IUWBB - News and Notes

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

2 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Work has begun. 

Think I even saw Mack knock down a 3.

(Why isn't this letting me post actual tweets any longer -- only the links?) 

https://x.com/IndianaWBB/status/1708274803180699680?s=20

It's not our site.  It's changes they made at Twitter's end.    As an option, if you hit Print Screen and click on the rectangular box that appears you can then outline what you want to copy and paste it into btb.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

23-24 IUWBB TV Schedule

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2023/10/3/womens-basketball-big-ten-announces-tv-slate-for-indiana-womens-basketball

 

[Aaron]

For everyone who thought BTN+ was going away I knew there was no chance, Now we just need Peacock and BTN+ for games. Also, the reason so many women's games on Peacock is that with ESPN gone, BTN has had to pick up a number of more men's games comparted to past relegating women to streaming even more. 

At least Peacock will get money's worth for 4 months and $24 but this was price of getting this really high $$$ TV deal and excluding ESPN and adding NBC instead. NBC not having any sports channel outside their regular network like FS1, BTN or multiple ABC/ESPN channels makes streaming necessary for many games. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

 

[Aaron]

33 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

 

GA only available for main level above Row 32, on court, and balcony. All roughly 7,000 reserved seats in first 32 rows of main level are gone via season tickets. Not sure how many of the 10,000+ GA tickets available were sold in season package. Bottom line though is numbers this year for attendance will be huge and top last year with every game starting with a base of at least 7,000 since they always go by tickets distributed.  

[LamarCheeks]

Very cool ... 

https://x.com/IndianaWBB/status/1711158322643030516?s=20

 

Still haven't quite figured out how to actually post a tweet -- so just have to drop the link. 

[J34]

10 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Very cool ... 

https://x.com/IndianaWBB/status/1711158322643030516?s=20

Class!

[Stuhoo]

30 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Very cool ... 

https://x.com/IndianaWBB/status/1711158322643030516?s=20

[eddy4iu]

On 10/3/2023 at 4:53 PM, Aaron said:

GA only available for main level above Row 32, on court, and balcony. All roughly 7,000 reserved seats in first 32 rows of main level are gone via season tickets. Not sure how many of the 10,000+ GA tickets available were sold in season package. Bottom line though is numbers this year for attendance will be huge and top last year with every game starting with a base of at least 7,000 since they always go by tickets distributed.  

It will be interesting to see how actual attendance tracks vs season and general admission tickets sold. I attended my first women’s game last year for the sold out Purdue game with GA tickets. It was quite an experience but probably wouldn’t have done it that way again. Also attended NCAA games with reserved seats. So, my experience with how games are attended is very limited but I would guess that the big games will be sold out and near capacity attendance while some of the lesser opponent games will be sparsely attended with other games somewhere in between.

I did buy season tickets and parking for the first time but honestly will likely only make a handful of the bigger games. With men’s season tickets too (and I rarely miss a game) it’s just too much time involved in driving to Bloomington for games given that my wife is not a sports fan and rarely goes with me. While not a sports fan, she is a great sport by supporting my IU basketball and football addiction though - just don’t want to push it any further. LOL

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

How difficult it must be to be so far away from family and the uncertainty facing them at home.

[CSP]

11 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

How difficult it must be to be so far away from family and the uncertainty facing them at home.

Damn I forgot all about Yarden in this mess. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

TheDailyHoosier --  Indiana women’s basketball has announced an addition to its non-conference schedule with a home game against Stetson on Sunday, Dec. 3.

 

Alec Lasley -- Indiana announces the game times for both home exhibition games. 

 Sunday, Oct. 29 vs. UIndy: 1:00 pm on BTN+

Friday, Nov. 3 vs. Marian: 6:30 pm on BTN+

Edited October 11, 2023 by Class of '66 Old Fart

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Change in radio coverage for IUWBB

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2023/10/12/womens-basketball-b97-to-be-new-radio-home-for-indiana-womens-basketball-in-2023-24?fbclid=IwAR2I2VM4eJE8XFhvizF0nuDbcJo645hBlYf-kpdEFrbuVCEtxKcL4s0ytas

 

Wbwb.com is the new online stream for all IUWBB games!

[mamasa]

56 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Change in radio coverage for IUWBB

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2023/10/12/womens-basketball-b97-to-be-new-radio-home-for-indiana-womens-basketball-in-2023-24?fbclid=IwAR2I2VM4eJE8XFhvizF0nuDbcJo645hBlYf-kpdEFrbuVCEtxKcL4s0ytas

 

Wbwb.com is the new online stream for all IUWBB games!

Beat me to it! It'll be nice to not have them compete w men's games

[eddy4iu]

2 hours ago, mamasa said:

Beat me to it! It'll be nice to not have them compete w men's games

Haven't compared schedules - how many times do men's and women's games actually occur in the same time slot?

[LIHoosier]

36 minutes ago, eddy4iu said:

Haven't compared schedules - how many times do men's and women's games actually occur in the same time slot?

A quick side by side showed 3 with a possibility of a 4th(no time for IUwbb/Stanford yet). 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

https://hoosierillustrated.com/indiana-womens-basketball-mackenzie-holmes-named-one-of-elite-11-womens-college-basketball-stars/?fbclid=IwAR2_tf4jqCYm28u8jsU5Hu_1k8Yvn411jXNbrOb9W7pnVaAttk6Gh8UC6pc#google_vignette

[TTT]

Where has the new assistant coach Amber Smith been?  I just haven’t seen nor hear quite as much as the others.  Maybe she is on recruiting trail or something else….Just wondering what most of her her role is?

[LamarCheeks]

We open the season ranked 9th -- in both polls. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Talia Goodman-

Sara Scalia was named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Preseason Watch List, per release. This award recognizes the top shooting guard in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball.