The lads’s school basketball staff at Indiana College Indianapolis, greatest often known as IU Indy, was unable to finish its two-hour highway journey again to campus after a troublesome loss at Northern Kentucky on Saturday. In line with a report, its bus “exploded” on the best way house.
All people is okay however the gear is just not. Additional particulars have but to emerge from the scene.
IU Indy was established in July after its predecessor establishment, IUPUI, break up into IU Indianapolis and Purdue College in Indianapolis. A faculty that after mixed two completely different campuses below the identical umbrella turned two separate faculties. All the pieces else is just about the identical. Its school basketball staff saved the Jaguars moniker and nonetheless competes on the Division-I stage within the Horizon League.
Though IU Indy has solely 9 wins this season with two video games left to play, a 9-21 file could be a lot improved from the final 5 years! The Jaguars haven’t received 9 video games since 2019 and completed at 6-26 final season. They’re trending in the precise route in 2024-25!
Sadly, they might not get the job executed in opposition to the Norse and took a troublesome four-point loss after maintaining the rating shut all through the whole recreation. Their subsequent alternative comes on Thursday if the staff is ready to proceed its season after a scary drive house on Sunday.
Northern Kentucky’s campus is situated roughly 120 miles from Indianapolis. It’s a one hour and 45 minute drive. In some unspecified time in the future throughout that stretch, IU Indy’s bus reportedly caught fireplace.
In line with a put up on X from The Faculty Expertise podcast, it “exploded.” All people on board the bus is okay however their issues didn’t survive.
The IU Indy males’s basketball staff bus simply “exploded” throughout their journey again to campus after their recreation at Northern Kentucky
Fortunately all people exited the bus in time. Some gamers and workers members misplaced their wallets and telephones. All of the staff gear burned up.
— @TCEonSGPN / X
Right here is a photograph from the facet of the highway:
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— – (@Spicoli_____) February 23, 2025
As of proper now, it’s unclear how IU Indy goes to proceed. A brand new bus will choose them up and take them again to campus for starters. The athletic division is presently “brainstorming methods the neighborhood will help” however the Jaguars misplaced most — if not all — of their staff gear. Jerseys, clipboards, and so forth.
Luckily, each participant and staffer on board the bus was capable of exit safely. That’s the solely excellent news from a horrible scenario. Keep tuned for extra particulars on how one can assist.
