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On March 26th, 2022, Namen Namen appeared at the WIUX Music Market to perform their music and promote their newly released EP. Namen Namen is an alt-rock band from Fort Wayne, Indiana. There are 4 members that make up the band- one bassist, one drummer, one guitarist, and one singer. They started out as a high school cover band and transitioned into writing and releasing their own music. They released their debut EP, Namen Namen, on April 1st, 2022. Their newest EP stays true to their style of music with a very alt-rock sound. Each song is created with a heavy emphasis on guitar and drums. Their vocals have a very unique sound that resembles the punk movement of the late 1970s. I noticed similarities in the style of their vocals to 70s punk rocker Iggy Pop. Most of the tracks on their EP have a high tempo and a classic alternative rock sound to their backing track. The stand-out feature of the majority of the tracks is the guitar. Guitarist Kellen shows off his skills in numerous guitar solos, most notably in their songs “Horrors of Spider Island” and “The One I Love The Most”. Throughout the EP, I did notice that the instruments sounded louder than the vocals, making it difficult to understand the lyrics at times. However, I think that booming instrument sounds is a popular technique amongst rock bands, and is a notable characteristic for many historically famous rockers, originally stemming from the “wall of sound” technique. Though they stick to a consistent style and signature sound throughout their EP, they portrayed variations of their style within the different songs. The first song on the album, “Horrors of Spider Island”, encapsulates the band's sound very well. It has the Namen Namen ingredients of an impressive guitar solo, the 70s punk vocals, and a modern alternative rock backing track with just a hint of a classic rock flare. Their second song on the EP, “So Alone” had the signature vocals, but the guitar rhythm had funk elements to it, definitely more groovy and a little less rock than the previous song. Their song “Dracula AD” was similar to “Horrors of Spider Island” with a fast tempo repeating guitar sound. Their song “Mona” was my favorite on the album. It was a good contrasting song with more melodious vocals, slower tempo, backing harmonies, and an emphasis on the bass guitar. “The One I Love The Most” features an impressive guitar solo and is similar to their other songs on the EP with the exception of the high vocal runs which slightly resembled an alternative version of the classic Beach Boys’ vocal runs. “2021”, their final song on the EP, seemed the most rock of all the songs on the album. It begins with the prominent sounds of amplifier feedback, and they incorporated that sound throughout the song which was a creative touch. The sound of “2021” made sense to the meaning, there was a bit of chaos, a lot of loud instruments and sounds, and a bit of harder rock scream-singing at the end, which I think resembles the frustration of the year for a lot of people. As someone who is just being introduced to Namen Namen and their sound, I thought this EP was a great starting point for the alternative rock band. They portrayed their signature sound and unique vocals in all of the songs. It was a refreshingly modern sound to alternative rock while still paying homage to the early punk sounds of the 1970s. It is clear that they have tremendous talent, with their stand-out performer being their guitarist Kellen. I think that their songs “So Alone” and “Mona” have real potential to reach a large audience, and they are definitely a band to keep an eye on for all alternative rock lovers. If you want to see them perform their new EP live, they have some exciting upcoming shows:
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Listen to "Ep4 - NFL Fantasy Football Week 11 Waiver Wire, Trade Candidates and Start/Sit Decisions" on Spreaker.
Welcome to the trade deadline! In today’s episode, we help find those last minute waiver claims to assist your playoff runs, and those start/sit decisions that will win your weeks.
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Listen to "Ep3 - NFL Fantasy Football Week 10 Waiver Wire, Buy/Sell, and Start/Sit Decisions" on Spreaker.
In today’s episode, we discuss the waiver wire, trade candidates, and our start/sit decisions. Thank you for listening!
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Listen to "Ep2 - NFL Fantasy Football Week 9 Waivers, Buy/Sell + Start/Sit Decisions" on Spreaker.
In the second ever episode of Fantasy Football Central, we discuss Week 9 in Fantasy Football, including the waiver wire, Buy/Sell and Start/Sit Decisions.
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Listen to "Ep1 - NFL Fantasy Football Week 8 Waivers + Start/Sit Decisions" on Spreaker.
Welcome to the first episode of Fantasy Football Central! In today’s episode, we discuss Week 8 in Fantasy football, including waiver wire pickups, trade targets and start/sit decisions for each game.
