness in every county across the state of Indiana except for Marion County on Jan. 25, 2024.
For Muncie local River Feeney, high school felt like “the end of the world.”
Tonight: Temperatures cooling down to the low 40s. Strong wind gusts from the southwest up to 25 mph. Mostly clear skies will make it a pleasant evening overall.
Delta senior quarterback Bronson Edwards was selected for the 59th annual North/South All-Star Classic which is held by the Indiana Football Coach’s Association at Decatur Central High School on Friday, July 11. To break the news, Colts general manager Chris Ballard FaceTimed the QB1 one. “Congrats. What a great achievement,” Ballard said via a video from Delta Athletics on X. “That’s a credit to you and the work and everything you did. What a great opportunity to finish out your high school career.”
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Ball State women’s basketball is slated to face Ole Miss in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball National Tournament.
The Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) has announced the semi-state pairings. Because of that, the two Delaware County teams who remain in the event know where they will be playing for a chance to appear at the IHSAA State Finals. Delta The Delta Eagles (17-7) will play in the North 3A Regional at Logansport. They will face East Chicago Central (20-8) in the second game at noon. If they win, the blue and gold will play South Bend Saint Joseph (24-3) or Maconaquah (21-5). Wapahani The Wapahani Raiders (26-1) will also head to a north site, but will face Gary 21st Century (20-6) at 10 a.m. in the North 2A Regional in Michigan City. If they are victorious in that game, they will match up with Manchester (23-2) or Jimtown (16-10). Contact the sports section via sports@bsudailynews.com or X @dn_sports.
In Oct., Ball State women’s basketball players and Brady Sallee set the goals for the season.
The Indiana High School Athletic Association's boys’ basketball state tournament continued as three Delaware County teams competed Saturday. At the 2A regional at Lapel High School, Wapahani defeated Western Boone 53-45. The Raiders were led by senior Nate Luce with 17 points. Trailing for most of the game, the Raiders were able to pull out the victory for their third-straight regional title. “It's just a lot of fun to be a Wapahani basketball player right now,” Raiders’ head coach Matt Luce said. “It's the way they act and the way they respect their coaches and the game. They had to fight tonight [and] they earned a victory.”The Raiders will find out where and who they play during the sectional pairing's show Sunday, March 16 at 3 p.m. The two other teams to play for a regional title played at New Castle High School. After winning its first sectional title since 2009 and head coach Ashley Fouch becoming the first woman to win a regional title in the boys’ state tournament, Daleville fell 66-58 in the 1A game. In the 3A game, the Delta Eagles matched up with Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, a team that went 24-3 in the regular season. But after coming down to a final shot that bounced off the front of the rim, the Eagles came out on top, winning their third-consecutive regional championship 45-43. "This is the most nameless group.They don't need their name on the back of the jersey," Eagles' head coach Mark Detweiler said. "They play for each other. They really are just a true team and they don't care about individual glory. They love each other." Senior Bronson Edwards led the Eagles with 19 points. It was his last second layup that put the Eagles up and the bucket became the decider. To him, the mindset the team needs at semi-state is simple. "Just [have] confidence," he said. "Just know that we can compete with anybody." The Eagles will find out their opponent and semi-state location in the pairings show as well.
CLEVELAND – Ball State women’s basketball head coach Brady Sallee has been a head coach for 21 years, but a conference tournament title has eluded him in every season — until now.
