Chris May

Brad Brownell From DePauw to Clemson DePauw University is a small D3 school in Indiana with a basketball program that punches above its weight class when it comes to producing coaching talent (think Brad Stevens)

The unity and community spirit provided through high school sports. A great watch.

Such a great guy and recruiter of officials thru @RefReps. Congrats, @DavidPillar!

We lost Sister Jean. We still have Brother Gene.

🚨 The Bryce Drew Shot 🚨 On this day in 1998, 13-seed @ValpoBasketball upset Ole Miss with @BryceDrewCoach's legendary buzzer-beater 🔥 #MarchMadness

Happy March Madness to those who celebrate. 🏀

Most wins in the last 7 seasons. Most conference wins in the last 8 seasons. Longest winning streak in the last 11 seasons. Thanks to these guys for getting @RushvilleBball back to respectability. Rushville High, Here’s to our Rushville High. 🦁 📸 @chasenmemoriesphotos

Shawn Kemp at Concord High School in 1988 Look at how hyped the referee gets 😂

Every year or so, my wife and I (*without the kids*) go to NYC for 3-4 nights. The daily itinerary looks something like this: get a coffee, walk, get a few pastries, walk, have a slice of pizza, walk, get some dim sum, walk, go to a museum, get a coffee, take a subway, eat, walk, eat, have a coffee, take a subway, walk. Not a vacation in the traditional sense, but if there's a trip I can do once a year for the rest of my life, it's this.

Good luck @gregrakestraw and @KyleNeddenriep on today’s @IHSAA1 Boys Bball Pairing Show. @ChristopherRMay and I will keep our commentary to our 🏀 group chat. Kyle hasn’t aged a day in 8 years.

The great @cgchase representing @RushvilleBball Class of 2000! 🦁🏀

@KyleNeddenriep I spent about 17 years getting to as many rivalries as I could experience. Barr-Reeve - Loogootee was right up there for me, but there’s a long, long, long list deserving of mention. Would make for the perfect subject of your next book!

After watching Ben Davis-Pike last night was thinking ... what is best high school basketball rivalry?

Just when I thought @ESPNMcGee had taught me every historical nugget I didn’t know I needed to know, this morning he casually references the location of the implosion of Milli Vanilli’s career. That was a devastating event to this 7 year old! Keep teachin’!!! #MartyAndMcGee

Charity (Griffith) Hufnagel, 24, of Rushville, Ind., a former NCAA champion at @BallStateSports, climbed to 4-0 in high jump this year by leaping a personal best of 6-5 (1.97m) at Madrid. She ranks No. 4 in world, No. 1 in USA. @DyeStat @IndyStarSports

You know what they say, time is money. 🤑 Just 10 days left to apply for scholarships! 👉🏻rushcountyfoundation.org/rccf-scholarsh…

First you form your habits; Then your habits form you. Standards. Doors at 11am on Monday - get here early !! (🎥 s/o johnryanmusic on TikTok)

On Monday night, the Miami Hurricanes take on the @IUHoosiers in the highly-anticipated national college football championship game – and Jane Pauley, a fifth-generation Hoosier on both sides, will be watching. She reflects on @IndianaUniv's come-from-behind underdog story, from holding the NCAA Division I record for most losses, to this year's 15-0 record – IU's first perfect season in 139 years – and fondly remembers the school anthem, "Hail to Old IU." cbsn.ws/4r63bX3

Today as the Dead faithful celebrated the life of Bob Weir, John Mayer delivered perhaps the only “Ripple” that’s ever made me smile-cry… Highly suggest.😔

Curt Cignetti will soon sign a new contract with Indiana that pays him at least $12.5 million per year. But after digging into the numbers, Cignetti might still be the most undervalued coach in college football (and not for the reason you might think). We all know what Cignetti has done at IU is remarkable — he turned a perennial cellar-dweller into the national championship favorite just two years after his arrival. This has transformed IU's athletic department: • Before the 2025 season even kicked off, ticket revenue for IU's football team had surpassed $13 million. • Indiana announced a $50 million stadium naming rights deal with Merchants Bank. • Fundraising has hit a record high, with billionaire IU alum Mark Cuban donating to the athletic department for the first time ever. But that's the obvious stuff; Cignetti's real impact comes in the admissions office. IU's football team is essentially a marketing vehicle for the university — 24 million people watched them win the Rose Bowl, 18 million watched them win the Big Ten Championship, and when College Gameday visited Indiana's campus last year, more than 2 million people watched a 3-hour commercial about the school. This publicity is worth hundreds of millions of dollars and is having a real impact on Indiana's finances. In 2025 alone, Indiana University set school records for total enrollment (48,626 students), freshman class size (10,127 students), first-year out-of-state students (4,697), and application volume (73,400). Indiana University Applicants • 2019-20: 44,178 • 2020-21: 46,623 • 2021-22: 50,159 • 2022-23: 54,345 • 2023-24: 67,731 • 2024-25: 73,400 But since IU can only admit so many students each year, they leverage the additional demand to 1) rotate the composition of their student body toward out-of-state students, and 2) become more selective academically. Out-of-state students now account for about 50% of IU's total enrollment, with the school admitting a total of 4,697 new out-of-state students in 2025 — roughly 500 more out-of-state students than IU's previous record. This is an important distinction because out-of-state students pay $30,000 more in annual tuition – $12,000 for Indiana residents versus $42,000 for non-residents. 500 new out-of-state students x $30,000 tuition difference ––––––––– = $15 million annually If you multiply that by a four-year degree, these out-of-state students are worth $60 million more to IU than their in-state counterparts. And since football success attracts more applicants, IU's admissions office can be more selective. Indiana's Fall 2025 class had a median high school GPA of 3.94 — the highest in IU admissions history. This creates a virtuous cycle. Better sports → more applicants → better students → higher rankings. Higher rankings then lead to even more applicants, and, eventually, higher tuition revenues. This is exactly what happened at Alabama with Nick Saban, and it's a big reason why Indiana is completely comfortable giving Cignetti new contracts every year. P.S. If you enjoyed this breakdown, join 135,000 others who learn about the business and money behind sports by reading my 3x weekly newsletter: huddleup.substack.com

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