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(11/01/04 5:12am)
CHICAGO -- The old saying goes, "There's no 'I' in team." \nAnd after last season's 14-15 season for the IU men's basketball team, getting back to the team aspect is one of the Hoosiers' priorities, juniors Bracey Wright and Marshall Strickland said at Big Ten media day.\nIndividuality came to a head toward the end of last year and in the Big Ten tournament, when the Hoosiers' postseason hopes were all but eliminated. After all the losses last year, it was hard for the team to stick together, Strickland said.\n"By that time we were done," he said. "Our season was basically over. We had all fallen apart. We were a bunch of individuals playing on the court by that time."\nWright said he agrees with Strickland's sentiment. The junior from The Colony, Texas, said not playing as a team was the biggest mistake IU could've made.\n"You could see it when we played certain games," Wright said. "Toward the end of the year, when people started to believe that we weren't going to go anywhere, everybody was for themselves."\nWright's solution to the problem was to stay away from playing individually, and hopes this season the team members won't be in a similar situation.\nLosing was a unique feeling for IU basketball. It was IU coach Mike Davis' first losing season as a head coach and the first time IU failed to make the NCAA tournament since 1985. \nWith the pressure of winning at IU, Davis said as the losses grew, the team's confidence fell.\n"It's no different than anyone that's struggling to win games," Davis said. "It's hard to stay focused. It's hard to keep your confidence going if you're losing. You know we were 3-7 our last 10 games and we're at Indiana. When you're at Indiana, the expectations are definitely high. We tried to do everything possible to get it back. We just never regained it."\nTo rectify the situation, the Hoosiers have taken steps to reignite team togetherness. Strickland said the team sat down after the season and focused on fixing the problem. \nDavis has increased competition in practice while maintaining that a player wouldn't play because the player thought he should play, but because of the hard work he had shown.\nAs an example, Davis pointed to sophomore guard Errek Suhr, a rarely used walk-on guard last season who played his high school ball at Bloomington High School North.\n"We have a guy right now in Errek Suhr who is in the top eight in our rotation," Davis said. "In the offseason conditioning program he was better. In practice, he's only had one or two bad days. If guys want to be in the top eight rotation, than they have to show concentration and focus everyday in practice."\nWith the addition of five freshmen and two transfers from Auburn University, concentrating and focusing in practice might be the only way to get on the court. In the Hoosiers' preseason practices, Davis has said that improved competition among the players should lead to an improved IU team.\nIt's all about competition in practice, Davis said.\n"You watch practice this year and you walk in and you see Lewis Monroe who started three years at Auburn," Davis said. "You see Marco Killingsworth who was a three-year starter at Auburn. You have people competing against each other."\nLast season, competition at the guard spot wasn't often seen. Strickland and Wright dominated most of the playing team along with indefinitely suspended senior Donald Perry. With senior Ryan Tapak's performance at the Big Ten tournament as well as the addition of freshman A.J. Ratliff and the emergence of Suhr, the point looks to have increased man power.\nStrickland, who was credited by Davis as being the most improved player this offseason, said he doesn't feel the pressure of having to look over his shoulder.\n"I know it's still my team," Strickland said. "I've earned it all summer and all preseason. I know it's my turn and I've gotten even better. I think I can be on the court as much as I want to be."\nBut when the pressure mounts after a few losses, Davis said the team should learn from last season to not read, think or talk about what's being said about them.\n"Just focus on what's important," Davis said, "and what's important is being a good basketball team."\n-- Contact sports editor John Rodgers at jprodger@indiana.edu.
(10/20/04 5:50am)
For the second time in as many weeks, the IU men's basketball team received a verbal commitment -- this time from an in-state product, multiple reports confirmed Tuesday. \nDeOnta Vaughn, a senior guard at Indianapolis' Arlington High School, has verbally committed to join IU coach Mike Davis' squad. If Vaughn qualifies academically, he could join the Hoosiers for the 2005-06 season.\nArizona backcourt product Joey Shaw was Davis' first verbal commitment just over a week ago.\nVaughn, a 5-foot-11, 190 pound guard, is undersized by Big Ten guard standards, but Rob Harrington from www.prepstars.com said Vaughn is a "power-athlete" that can play both guard spots.\n"I think he's sort of in the combo guard mold," Harrington said. "But I truly think he has the versatility to play either guard spot. He's a strong kid. I think he'll be a good defensive player."\nThe main concern with Vaughn might turn out to be his academics. Harrington said he thinks Vaughn needs to pull up his GPA and SAT or ACT score to qualify academically in order to not have to go to prep school. If he does attend prep school, IU would have one more scholarship available for this signing class.\nAccording to www.insideindiana.com, Vaughn averaged 18 points, four assists and four steals per game during the 2003-04 season. Vaughn has started for Arlington for the past three years.\nDonald Perry is the only senior scholarship guard who will finish his eligibility upon completion of the 2004-05 season. But walk-on guards Mark Johnson and Ryan Tapak will be departing as Bracey Wright's impending decision on whether to enter the NBA Draft looms. \nMarshall Strickland and Lewis Monroe would be available for the 2005-06 season as experienced senior point guards. But the opportunity is there for Vaughn to make an impact at the guard position in the future, Harrington said.\n"I think they have to obviously start thinking ahead about who's going to be doing their background scoring," Harrington said, "and I think that's the role for him."\nWith Vaughn's commitment, Davis continues his success in-state. In his last recruiting class, Davis inked Indianapolis' Robert Vaden and Indiana Mr. Basketball A.J. Ratliff, as well as Fort Wayne's James Hardy, who originally committed to play basketball but then signed a football letter of intent for IU coach Gerry DiNardo. Hardy plans to join the basketball team after the football season is complete.\nHarrington isn't ready to completely sign off on Davis' in-state recruiting prowess.\n"It's always going to be the No. 1 focus of any coach in any state," Harrington said. "I think next year will be key. Even if (Indianapolis prep star) Greg Oden doesn't go to college, (Dayton, Ohio's) Daequan Cook and (Indianapolis') Mike Conley are two guys who are from the area, along with Marques Johnson from Fort Wayne, (who) are the types of players he needs to be able to sign." \nClark Francis from www.hoopscooponline.com said Vaughn will be a nice fit to the Hoosier puzzle once he officially arrives on campus. But that he might not be IU's ideal point guard for the future, Francis said.\n"(IU) doesn't need him as bad next year as they will the year after," Francis said. "He's good enough where he can come in and be a combo guard, but I don't think he scares anybody off. Michael Conley is the guy (IU) really wants at point guard. If they get Michael Conley, they can go to the Final Four and the national championship with Conley as their point guard." \n"(Vaughn's) small, but he can shoot the heck out of it," Francis said.\n-- Contact sports editor John Rodgers at jprdoger@indiana.edu.
