Can't say many of you really want to hear about former Sampson guys, but a team-high 16-point effort from Deandre Thomas's helped lead NAIA Robert Morris College (Ill.) over Northwestern in an exhibition game last night. This isn't great news for the Wildcats who were hoping to get out of the Big Ten basement, but it's just an exhibition.
At halftime of the Hoosiers first game against Ball State next Friday in the first round of the Preseason WNIT 30 cadets will be honored. These cadets will go through the contracting ceremony which officially marks their commitment to complete training with the US Army with 8 years of total service to their country. Read the whole press release at: http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/110608aab.html I think it is great to see the team involved in things like this.
With the team's home opener just nine days away and reportedly 4,000 student season tickets still unsold, IU Athletics has announced that it has begun to sell the leftover tickets to the general public. Despite a fierce marketing campaign by IU's first-year coach Tom Crean to reach out to students, there has been an unprecedented decrease in student season ticket sales.
The NSCAA/adidas(R) National Rankings came out yesterday, and the Hoosiers' disappointing week - a tie to Kentucky and loss to Penn State - hurt them.
Despite a rough season by the IU women's soccer team, the squad still pulled away with Big Ten honors for two of their individuals. Defender Kelly Lawrence was named First Team All-Big Ten.
Tom Crean held his weekly press conference today with the media. Junior guard Devan Dumes and freshman forward Nick Williams also stopped by before practice.
Huge shocker, right? IU announced today pitcher Matt Bashore and catcher Josh Phegley made the top 50 of Baseball America's list of college's top 100 draft propects for next year. Just yet another reason to hope February comes soon. Press release: BLOOMINGTON, Ind.
Contrary to what the above headline may suggest, this will not be an on-going feature here on the Basketblog.
Under 16:00 52-28 IU lead Thomas FG Davis FG and FT On the floor for the Hoosiers after the time out is Thomas, Davis, Mells, Lindsay, and Andujar Under 12:00 The Greyhounds are playing a much more competitive second half, outscoring the Hoosiers thus far 13-7.
Halftime Stats -Kim Roberson and Whitney Thomas lead the Hoosiers with 14 and 8 points respectively -Hoosiers shooting 64.3% while holding UIndy to just 33.3% -Turnovers IU:9 UIndy:18 ITS HALFTIME FOLKS WITH THE HOOSIERS ON TOP 47-19 1:58: Thomas shoots an uncharacteristic 3-pointer and misses, but grabs her own rebound, and is fouled.
Hey folks, And so it comes, another installment of The ZOsterman Weekend, this time with some election spice.
If you can't make it to the game or can't get out of work Friday night, you'll be able to watch IU's first exhibition game online. The Big Ten Network will broadcast the IU/Anderson game (7 p.m.) free of charge on it's Web site Friday night.
IU entertains Anderson University on Friday at Assembly Hall, below are some quick facts about the first team the new look Hoosiers will compete against. * Team Name: Ravens * Last season they went 15-12, with a 6-7 road record.
Brandon and I just got back from talking to Coach Jack and players about the teams match up against the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds tomorrow night at 7p.m.
Class of 2006 recruits Greg Oden and Mike Conley went to Ohio State. Five-star junior Dominique Ferguson is Kentucky-bound.
Wisconsin, Penn State, Purdue. Yep, 3 more games in this ugly season. Most likely, 3 more losses. I keep looking back on previous outings and attempt to pinpoint the problematic areas.
* It was clear early in the first half that the players were fatigued. The team held a hard practice earlier in the afternoon which Tom Crean said went longer than he wanted to.
Here's some quotes from Coach Legette-Jack and Haylie Lynn in their 93-49 over Southern Indiana. Coach Legette-Jack's open statement "First is just really exciting to begin the season.
IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack is set to appear on B97's Alex's Playhouse with co-hosts Alex and Josh.
A goal in the 25th minute by Penn St. junior forward Vincent Salvatico was the difference in the IU men's soccer 1-0 road loss in Happy Valley. After senior goalkeeper Chay Cain saved a free kick from just outside of the box, Salvatico was able to put in the rebound. The Hoosiers were only able to tally three shots on goal in the 90 minutes of play.
