Qualifications are over, and the day didn't go by without plenty of drama as teams tried to squeeze into the final few positions.
Behind 10 strikeouts from IU junior pitcher Eric Arnett, the Hoosiers evened the Big Ten opening series with Minnesota. IU is now 8-15 on the season (1-1 in-conference) while Minnesota drops to 14-7 (1-1). Outside of a 1st inning solo home run by UM's Derek McCallum, Arnett was dominant all nine innings.
IU recruit Jordan Hulls and Bloomington High School South are looking to finish a perfect 26-0 season in tonight's 4A state title game at Conseco Fieldhouse.
An update from the track, as of 1:40 p.m. The Teter women's team set a new track qualification record with a four-lap time of 2:35.54 and are solidly in control of the pole position.
IU recruit Aulani Sinclair, who will join the team next year was recently named to the Indiana All-Star Team.
IU baseball's home contest against Minnesota has been delayed due to rain. The game that was supposed to start at noon has now been slated for 1:30 p.m.
A little Kentucky basketball news for your weekend enjoyment. For the record, Kirby and I each ran a 5K chasing Kelvin Sampson the day he resigned.
IU and Minnesota went play for play through three innings, as each pitcher retired almost ever batter they faced. That changed in the fourth inning of the Hoosiers' 12-5 loss. PHOTOS: Minnesota 12, IU 5 Freshman pitcher Blake Monar (2-2) had only allowed one run through three innings, before a series of walks, hit batters and infield errors caused IU to allow six points.
Gray Goat is looking like a very strong team this year. The dynamic duo of Matt and Ryan Kiel and the addition of rookie Miss N' Out champion Zachary Trogdon gives this team a chance to win it all, or at the very least be in the top tier of teams come race day. Click here to see the video.
The Hoosiers begin Big Ten conference play Friday afternoon when they take on Minnesota at 3 p.m. at Sembower Field.
The IU women's basketball team, after beating Bowling Green 75-67 advances to the quarterfinals of the WNIT.
Here's the release from IU Athletics. There has been speculation about such a move for awhile now, and given Story's apparent desire to be closer to his Los Angeles home, it makes a certain amount of sense. The Hoosiers were going to lose some potential, regardless of who transferred, but Story was so hit-or-miss most of the season that he was third in the pecking order of freshman guards behind Verdell Jones and Nick Williams.
These freaky fast fliers and members of the Jimmy John's staff are working toward a strong start in their first year of competition.
This video features two teams from Collins dormitory, Collins Bunny Gamma and the Roman Gauge Switchblades. While CBG was the 21st place team last year and looks to be a middle-of-the-pack team this year, the Switchblades are a startup team "just hoping to qualify." We will see how they do in the coming days. Click here to see the video.
Alpha Tau Omega is another team to beat this year. With a 3rd place finish last year and the addition of former Cutter Kyle McClurg, they are looking to bring home a title in the final year for two of its senior competitors. Click here to see the video.
This is the first of several videos we took of teams as part of a special project to get to know all of the teams riding in the Little 500 this year. Meet Delta Tau Delta.
At practice today, I talked to several of the top teams about their goals for Saturday. While all of them said they are looking to qualify in the first few rows, only one mentioned they were going for the pole position. So there's a fine line - teams want to avoid the added pressure the pole position brings, yet they also hope to avoid qualifying in the middle of the pack and getting caught in the dreaded early-race crash.
This will be the live blog for the Hoosiers third round WNIT game against Bowling Green. The Falcons come in with a 29-4 record and have won 19 game in a row on their home floor.
Its been a while, but the opposing bench is back. For those of you who don't remember, we interviewed several writers from newspapers of schools the Hoosiers played.
Bowling Green's Lauren Prochaska sufered a knee injury which is being classified as severe during the final play of their victory over Syracuse in the second round of the WNIT. Prochaska, who leads the Falcons in scoring at 17.2 points per game has been given a 25 percent chance of playing on Thursday against IU.