(10/18/04 6:00am)
Students will get to see all 12 men's basketball home games this season after all.\nThe IU Athletic Ticket Office sent out an e-mail Saturday to students who purchased tickets alerting them that their season ticket package for men's basketball has been doubled to 12 games from the initial six. \nThis increase has been met with both delight and concern. \nStudent packages will now cost a total of $140 for the season. \nOriginally, students were paying $11 a game for six games plus an $8 service charge, totaling $74. According to the previous e-mail the IU Ticket Office sent out in late September, each additional game was going to cost $11, bringing students to be charged an additional $66 for the six-game add-on. Another service charge will not be added for the increase.\n"I signed up under the assumption that I was getting six games for $74, and now without a choice I am getting charged $140 that I didn't budget for," senior P.J. Malm said. \nSome students are concerned about the extra money and time they have to spend. Even though the first e-mail said students will be charged for any games added to their packages, they never thought any games would be added because of the way the past couple of season ticket packages have wavered. \nThe ticket office, which is only open Monday through Friday, could not be reached for comment by press time Sunday. \nIU has the most student seats out of any school in the Big Ten with 7,500. Mathematically, in order for all students who purchased tickets to receive a full season, at most, 7,500 had to buy packages -- down from years past.\nIU sold almost 11,500 student tickets last year, according to a Oct. 27, 2003, Indiana Daily Student article.\nMalm said he thinks the reason for the lack of students buying tickets is because of the new TicketMaster system IU used. \n"I think, personally, because the system was difficult to access and use," Malm said. "You needed a password and a pin number to buy tickets. Some of my friends said it's easier to vote than to buy IU basketball tickets."\nMalm has friends who never ordered tickets because they never received a password. And when they contacted the ticket office to receive it, they were never called back or sent an e-mail. \n"It was some sort of failure in the system," Malm said.\nOther students reacted to the announcement with delight. After having their available allotment of games cut in the past two years, some IU students are overjoyed to have tickets to all 12 games.\nSenior Neal Wizig was one of those who was very happy with the announcement. Wizig has gotten basketball tickets for four straight years and has watched his ticket allotment decrease from his freshman year when everybody got every game to his sophomore and junior years when a limited allotment was offered.\n"I was pretty excited because of the last two years we've kind of gotten screwed on tickets," Wizig said. "So I was excited to be able to go to all the games."\nWizig said the announcement benefits die-hard basketball fans who took the time and effort to order the tickets as opposed to those who procrastinated. He also said he thought the electronic system was better because one person could order them instead of having to have everybody together to go to Assembly Hall and fill out paper work.\n"The system was really easy," Wizig said. "All you had to do was put in your credit card and put in everybody's e-mail address. Not everybody had to do it together."\n-- Contact sports editor John Rodgers at jprodger@indiana.edu and senior writer Josh Weinfuss at jweinfus@indiana.edu.
(10/18/04 5:13am)
Friday night's Midnight Madness festivities ended IU's nine-week preseason individual workouts. IU coach Mike Davis credited the program and summer workouts for noticeable improvements in the Hoosiers' physique coming into the 2004-05 season during Media Day, which preceded the event.\n"We feel like our guys are in great shape," Davis said. "You can see a difference in their bodies when you see them up close. They've really put some time in, and we have a lot of new faces out there -- from our coaching staff to our personnel."\nTwo of those new faces were Auburn transfers Marco Killingsworth and Lewis Monroe. Killingsworth and Monroe both said they worked harder during those nine weeks than they did in their previous three years at Auburn.\n"Coming from Auburn, we'd lift weights but we wouldn't really lift," Killingsworth said. "We used to run down there, but we didn't run like we do here."\nWhile both participated in Midnight Madness, both will have to sit out this season because of NCAA rules regarding transfer players. The pair will each have one year of eligibility remaining for the 2005-06 season.\nKnowing that, Killingsworth has set out to take advantage of his year off. Davis said the redshirt senior has been an example to the rest of the team, especially the guards, through his work ethic, shooting 800 to 900 shots a day.\nSophomore guard Roderick Wilmont has caught Davis' eye through his preseason workouts. Graduate A.J. Moye made 33,000 shots prior to last season. During the six-week span from the beginning of school to Midnight Madness, Wilmont has made 32,000 baskets. \n"To be short only 1,000 after six weeks is telling you where (Wilmont) is as a basketball player," Davis said.\nWilmont said his increased work ethic came from a meeting at the end of last season with Davis. Wilmont said Davis told him if he wanted to play this season he had to work hard this whole summer and preseason. \n"Now, I really know what it takes to become a good player," Wilmont said. "And hopefully, all that shooting I've done will be seen in the games."
(09/10/04 6:49am)
Lucas Steijn, the newest addition to the IU basketball team, was cited for illegal consumption Sunday night on Indiana Avenue. Steijn, who was introduced Tuesday as a late addition to the 2004-2005 squad, was one of seven passengers in an SUV that included fellow player Kyle Taber, a walk-on. All seven passengers were cited for illegal consumption and two for seat belt violations.\nIU Police Department Lt. Jerry Minger said the officer saw the two-door Ford Explorer northbound on Indiana Avenue as it crossed 10th Street. The vehicle was stopped because the driver, Taber, wasn't wearing a seat belt.\nIn the police report, Minger said, the officer asked the group if they had been drinking and received no answer. He asked the driver if he was drinking, and Taber said no. \nMinger said the report indicated Steijn admitted to having a "couple of drinks." Taber later said he had a drink as well.\n"There were several people in the vehicle with two people in the passengers seat," Minger said. "There was a strong odor of alcohol within the vehicle, and the officer asked them to get out. The only violation of law was they were under 21 and weren't wearing a seatbelt."\nAll seven passengers were given Breathalyzer tests. Minger said Steijn's test "indicated a very small amount of alcohol within his system." \n"Since it was only illegal consumption, it doesn't matter whether it was small or large," Minger said.\nTaber wasn't charged with driving under the influence, Minger said, because it didn't appear the driver had actually consumed enough alcohol to be intoxicated. \nIU coach Mike Davis was on the road recruiting but did issue a statement concerning his two players' actions.\n"We are aware of the incident, and it will be strongly addressed within our entire program," Davis said. "This incident is not in line with the standard of Indiana basketball, and that standard is our players are role models on and off the court."\nAthletics department spokesman Pete Rhoda said all disciplinary actions will be handled internally.\nThe 6-foot-10, 230 pound Steijn turned 18 years old Aug. 1.\nThe incident caps a whirlwind three weeks for Steijn, a native of the Netherlands. The freshman said Tuesday that until three weeks ago, he hadn't been contacted by IU. The late addition was prompted by the departure of Robert Rothbart to play professional basketball in Europe.\nHe first arrived in Bloomington last Friday, took a physical Sunday and a blood test Tuesday, the same day he enrolled in classes.\nThe citation was the first legal action against an IU basketball player since a series of legal mishaps happened in 2000, including illegal consumption charges against Dane Fife and Tom Coverdale and a marijuana charge against Jeff Newton.\n-- Contact sports editor John Rodgers at jprodger@indiana.edu .
(09/08/04 5:49am)
Before three weeks ago, Lucas Steijn's knowledge about IU was pretty limited. He knew that Kerry Rupp was an assistant coach. He knew 'Hoosiers' was about basketball in Indiana. He watched IU hoops on TV last year. \nBetween now and then, Steijn has signed a basketball scholarship to spend his next four to five years at the school he used to know nothing about.\nIt's been a wild ride for the young freshman who just turned 18 Aug. 1. He arrived in Bloomington for the first time last Friday. He took a physical Sunday and a blood test Tuesday morning. \nTuesday afternoon, he was enrolled as an IU student and a member of the 2004-2005 basketball team.\nWhether Steijn would redshirt or not is yet to be decided for the upcoming season. The late scholarship spot came up after signee Robert Rothbart withdrew to play pro basketball in Europe. \nSteijn, who was playing for Notre Dame Academy in Middleburg, Va., could have attended one more year of high school. But when IU offered, he couldn't refuse.\n"I already graduated high school in Holland, so I had my degree and had done my SAT," Steijn said. "I was ready to go to college, and when Indiana made this offer, it was great. I definitely wanted to go."\nSteijn said he also received attention from Miami (Fla.), Tulane, St. Bonaventure and Wyoming. The Rupp connection was the contact for IU and Davis to land the Europeon.\nAfter losing George Leach to graduation with Rothbart's departure, IU coach Mike Davis welcomes the 6-foot-10, 230 pound addition to his ball club.\n"To get a player with Lucas' talent and potential is just great news for our program," Davis said.\nSteijn's journey from the Netherlands to Bloomington has been a long one. His first love wasn't basketball, but soccer. He grew up playing the game, but after his height had him towering over other players, a friend who had been to the U.S. recommended he make the switch from the soccer field to the basketball court.\nAt age 11, Steijn picked up the roundball and said he really liked the sport. He began playing on a couple of club teams before being recruited to play on the Demon Astronauts in Amsterdam, one of the best teams in Holland, Steijn said. He also played on the Dutch National Team, where he averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds. \nDuring this time, he attended a basketball camp in Brussels where he made the connection with Rupp, who was then at Utah, through one of his coaches.\nHe then faced the choice of whether to attend college in the Netherlands and lose a year of eligibility in the process or to attend high school in the U.S. Notre Dame Academy was the choice.\nHe averaged 12 points and eight rebounds for the 2004 Virginia Division II state champions, which also included three other Division I players.\nSteijn had his first workout with the team Tuesday and said it was intense. He said he sports a versatile game, inside and out.\n"I'm a very physical player -- tough on the rebounds, tough on the post game," he said. "I can hit the outside jumper. My post game is good. I think I can improve on my quickness. I think my strength is post game, but I like to play outside, to be another floor player."\nDavis said Steijn is a legitimate shot blocker with solid fundamentals. Rupp said the quality that excite him is Steijn's understanding of the game.\nIf Steijn doesn't redshirt this season, he will be competing for playing time in a Hoosier front court that includes freshmen D.J. White and James Hardy, sophomore Pat Ewing Jr, junior Sean Kline and senior Mike Roberts.\nSteijn said the speed of the American game is what stands out to him.\n"The style of play here is quicker, definitely quicker," Steijn said. "There's a lot of athleticism, and a lot of guys can jump out of the gym like crazy here."\n-- Contact sports editor John Rodgers at jprodger@indiana.edu.
(09/08/04 12:51am)
IU coach Mike Davis announced today he will have one more big body on the inside this season, and he doesn't hail from the U.S. Lucas Steijn, a 6-10, 230-pound center, is from Muiderberg, Netherlands. Steijn played last season after playing for Notre Dame Academy in Middleburg, Va. He helped Notre Dame win the Virginia Division II state title after averaging 12 points and eight rebounds per game.\nNotre Dame sported 3 other D-I players in Alan Metcalfe (Vanderbilt), Jason Killeen (Winthrop), and Joe Posey (James Madison).\n"(Associate Head) Coach (Kerry) Rupp deserves a lot of the credit for bringing Lucas to Indiana," Davis said in a statement. "We had a scholarship available and to get a player with Lucas' talent and potential is just great news for our program."\nSteijn, who enrolled at IU, said he's excited about the opportunity to compete for a program like IU's. He also credited Rupp with his recruitment.\n"I went to a camp in Brussels, Belgium a few years ago, and one of the coaches there had some contacts on the Utah staff. That is how I got to know Coach Rupp (a former Utah assistant). He called me and said that they had an opening immediately and that they wanted me to come"
(04/27/04 2:05am)
Judy O'Bannon, former first lady and wife of the late Frank O'Bannon, will address the 2004 IU graduating class at commencement ceremonies May 8 at Assembly Hall.\nO'Bannon, an IU graduate in social work, will also be granted an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during the ceremonies.\n"Mrs. O'Bannon espouses all of the qualities we hope to instill in our graduates as they begin their careers and become contributing citizens. She and the late governor are role models for all," said IU President Adam W. Herbert in a statement. "It is an honor for our students to hear from Mrs. O'Bannon on the day they complete their education at Indiana University." \nO'Bannon will speak at both of the graduation ceremonies with the morning session beginning at 10 a.m. and the second session starting at 3 p.m.
(04/12/04 7:06am)
IU-Bloomington Interim Chancellor Ken Gros Louis said he is reopening the School of Journalism dean search after the search committee couldn't agree on any of the three finalists. The search will be continued into the 2004-05 academic year in hopes of finding the school faculty and search committee's consensus on an acceptable candidate to replace retiring dean Trevor Brown, Gros Louis said. \nIn the meantime, Brown will postpone retirement and remain the school's dean for the upcoming academic year after being asked by Gros Louis, the chancellor said.\nGros Louis met with the faculty Friday and voted not to extend an offer to three previous candidates who had all come to visit the University.\nThe search committee, which was supposed to make a recommendation to Gros Louis, could not come to a majority consensus on a finalist between the three candidates Lori Bergen of Kansas State University, Ted Gup of Case Western Reserve University and Stephen Reese of the University of Texas at Austin.\nIn a confidential report to the Chancellor about two weeks ago, the search committee recommended to bypass the three candidates and reopen the search, said Chairperson of the search committee and Professor of Journalism and American Studies David Nord.\nNord is a candidate to head the new search committee. \n"The journalism faculty needs to decide the emphasis and focus of what kind of dean they want to have," Gros Louis said.\nThe Chancellor will form the search committee soon and pick new members. The committee, which had featured 16 members, will likely be between 12 to 14 people and will consist of students, faculty and staff, Gros Louis said.\nThe last committee featured seven faculty members from Bloomington, one from Indianapolis, two students, two journalism staff members, one alumni representative and three faculty members from other units around the Bloomington campus.\nThe new committee will likely differ because a handful of professors are returning from sabbatical, including Owen Johnson, Randy Beam and David Boeyink, who could be included into the new committee.\nGros Louis will again take recommendations from the committee, saying three candidates is a good number.\n"There are a number of journalism dean vacancies," Gros Louis said. "The (committee) wants to start to get ahead of the curve."\nIf the committee forms soon, Gros Louis said there could conceivably be candidates recommended sometime during the fall semester. Gros Louis hopes the committee will form by Wednesday. \nBrown came to IU as a faculty member in 1972 and has served as the journalism school dean since 1985. He had planned to retire since fall 2003. Brown spoke to Gros Louis during the search process and said prior to Friday's meeting, which he did not attend, he would accept the dean's position for an additional year if no suitable candidate could be found.\nBrown was named a member of the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame Saturday and is a member of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies' board of trustees.\nBrown said next year will be his last.\n"I will retire at the end of next year," Brown said. "I have no firms plans for when I retire because it's kind of far off now. But I'll continue to stay involved in some organizations, like the Poynter Institute."\nAssistant Professor of Journalism Michael Evans has served on the journalism school's faculty since 1999. Evans said the school will not miss a beat even though the dean search did not go as planned.\n"I would not call (the dean search) a failure," Evans said. "We merely could not come to a consensus on a single candidate. So we'll restart the search and cast a wider net this time."\nNord said reopening a search process happens from time to time.\n"We felt that none of the three were the right fit for us," Nord said. "We felt we should continue to look because we think we can find someone who is a better fit for us. I'm hopeful we'll have a new committee put together soon. I'm pleased that Dean Brown is able to stay."\nStaff writer Michael Zennie contributed to this story.\n-- Contact sports editor John Rodgers at jprodger@indiana.edu.