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Some artists release music, and that’s it. Other artists make the process of releasing music an entire rollercoaster for their fans.Recently, the process of music rollout has been built up by the concept of Easter eggs: hidden messages that artists implement to hint at secret meanings or foreshadow future events. They can be found in content such as lyrics, social media posts, interviews, and music videos. Easter eggs do marketing wonders for artists, starting with the idea that consumers love the feeling of accomplishment when they figure out a puzzle. As a result, people try their luck at deciphering secret meanings and predicting future events, commonly on social media platforms. To find answers, they search for clues in artists’ past works, which increases streams and sales for older releases, marketing them to the public in a new light. This leads to the growth of an artist’s fanbase. As fans work together to sort out clues, excitement about the artist spreads to people who were originally unfamiliar. In addition to drawing fans closer together, Easter eggs connect fans more closely with the artist, because they feel like they play a part in the music release. Easter eggs also help artists’ fans understand them more, as secret messages provide insight into the artist’s feelings that they may not clearly communicate. In addition to empathy, this causes fans to feel like they know the artist more personally, as well as fascination and appreciation of the artist’s cleverness for inserting hidden messages. These things build anticipation for the new release, acting as a creative, low-budget marketing tool.Singer Taylor Swift is arguably the artist most well-known for clever messages that she inserts in her work. For years, she has verbalized both her intentions and enjoyment at seeing fans decipher messages. During a The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon interview on November 12, 2021, Swift said, “It’s sort of a tradition that we started a very long time ago … I wanted to do something that incentivized fans to read the lyrics, because my lyrics are what I’m most proud of ... When it got out of control was when I started to realize that it wasn’t just me that had fun with this, that they had fun with it too.” This quote shows how the concept of Easter eggs has developed Swift’s relationship with her fans, making them both feel closer to each other.Swift has applied her Easter egg strategy to many releases, such as her ninth studio album, Evermore. As she released the album only five months after Folklore and did not officially promote it, fans were shocked when it dropped. However, after looking through Swift’s past actions, fans found multiple Easter eggs foreshadowing the release. For example, in October 2020 when Swift virtually presented the CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year, she wore a French braid. Two months later, she released Evermore, whose album cover featured her hair in the same style. Three days before the album’s release, Swift Tweeted photoshoot pictures captioned, “This outfit really screams ‘TIS THE DAMN SEASON’.” We now know that this was a clue to the album, as “’tis the damn season” is its fourth track. Only one day before the album dropped, Swift posted a Tweet with nine tree emojis, which signified both the existence of her looming ninth album and its earthy, cottagecore aesthetic.As Swift is now re-recording her past albums, fans love to try their hand at which will come out next. Red, Swift’s fan-favorite fourth studio album, was met with off-the-charts anticipation due to Easter eggs. For example, at the 2021 Brit Awards in May, Swift wore her hair long with bangs and red lipstick, which was her signature look in 2012, the year that Red came out. She also posted Instagram photos from the event with filters reminiscent of the album art. In addition, in June, Swift Tweeted Billboard about her gratitude for Evermore’s success, including four red heart emojis at the end. When fans sifted through clues after the release of Red (Taylor’s Version), they realized that this Tweet was a hint that this album would be next, as Red was Swift’s fourth studio album.There are many examples proving the victory of Easter eggs as marketing tools. For instance, the success of Evermore can be compared to Halsey’s album, Manic, another album released in 2020 by an American female artist. Halsey did not drop Easter eggs preceding her album’s release, while Swift did. Manic debuted at #2 on the US Billboard 200 chart with 239,000 album-equivalent units, making it Halsey’s third top-two album. On the other hand, Evermore debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and topped it for four weeks, opening with 329,000 units and becoming Swift’s second #1 album in 2020. While Halsey’s album was a win, Swift’s album had more successful statistics, which can be attributed to the anticipation build-up and marketing from Easter eggs.Looking to the future, fans are now predicting which album Swift will re-release next. On the day that Swift dropped Red (Taylor’s Version), she Tweeted, “Red is about to be mine again, but it has always been ours.” This sentence has led to the guess that the next re-release will be Speak Now, as “Mine” and “Ours” are two of the album’s track titles. Fans are also making this prediction based on a signed Red (Taylor’s Version) CD sold on her merchandise store. The item was priced at $20.10 in purple font, which fans linked to Speak Now, as the album was released in 2010 and had a matching purple color scheme.Swift has definitely layered another element to her career with her use of Easter eggs. Until it all becomes clear, we’ll just have to hang on tight and wait to see what’s up ahead.
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Bloomington, IN - A year ago, President’s Hall’s main purpose was a COVID-19 testing site. Students would aimlessly shuffle in, spit in a vile, and go about their day. A grand hall, filled with paintings and great acoustics was silent except for the mundane music of the pandemic. But, if there is one thing to take away from the weirdest year on IU’s record, it is the resilience of the Bloomington art scene.
Flash forward to March 26th, 2022, WIUX’s Music Market proved just that. It was a celebration of not just resilience, but local artists and students coming together. Concerts, whether it’s a stadium or a house show, are an unparalleled medium that connects a community. After a rough year of empty venues, Music Market celebrated an era of change and new beginnings.
“Music Market was created out of blood, sweat, and tears,” said Anya Heminger, WIUX’s outgoing Director of Special Events and the driving force behind Music Market. “But, mostly sweat and tears.”
With amazing sets by Bloomington’s own 6 Foot Blonde, Foredaze, and Westhead, the event emphasized the importance and magic of the Bloomington music scene.
“Bloomington is so rich in art and music and there is so much support in the community for others who wish to express their creative side,” Anya notes. “It was incredibly important to me, to allow smaller artists a chance to sink their teeth into the arts scene, outside their own town or city.”
In addition to Bloomington artists, other voices across the Midwest like Post-Sex Nachos, Namen Namen, and Jackie Hayes headlined.
“We are here to support our community, and allow our community to support us,” they say. “It has always been really important to me, as someone who has lived in Indiana my whole life, because local artists are what build our industry.”
As a testament to their vision, Music Market’s student-run production was made possible by the support of the WIUX community.
“WIUX is made up of people that feel like family to me,” says Heminger. “If you know someone is a part of WIUX, you know they are someone you can talk to because they will have at least one similar interest to you- being part of a community that supports student media and the arts.”
Although IU’s student’s adoration for sports is often publicized, Music Market displayed student devotion to music and art is alive, well, and thriving. In addition to music, a variety of vendors deepened the involvement of the community, displaying just a piece of what Bloomington has to offer.
Vendors such as Carol Ahmann, a weaver and felter from Forsythia Farm in Bloomington, eagerly chatted with patrons. Her lush and soft fibers from her own Alpacas and French Angora rabbits were just as colorful as the music, exemplifying the diversity and eclecticism of the Bloomington art scene.
When asked what the Bloomington art scene meant to her, Ahmann smiles, “I have a daughter who is in the BFA program here. I think I might have rubbed off on her because she is in fiber arts specifically. It makes what I do fun, we can feed off of each other.”
A small nook in the Midwest to many, Bloomington is beloved for its rich culture by more. An event born out of frustration, hardship, and adverse events, WIUX’s Music Market 2022 proved that good things always come to those who wait.
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Amazing Grace, how sweet (16) the sound. Senior guard Grace Berger had a game-high 15 points, but no bucket was bigger than her go-ahead layup with 29 seconds to go. That was enough to seal the deal for the 3-seeded Indiana Hoosiers as they fended off the 11-seeded Princeton Tigers 56-55 in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. “They’re such a special group. I’ve been blessed to have them in back-to-back seasons,” head coach Teri Moren said. The Hoosiers last year made it to the Elite Eight, and are now over halfway there following the win Monday night. And this year for the first time in program history, they won tournament games in front of a raucous crowd at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers sent their fans home happy one last time this season as they eliminated the upset-minded Tigers, a team that was thoroughly overlooked throughout the tournament. “Tonight was our crowd willing us to this win,” Moren said, who later went on to thank Athletic Director Scott Dolson and his entire staff for putting as many people as they did in the seats. Indiana Athletics made all tickets for students free, helping lead to a season-high 9,627 attendance mark. At the end of the game, Mackenzie Holmes ran up into the student section, high-fiving as many fans as she could. “I wanted to make sure they knew they were a part of this win as well,” Holmes said afterwards. Berger, Holmes, and Moren all mentioned that the home crowd propelled them to this win, and without them, the outcome would have been different. Many expected a low-scoring game with two of the better defensive teams in the nation squaring off, and that’s exactly how it turned out. After Indiana led 39-29 at halftime, the Tigers roared back, using a 13-2 run in the third quarter to cut the lead to 3 after the third quarter. Indiana scored more points in the first quarter than they did in the entire second half, but it was enough to squeak by. A huge defensive stand with less than 30 seconds to go put the Hoosiers in the driver’s seat as Ali Patberg got a steal to preserve Indiana’s 2-point lead. Aleksa Gulbe made two free throws with under two seconds left to extend the