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

The Big Ten announced its 2014 conference football schedule today. Here is IU’s 2014 league slate, accommodating the additions of Maryland and Rutgers and the imposition of divisional play, with Indiana in the Big Ten East:

Sept 27 – Maryland

Oct. 4 – (bye)

Oct. 11 – at Iowa

Oct. 18 – Michigan State

Oct. 25 – (bye)

Nov. 1 – at Michigan

Nov. 8 – Penn State

Nov. 15 – at Rutgers

Nov. 22 – at Ohio State

Nov. 29 – Purdue

So Maryland will debut at Indiana, in terms of its league play, and IU will host Purdue and Penn State in consecutive seasons, and will travel to Ohio State and Michigan in consecutive seasons, in conjunction with the Hoosiers’ 2013 schedule. Iowa and Purdue are the Big Ten West opponents (with Indiana-Purdue being the only protected annual rivalry in the new divisional set-up.)

All in all, a manageable schedule, if what should be an experienced Indiana team in 2014 plays well.

But just for comparison’s sake, below is perhaps tangible evidence why it behooves a team to play in the Big Ten West:

Wisconsin’s 2014 league football schedule:

Sept. 27: (bye)

Oct. 4: at Northwestern

Oct. 11: Illinois

Oct. 18: (bye)

Oct. 25: Maryland

Nov. 1: at Rutgers

Nov. 8: at Purdue

Nov. 15: Nebraska

Nov. 22: at Iowa

Nov. 29: Minnesota

And there you have, it, folks. That is what comes from having Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State and Michigan State in the other division.

And I reiterate, why anybody would think that sort of competitive imbalance is good for the conference as a whole in the long run is beyond me.

We’ll be here.

Indiana catcher Kyle Schwarber was picked to play for Team USA’s Collegiate National Team this summer, becoming the fourth IU player to earn the honor. The most recent before him was former outfielder Alex Dickerson.

“It’s huge,” IU coach Tracy Smith said. “What an honor to represent your country. This is the second one since we’ve been here. This is the first one that actually got the invite, because Dickerson had to tryout and make it. I think that speaks to how good that guy is. When you’re talking about all the players across the country and the many great players across the country that he has the honor of wearing the stars and stripes across his chest is something I think he’ll never forget.”

Schwarber is hitting .384 this season with a Big Ten best 13 home runs and 41 RBI. He’s slugging .680.

The release from IU follows.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Sophomore catcher Kyle Schwarber (Middletown, Ohio/Middletown H.S.) has been selected to join USA Baseball’s 2013 Collegiate National Team. He will be one of 24 college players to don the Stars and Stripes this summer.

The Johnny Bench Award watch list member is the fourth Hoosier to be selected to Team USA, and second under the tutelage of Head Coach Tracy Smith. Alex Dickerson (2010) was the other Coach Smith product to earn a spot on Team USA, joining Mickey Morandini (1988) and Bob Scafa (1993).
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