(03/30/04 5:07am)
The lights in the front of Room 300 in the Business School dim as the projection screen drops. A video appears displaying men and women in an unconventional business meeting location -- an art gallery.\nThe class watches intently as chair of the Kelley School of Business undergraduate program Marc Dollinger begins to explain the tape.\nThe video is the NBC reality television show "The Apprentice." The men and women in the video are contestants from two teams -- Versacorp and Protege. The clip illustrates the importance of team dynamics. For example, Protege's feuding when selecting a controversial artist's work to sell sends the team to the board room, where the show's creator and star Donald Trump resolutely pronounces Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth's dismissal with the show's trademark saying, "You're fired!"\nThe purpose: teaching his students business and life lessons from the show.\nDollinger said the lesson from this episode is to always treat people with respect -- in a business situation or outside one.\n"It pays to be nice," Dollinger said, pointing out Omarosa's inability to do so. "It's not overrated."\nDollinger has used the show to teach business lessons to his entrepreneurship class, New Venture Creations, and reflects a trend in business education of using the show as a teaching tool. The University of Washington recently added management lessons from 'The Apprentice' to its curriculum. \nKelley course lecturer Laura Schildkraut said the primary objective of the course is to have students come out better managers than they would be otherwise. The class can also provide opportunities for students to put themselves within the show to see how they would react.\n"We're using the show as kind of mini cases," Schildkraut said. "I look at Trump as a hiring manager and the tasks as role players. How better to prepare yourself for a job interview than to say 'what would you have done instead?' or 'what can we do differently to have a more successful outcome?'"\nAccording to a USA Today article, the undergraduate class, running from April to June, will use tapes of the show for discussion. Eighty students booked the two sessions of the course, with others occupying a waiting list.\nThe students, as team leaders, would write proposals and discuss their perspectives on similar situations as in "The Apprentice" and how they would handle them.\nDollinger said a class fully based on "The Apprentice" would be enticing to him, and he said it could be something the business school could experiment with, as long as there aren't copyright concerns.\nIn the meantime, Dollinger will continue instructing his students with lessons they can learn from "The Apprentice."\nThe former New Yorker said when he heard about the show, he was interested because of his admiration for Trump, the mostly entrepreneurial tasks the contestants would be doing and the close age of the contestants to the undergraduates in his class. Most of the contestants are between the ages of 25 to 35.\nThe show, which will air its 13th episode Thursday on NBC, has one contestant fired each week from the losing team, either Versacorp or Protege. The shows tasks have included selling lemonade on the street to organizing a celebrity auction.\nDollinger said while students need to remember they're watching television, the show does have practical traits that can be applied in the business and entrepreneurial world.\n"The tasks have to do with sales and promotions," Dollinger said. "They have them generating revenues, something that's measurable and tangible. The practicality is very good."\nDollinger said the show also corresponds well with the Kelley School's emphasis on teamwork, given the show is team-based.\nJunior Kara Morrison is in Dollinger's class and religiously watches the show each week. She said she enjoys discussing the show in class.\n"I think that we've talked a lot about the mistakes that people have made," Morrison said. "We talked a lot about Omarosa because she didn't get very far because other people didn't like her. Outside of your skills and abilities, those things, like being nice, can affect you."\nDollinger hopes students like Morrison will bring positive character traits into the business world.\n"What makes the show work are there are also moral lessons," Dollinger said. "People will draw moral conclusions that go beyond the business lessons."\n-- Contact sports editor John Rodgers at jprodger@indiana.edu.
(03/25/04 5:56am)
When Mark Cuban looked over the podium at the IU Auditorium Wednesday, he never dreamed he would be standing where he was. He never dreamed he would be addressing IU students, including the many who idolize him, while dressed in extreme business casual -- a light blue sweater and old jeans.\n"I've fallen asleep outside the auditorium before," Cuban said, "but I never thought I'd be speaking inside it. I've jumped in the fountain, too."\nSears CEO Alan Lacy and Cuban spoke at the Seventh-Annual CEO Speaker Series sponsored by The Center for Retailing. Kelley School Dean Dan Dalton introduced Cuban, and said the current owner and CEO of the Dallas Mavericks chose to attend IU as an undergraduate because it had the best business school for the best value in the Big Ten.\nWhen Cuban walked to the podium amid loud applause to begin his speech, he quickly clarified one of Dalton's points concerning his decision to attend IU.\n"While IU had the best business school for the value, it was also ranked as the number two party school," Cuban said. "Talk about some value."\nCuban broke down his speech into segments based on his own personal "rules" he follows on a daily basis. Cuban in each individual segment told the narrative of his IU and personal business career and the often humorous situations that developed the rules he abides.\nThe first time Cuban arrived at campus from Pittsburgh was for registration. The incoming freshman developed a unique registration technique -- challenging himself with graduate level business classes instead of taking typical freshman classes.\nThat was to fulfill one of his rules: always test conventional wisdom and challenge the status quo. Cuban said a social reason also factored into his unconventional registration decision as the crowd roared with laughter.\n"I wanted to take all of the tough classes at the freshman and sophomore level so I could take easier classes when I was old enough to drink," Cuban said. "That ended up not mattering in the long run."\nUpon finding Cuban was taking graduate business classes, Dalton forcefully instructed him to stop. But by then, Cuban said, he had completed his advanced course work.\nCuban then turned his efforts into what he is today. Underneath his ownership of the Mavs and his billionaire status, Cuban is at his grassroots an entrepreneur.\nHis entrepreneurship started early at IU. He and his buddies had been throwing parties and making $200 to $300 each. They then turned their efforts -- and Cuban's own $2,000 worth of financial aid -- toward opening Motley's Pub, at the current location of Uncle Fester's.\nThe bar was a success as Cuban said thank God there was a line to get in or else there wouldn't have been a second night. \nA wet T-shirt contest a few weeks into the bar's opening -- in which Cuban personally checked IDs at the door -- ended the then popular establishment's promising beginnings when it was realized that one of the contestants was a 16-year-old who was on probation for prostitution. A call from the Indiana Alcohol Commission quickly closed the bar.\n"Do not pass go, do not collect $200," Cuban said. "But the overall lesson was when something happens that didn't go to plan, there's always a silver lining."\nCuban's silver lining was the chance to go to Dallas. He moved into a three bedroom apartment that already housed five people and worked as a bartender. After moving on from the bartending business, he was fired from a software company after disobeying his boss to get a $1,500 commission.