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Junior midfielder Kevin Alston passes the ball off past a Northwestern defender Friday night at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Hoosiers defeated the Wildcats 2-0.

IU men's soccer conference tournament kicks off

By Zina Kumok · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 11:35 p.m.

The end is near. After a 2-0 drubbing of No. 11 Northwestern, IU will head to Madison, Wisc., to take on Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament, the final stop before the NCAA tournament. While only posting a 3-3 conference record, the No. 3 seeded Hoosiers hope to justify themselves as one of the nation’s top teams.

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IU grad brings the ‘cheeseburgers-and-bus league’ to Bloomington

By Tom Kirby · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 12:13 a.m.

After IU’s 72-54 victory against Bemidji State, IU coach Tom Crean talked about the importance of his team playing with energy – something the Hoosiers will prepare for before their regular season opener. