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With the help of three All-American swims, the Hoosier women are in 20th place after the first day of competition in Austin, Texas at the NCAA Championships. Junior Brittney Strumbel placed 11th in the 500-yard freestyle, earning her All-American honors.
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As the only (at least it feels that way) IDS beat writer not enjoying the warm weather and everything else involved with Spring Break, I was able to talk with Coach Smith after Tuesday's game with Jacksonville St.
Down 6-3 heading into the 9th inning Tuesday afternoon against Jacksonville St. (11-4), head coach Tracy Smith knew his Hoosiers (11-5) would make the most of their final three outs. "(JSU) goes out and gets three runs at the top of the ninth in a tie ball game.
The IU baseball team started off its eight games in eight day stretch with a 1-1 record against two MAC teams. On Saturday, coach Tracy Smith's Hoosiers ran into the best pitching performance they have seen in the early part of the 2011 season.
In the third edition of Hoosier Hype's weekly baseball video blog, IDS baseball reporters Kevin Bowen and Drew Allen discuss the Hoosiers' offense in the previous weekend's Tennessee Tournament in Knoxville, Tenn., as well as in the midweek win at Indiana State on Wednesday. The guys also look ahead to IU's eight-game Florida trip over Spring Break.
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After earning a second-place finish in the Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis, Minn., the IU men's swim team learned Tuesday that nine swimmers will be returning to frigid Minneapolis for the NCAA Championships March 24-27. Sophomore Eric Ress will participate in the 200-yard IM, the 400-yard medley relay, 100 and 200-yard backstroke and 800-yard freestyle relay.
A source told me today that IU running back Darius Willis will not be suspended by the University. Had he been found guilty, Willis would have faced a six-month suspension from the school, meaning he would have missed the entire 2011-12 football season, the source said. Now that his hearing with the Office of Student Ethics has ended, what's next for the former Mr. Football award winner? IU athletics director Fred Glass and coach Kevin Wilson were clearly waiting for this to be resolved before they made any disciplinary moves.
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IU coach Tom Crean spoke with members of the media Wednesday as IU prepares to face Penn State in the Big Ten tournament at 7:30 p.m.
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It didn't go into extra innings, but it was another late, grind-it-out win for the IU baseball team. The Hoosiers (6-3) put on a three-run offensive clinic in the eighth inning Saturday en route to a 6-3 win against Tennessee at the Tennessee Tournament in Knoxville, Tenn. Trailing the Volunteers 3-2 in the top of the eighth, freshman Dustin DeMuth hit a one-out triple to represent the tying run.
Day 1 of the 2011 Big Ten Wrestling Championships was not kind to the Hoosiers. Five of the team's 10 entrants were eliminated.
Of the 322 women swimmers in the NCAA that qualified for the NCAA Championships March 17-19 in Austin, Texas, 13 of them will be Hoosiers.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - After the Hoosiers defeated Illinois on Jan. 27, IU coach Tom Crean celebrated by hugging his wife and cheering with the fans in attendance at Assembly Hall. On Saturday in Champaign, though, he walked off with a look of dismay. Crean's team was outplayed on both ends of the floor in Illinois' lopsided 72-48 win at home. The problems for IU began early on and never ceased, as the Illini jumped to an early lead it would never give back. Forward Mike Davis opened the game with a layup and continued his prowess inside - along with fellow senior Mike Tisdale - for the remainder of the half. And with the defense of IU focusing on Illinois' big men, guard Demetri McCamey was left open for mid-range and 3-point jump shots. McCamey led all scorers at half with 16 points, as the Illini went into the locker room with a 46-27 lead after 20 minutes. And while Illinois appeared unable to miss offensively, IU couldn't seem to find the bottom of the net. Rushed and contested shots lead to the team shooting only 39.3 percent in the first half.
Today is certainly not playing out the way IU hoped. After Matt Powless was upset in the opening round, all but one wrestler in the championship bracket's second round lost, including upsets of senior Kurt Kinser at 149 pounds and graduate student Ricky Alcala, both to opponents they had previously defeated this season. Freshman Justin Brooks, Mitchell Richey and Ryan LeBlanc each lost as expected to higher ranked opponents. The lone victor in the second round was senior Paul Young at 157 pounds who dominted Colton Salazar of Purdue 13-5 after losing to him two weeks ago.
In their fourth match-up of the season, junior Matt Powless at 197 pounds was upset by Michigan States Tyler Dickenson 7-4.
