MEN’S BASKETBALL: Ball State looks to take steps forward against Valparaiso
• Ball State comes into mid-week game against Valparaiso • The Cardinals are on a three-game losing streak • The head coach has focused on defense
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• Ball State comes into mid-week game against Valparaiso • The Cardinals are on a three-game losing streak • The head coach has focused on defense
There were bound to be an abundance of learning curves for the Ball State men’s basketball team, with a first-year head coach coupled with a slew of freshmen.
Since 1944 the Ball State and Butler University men’s basketball programs have met at least once for an annual clash. The streak that started during World War II continues on Saturday when the Bulldogs leave Hinkle Fieldhouse for the first time this season and travel north on I-69 to John E. Worthen Arena.
No freshman on Ball State’s roster has any plans of being a one-and-done to the NBA, but collectively, the youth has made an instant impact for the Cardinals.
This men’s basketball team will go as far as the seniors carry it, head coach James Whitford has said.
Veggie pizza and a late night film session.
Ypsilanti, Mich. — Ball State’s postseason run, in which it reached its first Mid-American Conference Tournament championship, came to an end Sunday. The sixth seeded team fell to the fourth seeded Western Michigan University 1-0 in a defensive struggle.
The overused sports cliché “moral victory” garners eye rolls and is usually a cop-out for a losing team. But as trite as it sounds, that’s exactly what Ball State’s 73-82 loss to Indiana State University was.
The overused sports cliché “moral victory” garners eye rolls and is usually a cop-out for a losing team. But as trite as it sounds, that’s exactly what Ball State’s 73-82 loss to Indiana State University was.
Ball State’s soccer team is going to the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship for the first time in the program’s history after defeating second seed Miami University in penalty kicks.
For the third time ever — and first since 2007 — Ball State will play in the Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinals. Friday’s match against Miami University marks an accomplishment, but it does not satisfy a team with eyes set on grander goals.
After nearly a decade of success as an assistant, first-year head coach James Whitford had an eerie feeling walking into the locker room down by 15 to a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics program.
From near misses on offense to frustrating goals, women’s soccer head coach Craig Roberts and the Cardinals have been left with disappointing results from a bad bounce more times than they’d care to think about — including their loss to Central Michigan earlier this year.
For the past three years, at least one thing was true for the Ball State men’s basketball team: Jesse Berry could score.
With just one conference game left the in the season, the shuffling atop the Mid-American Conference has started to shake out tournament seeds.
In a crucial matchup for conference tournament seeding Central Michigan University topped Ball State 1-0 in double overtime.
Every match is important but as the season winds down, wins and losses seem even more significant.
_Evan Barnum-Steggerda is a senior journalism and telecommunications major and writes ‘Corner Kick’ for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper or Unified Student Media. Write to Evan at ejbarnumsteg@bsu.edu. _ The foliage lining the Briner Sports Complex has started to change, meaning that fall and conference play are here.
In the 2-1 victory against Ohio University, Ball State needed 51 seconds to strike in the rain.
After starting with its best record since 2006, Ball State (7-3-1) dropped its first conference game of the season to Kent State (7-4) 1-0.