\nAfter purchasing a set of fluffy towels, Cuban took his $1,500 and started Micro Solutions. And Cuban was on his way to the top.\nMicro Solutions quickly moved ahead and when Cuban was 24 years old, his business had $75,000 in the bank. His receptionist, however, stole $73,000 of it through check fraud.\nCuban told the students in attendance to remember sales is the most important thing in business.\n"Sales cures all," Cuban said. "Sales is the lifeblood of a business. Things are going to go wrong. You have to learn from it."\nCuban sold Micro Solutions to CompuServe for $6 million in 1990. After traveling for a few years, Cuban then started www.broadcast.com. In 1999, he sold the company to Yahoo!. for $5.7 billion dollars. \nThat provided Cuban with the leverage to purchase the Mavericks from Ross Perot Jr.\nCuban told the students his driving motivation: retire by age 35. \n"There are times when you don't want to get up," Cuban said. "At that moment, your future is decided. You've got to dig down deep, focus on that goal, and get out of bed."\nHe said one key to his success was doing his homework. He preached to the students to research business opportunities and always be prepared.\n"When you walk up to a business table, you always look for the moron," Cuban said. "If you can't find the moron -- it's you."\nSenior Ross Worrell said Cuban's words were very inspiring after his troubles.\n"It was very motivational," Worrell said. "He had his bumps in life, but just started all over each time"
(02/23/04 5:31am)
Like eighth graders bullying first graders at recess, Ohio State University's big men dominated undersized IU inside. The Buckeyes, led inside by sophomore Terence Dials and senior Velimir Radinovic, outscored the Hoosiers 40-16 in the paint and were the go-to guys down the stretch in OSU's 59-56 win Saturday night at Assembly Hall.\nThe pair both earned double-doubles. The senior Radinovic poured in 23 points along with 10 rebounds, while the sophomore Dials chipped in 16 points and 10 boards.\nRadinovic said he and Dials were able to take advantage of IU's lack of inside presence.\n"They were definitely undermanned (Saturday night)," he said. "They lost Kline to a knee injury, so we were able to go inside, and our guys were great in finding us throughout the whole game. We were just able to capitalize on those looks."\nThe pair took turns capitalizing, as Dials did the majority of his damage in the first half, scoring 11 of his 16. Then Radinovic scored 19 of his 23 in the second stanza. Dials was aided when senior center George Leach picked up his second foul with 12:15 still left before the break.\nLeach did not return until the beginning of the second half, as IU shifted to a zone defense to counter the Buckeyes' size advantage.\nWhile the zone was successful at times, Dials and Radinovic kept pounding away.\nIU coach Mike Davis said the sight of opponents' big men having big nights is nothing new to him.\n"We haven't stopped anyone in the paint all year," Davis said. "Everybody we play has a career night against us in the post. It's the same thing."\nThough Dials and Radinovic were having career nights, IU still led 51-48 with 3:44 left after a Leach basket. Then, OSU coach Jim O'Brien made what proved to be a game-winning decision: continue to go inside to either Dials or Radinovic, whichever one was being guarded by the undersized A.J. Moye.\nDials said they definitely tried to isolate Moye.\n"He's the shorter big man," Dials said. "We knew we had the advantage. I did a great job in the first half, and then (IU) started doubling. Then, Velimir had an awesome game in the second half. He played probably his best game ever. When you have that combination, it's going to be tough to stop us."\nIncluding the zone, the Hoosiers tried different defensive strategies to slow down the pair, including double-teams.\nLeach said the team can't use their lack of size as an excuse. \n"That's all it is -- effort," Leach said. "If you put in the effort, they won't be as successful. If you don't put the amount of effort that should be put out, then of course they're going to be successful. \nRadinovic and Dials had seven of the Buckeyes' last 11 points, with OSU sophomore J.J. Sullinger adding the other four, including the go-ahead basket on a pull-up jumper with 15 seconds remaining.\nFollowing a timeout, Moye's attempt at a game-winning three bounced off the front iron, and Dials jumped and grabbed the rebound cradling it in his arms.\nFor OSU, it was a fitting way to end it -- with the ball in the hands of one of its two biggest contributors.\n-- Contact sports editor John Rodgers at jprodger@indiana.edu.
(02/05/04 5:31am)
Yesterday, a year-long process culminated. \nAnd for 21 future Hoosiers, a new chapter has begun.\nWednesday's National Signing Day was the first day a high school football prospect could sign a letter of intent. \nIU's coach Gerry DiNardo was greeted with 21 signatures highlighted by Illinois' Joliet-Catholic offensive lineman, Jim Jadron, Southfield, Mich., wide receiver, Isaac Price, and two-sport signee, James Hardy, from Elmhurst High School in Fort Wayne.\nThe 6-foot-7 Hardy plans to play wide receiver for DiNardo and play basketball for IU coach Mike Davis.\nTight end coach Mo Moriarity said he is very happy with this signing class.\n"I think we have a really good class coming in," Moriarity said. \nSince DiNardo's tenure at IU began, his program has been hampered by low numbers of scholarship players. This fall, IU had 64 scholarship players, well below the Division I-A maximum of 85. The 2004 signing class is DiNardo's third class at IU.\nThe low scholarship numbers have put IU on an uneven playing field ever since DiNardo arrived in 2002.\nNeedless to say, the coaching staff is excited about having nearly a full compliment of scholarship players for this fall.\n"We're excited that we're finally at the 85 scholarship number," Moriarity said. "It's exciting to know that you are going into the season and will not be short-handed."\nJadron, a Joliet, Ill. native, said he's been getting recruited since he was a sophomore in high school and said he's glad to finally have the process over with.\nJadron chose IU over scholarship offers from Illinois and Colorado. The 6-foot-5, 280 pound offensive lineman verbally committed shortly after his official visit to IU Jan. 9.\nThe Joliet Catholic Academy senior said playing in the Big Ten was one of many attractive features at IU.\n"I have a good chance to play," Jadron said. "I liked coach (Curt) Mallory, and I like the school. I also got along with the players really well. Coach DiNardo was really up front. He told you what he thought, and I got along with him really well. "\nFort Wayne's Hardy will hope to get along with two head coaches at IU as the Elmhurst High School star, who originally committed to only play basketball, has decided to don the Cream and Crimson silks Saturday afternoons, as well.\nHardy said the decision to play two sports was a difficult one and said the biggest challenge will be staying on top of his academic work, as he plans to study business management.\n"It was very difficult," Hardy said. "Every football game I went out with the same mentality as I did for basketball. I feel I have a good opportunity to perform in the Big Ten."\nWhile some coaches might get greedy and want their athletes all for themselves, Davis was happy to share his one-time basketball commitment with the football team, as long as he played basketball when the football season ended.\n"(Davis) was all for it," Hardy said. "He had heard pretty good things about me. He said I could play at the next level in college. As long as I played basketball, it really didn't matter to him. He said you don't want to limit yourself and then look back and wish you would've done something."\nDiNardo hopes this class will help his team, who finished 2-10 last season, do something in 2004.\nThe coaches and team can now shift their focus to the countdown to spring practice and the Sept. 4 opener against Western Michigan.