lead to 4. An Abby Meyers 3 at the buzzer was the reason the game was decided by a single point. Princeton came into the game on an 18-game winning streak, having last lost on December 22, 2021, winning both the Ivy League regular season and postseason tournament in the process. The Tigers also upset the sixth-seeded Kentucky Wildcats in the Round of 64 in Bloomington on Saturday. Indiana did shoot 51% from the field, but only took 43 shots because they turned the ball over 17 times, leading to 18 Princeton points. That and the fact that Princeton dominated the offensive glass 10-1 was a big reason the Tigers were in the game for longer than Hoosier fans hoped. It was a special night on so many levels, but for Indiana’s four seniors, it was likely the last time they will play inside the hallowed Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. It’s even more special for Patberg, who is in her seventh season of college basketball. Patberg made sure to give Moren a big hug while she was doing a TV interview after the game. Moren mentioned that it’s so special to end a season at home with a win, and made note of Tyra Buss and the 2017-2018 team that won the WNIT, with their last game the WNIT Championship game victory. Indiana’s quest to reach a second-straight Elite Eight will continue next Saturday when they travel to Bridgeport, Connecticut to take on the 2-seeded UConn Huskies. The game will tip off at 2 PM ET at the Total Mortgage Arena with Derek Decker and Sam Newcombe on the call from New England on WIUX 99.1 FM and online HERE. PHOTO COURTESY OF IU ATHLETICS
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I recently got to sit down and talk with Professor Hollinden who teaches History of Rock ‘n Roll here at Indiana University- Bloomington. We discussed the details of his courses, his music experience, and his thoughts on the legacy of the History of Rock ‘n Roll courses. (Emily): Can you tell me about the courses that you teach?
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A nailbiter from start to finish. Indiana Men’s Basketball locked in on defense and the Hoosiers beat the Illini to most likely secure a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016. Indiana defeated Illinois 65-63 in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Hoosiers punched their spot to the Big Ten Tournament Semifinal for the first time since 2013. For the Hoosiers, it all started on the defensive end. Indiana guards were able to pressure Kofi Cockburn and recover back out to shooters. The Hoosiers held the Illini to just 35.7% from the field. In the first matchup this year Illinois shot over 40% from the field and three-point range. “I think our team right now is playing with a lot of confidence,” Trayce Jackson-Davis said. “And Coach [Mike] Woodson said it all year, he said this isn't last year's team.” For almost the entire game, it stayed within a few points with neither team able to sustain a long run. A lot of that had to do with both teams struggling to finish around the rim with Indiana 13-18 and Illinois 10-22 on layups. Even with the stats showing the Illini’s struggles around the rim, the Hoosiers' help defense was terrific. Indiana was also able to hold Illinois without a field goal for more than 5 minutes to end the game. Indiana was 3-7 in games decided in overtime or by six points or less entering Friday, but today was different. “It's been -- for me it's been fun because it's kind of been a rollercoaster ride watching these guys develop over this season so far, but the thing that I like about our team, man, we are competitive,” coach Mike Woodson said. “Even though we've lost a lot of close games, we are very, very competitive.” Another key part of the game was free throw shooting. The Illini came in 11th in free throw percentage in the Big Ten while the Hoosiers ranked last. Friday, Illinois made just 15 of their 23 free throws. However, Kofi Cockburn who has sometimes struggled at the free throw line went 7-8 for the game. For the season Jackson-Davis has shot 66.7% from the line but with just 26.1 seconds left he was able to knock down a pair of free throws to give Indiana a 1 point lead. “It was just belief,” Jackson-Davis said. “I've been working on my free-throw routine, and it was something that I shoot a hundred free throws with some of our coaches every day, so I was just thinking of practice and trying to get that scenario in my head, that I'm just in practice knocking them down, so that's what I did.” In the first matchup between these two teams Jackson-Davis was dominated by Cockburn, but today Jackson-Davis held his own. Today, he played confidently against Cockburn and scored 21 points with great efficiency. And most importantly as much as the Hoosiers have struggled this year, it looks like they will be an NCAA tournament team. “I've had an opportunity, like you said, to build young teams like in Atlanta and I know what the grind is like,” Woodson said. “It's just getting guys to believe in what you do on and off the court, both ends of the floor. Our guys have bought into my stuff, I guess you can say, and my stuff ain't always the greatest, but it's working for us now.” Indiana’s next opponent will be Iowa in the Semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Saturday, 3/12. The Hawkeyes are the 5th seed in Indianapolis. The game is set to tip at 1:00 PM ET. The game can be heard on WIUX 99.1 FM and online HERE with Sam Newcombe and Griffin Epstein on the call from the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN.