CLEVELAND — For the first time since 2009, the Ball State women’s basketball team is going dancing. The Cardinals topped Toledo 60-52 in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship game to punch their ticket to the big dance.Here are three takeaways from the Ball State win.Ball State vs. Toledo rivalry lives up to the hypeComing into the contest, the energy and aura around the game was unmatched. Both teams, both fanbases, and the entire of Rocket Arena, had a little bit more buzz.Walking into Rocket Arena before the gates opened, the hype videos were being played and the energy was already present. From tip to the final buzzer, the energy stayed high and tensions even higher.In nearly every stat category, the Rockets and Cardinals were neck and neck. Field goal percentage favored Ball State by four percent. Three point percentage favored Kent State by 10 percent. Free throw percentage favored Ball State, shooting 100 percent. Even team fouls was a five point difference at five.The opening quarter, both teams scored 14 points on 6-for-14 shooting and 7-for-13 shooting. Both teams fouled twice but did not shoot free throws in the opening frame. From the energy, to the stats, this game could not have been any closer.Even before this contest, Ball State and Toledo split its regular season series, with both teams winning on their home floors. Toledo handed the Cardinals their first loss of the MAC slate, and maybe that was in the back of their minds today. Those games during the regular season were drastically different, with Ball State winning at home by 14, and Toledo taking a nail biter on its home court by three.After the game at Toledo Feb. 19, Ball State head coach Brady Sallee commented on the post-game theatrics and excitement from Toledo, saying it seemed like Toledo had just won “their Super Bowl.” But the Cardinals got the final celebration, and now take a 15-14 advantage over the Rockets since Feb. 10, 2013.Alex Richard takeoverIn the third quarter, Ball State scored 22 points to create a three-point buffer heading into the fourth. Of those 22 points, Richard scored 14. She almost outscored Toledo on her own.Ball State had scored just 21 points in the first half, and outscored the opening two quarters in one frame. Richard has been “Miss Consistent” for the Cardinals throughout MAC play and continued that today. Richard was 13-for-21 on the day and finished with 28 points. Ball State continued the run into the fourth, where they got the lead to as large as 12. Richard and Ally Becki led the charge in the final frame. The Cardinals played gritty and tough and were diving for balls, fighting for boards and second chance points, and scoring points in the paint.Richard was dominating the boards and pulled down nine rebounds — which led the game — and her game-leading points total. Richard blocked two shots, had one steal and an assist. Her play was truly a difference maker in the second half.She had struggled in the quarter and semifinals, but showed up today and looked like the player she had been the last month of MAC play. Richard’s consistency and dominate style of play can make a difference in the NCAA Tournament. It is important to remember she missed most of Ball State’s “big” games such as against North Carolina and at Ohio State.What’s next?With the win, Ball State punches its ticket to the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinals missed out on the big dance last season, losing in the MAC Tournament and infamously missing an at-large bid. Ball State finished atop the MAC and were one of the top mid-majors throughout the season. The Cardinals finished 35th in the nation in assists per game (16.4), 41st in field goal percentage (45.18 percent), 30th in defensive rebounds per game (27.8) and top 50 in winning percentage at 78.8.Ball State was top three in offense, defense and scoring margin in the MAC. They were second in field goal percentage and led the MAC in opponent field goal percentage. Sweeping the season awards, outside of one, and leading the MAC in many categories, the Cardinals can be a nightmare matchup for whoever they draw in the tournament.There is no doubt on whether or not the Cardinals miss out on the big dance. MAC Regular Season champs, tournament champs, coach of the year, defensive player of the year and player of the year. Ball State left no doubt this season and as of March 14, the Cardinals are projected to be a 12 seed in Columbus, Ohio, against 5 seed Alabama. Selection Sunday is March 16, and the Cardinals draw will be televised then.Contact Logan Connor via email at logan.connor@bsu.edu or via X @_loganconnor
The whirring of pottery wheels hum through the room as students work diligently on their pieces. Water splashes as hands quickly dip into the bucket before applying pressure onto the clay. Chunks of clay will eventually be formed into cups, bowls and plates.
On the third full day in Cleveland, the Daily News Sports Team covered the Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinals games.
