Hi all, Although the still standing snow wouldn't suggest so, the start of the IU baseball season is right around the corner. The Hoosiers held their first official practice at Mellencamp Pavilion on Super Bowl Sunday.
The first installment of Fred Glass's office hours took place this afternoon at the Indiana Memorial Union. During the two hour session, discussions ranged from how to improve attendance at football games, the possibility of making basketball games general admittance on a first come-first serve basis and how Glass thinks this years basketball team will go down in history. There wasn't many people in attendance - Osterman, IU student body president Luke Fields, three other students who appeared to be associated with some organization and I were the only visitors.
IU Athletics Director Fred Glass will be holding his first set of 'office hours' from 3-5 p.m, today in the Persimmon room at the Indiana Memorial Union. Glass said the main objective of the event is to be more accessible to the student body. Another hopeful goal of Glass' is to try and gage what would drive students to come to more sporting events - namely football. "I think it's critically important," Glass said.
IU coach Bill Lynch will make his annual recruiting/signing presentation to the media Wednesday. Basically, Lynch outlines each signee's strengths and talks about where he'll fit on the team next year.
The Hoosiers lost a chance for 1st place and probably a top 25 ranking today in a very winable game.
Its Super Sunday and you know what that means? Yes there is a certain football game later today, but before that there is a huge match up in the Big Ten.
Hey folks, That greeting seems most apropos in the context of what I'm about to tell you. A report from Furman Bisher of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- who's been working in this business since my parents were naught but children -- cites a source close to Bob Knight saying the retired coach has interest in the open job at the University of Georgia.
Myself and Dave Leno (another IDS writer) will be road tripping to Columbus tomorrow to bring you live coverage of the IU vs.
With the players energized, the crowd borderline riotous and a lead at the half, Hoosier fans were once again forced to asked themselves, "Could today be the day?" It was not. The Hoosiers (5-15, 0-8) reluctantly made history Saturday with their 11th consecutive loss, tying a 66-year-old school record.
Last night, three of IU's Class of 2009 recruits were in action, and all three had good offensive numbers. Shades Valley (Ala.) star Christian Watford scored 23 of his team's 43 points, while also pulling down 11 rebounds, but the Mounties (21-5) fell to Pinson Valley 45-43.
Sorry for the delay on posting these. Here are the press conference audio from after the game against Penn State.
The win last night (65-55 over Penn State) was not an easy one for the Hoosiers. In a tale of two halfs the Hoosiers turned the ball over nine times in the first half and only five times in the second frame.
The Hoosiers (14-4, 7-2) take on the Nittany Lions (8-10, 3-5) tonight at 7p.m. in Assembly Hall. We at the IDS and our friends from the HT will be on hand to live blog, so if you can't make it out to the game sit back, relax, and enjoy our live blog. <a href=?http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=8568ec4a42? >Indiana vs.
Tonight the Hoosiers are back in action as they go for round 2 against Penn State (7p.m.) Later tonight we will be joined by Jeremy Price from the HT on our Cover It Live blog once again from Assembly Hall.
Last week, Rivals and Yahoo! Sports came out with their preseason predictions for the Big Ten Conference, listing IU as the "Team on the Rise" and Josh Phegley as their "Top Hitter." Today a new preseason prediction was released from Baseball America, found here. National writer Aaron Fitt believes the Hoosiers will take the top spot in the Big Ten and advance to the College Station, Texas, Regional as the No.
With the ball at half court and 5.2 seconds left on the clock, the Hoosiers had a chance to snap their nine-game losing streak and steal a win for the first time since Dec.
With the IU women's basketball team tied for second place in the Big Ten the team would like to reward the students that have come out and supported them. Therefore, the first 500 IU students to enter through the South Lobby on Thursday for the game against Penn State.
The Hoosiers travel to Ohio State on Sunday to take on Big Ten leader Ohio State. When the Buckeyes come to Bloomington on Feb.
There is a lot of snow outside. Which is why the IDS basketball crew will not be traveling to Evanston tonight.
IU head coach Tracy Smith has made another addition to his staff, which was made up of only him and IU assistant coach Ty Neal two weeks ago. Matt Hayes was announced today as IU's new volunteer assistant coach.