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Indianapolis, IN– With a trip to the NCAA tournament on the line, the Hoosiers were able to make a furious comeback and win after being down as many as 17 points in the second half Thursday afternoon. Indiana defeated Michigan 74-69 in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse. A historic run fueled the Hoosiers for their biggest comeback in Indiana postseason history. Indiana came into today projected by almost everyone as firmly on the bubble. However, even with that in mind, the Hoosiers came out flat leading to a 41-28 deficit going into halftime. Although there were many times this season when Indiana was unable to finish games, that was not the case today. “This is probably the biggest win for our program in such a long, long time,” coach Mike Woodson said. “I've got to give my staff and the guys in that locker room that wear that uniform a lot of credit, man, because this team, they just won't quit.” The Hoosiers came out with more energy in the second half, but Michigan kept hitting big shots to prevent a big run. When it looked like all hope was lost and the Hoosiers would miss the NCAA tournament for the 6th straight year, they came back from 17 points with 12:52 remaining in the second half courtesy of a huge 28-4 run that spanned from 11:09 to 1:42 in the second half. “I just feel like we locked in,” Xavier Johnson said. “With the last 12 minutes, Coach said we've got to get a stop. It's all about getting stops. We're scoring, we just can't get a stop.” The Hoosiers held the Wolverines to just 28 points in the second half. Michigan also only had 9 points in the last 12 minutes of the game. A big reason? In the first half Wolverines center Hunter Dickinson was dominating while Hoosiers center Trayce Jackson-Davis struggled. But in the second half, it was the opposite as Jackson-Davis scored 19 points in the second half and ended with 25 points for the game. As for Dickinson he only attempted 3 shots and scored only 2 points for the half. “Basically for me just struggling, even this game in the first half, not having it go my way, you can't get too down on yourself, you've got to keep playing,” Jackson-Davis said. “And then my guys were always picking me up.” Not only was Jackson-Davis a force on the offensive end, but he protected the rim in the second half including 4 blocks. For the Hoosiers, the comeback started on the defensive end, and they were able to force 10 second half turnovers from Michigan. However, another key part for the Hoosiers was staying out of foul trouble. Both guards for Indiana Rob Phinisee and Xavier Johnson were in foul trouble in the first half and most of the second half. But head coach Mike Woodson trusted Johnson to play most of the second half, and it paid off, as he scored 9 points and 7 assists. He also had the team high for 3 pointers made with three. “Well, I like to think he's grown as a player,” Woodson said. “From the time we started to where he is today, he's put a lot of work, you know, on the court and off the court in terms of watching film and just learning. I'm not the easiest to deal with and him being the point guard is probably the toughest position for me as a coach.” Indiana’s next opponent will be Illinois in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament. The Illini are ranked as the number 1 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. The game is set to tip at 11:30 AM. The game can be heard on WIUX 99.1 FM and online HERE with Griffin Epstein and Zak Ibrahim on the call from the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis, IN– In the first Big Ten Championship appearance since 2002 for Indiana, the Hoosiers gave it everything they had but fell short against the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Hoosiers were defeated by Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament Championship 74-67. The Hawkeyes won their fourth Big Ten Tournament Championship and their first since 2019. Iowa was the runner-up to Maryland last year. The Hoosiers had a strong push coming out of halftime, but in the end, Monika Czinano and the Hawkeyes were tough to stop. Along with trying to stop Czinano, the Hoosiers had to worry about guard Grace Berger picking up her fifth foul for the entire 4th quarter. She played almost the entire 4th quarter before fouling out down 70-66 with 50 seconds remaining. “As I reminded our kids, we are still one of the best women's basketball teams in the country, and that's what I'm most proud of,” head coach Teri Moren said. Indiana had great ball pressure early against Iowa and forced turnovers leading to transition baskets. It was another intense battle from the tip between Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark and Hoosiers guard Nicole Cardaño-Hillary. Cardaño-Hillary was able to guard Clark well in the first quarter holding her to 1-4 from the field. She also put up 8 points, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. The Hoosiers had struggled defensively in the first two matchups, giving up 96 and 88 points, but Indiana was able to put up a better fight this time around. “We guarded very hard and they scored less points,” Cardaño-Hillary said. “I think that's kind of our thing. We're a very good