CLEVELAND — During Friday’s second round of the 25th Mid-American Conference (MAC) Basketball Tournament in Cleveland, Ohio, MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher completed his annual media ‘roundtable’ and took questions. I was at last year’s edition and was back for more as the conference’s leader took the stand. During the press conference, he fielded questions about a few different topics. But the two biggest things he spoke about were funding and the transfer portal. Here are my thoughts. Funding After Ball State men’s basketball final game against Miami March xxx, Cardinals’ head coach Michael Lewis shared his thoughts on the funding the program receives from the university. “In today's landscape of college basketball, your commitment to your program has to match the expectations, and there's nobody on our campus at Ball State, or should there be, where the expectations are higher than the men's basketball program,” Lewis said. During the presser, I asked Steinbrecher if he thought this was a Ball State issue or if this was something programs have seen across the MAC. His answer was short and direct. "I won't speak to whatever Michael said. I would say all of our directors of athletics and everyone involved in their athletics’ program are focused on how they fund their programs."While the question of funding is something a commissioner or boss most likely doesn’t like to discuss, I believe that was the case here. Why would he? It’s not his fault if Ball State doesn’t get the funding like other MAC schools might get. Yet, funding did come up once again. This time it was prompted by a question about revenue sharing. According to ESPN, it was announced Monday, March 12, the American Athletic Conference will require all schools, besides Army and Navy, to set at least $10 million for student athletes over the next three years. It’s the only league to set a minimum as revenue sharing is becoming more popular and is expected to begin across all Division I programs in July. “I spent several hours in a meeting with athletics directors yesterday morning to spend time talking about how they're all involved in that and [how they’re] figuring it out,” he said. “And there's what I'll call, how do you generate or develop revenue sources to fund that? That's one issue. Set that aside. The other issues are the mechanical issues [like] how do you manage that?” Steinbrecher hopes the NCAA will begin to set up ‘guardrails’ to help ease the tension across the funding landscape. But even he knows that it’s only ‘one step’ if that was to occur. “A lot of it will have to be done through the federal government. We need help from Congress,” Steinbrecher said. “We need a definition around what are student athletes? Are they student employees? Are they something in between? We got to get some definition around that.”“We need a single, NIL standard that is a national standard and a federal standard that preempts all of these individual state laws … I've said this before. It's hard to do national championships without a national set of rules. We've got to figure out how to get back to how we can have some rules without being sued for an antitrust violation every time we do that.” The transfer portal The transfer portal has been here for years and it’s not going anywhere. Yes, it’s not uncommon for an athlete to transfer multiple times. Hell, there have been cases of athletes playing for two or three times throughout their careers. It’s common now.However, Steinbrecher thinks there are bigger fish to fry than just athletics. “There's a number of student athletes that are getting some financial opportunities, and that's good for them, and I hope they learn to manage that well,” he said. “They can take advantage of it and those unique opportunities. But we're seemingly doing it at the expense of the educational outcomes.” Steinbrecher went on to say that due to the number of times a player can transfer, it hinders their opportunity to graduate college. “That's what we're here for, first and foremost,” he said. And so put a pin in the calendar. Four years out, five years out, and let's look at where we are on graduation rates and other educational outcomes. And if we've fallen off the cliff, that pendulum is going to swing back.”When he said that, it made me think. Hell, I’m a 21-year-old college student. If I decided to switch different schools every year, that’s a brand new set of things I’d have to think about. Honestly, I don’t want to imagine it. But whatever the answer is to finding ways — and I’m all for this — to control the rate and make it fair for every institution, it will take everyone. Not just the NCAA. “You hear a complaint from people in Congress [because] they don't like the idea that people are moving every other year, right?” Steinbrecher said. “That drives them up a wall. I get it. You need to have a history lesson. Walk through how we got there and say, ‘Okay, how do you want to help us [or] perhaps manage that differently?’ We need the student athletes to engage in that conversation as well.”Contact Zach Carter via email at zachary.carter@bsu.edu or via X @ZachCarter85.
The Ball State women’s basketball team defeated Kent State 70-53 in the semifinals of the Mid-American Confernce tournament to move on to the championship game.
CLEVELAND – Ball State women’s basketball has not lost a basketball game since Feb. 22 against rival Kent State.