Steele graduated from IU in 1995 and has made various returns to campus, including a trip back to Bloomington to speak at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater last March as part of the IU School of Journalism Speaker Series.
At ESPN, she hosts the ESPN NBA Countdown on Friday and Sunday. She’s also been a regular co-host of ESPN’s flagship program “SportsCenter.”
This will be the second time Steele has emceed Hoosier Hysteria. Her first time was in 2012, a season in which IU went on to claim a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Doors will open for Hysteria at 5 p.m. with free parking around Assembly Hall and Memorial ?Stadium.
The women’s team will work out from 5 to 5:30 p.m. Introductions and team activities will start at 6 p.m., followed by a 3-point contest, dunk contest and a brief scrimmage.
Hoosier Hysteria will be the first opportunity fans will have to get a look at the 2014-15 men’s and women’s ?basketball teams.
“As far as us, we’re trying to get ourselves to a point right now where we can look at every day and know that we are tenacious, that we are on the attack, and that we are fundamentally driven, and that’s the goal,” IU Coach Tom Crean said at Big Ten Media Day last Thursday.
“It’s been our goal since the season ended when we started spring workouts the week after our season, and it has been the goal with every new player that’s come in.”
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