IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack will be at Coaches Bar & Grill downtown for the first episode of Inside Indiana Women's Basketball.
A day after tallying six shots - a team high - in the 3-0 win against Michigan, senior midfielder Brad Ring was named a semifinalist for the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy. Ring was one of only 15 players named and the second from the Big Ten.
Loveland High School (Ohio) star Bobby Capobianco had the cast removed from his foot last month, but he's still not ready to bump and grind on the court yet. Capobianco recently told The Cincinnati Enquirer he would miss two games, but earlier today The Enquirer reported that his high school coach said he could miss up to four games.
The IDS' annual basketball guide came out a couple of weeks ago, but I wanted to give our loyal basketblog readers a chance to read our stories in case they missed them on newsstands. I'll post the rest of the stories throughout the week.
Jones released from hospital: Freshman guard Verdell Jones was released from the hospital shortly after the Cornell game ended Sunday.
Senior forward Amber Jackson, playing in front of her mother for the first time in college played two of the best games of her career, including her 25 point effort Saturday night propelling the Hoosiers to a 80-63 win over the Saint Mary's Gaels in the Championship game of the Hilton Concord Classic. Jackson's stats for the 2 tournament games Points per game: 25 Rebounds per game: 5 Field goal percentage: 83.3 percent (20-24) Free-throw percentage: 76.9 percent (10-13) Other notes from the tournament -Senior forward Whitney Thomas and sophomore Jori Davis also earned all-tournament team honors.
Proving deserving yet again of their No. 6 seed, the Hoosiers shut-out the No. 11 Wolverines 3-0 on Saturday. In the final home match of the season, IU knocked off Michigan with a triple threat of sophomore forward Andy Adlard and senior midfielders Brad Ring and John Mellencamp. Notching his seventh goal of the season, Adlard began the avalanche with a blast in the top left in the 34th minute.
The IU women's basketball team scored its fourth victory of the season and won the Hilton Concord Thanksgiving Classic with a 80-63 win over tournament host Saint Mary's Saturday night in Moraga, Calif. Amber Jackson lead the Hoosiers again with 25 points and Jori Davis had 19 points and 14 rebounds. More stats and notes to be added later....
Rivals.com reviewed the Big Ten's 2009 recruiting class, and not surprisingly Tom Crean's six-man class leads the conference.
So this is weird. It appears Notre Dame All-American forward Luke Harangody came down with pneumonia, of all things, while in Maui. According to this ESPN article, Harangody began feeling in his team's Maui Invitational first-round win over Texas.
IU will play Saint Mary's tonight in the final game of the Hilton Concord Classic after the host Gaels put away La Salle 61-55 last night. The game will be played at 10p.m.
Sorry this post comes late but I am still bogged down from my Thanksgiving meal. Incoming IU Athletics Director Fred Glass has been reported as announcing he will honor IU coach Bill Lynch's contract and keep the coach for another year. Much discourse had been made from fans as to whether Lynch should be back in Bloomington next year or not.
The Hoosiers (3-2) won their first game of the Hilton Concord Classic Friday 74-47 over the Radford Highlanders (0-4) in Moraga, California.
FINAL SCORE: HOOSIERS:74 HIGHLANDERS:47 Game stats, notes, and quotes to be added later tonight
Just got this press release a few minutes ago. Fair warning: You'll probably see some or all of these quotes in the paper when we resume publishing Monday.
I'm stopped in the Minneapolis airport, on my way back to Bloomington after taking the redeye from Maui last night.
After practice on Thursday the Hoosiers went to the Golden Gate Bridge, Pier 39, Lombard Street, and had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner at their hotel. Tonight (Friday) The Hoosiers (2-2) will play Radford (0-3) in the Hilton Concord Classic at 8p.m.
The ZOsterman Weekend is back, alright, with holiday tidings for you and yours. Here's hoping the whole holiday season treats us all with some good will and prosperity. The Weekend isn't here tonight to berate you with opinion or flood this space with hyperlinks.
Following their win over Missouri the Hoosiers took a four hour plane ride to California and then an additional hour and a half drive to their hotel.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!! Hope everyone is having a great day celebrating the holiday. I'm back home with my three brothers and parents, and i just put the pumpkin pie in the oven. Meanwhile hundreds of miles away from Indiana, the women's basketball team is preparing for their tournament opener on Friday in the Hilton Concord Thanksgiving Classic in Moraga, Calif.
