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Big Ten Power Rankings: Oregon Ducks, Ohio State Buckeyes, Indiana Hoosiers Jockeying
The Oregon Ducks improved to 10-0 after their win over the Maryland Terrapins. How do this week’s Big Ten Power Rankings shake out?
Another week, another Oregon win. The Ducks played a pretty sloppy game vs. Maryland but in the end, it didn’t matter, and they still won by three touchdowns.
Next Game: 11/16 at Wisconsin
Ohio State easily handled a bad Purdue team at home. Nothing much to report here as Ohio State is good, Purdue is not.
Next Game: 11/16 at Northwestern
The darlings of college football held off a Michigan comeback on Saturday night in Bloomington to improve to 10-0. The dream season continues for Indiana, a school that normally shifts its attention to Hoosiers basketball at this time in the season. Also, Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti’s daughter got engaged on the field after the game. What’s not to love?
Next Game: 11/23 at Ohio State
Penn State continues to be Penn State. The Nittany Lions love to beat up on inferior teams, and they did just that against Washington. Unfortunately for Penn State, nobody will take them seriously as a true national contender until they beat a top-ten team, and they have struggled to do so under coach James Franklin.
Next Game: 11/16 at Purdue
After the top four teams, it becomes very difficult to rank the rest of the Big Ten. Illinois moves up a spot despite not playing this past weekend.
Next Game: 11/16 vs. Michigan State
Right as it looked like Minnesota was building momentum, they promptly lost to Rutgers. The Gophers had their four-game winning streak snapped by a Rutgers team on its own four-game losing streak.
Next Game: 11/23 vs. Michigan State
The Iowa Hawkeyes stay put at No. 7 after their three-point loss at UCLA. The Bruins have been playing very well as of late so Iowa does not drop too many spots.
Next Game: 11/23 at Maryland
The winners of the bye week are the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Nebraska jumped up two spots without playing a game.
Next Game: 11/16 at USC
How about the UCLA Bruins? They were left for dead after their 1-5 start but have flipped a switch and are on a three-game winning streak. Sure, there are teams with better records below them on here, but they are playing better than most of the Big Ten right now. This is the power rankings and NOT the standings.
Next Game: 11/15 vs. Washington
Another winner of the bye week is the Wisconsin Badgers. They jump back into the top ten after not doing a thing.Who else deserves to be here?
Next Game: 11/16 vs. Oregon
Dropped from Rankings: Michigan, Washington
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Indiana basketball practice observations from June 25: Freshmen mixing in
IU has a game-changer, Thursday’s practice open to the media showed. IndyStar IU insider Zach Osterman explains what he saw.
BLOOMINGTON — Whatever he can.
That’s the answer. The question — one prompted by an urgency to add strength to his game — is what Vaughn Karvala, Indiana basketball’s athletic freshman wing, is doing to add weight. IU’s highest-ranked signee in the 2026 class, it’s not hard to envision a role for Karvala in Darian DeVries’ second season in Bloomington. The player himself knows that starts with meeting the physical demands of the college game.
Which starts with building onto to his 6-foot-7, 190-pound frame.
“The biggest thing for me is just putting on weight,” Karvala told reporters after practice Thursday. “That’s my biggest thing, getting stronger, trying to play with these guys that are three, four years older than me. I have to get stronger, I have to get faster, everything.”
A three-year letter winner at Oregon (Wisconsin) High School, Karvala spent his senior season at Bella Vista Prep in Arizona, bolstering a profile that saw him ranked No. 62 nationally per the 247Sports Composite.
Karvala averaged 26.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game in his final season with Oregon, shooting close to 42% from behind the 3-point line. He averaged another 14.7 points per game with Team Herro on the EYBL circuit.
He handed DeVries a major recruiting win last fall, when Karvala picked the Hoosiers over Xavier and Cal. Now, both at the rim and behind the arc, Karvala looks like a player who can contribute meaningfully in his first year in college.
“I know my athleticism catches the eye, but I can still shoot it,” Karvala said. “But another thing is just working on rebounding, trying to get extra possessions for us.”
Whether on the glass or elsewhere, embracing the physical challenge of college basketball has been an emphasis for Karvala since he arrived in Bloomington earlier this summer.
That manifests itself offensively, when he tries to push the ball downhill and leverage that athleticism to attack the rim. It shows up defensively, where Karvala said he’s comfortable guarding the two, the three and, matchup depending, the four.
It even plays out on the glass, battling bigs up to including 7-2 teammate Samet Yigitoglu, who Karvala described with a smile as “the biggest guy I’ve ever seen.”
“Physicality, 100%,” Karvala said, when asked where he’s challenging himself. “Just playing with all these guys that have 20, 30, 40 pounds on me.”
Which starts with the physical demand of more weight. Karvala said he’ll eat chicken, steak or “whatever we have in the locker room” that can help him in that effort. His focus, he said, is simply to “eat a lot, and work out every day.”
As that weight and strength begin to build, Karvala knows the next step — to mentally prepare for the rough-and-tumble nature of life on the floor in the Big Ten — is just as important. Preparing his body comes first. Challenging himself to toughen up once it’s required follows quickly after.
“Just getting fully there, mentally,” he said. “You’re going to have to push your body to get through this.”
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KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — It’s fair season and a new law uncorks adult beverage sales!
The new Indiana law will go into effect July 1st, making it legal to sell alcohol at county fairs.
The Kosciusko County Fair is set to kick off in just a few weeks and Indiana is officially allowing alcohol to be sold.
The law is bringing back something that’s not necessarily new to this fair.
Here’s what you need to know
The new law will go into effect on July 1st. It officially allows county fairs to apply for fee-free permits to sell alcohol.
Officials with the Kosciusko County Fair say they are participating this year. They are implementing the same guidelines they used when they sold alcohol just at grandstand events.
The difference now is, you can walk around the grounds with your drink. But strict guidelines will be in place for purchasing a drink.
“Actually, we’ve never had any issues. Because we card everybody, so we take that seriously. We also got the ID guides so we can identify the different types of IDs,” said Sheal Dirck, Treasurer of Kosciusko County Fair.
The Kosciusko County Fair already have guidelines in place, so this was an easy transition for the fair.
They will be the only vendors selling alcohol, which will make it easier to control distribution.
The sales will also bring in more revenue.
“Hopefully it allows to keep our ticket prices where they are because right now, insurance, utilities and everything else is going sky high and it’s hard to make ends meet,” said Dirck.
However, some fairs cannot participate because of the July 1st start date, like the Pulaski County Fair, which is going on right now. Pulaski County officials said it is on the agenda for next year. Whereas other fairs are choosing to sit this year out.
“We wanted not spend some time to, to see what that really means for us. It was not a decision we wanted to rush into. But we are happy for the option of it,” said Shelly Steury, GM of Elkhart County 4H Fairgrounds.
Leaders at the St. Joseph County and Elkhart County Fairs said neither of them are selling alcohol.
The Kosciusko County Fair is the only fair that will sell alcohol in our area this year.
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