Josh Schertz has been hired as coach at Saint Louis after he led Indiana State to its first 30-win season in 45 years, the Missouri Valley regular-season title and the NIT championship game, the Billikens announced Saturday.

City leaders gathered Monday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse to lay out public safety plans, as more than 125,000 people are expected in the city.

A series of arts and cultural events is planned for visitors and residents for NBA All-Star Weekend. One is return of the Through2Eyes cultural tour, with a nod to basketball. WFYI’s Abriana Herron spoke with Indianapolis Native Sampson Levingston about his Walk & Talk tours for All-Star weekend.

George McGinnis, a Hall of Fame forward who was a two-time ABA champion and three-time All-Star in the NBA and ABA, died Thursday. He was 73.

An upcoming exhibit at the Indiana Historical Center looks at the history of basketball in the state.

A two-time All-American at Loyola, Harkness was part of the 1963 team that won a national championship with four Black starters and played in what became known as the Game of Change. He played two seasons with the ABA’s Indiana Pacers and went on to a successful career in business and broadcasting.

Bobby "Slick" Leonard, the former NBA player and Hall of Fame coach who won three ABA championships with the Indiana Pacers and spent more than a half century with the organization, has died. He was 88.

The NBA and Indiana Pacer said the COVID-19 pandemic prevented appropriate planning and execution of the activities envisioned for this February.

Indiana Fever great and four-time Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings was inducted into the 2020 Class of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday.

The announcement came Thursday, following and order by Gov. Eric Holcomb that all Indiana schools remain closed until at least May 1.