Ball State at Miami 6:00 Friday night on ESPNU

Men’s basketball promotions
-Free complimentary tickets if you order in advance
-Game is on National TV on ESPNU with Noah Reed and Tim Welsh
-Pacers Power Pack during halftime
-Tailgate Tipoff from 5 to 6. $3 beverages, $2 hot dogs
-Free Parking in West Millett
-Senior Night
-T-shirts for the first 1500 students
-$3000 in Rogers Rewards for students
-$200 Gift Cards selected digitally for students
-$10Concession Voucher for first 125 students
-Activities on concourse

Miami 22-8 (13-4) will be the #2 seed and will play the third game on Thursday in Cleveland vs the #7 seed somewhere around 4:00. Ball State14-16(7-10) needs to win and have both BG and CM lose or they are out. If all that happens they get the #8 seed.

Miami has already set the all time record for most consecutive home wins in the same season with 14 ( only loss was our home opener vs Wright State). We are top 50 nationally in 7 offensive stats and first in the MAC is steals per game.

Cardinals best players

-6-5 Jr Jemarhi (Fats) Hill 15.7ppg
-6-10 265 pound SR Payton Sparks 12.8/7.6 Played first two years for Ball State, transferred and sat the bench at Indiana last year, transferred back to Muncie this year.
-6-8 RS SR Mickey Pearson, Jr 12.5ppg
-6-1 JR Juanse Gorosito (9.2ppg, 72 threes, 41% on threes.

All time Miami leads 69 to 43 and we beat them 80 to 72 in Muncie in January with a big game from Craft.

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I ordered a ticket and will drive up after work. Looking forward to seeing a game in person this season.

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No Firecrackers?!?!

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Pacers Dunk Team…finally a decent halftime show

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I caught a nice Pacers T-shirt last year which fit!

You ever get any swag from the Firedivas?

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I just realized this thread is in the recruiting section. Well, I guess the chance to get another win at home can’t hurt when it comes to recruiting.

If Jive reads this he could flip to the right thread.

We’re gonna destroy these fools tonight.

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Luers is crushing Ball State’s dreams all by himself.

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Not the first time I’ve seen a benchwarmer get a bunch of random late-season playing time, but I like his production a lot more than others I’ve seen (cough Josh Oswald in the MAC tourney cough).

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I hope the bowl scouts are watching

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https://x.com/jack_mueller15/status/1898149190468829423?s=46&t=ZH1fFGwu8Q0191V3SgsUtQ

More like Brick State amirite?

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He tried playing thru it, but it was really bothering him. I went back and rewatched where it happened. He was holding the area on his side below his right arm, so maybe got hit in the ribs, which I didn’t notice. Guessing oblique, as he grabbed it right after making a pass that he put some effort into.

Suder back out with the team, still dressed, wearing a back brace.

Luers with another 3! 32-14 Miami at the U4 timeout.

Luers leads Miami with 12. Not bad for their 10th man.

If the goal was to get me sucked in before Cleveland (and lets be honest, already sucked), mission successful so far. Knocking on every wood piece of furniture in the house that Suder is fine.

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It’s too bad BSU didn’t get another couple of MAC wins. I would have enjoyed seeing this team as the 7th seed next Thursday.

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