defensive team and we just held them to those points.” Although the Hoosiers played tough defense on Caitlin Clark, they were unable to contain Iowa center Monika Czinano. Czinano had 10 points in the first quarter and 30 for the game. In the three meetings against Indiana this year, she has put up 83 points. “She has great footwork. She gets you deep. She blows you up in terms of just trying to get a deep seal and trying to her physicality,” Moren said. “She's really improved and she's a load on the inside.” Even with the defense struggling, the Hoosiers found good scoring opportunities. However, the Hoosiers were unable to convert from behind the arc shooting 4-19 from 3. Even with the poor shooting, Indiana was able to go on a 5-0 run to end the half cutting the deficit to two points. The run was capped off by a beautiful step-through move and score by Grace Berger at the buzzer. “We were confident that we would get good looks and that we would get the looks that we wanted if we ran our motion because we've gotten pretty good looks on the motion the past four days,” Berger said. “We were confident offensively coming into the game.”Indiana’s next opponent will be determined on Selection Sunday, March 13th. The Hoosiers are projected as a 3 or 4 seed in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. That would allow IU to host the first two rounds of the tournament at Assembly Hall for the first time in program history. WIUX 99.1 FM is planning to broadcast the tournament games from Bloomington, IN. PHOTO COURTESY OF IU ATHLETICS
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At Happy Hour, we understand that Mondays can be tough, but this is a show for anyone looking to end their Monday with a smile. Here at Happy Hour, you can find upbeat, new music from a variety of genres and artists, including Surfaces, Dayglow, and more artists you probably haven’t even heard of yet! Join Happy Hour’s host, Trent Schneider, from 5 to 6PM EST on Mondays for good vibes live on 99.1 FM.
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Indianapolis, IN– In one of the most competitive games for Indiana the entire year, the Hoosiers knocked off the Ohio State Buckeyes and punched their ticket to the Big Ten Championship game for the first time since 2002. The Hoosiers defeated the top-seeded Buckeyes in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal 70-62. In the third game in three days, the Hoosiers certainly did not show fatigue at the start of the game. Earlier in the season, the Hoosiers went through a lot of adversity including junior Mackenzie Holmes having knee surgery. They haven’t looked like the team many expected them to be coming into the year, but today on both ends of the floor they showed how they made it to the Elite Eight last year. “I think we're playing- we just look more connected,” IU head coach Teri Moren said. “We look more comfortable. And I'll tell you what, I love this team. I've always said that. I love what they're about. I love how competitive they are.” Even with the Hoosiers controlling most of the game, they were without one of their key pieces for most of the game as they announced that senior forward Aleksa Gulbe could not start because of a non-covid-related illness. In place of Gulbe’s absence in the starting lineup, sophomore Chloe Moore-McNeil got the start. Even without Gulbe, the Hoosiers started off the game with great ball pressure making it hard for the Buckeyes to get a lot of good looks. Along with the defensive effort to start the game, the Hoosiers had everything clicking on the offensive end as they scored 21 points in the 1st quarter. “I think what makes our team so good is the chemistry and just us actually want to go see each other do well,” Nicole Cardaño-Hillary said. In the second quarter, the Ohio State offense got better shots, but they were not able to connect. The Buckeyes were 0-7 from the three-point range in the 2nd quarter. However, there were positive signs for the Buckeyes as junior guard Jacy Sheldon, who came in averaging 19.4 points per game on the year, had 13 points through two quarters. Indiana countered by going 4-6 from behind the arc in the first half including three 3’s from senior Ali Patberg. “I just want to win, so I do whatever, whatever it takes, whatever we need,” Patberg said. “I'm focused on winning, and I'm competitive and, just like all my teammates, just like my coaches. That's what we're about.” Ohio State made a push in the 3rd quarter to trim the deficit to as low as five points led by Buckeyes guard Taylor Mikesell 7 third quarter points. To combat the Buckeyes’ efficiency, the Hoosiers used great ball movement to create quality looks on offense. “Proud of the fact that we shared the sugar with 20 assists on 24 field goals and most importantly that we out-rebounded them,” Moren said. “Statistics show when we out-rebound teams, we win.” Indiana will face Iowa Sunday at 4 PM ET in the Big Ten Tournament Championship game. The Hoosiers lost both regular-season meetings vs. the Hawkeyes. Indiana is looking to win their first Big Ten Tournament Championship since 2002. The game can be heard on WIUX 99.1 FM and online HERE with Derek Decker and Zion Brown on the call from the Gainbridge Fieldhouse. PHOTO COURTESY OF IU ATHLETICS