During a phone interview Monday, Warren Central (Ind.) football coach John Hart said true freshman quarterback Tre Roberson has "a lot of similarities" with junior Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson. Remember, as a senior at Lawrence Central (Ind.), Roberson helped knock Warren Central out of the 2010 IHSAA playoffs.
Overview: Moore is a 5-10 senior guard from Carmel, Ind. As a junior, Moore averaged 1.2 points and 0.7 assists per game.
After career-firsts by diver sophomore Laura Ryan and swimmer freshman Justine Ress, the women's swimming and diving team (2-2) had split results in their dual-meet Friday against Michigan and Texas. On Friday, the team went to Ann Arbor, Mich.
IU defensive back Lenyatta Kiles has left the football team, according to multiple sources. Kiles is the tenth scholarship player to leave the team during Coach Kevin Wilson's first season in Bloomington. Kiles, a junior college transfer from Cerritos College, appeared in seven games for the Hoosiers last year.
In today's article about Wilson's days at Northwestern, IU Defensive Tackles Coach Mark Hagen mentioned that Wilson and the late Northwestern Coach Randy Walker brought the idea of the zone-read spread offense to the Midwest. The offense was tweaked and adjusted by many coaches on the East Coast like then-Clemson Offensive Coordinator Rich Rodriguez, but migrated west with Walker and Wilson.
Swimmers senior Allysa Vavra and sophomore Brenna MacLean are returning from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mex.
Sophomore Mitchell Richey, last year's starter at 141 pounds, and junior Ryan Konz, who has experience last season at both 157 and 165 pounds.
Verdell Jones is tired of hearing the phrase, "rebuilding." The IU senior guard is one of five Hoosiers that has been with IU Coach Tom Crean since Day 1.
After a year in which Michigan State did not live up to preseason expectations, head coach Tom Izzo welcomes some new faces in new places in East Lansing. Guard Keith Appling will slide over to the point guard in replacing Kalin Lucas.
Illinois will have a new look this season with seven new faces into a program that lost four starters.
Our third coach of the day at Big Ten Media Day was Ohio State's head coach Thad Matta. The defending Big Ten Champions, return preseason player of the year Jared Sullinger.
The focus of Matt Painter's press conference centered around the health of All-Big Ten forward Robbie Hummel.
In games past, after gaining a 2-0 late in the first half or in the early second half, the men's soccer team has been accustomed to giving up late second half goals, and either tying or losing the game. Weeks ago, when they faced top-10 ranked Louisville, the Hoosiers secured a 2-0 lead before giving up two to the Cardinals in regulation, and then falling to them in overtime.
As expected, Tom Crean was peppered with Cody Zeller questions Thursday morning. Crean told a story about how during a recent scrimmage Zeller wasn't getting touches for his team and as a result his team wasn't winning.
After the men swept Tennessee and Kentucky and the women defeated Kentucky in the swimming and diving dual-meet against the two SEC schools on Saturday, October 22, sophomore Cody Miller has earned the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week award, and sophomores Laura Ryan and Darian Schmidt have been honored as the men's and women's Big Ten Diver of the Week. Miller, last year's Big Ten champion in both the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke, won both events on Saturday, racing a 55.61 in the 100-yard and 2:00.63 in the 200-yard.
Three-time National Champion coach Bob Knight celebrates his 71st birthday today. In his time at Indiana, Knight won 11 Big Ten Championships and was named National Coach of the Year four times.
Overview: Hulls is a 6-0, junior guard from down the road here in Bloomington. As a sophomore, Hulls averaged 11 points, 2.9 assists and 2.3 rebounds per game.
Jeff Goodman of CBS Sports is reporting that the IU men's basketball team will take on Indiana State this Sunday in a closed scrimmage in Indianapolis. Many college basketball teams particiapte in these closed type scrimmages prior to exhibition games so this should not come as a surprise to many. This Saturday IU has scheduled a Haunted Hall of Hoops for 30 minutes after the football game with Northwestern.
After becoming the first true freshman in school history to start a game at quarterback, Tre Roberson is the newest Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Roberson was 16 for 24 fo 196 yards and a touchdown in IU's 45-24 loss to Iowa Saturday.
