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This ‘unmatched’ rendition of the national anthem started in Indianapolis and went viral
The world is talking about a powerful rendition of the U.S. national anthem delivered by an 8-year-old from the Pacers home court in Indianapolis this week.
Star-spangled from head to toe, Kinsley Murray, from the state of Washington, sang before Monday’s game against the Toronto Raptors and drew attention from her passionate performance and patriotic gear.
Video of her singing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” posted by the Pacers Monday on TikTok drew 15 million views.
“The passion. The outfit,” the Pacers post said. “This anthem performance was unmatched.”
Who is viral national anthem singer Kinsley Murray?
But it’s not Kinsley’s first rodeo when it comes to going viral.
By the time she was six, she’d already sang the U.S. national anthem at more than 100 sporting events, including baseball, football and basketball games and rodeos.
Her performances include those at the Central Washington State Fair in Yakima in September 2021 and a University of Washington men’s basketball game in January 2022, according to social media posts from a user identifying himself as her father, Shafer Murray, an elementary school teacher.
She got attention in 2021 for singing at a Gonzaga women’s basketball game.
“I love to honor our country,” she told KREM. “The louder the roar, the better I get.”
She’d performed “O Canada” before singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” on Monday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
On Tuesday, she sang at the Dayton-Davidson game in Ohio.
Contact IndyStar reporter Cheryl V. Jackson at cheryl.jackson@indystar.com or 317-444-6264. Follow her on X.com:@cherylvjackson.
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How to buy Tennessee Sweet 16 tickets, Tennessee Vols March Madness basketball tickets
No. 2 Tennessee is back in the Sweet 16.
The Volunteers defeated No. 7 UCLA 67-58 on Friday, advancing to the Midwest Regional Semifinals.
The Vols were once again led by senior Chaz Lanier. After scoring 29 points in the Round of 64, Lanier had 20 points on Saturday and broke the school record for most three pointers made in a season.
Tennessee advanced to the Sweet 16 where they will take on the winner of the upcoming matchup on Sunday between No. 3 Kentucky and No. 6 Illinois.
Here’s everything you need to know in order to buy Tennessee men’s March Madness Sweet 16 tickets.
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Tennessee Sweet 16 location
The Vols are headed to Indianapolis for the Midwest Regional. The games will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Tennessee Sweet 16 tickets
Tennessee tickets for the Sweet 16 are already on sale. As of publication, the cheapest available ticket to Friday’s game costs $206.
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Tennessee Sweet 16 game date, time
The Midwest Regional’s Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games will take place in Indianapolis. The Sweet 16 is scheduled to be played on Friday, March 28 and the Eite Eight game is scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 30. Game times will be announced closer to the conclusion of the Round of 32.
Tennessee Midwest Regional Sweet 16 tickets
The Midwest Regional Sweet 16 and Elite 8 tickets are on sale now. An All-Sessions pass for Indianapolis grants access to both Sweet 16 games and the Elite 8 game. At the time of publication, the cheapest All Sessions Pass costs $409.
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Purdue’s sweet, fabulous return to Indianapolis
“It’s none of that,” Fletcher Loyer tells me after the game.
The question I’m asking, the thing I’m trying to figure out, still, about the make up of this team is if March vindication is still Purdue’s ethos. So the question is if getting back to the Sweet 16, if it’s like making a basket after scoring 21 points, if it’s a prove it point for Purdue.
Loyer’s answer is a simple one. Purdue doesn’t plan to prove itself by getting to the Sweet 16. Purdue plans to prove what it is by winning the Sweet 16 and then the next round, and the one after that, and that final one for good measure.
The one and only stage of college basketball that this set of Purdue players hasn’t won at.
It’s clear Purdue wants more and is playing well enough to have it after two convincing wins in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
Purdue’s preparation and offense set them up for success, two points of ‘fabulous’ from Painter
Purdue had less than 48 hours to prepare for a McNeese defense that held #5 seed Clemson to just 13 first half turnovers.
That was enough time for Purdue’s offensive coordinator, and former point guard, PJ Thompson, to build a game plan that used McNeese’s aggressiveness against itself.
The way I know this is it had head coach Matt Painter breaking out his favorite compliment.
“PJ did a fabulous job getting us prepared,” Painter said after the 76-62 Purdue win.
