The defending national champion Indiana University men’s soccer team will kick off the 2013 season with a bang, hosting perennial top 25 foes SMU and UCLA in the IU Classic on Aug. 30 and Sept. 1.

The Hoosiers formally announced the 2013 schedule on Friday, one that includes 11 home matches and 12 against teams that made the NCAA Tournament last season.

“The strength of our 2013 opponents will allow us to measure up against other nationally recognized programs as we strive to build a championship-caliber squad,” IU coach Todd Yeagley said in a release. “Our returners are hungry for more success, and we are excited to add our talented newcomers to our program.”

Other notable matches include a visit to former Hoosier Mike Getman, whose UAB squad will host Indiana on Sept. 6, the Big Ten opener when Ohio State visits Armstrong Stadium on Sept. 29, a rematch of last year’s NCAA Tournament game at Notre Dame on Oct. 2 and a visit to Bloomington by Louisville, the former school of IU transfer midfielder Dylan Mares.

Here’s the full schedule:

Aug. 22 – Marquette* – 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 24 – UNC* – TBA
Aug. 30 – SMU^ – 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 1 – UCLA^ – 2 p.m.
Sept. 6 – at UAB – 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 8 – WEST VIRGINIA – 8 p.m.
Sept. 13 – CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD – 8 p.m.
Sept. 15 – UC IRVINE – 1 p.m.
Sept. 20 – BROWN – 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 25 – at Butler – 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 29 – OHIO STATE# – 2 p.m.
Oct. 2 – at Notre Dame – 7 p.m.
Oct. 6 – PENN STATE# – 2:30 p.m.
Oct. 11 – at Wisconsin# – 8:30 p.m.
Oct. 15 – LOUISVILLE – 7 p.m.
Oct. 18 – at VCU – 7 p.m.
Oct. 23 – EVANSVILLE – 7 p.m.
Oct. 26 – at Michigan# – 7 p.m.
Nov. 1 – MICHIGAN STATE# – 7 p.m.
Nov. 8 – at Northwestern# – 8 p.m.
Nov. 13-17 – Big Ten Tournament (Columbus, Ohio)
Nov. 21 – NCAA Tournament First Round
Nov. 24 – NCAA Tournament Second Round
Dec. 1 – NCAA Tournament Third Round
Dec. 6 – NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
Dec. 13-15 – NCAA College Cup (Philadelphia, Pa.)
*Preseason National Soccer Festival (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
^ adidas/IU Credit Union Classic (Bloomington, Ind.)
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Home matches in ALL CAPS

In his four years at Xavier, coach Chris Mack has developed a solid reputation for developing guards, especially those who can take the ball to the rim. Remy Abell, who is transferring after two seasons at Indiana, decided Mack’s sort of coaching and style of play was exactly what he was looking for.

Abell announced via text message Friday that he decided to transfer to Xavier after narrowing his list to also include St. Louis and St. Mary’s. He took visits to both Xavier and St. Louis in the past week.

“They’ve got winners over there,” Abell said of Xavier. “They use ball screens well, they play uptempo. That’s my kind of basketball. I feel really great about everything over there.”
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Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo both registered impressive marks at the second day of the NBA Combine. Both skipped the basketball skill workouts on Thursday on advice of their agents, but both participated in the speed, agility and leaping drills on Friday.

Oladipo posted the highest max vertical (leap from a running start) of any player in the combine at 42 inches and also registered a standing vertical leap of 33 inches. Zeller actually outleaped Oladipo from a standing start with a 35.5 inch straight vertical and posted a 37.5 inch maximum vertical. Both also performed extremely well in sprints and lane agility drills. Zeller posted the best modified lane agility drill time at 2.79 seconds. Oladipo’s 10.69 second time in the agility drill was one of the best among shooting guards. He ran 3.25 seconds in the 3/4 court sprint and 3.25 seconds in the modified lane agility drill.

Indiana transfer Remy Abell said by text message Thursday that he will be making his decision on a transfer school tomorrow. He said he will not be making a visit to St. Mary’s because of a dead period, but will still consider the Gaels along with Xavier and St. Louis. He visited both of those schools in the past week. He said that both visits went well.

Indiana officially confirmed Evan Gordon’s signing with a release on Thursday. It’s pretty standard stuff, quote from Tom Crean, etc. Here you go.

Indianapolis Native Evan Gordon Joins Indiana Men’s Basketball Program

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University men’s basketball coach Tom Crean has announced that Indianapolis native Evan Gordon, a 6-2, 195 lb., guard who has scored 1,186 points in the first three seasons of his collegiate career, will transfer from Arizona State, enroll in graduate school and play one season with the Hoosiers.  He will be eligible to play immediately.

Gordon graduated from ASU last week with a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Business and Communication).  He played one year with the Sun Devils and averaged 10.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 steals.  Four times last season he scored 20 points or better including a career-high 29 points against Sacramento State and a 28-point effort against USC.  He started 25 of 35 games for the Sun Devils and had a 76 to 45 assist to turnover ratio in his one season in the PAC-12.
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Indiana University sent out a release making the Evan Gordon transfer official. Here’s the full transcript:

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University men’s basketball coach Tom Crean has announced that Indianapolis native Evan Gordon, a 6-2, 195 lb., guard who has scored 1,186 points in the first three seasons of his collegiate career, will transfer from Arizona State, enroll in graduate school and play one season with the Hoosiers. He will be eligible to play immediately.

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For the second consecutive year, the Indiana women’s basketball team will host the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

The two conferences announced Thursday that the Hoosiers will welcome Virginia Tech to Assembly Hall on Wednesday, Dec. 4. It will be the first time the schools have played in women’s basketball.

“We are excited about hosting Virginia Tech in the annual challenge,” IU coach Curt Miller said in a release. “I have great respect for their coaching staff and the program they are building. They are coming off an excellent year defensively as they held 20 opponents to 60 points or less during the 2012-13 season. The game will be a good measuring stick for our young team as we enter the 2013-14 season with 10 freshmen and sophomores on the roster.”

The Hoosiers are 3-3 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge after knocking off Clemson last year, 52-49. The Big Ten combined for a 5-7 record in 2012. Here is the full lineup of this year’s matchups:

Wednesday, Dec. 4
Notre Dame at Penn State
Illinois at Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech at Indiana
Michigan State at Florida State

Thursday, Dec. 5
NC State at Northwestern
Boston College at Wisconsin
Syracuse at Iowa
Purdue at Duke
Ohio State at Maryland
Nebraska at North Carolina
Michigan at Virginia
Miami at Minnesota