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ISU confirms Coach Jim Wiedie contract will not be renewed
Indiana State head women’s basketball coach Jim Wiedie’s tenure appears to be over. Athletic director Ron Prettyman announced Tuesday that the two-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year was suspended for the remainder of the season, his 10th with ISU.....more>>
At Wichita State on Saturday, the Indiana State men’s basketball team — backed into a corner by crippling injuries — fought as if its life depended on it and suffered a narrow defeat against one of the league’s top teams in the toughest arena in the conference. At Creighton on Tuesday, the fight seemed drained out of the Sycamores.
The Indiana high school girls basketball sectionals in the Wabash Valley were pushed back a day after Tuesday’s snow. Terre Haute North and Terre Haute South will tip-off at 6 p.m. today in the South gym. West Vigo will paly Owen Valley in the Class 3A Sectional at Sullivan.
Moving forward after a 31-17 Super Bowl XLIV loss to the New Orleans Saints won’t be easy for the Indianapolis Colts. Too many mistakes. Too many missed opportunities.
Indiana State’s 76-70 loss to Wichita State was the best-case scenario for the shorthanded Sycamores in every respect except the final result. It was the first test for the eight-man Sycamores, and though they didn’t pass in the win column, they didn’t fail at much.
The sectional snow seems to have arrived right on schedule, but the majority of Wabash Valley girls high school basketball teams can be excused for hoping the rest of this week doesn’t continue on a traditional path.