So much for my prediction of the Big Ten Tournament being jumbled, at least with the top four teams. The tournament's top four seeds made it safely through the quarterfinals and will battle for the right to play in the championship game tomorrow. The first game begins at 5 p.m.
The IU men's soccer team will take the field this spring with a new coach and a new schedule. It will start their spring season with six matches, mot notably a final match against the U-21 Mexican Youth National Team. "We are very excited to once again host the Mexican Youth National Team on April 27," Yeagley said in a press release for IU Athletics.
In the opening game of the Music City Classic in Nashville, Tenn., IU and Illinois State would trade punches several times before the Hoosiers would hold on to win it by a score of 6-4. The Hoosiers got ahead early in the first inning.
Devan Dumes, Tijan Jobe and Steven Gambles will be honored on Senior Day on Saturday. Also graduating is redshirt junior Brett Finkelmeier, a walk-on who joined the team while Kelvin Sampson was coaching. Prior to Indiana, Sampson coached at Oklahoma, another team with a noon Senior Day tip-off on Saturday Sampson's original 2006 recruiting class at Oklahoma included 6-foot-2 guard Scottie Reynolds.
The IU women's basketball team won both games against Illinois in the regular season. However, it wasn't meant to be in the meeting that mattered most. The Hoosiers (14-16, 7-12) overcame a sloppy offensive performance and nearly pulled off an improbable comeback before falling to the Fighting Illini (16-13, 8-11) in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament Thursday at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. "We wanted that game so bad," IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack said.
IU will face Northwestern at noon on Saturday in what will be the final game at Assembly Hall for Tijan Jobe, Devan Dumes, Steven Gambles and Brett Finkelmeier. Finkelmeier is technically a redshirt junior and thus a senior by academic standards. The players will be honored after the game, which is likely to include the annual Senior Day speeches.
Listen in to IDS women's basketball beat reporter Drew Allen as he chimes in on the Hoosiers' chances in the Big Ten Tournament, which began today.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Regardless of the odds it faced in the past two seasons, this Hoosier squad never seemed intimidated. That changed Wednesday during the first trip to West Lafayette, Ind., of Tom Crean's era as coach in a 74-55 loss. The performance didn't hinge on the fans' screams of "IU sucks" or its chants of "Boiler up." This was not about the atmosphere. A stronger Purdue team bullied IU and pushed it around the court on both ends of the floor.
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Just some quick news on the IU baseball front: -Blake Monar will likely travel with the team this weekend.
In its latest loss against Michigan State, Purdue played without Hummel's direction for the first time this season. He stood only for timeouts and walked to meet his teammates on crutches. As he watched, dressed in a blue shirt and tie, Purdue struggled to score the ball. It was obvious that Hummel was missed outside, with Purdue shooting 2-of-9 from the 3-point line.
With the team already up in West Lafayette, we received some quotes from IU coach Tom Crean. One thing Crean addressed was the growth of his three 6-foot-9 freshmen forwards: Christian Watford, Derek Elston and Bobby Capobianco. Considering IU has no big men locked up for 2010, this trio is critical to the Hoosiers going forward: There are three freshmen in Bobby, Derek and Christian that are on that front line that are making progress.
Head coach Clint Wallman and the IU women's golf team entered Tuesdays final round in Orlando, Fla., a mere five shots out of 2nd place. Unfortunately, the Hoosiers finished in 11th place after a final round 321, which ties the highest score of the season for the team. Scores for the Hoosiers were as followed: Senior Laura Nochta in 10th place with a 223 total. Senior Kellye Belcher in 26th place with a 228 total. Freshman Pamela Burneski in 44th place with a 234 total. Freshman Kate Coons in 69th place with a 242 total. Freshman Jacqueline Yanch in 74th place with a 245 total. The Hoosiers have four tournaments remaining on the schedule and will head west on March 26-27 for the Mountain View Invitational in Tucson, Ariz.
Three members of the IU women's basketball team have been honored with Big Ten postseason awards. Junior guard Jori Davis, the Hoosiers' leading scorer with 16.8 points per game, was named Second Team All-Big Ten. Senior guard Jamie Braun, who is IU's seventh-leading scorer all-time, was named Third Team All-Big Ten, and junior guard Andrea McGuirt earned IU's Sportsmanship Award. Check out more details in this press release, courtesy of IUHoosiers.com.
Head coach Clint Wallman and the IU women's golf team is in 9th place with one round remaining at the UCF Challenge in Orlando, Fla. The Hoosiers opened play on Monday with a 303 in round 1 and followed that up with a 300 in Monday afternoon's second round. Senior Laura Nochta is the low Hoosier with a 148 total and is tied for 17th place. Senior Kellye Belcher and freshman Pamela Burneksi are tied for 22nd place respectively with a two round total of 150. Freshman Kate Coons shot rounds of 80 and 78 for the Hoosiers and is followed by freshman Jacqueline Yanch with rounds of 77 and 82. The third and final round of the UCF Challenge is scheduled for an 8:00 a.m.
IU hired Myron "Mo" Moriarty as its new offensive line coach today. Moriarty replaces Bobby Johnson, who took an assistant offfensive line coaching position with the Buffalo Bills. Moriarty coached Carmel (Ind.) HS for the past five seasons, which included a 2007 state championship and four consecutive state finals appearances. Moriarty previously worked on the Hoosiers' staff as the tight ends coach from 2002-04, and coached Bloomington South High School from 1987-2001. See the full release below the jump.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Tuesday's game against Indiana State has been cancelled due to unplayable field conditions at ISU, Head Coach Tracy Smith announced today.
