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2026 Notre Dame interior offensive lineman target to visit campus

Hope the Irish can impress him enough.

Notre Dame has been a hotbed for offensive line talent in recent years. While there are concerns about that unit in 2024, the future always seems bright these days. Hopefully for the Irish, that future will include 2026 recruit Ben Nichols.

Nichols, Michigan’s No. 3 recruit in the 2026 class according to 247Sports, has received offers from 19 Football Bowl Subdivision programs. The Irish made their offer on St. Patrick’s Day this year. Now, he’ll be making a visit to campus when the Irish open their home schedule against Northern Illinois.

Nichols took to social media and expressed excitement about his upcoming trip to South Bend:

The Irish have some stiff competition to try and win Nichols’ services. Alabama made the most recent offer in late August. Others aiming for him include Purdue, Indiana, Michigan State, Ohio State, Iowa, Penn State, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech and Illinois.

Good luck to the Irish in landing Nichols. They just might need it.

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Top-rated 2025 Indiana recruit hypes official visit to Notre Dame

Will he pick the Irish?

Jalen Haralson is the top-rated 2025 recruit in the state of Indiana according to both 247Sports and On3. He played two years at Fishers before transferring to the prestigious La Lumiere. And he’s considering Notre Dame for his collegiate choice.

Haralson will make his official visit to Notre Dame on Saturday, the same day as the football team’s home opener against Northern Illinois. It will come exactly one weekend after he visited Indiana. Official visits to Michigan State, Missouri, Purdue and Kansas will follow.

Interestingly, all of Haralson’s official visits will come during home football games. It’s hard to tell how much, if at all, the football atmosphere will play a factor in his final decision.

In any case, Haralson is looking forward to visiting South Bend, and he indicated as much on social media:

There obviously is a long way to go before we know if Haralson picks the Irish. Until then, all we can is pray that he does.

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Tennessee to host Indiana basketball for charity exhibition

Rick Barnes discusses Tennessee set to host Indiana basketball for a charity exhibition at Food City Center.

Tennessee will host Indiana for a charity exhibition basketball game on Oct. 27. The contest will take place at Food City Center.

Tennessee and Indiana jointly agreed to support the John McLendon Foundation.

“We are thrilled to host one of the best programs in the nation and support a worthy cause at the same time,” Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes said. “I have a great deal of respect for coach (Mike) Woodson and I look forward to sharing a sideline with him for the first time. Indiana’s first visit to Knoxville provides an excellent test for our guys before the season officially begins.

“Most of all, though, it is a great way to raise money for an impactful organization whose mission I fully support.”

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Indiana defeats Lady Vols in season opener

Indiana defeats Tennessee soccer in season opener.

The Lady Vols opened its 2024 soccer season on Thursday.

Indiana (1-0-0) defeated Tennessee (0-1-0), 1-0, at Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.

Tennessee and the Hoosiers were tied, 0-0, at halftime. Indiana led the contest, 1-0, after a goal by Kennedy Neighbors in the 50th minute.

The Hoosiers outshot Tennessee, 10-7, in the match and each team recorded four scoring chances on goal.

Kate Runyon totaled two shots on goal for Tennessee, while Sammi Woods and Reese Mattern recorded one shot on goal each for the Lady Vols.

Tennessee goalkeeper Ally Zazzara recorded three saves in the match.

Tennessee will next play Sunday against Chattanooga at Regal Soccer Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. EDT.

Big Ten primer — Indiana’s greatest football moment

Indiana’s 1967 season remains incredible all these years later.

The Indiana Hoosiers take pride in their basketball. They don’t have a rich and lengthy history in college football. They have won the Big Ten championship exactly twice in more than 120 years of competitive football. That long run of futility at least makes it easier to identify the program’s greatest moment.

The 1945 Indiana team went unbeaten and tied once, finishing fourth in the final Associated Press Poll. However, the college football landscape created by World War II had something to do with that Indiana season, which was and is a historical outlier. Another reason that 1945 season isn’t discussed or remembered as widely as it could or should be is that 1945 was the last year in which the Rose Bowl did not have a Big Ten-Pac-12 (or as the conferences were known back then, the Western Conference and the Pacific Coast Conference) tie-in. USC played Alabama in the 1946 Rose Bowl following the 1945 season. Indiana was bitterly unlucky to not have the tie-in that season.

As it was, Indiana did not make the Rose Bowl. The Hoosiers still hadn’t played in the Granddaddy. Then came the 1967 season, in which the Hoosiers came out of nowhere and captured the Big Ten title. Their win over Purdue in the Old Oaken Bucket rivalry game clinched their Rose Bowl berth under coach John Pont. That was and is the greatest Big Ten football moment in Indiana Hoosier history. IU then played its first and only Rose Bowl against USC. The Trojans won the national title by beating the Hoosiers in the Arroyo Seco in the 1968 Rose Bowl.

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Notre Dame to face Purdue on Nov. 10 in West Lafayette

Mark your calendars.

The rivalry between Notre Dame and Purdue should be more of a thing. After all, they’re the only two programs in Indiana to have won national championships. The good news is they’ll play each other for a second straight season.

The Boilermakers have announced that they will welcome the Irish to Mackey Arena on Nov. 10. It will be the Irish’s first trip to West Lafayette since a 66-38 victory in December 2011. That team included future WNBA players [autotag]Devereaux Peters[/autotag], [autotag]Natalie Novosel[/autotag], [autotag]Skylar Diggins[/autotag], [autotag]Kayla McBride[/autotag] and [autotag]Natalie Achonwa[/autotag].