“I thought from watching them on film, they’ve unbelievable at what they do,” Thomspon told me after the game. “Interchangeable pieces, fly around, ultra-competitive, ultra tough, but what we noticed is a lot of people that play them – they struggle with movement. We tried to be deceptive. Being actors, not standing and watching, filling behind the ball, being available, and as Trey is posting, we have movement. Pinning guys in, and it’s really hard to take away both. Trey doesn’t have the size that we’ve had with the monsters in the past, but he’s unbelievable at using his body and he’s a load down there. When we moved the ball and made simple decisions, we made a lot of quality shots.”
It worked from the jump. On the first play, Purdue’s off ball movement moved any help inside and Fletcher Loyer was able to find Trey Kaufman-Renn half-fronted in the post. Kaufman-Renn caught the entry pass, turned, and had an open lane to go up and dunk.
On the next play, Kaufman-Renn found Loyer who moved to the right wing after Kaufman-Renn got into the paint. Loyer drained the open three-pointer.
A similar flurry of ball movement, repositioning, and patience led to one of the closing shots of the game that Painter pointed out after as the good things that came from Purdue’s game plan when CJ Cox hit his second three-pointer of the game that halted a micro-McNeese run.
Painter’s second fabulous
“Fabulous play,” Painter said after the game.
The play, a combined effort steal that saw Myles Colvin deflect a dribble, hit it again, and then Matt Painter’s star point guard, Braden Smith, sell out his entire body and somehow get a hand on the ball, knocking it backwards right into the waiting hands of Colvin who raced down court and drew a transition foul and two free throws.
“Just giving multiple effort, just making that play,” Painter said after the game about one of the defining plays of the game. “When he first did it, it almost looked like one of those fake hustle plays. Some guy’s diving, he has no chance to get to the ball and he makes the play. It was right in front of me. It’s coming right at me, it was like, that was my first instinct, like he can’t get there. And he obviously did. To have the intelligence and the toughness to make the play and save it towards his goal.”
The assist part of the play was a happy accident. After the game, Smith told me that he just knew the clock was going down and at worst, knocking it back wouldn’t reset the clock and force McNeese into a hurried shot or 30 second violation.
Instead, Smith’s deflection went rigth towards his teammate as Smith’s body spilled onto the floor right in front of his bench.
It was one of six steals as a team for Purdue whose
If Purdue’s trip in Providence has proven anything, it’s that when Purdue’s preparation meets execution and effort, Purdue’s play is fabulous and they’re going to be a hard out in the Sweet 16 no matter who they face between Houston and Gonzaga.
Indianapolis, IN
Five arrested for allegedly filming a music video in historic Indianapolis synagogue
(JTA) — Five people were arrested in Indianapolis for allegedly breaking into the city’s oldest synagogue building to film a music video.
The group was found with video equipment at Beth-El Zedeck Temple after police responded to calls reporting a burglary on Saturday evening, according to the local NBC affiliate, WTHR.
Upon arrival, police saw several people in the driveway of the historic site and four people inside, according to WTHR.
One of the suspects, D’Shawn Parrish, was arrested after being chased by police.
The other arrests were of Anthony Bellamy, Jaylen Young, Aniah Weaver and a fourth person who was not named. Young was hired to record a “rap music video,” according to court documents obtained by WTHR.
The synagogue’s history
The site of the group’s musical aspirations, Beth-El Zedeck Temple, is a cornerstone of Indianapolis’ Jewish history.
The building was dedicated in 1925 and served as the home of the eponymous congregation, which was originally Conservative. For a time, the author and philosopher Milton Steinberg served as its rabbi.
When the building first opened, Indiana Gov. Edward Jackson was in attendance, said Mark Dollase, a vice president of the Indiana Landmarks Foundation, which was notable given the politics of the time.
“This was during the year of the Ku Klux Klan, and they had a great deal of political power in the state,” Dollase told the local Fox affiliate. “And certainly a governor speaking before a Jewish audience would have been significant.”
Another congregation later used the building until 1968, after which it was used by several Christian groups. It became vacant in the 2000s, according to Indiana Landmarks, which obtained the building in 2014.
Today, Congregation Beth-El Zedeck remains active and is located in another neighborhood of the city. It is affiliated with both the Conservative and Reconstructionist movements.
In its application for the National Register of Historic Places, the synagogue was described as “one of the most well preserved places associated with the history of the Jewish community in Indianapolis,” and is cited as an example of “the architectural heritage of the Jewish community.”
It’s still looking for a new tenant. The building is currently listed at $299,000 on the Indiana Landmarks website.
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