The 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament ends April 4 as No. 1 seed Kansas takes on No. 8 seed North Carolina in the National Championship. The Tar Heels won their last national championship in 2017, while the Jayhawks last won in 2008. Our sports staff gave their predictions for the title game.
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Ball State men's basketball's standout freshman center Payton Sparks announced April 1 that he will return to the Cardinals for the 2022-23 season.
Freeman started 31 games for the Cardinals in the 2021-22 regular season and averaged 11.1 points and four assists per game. Freeman was selected to the 2020 All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) Freshman Team and earned All-MAC Honorable Mention in 2020-21.
Two days after the announcement from fellow Ball State freshman Payton Sparks, guard Jaylin Sellers said he intends to enter the transfer portal.
Now a junior, Love is an active participant in wheelchair basketball and said it’s helped her build relationships and empower herself after undergoing extensive surgery at 16 years old because of her spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy diagnosis.
Sallee said although it isn’t the outcome the Cardinals hoped for, he believes Ball State can use its experience to its advantage moving forward.
Following the departure of Ball State men’s basketball head coach James Whitford, standout freshman center Payton Sparks announced via a Twitter post that he intends to enter the transfer portal.
Ball State’s roster fluctuated throughout the offseason and regular season. Three freshmen joined the Cardinals, three seniors graduated, multiple players transferred and players got injured, including redshirt junior Anna Clephane. Sallee said the Cardinals’ ability to adapt and overcome adversity was one of the stories of the season.
According to Ball State Athletics, the university has parted ways with men’s basketball head coach James Whitford.
The Cardinals turned the room into a frenzy, splashing water bottles and screaming in joy after clinching their first Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship berth since 2014.
No. 6 seed Ball State Men’s Basketball, played their final game of the 2022 season March 10, falling to No. 3 seeded Ohio University in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) tournament. Here are three takeaways from the loss.
In her first MAC Tournament appearance, freshman Ally Becki led the Cardinals with 15 points. Becki said she felt honored to be trusted during crucial moments in the second half and said Ball State's victory was because everyone played their role.
The Cardinals first-round game of the 2022 MAC Tournament is March 9 at 1:30 p.m against No. 4 seed Northern Illinois (14-14, 11-9 MAC). Ball State enters as the No. 5 seed having split its two regular season contests with the Huskies.
If you have never been a fan of March Madness, I encourage you to watch the 2022 NCAA Tournament. Even if you do not like sports, the emotion from the players and the stories developed over March is like some form of scripted TV, but it isn’t.
With two seasons left of eligibility, the redshirt junior said she has developed an identity crisis from deciding whether or not to return to Ball State Women’s Basketball.
Smith started her first game since Jan. 2, 2021, and finished with five points and one rebound in 12 minutes. Smith admitted she felt anxious about starting but said her performance exceeded her expectations.
With Ball State Women's Basketball's defeat of the Chippewas, they have essentially punched their ticket to the Mid-American Conference Tournament in Cleveland, Ohio.
Ball State Men’s Basketball (13-16, 8-10 MAC) honored two players for Senior Night, redshirt junior forward Miryne Thomas and redshirt junior center Blake Huggins before a 79-60 loss to Akron (20-9, 13-6 MAC).
