With tears in their eyes and Kevin Ware in their hearts, there was no way Louisville was losing this game.
Ball State’s magical run in the WNIT finally ended Thursday night.
"Let's face facts. We haven't seen a zone like that," Indiana coach Tom Crean said.
In the Sweet 16 of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, every team is talented.
The Big Ten has a nation-high four teams still in the NCAA tournament, bolstering its season-long boast that its conference is the best in college basketball.
Ball State earns Sweet 16 spot with last-second win over Northern Iowa
For the first time ever, a Ball State women’s basketball team has advanced to the Sweet 16.
Brady Sallee had 151 career wins going into Ball State’s women’s NIT matchup at Minnesota, but none of them were in the postseason.
For the past six seasons, Billy Taylor calmly patrolled the sidelines, hardly ever losing his cool with players or officials during the game.
It was a pick-your-poison type of women’s basketball game. In Friday’s Mid-American Conference semifinal, Akron prevailed 70-61.
Working through a season where Ball State often played bigger than its players actually were, it caught up to them against Akron in the MAC Semifinal, where they lost 70-61.
For most teams, a loss at the end of the season is a failure.
The Bulls’ constant movement kept the Cardinals scrambling to help and recover on all the options available in their spread offense.
If Akron’s frontcourt of Demetrius Treadwell and Zeke Marshall taught coach Billy Taylor anything, it’s that Ball State needed to recruit big to compete.
When Nathalie Fontaine was being recruited to Ball State, coach Brady Sallee told her she had Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year potential.
Saying Ball State played like a different team in the latter half of the season doesn’t accurately describe its transformation.