The Irish hosted the Boilermakers in South Bend last season on the day [autotag]Muffet McGraw[/autotag]’s statue was unveiled outside Purcell Pavilion. They cruised to a 76-39 victory to tie the all-time series at 14 wins apiece. [autotag]Hannah Hidalgo[/autotag] led the charge with 23 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists and seven steals. [autotag]Maddy Westbeld[/autotag] had a double-double of 15 points and 12 boards, and [autotag]Natalija Marshall[/autotag] scored 14 points off the bench.

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The best public-access and private golf courses in Indiana, ranked

Our hundreds of raters weigh in on the best public-access and private courses in Indiana.

Looking to play the best golf courses in Indiana? Welcome to our annual Golfweek’s Best ranking of public-access and private courses.

Following are the rankings for both types of courses, as judged by our nationwide network of raters. The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings are averaged to produce all our Golfweek’s Best course rankings.

The courses on the first list allow public access in some fashion, be it standard daily green fees, through a resort or by staying at an affiliated hotel. If there’s a will, there’s a tee time – no membership required.

KEY: (m) modern, built in 1960 or after; (c) classic, built before 1960. For courses with a number preceding the (m) or (c), that is where the course ranks on Golfweek’s Best lists for top 200 modern and classic courses in the U.S.

* indicates new or returning to the rankings

Best public-access courses in Indiana

The Donald Ross Course at French Lick Resort in Indiana (Courtesy of French Lick Resort)

1. French Lick Resort (Pete Dye)
French Lick (T167m)

2. French Lick Resort (Donald Ross)
French Lick (c)

3. The PFAU Course at Indiana
Bloomington (m)
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4. Warren GC at Notre Dame
South Bend (m)
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5. Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex (Kampen)
West Lafayette (m)

6. Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex (Ackerman-Allen)
West Lafayette (c)
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7. The Fort
Indianapolis (m)
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8. Brickyard Crossing
Indianapolis (m)
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9. Chariot Run
Laconia (m)
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10. Harrison Hills
Attica (c)
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Best private courses in Indiana

Victoria National Golf Course
Victoria National in Indiana (Courtesy of Victoria National)

1. Victoria National
Newburgh (T47m)

2. Crooked Stick
Carmel (T65m)

3. Culver Academies
Culver (T100c)

4. Sycamore Hills
Fort Wayne (m)

5. Club at Holliday Farms*
Zionsville (m)

Notre Dame one of five finalists for 2025 Indiana power forward

Hope the Irish get him!

From the moment he became Notre Dame’s coach, [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] has made recruiting within Indiana a priority. We likely will find out this fall if he’s been successful in landing one particular recruit.

Trent Sisley, a four-star power forward at Heritage Hills in Lincoln City and the sixth-ranked 2025 recruit in Indiana per 247Sports, has informed On3 cut his list down to five schools. Notre Dame is one of those schools alongside Purdue, Indiana, Michigan State and Iowa, the last of which is the only school he’s visited so far. He has scheduled his visit to Notre Dame for Sept. 28.

The 6-foot-7 Sisley, who will be a contender for Indiana Mr. Basketball in 2025, recently competed in the annual All-Stars series between the best players in Indiana and Kentucky. He impressed everyone there, successfully building on a season in which he averaged a double-double. He could be Shrewsberry’s biggest get yet if it all works out.

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Wisconsin top class of 2025 target DL Drayden Pavey announces commitment date

Wisconsin top class of 2025 target DL Drayden Pavey announces commitment date

Wisconsin class of 2025 target Drayden Pavey will announce his college commitment on July 2 at 11 a.m. EST, 10 a.m. CST.

The Badgers are a finalist to land Pavey — one of the program’s top remaining targets in the class of 2025. The program is listed along with Big Ten rivals Purdue and Indiana.

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His three finalists have outlasted a pack of offers that also includes Boston College, Cincinnati, Michigan State, NC State, Pittsburgh and Vanderbilt.

247Sports currently ranks Pavey as the No. 1,096 player in the class of 2025, No. 105 defensive lineman and No. 43 recruit from his home state of Ohio. He will announce his commitment after official visits to Purdue on June 7, Wisconsin on June 14 and Indiana on June 21.

The service has yet to release a crystal ball prediction for Pavey’s choice, though On3’s prediction machine currently gives Purdue a 92.6% chance to land a commitment.

Wisconsin is looking to land a third defensive lineman to its growing class of 2025 after recent commitments from Torin Pettaway and Wilnerson Telemaque. The group overall currently has 20 commitments and is ranked No. 12 in the nation by 247Sports.

The class is already a success after Luke Fickell’s program finished the 2024 cycle ranked in the top 25. A commitment from Pavey would continue what has been a terrific month of converting official visits into commitments.

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Southern Miss defeats Indiana, Golden Eagles advance to play Vols

Southern Miss baseball defeats Indiana and advances to play Tennessee on Sunday.

No. 2 seed Southern Miss eliminated No. 3 seed Indiana, 15-3, on Sunday at in the NCAA Tournament Knoxville Regional.

Southern Miss used two pitchers in the contest against Indiana after Niko Mazza started for the Golden Eagles and pitched a nine-inning complete game versus Northern Kentucky. He recorded three strikeouts and totaled 120 pitches (75 strikes) against 31 batters.

The Golden Eagles advance to play No. 1 overall seed Tennessee at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. First pitch between Tennessee and the Golden Eagles is slated for 6 p.m. EDT.

Tennessee and Southern Miss played each other in the postseason in 2023. The Vols won the Hattiesburg Super Regional and advanced to the College World Series.