(01/26/04 5:24am)
A midst the surprising turnaround of the IU men's basketball team, many theories about the improvement of this 10-6 overall, 4-1 record in the Big Ten team developed.\nFirst of all was the return of senior center George Leach. Leach's large fingerprints are all over the improvement of this team. From his defensive prowess in the middle to that not-so-visually-appealing but effective hook shot, Leach has propelled IU from a potential bottom dweller in the Big Ten to a potential champion.\nMarshall Strickland's offensive game has exploded over the past few weeks as well. Against Temple on Jan. 3, I didn't think Strickland could throw a basketball into Showalter Fountain much less a basket in Assembly Hall. \nStrickland has proven this writer and many fans wrong by returning to his diaper-dandy status as a freshman. Strickland has taken some of the glare of the spotlight off of Bracey Wright and has excelled offensively with Donald Perry sharing the point guard duties.\nBut behind the team's four-game winning streak sits the much-maligned coaching staff, most notably Mike Davis and John Treloar. Ever since IU was embarrassed by Wisconsin on Jan. 6 and then went to Michigan and upset the Wolverines, this team has had a different feel, a different swagger.\nDavis and Treloar deserve credit for this team's turnaround.\nWhat a difference the week in between the Wisconsin and Michigan games made. Gone is the 'deer in the headlights' look that Davis is always complaining about. It was replaced by a look of confidence in themselves and their coaches.\nOne wonders what happened in that week of practice.\nIU's defense is much-improved over earlier in the season, and Treloar mainly handles the defensive end of the court. While Leach's return has vastly improved the defense, IU's guards have maintained good ball pressure and forced opponents to pick a side to play offense.\nEarlier in the year, I swear there was an "enter here" sign with an arrow pointing towards the basket displayed across the free throw line on the end of the court where IU was playing defense.\nTreloar deserves some credit for this improvement. And don't forget about Dane Fife. While Fife has the administrative assistant nameplate in the front of his cubicle, this team is starting to take on Fife's personality: a 'whatever it takes to get it done' attitude.\nDavis has done a good job of holding this team together when it might've looked like the season was lost after the Wisconsin disaster. He's reigned in the troops and inspired confidence and aggressiveness in this sometimes 'soft' team.\nAlthough his NBA-style offense drives me nuts at times, the Hoosiers are finding ways to light up the scoreboard. In Saturday's Minnesota win, IU couldn't miss in the first half. A.J. Moye looked like Larry Legend; Leach like Kareem.\nWith 10 minutes left in the first half, IU was on pace to score 120 points. Does the scoreboard in the old Barn in Minneapolis go that high?\nThe shooting eventually cooled off, but this team has newfound confidence, along with a four-game winning streak.\nPerhaps the men in the suits had a little something to do with it.
(01/14/04 5:45am)
Innovators.\nJames Naismith and Abner Doubleday were some of the few.\nA pair listed on a short list of sports' inventors and innovators. But for what the well-known Naismith and Doubleday meant to basketball and baseball, respectively, former IU swim coach James "Doc" Counsilman meant just as much to the world of swimming and IU, said athletic director Terry Clapacs.\nThat innovator died Jan. 4, 2004, at the age of 83.\nHis memory is remembered by a grateful University and honored by his former swimmers' memories.\nClapacs said the coach was a "genius" when it came to coaching swimming.\n"He was a world-wide innovator in the sport and changed the way the sport was coached," Clapacs said. "(Counsilman's) impact on IU is a reflection on his impact on the world of swimming. He broke swimming down in a mechanical way. He was a scientist, mechanic and coach at the same time."\nBehind the six national championships, 23 Big Ten titles, 18 undefeated seasons and 285-41 overall record, there was 33 years of "Doc" working with his most coveted prize -- his swimmers.\nFor "Doc's" swimmers, this is when the real memories were made.\nRick Dennen swam at IU from 1984-1988 at the tail end of "Doc's" career. Dennen said Counsilman was a father figure to every swimmer that ever came through the program.\nDennen recalls his fondest memory of "Doc."\n"No matter what was happening, that guy would stop practice and tell a joke," Dennen said. "We'd laugh and go back to work. He always told the same super rooster joke."\nCounsilman also supported excellence in the classroom. Dennen said Doc and his wife had every swimmer over for dinner if you made above a \n3.0 GPA.\n"(He was) a great influence on us all," Dennen said. \nDr. Dave Tanner swam for Counsilman from 1968-1972 and was an assistant coach from 1973-1974. Tanner swam for five of the six teams that won national \nchampionships.\nYet when asked to recall his fondest memory of "Doc," it wasn't during a national championship meet. It wasn't during a Big Ten meet. It was the memory of something Tanner witnessed and experienced countless times for two years: being "Doc" Counsilman's assistant coach \nat practice.\n"One of the most pleasurable moments I had is when I was an assistant coach sitting on a bench at Royer Pool and watching the skill at which he ran a practice," Tanner said. "He was a master at motivating and making hard work seem fun."\nCounsilman's memory motivated Tanner to carry on ""Doc's"" vision of studying swimming at the Counsilman Center for the Science of Swimming, based here at IU, where Tanner is a research associate.\nDuring his tenure, Counsilman attracted world-wide acclaim for published works on the science of swimming. While Counsilman published over 100 papers on swimming research, two of his works are known throughout the world. \n"The Science of Swimming" was published in 1968. Since then, the book has been printed in 20 different languages. In 1977, his work, the "Competitive Swimming Manual," was another best seller.\nThese books featured ""Doc's"" talents for the world to see. And Counsilman attracted the best swimmers from around the world to come to IU and learn from him.\n"There was a time when an all-star team from around the world couldn't beat the IU swim team," Clapacs said. \nThat legendary memory is still felt at IU. The swimming facility at the SRSC is named Counsilman/Billingsley Aquatic Center. Men's swimming coach Ray Looze uses coaching techniques inspired by Counsilman.\nWhile "Doc" has passed away, the innovator lives on.\n"I'm sure "Doc" will be honored again in some way," Clapacs said. "Truly, he was a legend."\n-- Contact sports editor John Rodgers at jprodger@indiana.edu.
(01/12/04 6:35am)
IU students living on Bloomington's east side will have a new option for getting home during the late-night weekend hours this semester.\nIU Transportation Services, working in conjunction with Bloomington Shuttle, announced the expansion of the late-night bus service to a third route that would encompass the east side of town.\nThe Midnight Special, also known as the "drunk bus," already provides north and south routes to IU students. The new east route will service students living on the east side of campus, including Eigenmann Hall, Tulip Tree Apartments and around the College Mall, including University Commons Apartments, Fields Apartments and Sterling University Glen Apartments.\nTransportation Services also announced it will shift all three routes' hours. The new times for the Midnight Special are 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. instead of 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. \nThe changes will be in effect as of Thursday. \nKent McDaniel, the assistant director for Transportation Services, credited the IU Student Association for suggesting the changes to meet students' needs.\n"Our goal is to provide the service that people wanted," McDaniel said. "IUSA suggested providing service for the eastern side of town. We're hoping the eastern route will help a lot and the new hours will help as well."\nWhen the current IUSA administration took office last fall, the leaders, led by President Casey Cox, wanted to make changes to the Midnight Special's services.\nExpanding the hours was one of their first suggestions, along with the additional route, Cox said.\n"This is really a great victory for us," Cox said. "It lets students know that student government can make a difference."\nChris Gourley, president of Bloomington Shuttle, Inc., said changing the service's hours is more realistic and serves students better, since the service had very few riders between 10 and 11 p.m.\n"I think (the changing of the hours) makes more sense," Gourley said. "The bars close at three, why close at three? It makes more sense to transport the rider-ship for after the businesses are closed."\nThe changes won't make a difference in students' wallets this semester. McDaniel said there is enough money in the budget to support the additional services. He said one dollar of a student's mandatory transportation fee currently pays for the late night service.\nHowever, a "small" increase, likely of an additional dollar, will be necessary for the fall of 2004, McDaniel said.\nFor the past three years, the Midnight Special has operated Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The shuttles start at 11 p.m. at the IMU, and the north and south routes take approximately 20 minutes to complete. The new east route, because of its length, will require two buses to provide the same service as the other routes.\nStudents need to be able to show a valid student ID to the bus driver if requested.\nThe expansion to the additional route and hours reflect the rapid rise in the use of the service. In 2001, the Midnight Special carried a total of 7,941 passengers. In 2003, the service carried 33,998 -- an approximate 328 percent increase.\nCox credited Alan Grant, IUSA's Vice President for Congress, for being instrumental in orchestrating the changes.\nGrant said with the amount of students being arrested for public intoxication these days, the newly expanded service will only help students avoid legal troubles while safely getting home.\n"We are not only keeping people from driving while intoxicated," Grant said, "We're keeping them from walking as well." \n-- Contact sports editor John Rodgers at jprodger@indiana.edu.
