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Jack Williams is a senior journalism major and a columnist for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.
Outside of cancellations due to the Coronavirus outbreak in March, both of Ball State's men's and women's programs have been extremely busy in welcoming, scouting and seeing players depart from Muncie.
Coming off a career-high season, junior guard Ishmael El-Amin announced on Twitter Tuesday afternoon that he would be "opening his recruitment to find his future home".
Freshman guard Lucas Kroft announced via Twitter that he is planning to "transfer and pursue another opportunity elsewhere" on Monday. The freshman played 14 games with Ball State, recording 16 points, 11 rebounds and three assists in 122 minutes of playing time.
Editor’s Note: The Daily News worked to find social media posts from each sport but was unsuccessful for men’s tennis, men's swimming and diving and women's swimming and diving.
Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher announced at a press conference at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on March. 12 that the 2020 MAC Basketball Tournament has been canceled over concerns of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
In response to Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's recommendation to limit the attendance of athletic events to athletes, parents and other essential to the games due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Mid-American Conference Tournament will be closed to the general public, according to a press release from the Mid-American Conference.
As soon as he set foot inside the Convocation Center on Friday night, redshirt freshman guard Kani Acree couldn't be bothered. Eye's locked in, music blasting from his earphones and lips locked, he was ready for Ball States tilt against Northern Illinois.
Ball State came into its Wednesday night matchup at Northern Illinois with heads high and confidence beaming down the bench. The Cardinals snapped Central Michigan's undefeated streak in Mid-American Conference play on Saturday and punched their ticket to Cleveland next week.
A little under a year ago, the Cardinals were leaving DeKalb with their worst finish at the Mid-American Conference Championships in four years. The team excelled on vault, as they have traditionally, but faltered on beam and bars in the final stretch of the meet.
Just over the halfway point of the first half in the Cardinal's matchup against the Rockets, redshirt senior forward Tahjai Teague would commit his third. As the forward would sit, there wasn't much panic from the Ball State bench as he has averaged around three fouls per game this season.
For the first time since defeating Kent State at the beginning of the month, Ball State had a sense of security heading into the final five minutes of the game.
Two names hold the significance of royalty in Delaware County.
Two falls on beam forced the Cardinals to take a 9.175, leaving them down by 1.125 going into the fourth and final rotation.
Through the Cardinals' last five games, the winner hasn't been decided in the final seconds nor have they dominated the entire game. Only a few of Ball State's games have come down to the final possession, but these past five games its been the space between the last five and two minutes where the game has been decided.
The Cardinals' last three games have told very similar, yet very different stories.
It's been a memorable start to Ball State Gymnastics' season, sitting at 6-3 and 1-1 in Mid-American Conference competition. Wins over Pittsburgh and MAC foe Bowling Green continue to propel the team upward.
In a Saturday night showdown in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where the score was as stable as a seesaw, there were two consistencies: Western Michigan's Brandon Johnson and the Cardinals' struggle to guard him.
We all respond to pressure. A lyric echoed from Billy Joel’s 1982 hit, the feeling of having hundreds, or even thousands, of eyes upon you can trigger a sink-or-swim mentality.
Basketball is widely known as a game of runs. Tuesday night at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio, was a prime example of that.
