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Hundreds of volunteers spread out across Indianapolis Tuesday to help prepare the city for next week's NCAA Men's Final Four basketball games.

The Purdue men’s basketball team is headed to the Sweet Sixteen. The Boilermakers secured their spot defeating the Miami Hurricanes 79-69 in Round 2 of the NCAA March Madness tournament Sunday afternoon.

Six former men’s basketball players at IU Indianapolis are suing the university, alleging physical and emotional abuse by fired coach Paul Corsaro.

The Aces held off Indiana 107-98 in overtime in Game 5 of the semifinals. Indiana, despite being decimated by injuries, made Las Vegas work for the win. Kelsey Mitchell, who scored 15 points, left the game with a leg injury. The Aces took the lead early in overtime and didn’t give it up. The second-seeded Aces, who won the league title in 2022 and 2023, will host the fourth-seeded Phoenix Mercury on Friday.

The Indiana Fever avoided elimination defeating the Las Vegas Aces 90 to 83 in Game Four of the WNBA semifinals. The two teams are now tied in the semifinals series and will travel to Las Vegas for a winner-take-all game to determine who will move on to the WNBA Finals.

The WNBA All-Star Weekend is this weekend. It’s the first time Indianapolis has hosted the women’s professional basketball mid-season marque event. On and off the court, one major message organizers want to emphasize is female empowerment.

The Indiana Pacers are one game away from the chance to make franchise history and win the team’s first NBA title.

The Oklahoma City Thunder pulled away in the second half to beat the Indiana Pacers 103-91 and win the NBA championship.

Up by 10, late in the third quarter. Up by seven, going into the fourth. The Indiana Pacers had a golden opportunity.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points, Alex Caruso added 20 off the bench and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Indiana Pacers 123-107 on Sunday night to tie the NBA Finals at one game apiece.