(01/12/04 5:55am)
Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, Bloomington Shuttle buses slow to a stop on 7th Street in front of the Indiana Memorial Union. From there, the buses loop around the bars and campus, picking up students and returning them home.\nFor driver Jim Seitz, an empty jar with the word "tips" on pink paper greets students as they enter the affectionately nicknamed "drunk bus." \n"(Driving) is interesting at times," Seitz said. "Some nights it's a lot of fun, and some nights I wonder why I do it. It's fun when the kids are in a real good mood. Some nights it's relaxing to sit here and drive around, have fun with the kids and talk to them."\nSeitz, 41, has lived in Bloomington for 10 years and has driven the late night route for three years. He makes his living as a Correctional Sergeant for the Bloomington Juvenile Correctional Facility and drives the bus for extra cash to support his family, which includes three children and two grandchildren.\nBut on Thursday or Friday nights, Seitz faces a different type of juvenile: often an intoxicated IU student. Seitz said he carries over his experience with juveniles to dealing with unruly students on the bus.\n"You just have to have patience with people," Seitz said. "Most of the time when you do have problems with them, you have to be firm. You have to be consistent. Just try to resolve situations before they get too far. It's about common sense most of the time."\nStudents have been displaying more common sense lately in using the service as a safe option to get home. The number of riders has skyrocketed since the service's inception in 2001. For example, the spring 2001 semester had 2,439 riders. Last semester, from the beginning of the year through the Oct. 30-Nov. 1 weekend, 11,400 students rode the bus on the operating nights of Thursday through Saturday.\nSeitz said the difference is huge.\n"You can definitely tell this is our busiest year," Seitz said. "At the beginning when we started doing it, there'd be some nights when we would haul 20 people. Now, it's not uncommon to haul 200 people in a night."\nKent McDaniel, the Assistant Director of Transportation Services at IU, said he's excited about the progress the service is making, since his goal is to have over 20,000 riders for the semester. McDaniel said the service now is averaging 407.6 riders a night and 1,222.7 a weekend.\nStudents pay for the service through the mandatory transportation fee included in their tuition. This year, the fee was $30, which also pays for Campus Bus Services and allows for complementary Bloomington Transit buses. \nIU contracts the service, and Bloomington Shuttle, Inc. has been the only provider since the service began. Chris Gourley, who has been the President of Bloomington Shuttle, Inc., for 10 years, defines the relationship between IU and his company with a simple example.\n"We're Wells Fargo," Gourley said. "And we work for the bank (IU)."\nMcDaniel said the mission of the bus driver and the university is simple: safety.\n"We're trying to provide a safe alternative to people traveling late at night," McDaniel said. "That's the real purpose behind the midnight special, to get people home."\nSenior Justin Crilly said he thinks the "drunk bus" does a pretty good job of getting students home, though many students aren't aware of the 20-minute route schedule.\n"Overall, it provides a very valuable service to those of us that are 21 and go to the bars," Crilly said. "I haven't figured out its timing yet, so I just kind of wait around and see what happens."\nSome might wonder what would motivate a 41-year-old man to drive college-age students around from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. Seitz said he gets a feeling of satisfaction at the end of the night knowing he did his part to keep drunk drivers off the roads.\nAfter driving for three years, Seitz has interesting stories to tell in his southern Indiana drawl. From breaking up fights to having students forget where they live, Seitz has seen it all.\n"I've been lucky because I've never had anybody get sick on the bus yet," Seitz said. "I've had a few fights I've had to break up. I've had more fights last year than I did any other year. It's usually the upper-classmen giving the freshmen a hard time."\nSeitz's hardest time of the night is at 3 a.m. when the bars shut down. Every night around this time he sees students running across streets, like Walnut Ave., to catch the bus. \nFor Seitz, it's the busiest, most hectic time of the night.\n"You pull up in front of Kilroys Sports and you have 50, 60 or 75 kids running to get on the bus," Seitz said. "They all try to get on the bus at once. They all want to be the first ones off. You've got some kids who want to go to Jordan (Ave.) first and some want the dorms first. If you don't go there first, they get mad at you.\n"...But, it's not too bad." \n-- Contact sports editor John Rodgers at jprodger@indiana.edu
(11/24/03 6:23am)
The battle for the Bucket turned into a 15-round slugfest.\nHeavily favored Purdue got all it wanted from the Hoosiers, yet in the end, the Boilermakers escaped Memorial Stadium with a 24-16 win Saturday.\nPurdue coach Joe Tiller said he was impressed with IU's play.\n"We feel fortunate to come out of here with a win," Tiller said. "We felt like Indiana played really inspired football, and our hats go off to them. I actually thought they played better than we did today at times. We had moments where we played extremely well, but also had moments where we were plain and flat getting outplayed by the Hoosiers."\nThose moments weren't enough as IU was plagued by an offense that couldn't score in the red zone. The Hoosiers had three possessions start inside Purdue's 50 with two starting on the Boilers 16-yard line.\nThe three drives netted three points.\nIU coach Gerry DiNardo said not putting the ball in the end zone cost his team.\n"The inability of our offense in the first half to take advantage of good fortune through the kick game and defense was really a major problem," DiNardo said. "We had good field position through defense or turnovers, and we didn't capitalize offensively. We should have scored more points in the first half."\nIU scored its only three points of the first half on its opening possession with junior Bryan Robertson's 39-yard field goal. That answered Purdue's opening scoring drive that ended with sophomore Jerod Void's 3-yard plunge.\nIt looked as if IU would draw closer after freshman Cedric Henry's fumble return midway through the first quarter put IU in business at the Boiler 16. Three short running plays and a botched field goal attempt later, nothing was gained.\nPurdue led 14-3 at the half on the strength of a 41-yard Kyle Orton bomb to senior John Standeford, who had badly beaten senior cornerback Duane Stone.\nThe Orton-Standeford combination struck again in the third quarter when Standeford caught the ball at the IU 15 and wheeled to the middle, eluding four Hoosier defenders on his way to the 33-yard score.\nFrom there, IU methodically climbed its way back in.\nFreshman running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis did most of the work. For the second straight week, Green-Ellis eclipsed the 150-yard barrier. The New Orleans native carried 35 times for 155 yards. Last week against Penn State, the freshman gained 203 yards.\nFacing third-and-2 from the Purdue 39, Green-Ellis darted up the middle and broke free for the score to draw IU closer, 21-10. \nIt looked as if IU recovered the ensuing kickoff after a Purdue player muffed the catch. But an official's inadvertent whistle caused the play to be redone.\nDiNardo said that was the rule.\n"The issue whether we recovered the ball or not did not matter," DiNardo said. "Once the official stopped play prematurely, you have to replay the down. That obviously hurt."\nIU's defense stopped Purdue and crept closer with a Robertson 40-yard field goal. With momentum clearly on IU's side and the crowd of 41,404 up in arms, Henry intercepted Orton and set up IU for its second start at Purdue's 16. \nThe drive stalled at the Purdue five following two incomplete passes by junior Matt LoVecchio in one of which he missed a wide open freshman Alex Stscherban for a touchdown. \nRobertson capped the drive with a 22-yard field goal, but that would be all IU could muster.\nThe Hoosier passing game struggled all year and Saturday was no different. LoVecchio passed for only 115 yards and had just three touchdown passes on the season.\nJunior wide receiver Courtney Roby was clearly disgusted at the passing game.\n"I honestly don't know what to say," Roby said. "I don't even want to comment on the passing game. My mind's right now on the seniors, and we just lost the Bucket. Obviously, I'm frustrated."\nSeven seniors played their last game for IU. Yet a freshman already felt their pain.\n"It's heartbreaking whenever you lose a game, ... especially a rivalry game like this," Green-Ellis said. "For their team to come into our home stadium and take the Bucket back to their house is really heartbreaking."\n-- Contact staff writer John Rodgers at jprodger@indiana.edu.
