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Merkle is staying ... in the B1G. Going from PSU to Minnesota. The Rodents have made a nice jump under Plitzuweit. Made the Sweet 16 this past season in their first NCAA appearance in 8 or so years. And they kicked the sh*t out of us this season at SSAH. Proves that hiring the right coach is better than bringing back the "legend." They hired Lindsay Whalen, who had NEVER coached before -- let alone at a major college program. And she was pretty brutal.

Pen has been put to paper ...

Story on Hare. Guess she's friends with Beau -- they were AAU teammates. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-womens-basketball-lands-iowa-state-transfer-guard-kenzie-hare/

Looks as if it's finally official. She will be a redshirt senior -- so we only get her for one year. Spent her first two seasons at Marquette before one full and one partial season in Ames. Averaged 6 points and shot 40% from distance last season. Kinda weird -- she shot 71.1% from the FT line as a freshman, 75.7% as a sophomore (both at Marquette), 82.4% in her junior season (played only 10 games before redshirting due to a hip injury), but only 48.5% last season.

The Scharnowski commitment to Duke came desipte Dakich chewing on D-Rock's ear about him. I'm sure DeVries appreciated the input ... LOL.

Faith Wiseman has found a new home -- headed to Kalamazoo.

OK -- well they got two transfers today. Whoop-de-do -- both are from mid-majors. (BTW, what's with the crown?)

The Toiletmakers have been sorta crowing on Twitter recently. Wonder if this is why? She was the nation's No. 5 scorer last year. But ... it was at a mid-major.

Going 25-38 over the past two seasons gets one fired up, I suppose ...

Bedford's Chloe Spreen seeking a Normal life, I guess.

Yiggy's farewell to Dallas. And guess what? He's ready to GET TO WORK! (Boy, Dakich will hate that one ...)

Guess it was a trade: Noyan for Petrie.

Honestly -- with as much money as some of these dudes pour into programs, I'm not gonna be surprised at all when a drunk, pissed-off booster shows up at a post-game presser after a bad loss and goes ballistic like Happy did.

Guessing we're interested in her as a bench piece. She played two seasons at Marquette, then spent two at Iowa State. In her first year at Iowa State, she played 10 games before taking a medical redshirt -- that's how she has a year left.

Coming this fall: B1G volleyball tournament.

I saw that he committed without a visit. I think we just made a HUGE mistake. Had we taken the time to meet with him, we'd have noticed the obvious flaw -- the kid has no feet. I think this could be a real problem.

I totally agree with the K&D Podcast. This is a really weird video. How many people woke up this morning (or any morning for that matter) and wondered: "Gee, I'd sure like to know what Heather Dinich thinks about IU's 2025 national title -- and even more important, I'd like to know what the football team was like when she was in school." Is Heather not getting enough attention these days? Very self-aggrandizing -- and maybe even a little creepy. BTW, I graduated 35 years ago -- is it OK if I refer to this title as MY story?

We love GiGi. GiGi loves us. Seems like a damn good match.

So the Masshole is showing some love to his former player as he takes the reigns at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Very nice show of respect to ... Um, next time you want to pay homage to someone, you might want to include HIS NAME!

HEY YOU KIDS -- GET OFF MY LAWN!

Go west, young lady. Hope you make the team and flourish out there!

TBH, I don't follow college wrestling a whole lot, but if we can sign a guy from the Toiletmakers' backyard, it gets a thumbs up from me!

Logan Duncomb is returning to Indiana -- albeit South Bend.