(11/21/03 6:00am)
It's hard to believe that one of the most famous trophies in college football came from a farm in southern Indiana.\nBut that farm, between Kent and Hanover, Ind., is where the Old Oaken Bucket called home before becoming the winner's prize in the IU-Purdue football game. The bucket's inaugural appearance came in the 1925 game, which ended in a 0-0 tie.\nPurdue's Fritz Ernst and IU's Wiley J. Huddle were given the job of finding the trophy. The pair found what they were looking for at the old Bruner Farm. \nThe Bruner family settled the area in the 1840s, meaning the bucket you'll see at Memorial Stadium Saturday is over a century old.\nWhen the pair found it, the bucket wasn't in the best condition. Repair\nwork was necessary in cleaning moss and mold off and bolstering areas showing signs of decay.\nWhy were they looking for a bucket as a trophy anyway, you ask?\nIn 1925, the IU and Purdue Alumni Clubs of Chicago met. The schools had been playing each other since 1891 and Dr. Clarence Jones felt the creation of a football trophy was in order.\nAt another meeting, Jones and Purdue's Russel Gray recommended an old oaken bucket because it was the most typical Hoosier form of trophy. They also said the bucket should come from a well in Indiana and a chain of bronze "I" and "P" letters be provided. The winning team's responsibility each year was to attach their respective block letter to the chain.\nSeventy-eight years later, the bucket holds more "P's" than "I's" as the Boilermakers lead the all-time series 64-35-6.\nHeisman runner-up Anthony Thompson went 2-2 against Purdue from 1986 to his runner-up year in 1989. Thompson said he'll never forget the battles with the Boilermakers.\n"It's Purdue; it's state bragging rights," Thompson said. "The stands are full. If you're doing well you want to finish with a bang. Purdue is a rival that goes deeper than records. You can throw the records out the window. It's a nasty rivalry. If it's a blowout, you don't stop."\nThompson remembers his last game at IU in 1989. The Hoosiers were 5-5 and needed to beat Purdue to go to a bowl game.\nWith time winding down, IU's Scott Bonell lined up for a chip shot field goal to win the game. Thompson said he and his teammates were sure that Bonell would make it and they would go on to a bowl game.\nBonell missed and Thompson's Heisman campaign was cut short as well.\n"That's one of my not-so-fond memories of Purdue," Thompson said.\nIU senior Joe Gonzalez only has one fond memory of beating the Boilermakers and capturing the Bucket. That came in Gonzalez's sophomore year when the former Hoosier Antwaan Randle-El lead IU past Purdue 13-7 in a monsoon in Bloomington.\nGonzalez said he'll be ready to put on the cream and crimson one more time to battle the Boilermakers for the Bucket.\n"This Purdue game is always a special game no matter what, if we had no wins this year or if we were 11-0 right now," Gonzalez said. "This is our trophy game. A rivalry is a game you can always get up for, no matter what. And plus it means a little extra for me because it's my last game."\nLast season against Purdue, IU never threatened as the Boilers rolled to a 34-10 victory, adding another "P" to the chain. That game was coach Gerry DiNardo's first Bucket matchup.\nDiNardo said that how you prepare yourself mentally and physically should change for a rivalry game.\nFormer IU coach Bill Mallory certainly changed his approach. Thompson said Mallory, who went 7-6 against Purdue as coach from 1984 to 1996, would wear a Purdue cap all week long and would talk during practice about how Purdue wanted to take possession of Memorial Stadium.\nIn the end, it was all for that Old Oaken Bucket that came from the Bruner farm in southern Indiana. If IU plays its spoiler role well, the Bucket might be coming back to Bloomington.\n"This could be IU's bowl game," Thompson said. "I'm sure some of those kids are thinking that now that IU could spoil their season."\n-- Contact staff writer John Rodgers at
(11/19/03 6:17am)
Jeff Fanter, IU Assistant Athletic Director of Media Relations, resigned Monday.\nFanter, who has been in the Media Relations department since 1999, said he resigned because of changes in philosophy that current Athletic Director Terry Clapacs brought to the position when he was hired last year.\n"I believe that when you're in any position when you're not comfortable you should try to change that," Fanter said. "I've chosen to go elsewhere with no hard feelings."\nWhen asked for specifics concerning the philosophical differences, Fanter didn't cite anything directly. \n"I have a certain philosophy in how I think media relations can be an asset to an organization," Fanter said. "I'm not sure my skills are being utilized in the way they can be."\nFanter has accepted a position at Ivy Tech State Community College in Indianapolis as director of marketing and public relations. He didn't inform Clapacs directly of his final decision to resign. Instead, Fanter informed Associate Athletic Director Chris Reynolds who passed the news on to Clapacs, the athletic director said.\nReynolds couldn't be reached for comment.\nClapacs said he wishes Fanter the very best.\n"He was with us through some very trying times and he did well," Clapacs said. \nOne of those times was when Athletic Director Michael McNeely left abruptly last November. McNeely's departure prompted Fanter's first thoughts about leaving. Fanter said McNeely was using his position and the media relations department in the way he thought it was intended.\nFanter, the media's primary football contact, said coach Gerry DiNardo had similar feelings as McNeely concerning the assets of media relations.\nFanter made the decision within the past month to resign. The time commitments of his job also influenced Fanter's decision. The IU alumnus has a wife and a two-year-old daughter and cited them as his No. 1 priority.\nAssistant media relations director Pete Rhoda said he's sorry to see Fanter go, but he's glad he'll have more time with his family.\n"With Jeff, he's moving into a position at Ivy Tech that's a lot more conducive for his wife and his 2-year-old daughter," Rhoda said. "It's a change to balance work and family time. I give Jeff a lot of credit to get his priorities in line."\nClapacs said the athletic department will move quickly in finding a replacement. The first order of business will be a review of the position to see if changes in responsibilities are necessary. Clapacs said following the review, the department will begin aggressively pursuing a replacement, either from within or outside the University.\nRhoda said he hasn't been contacted concerning the job opening. \n-- Contact staff writer John Rodgers at jprodger@indiana.edu.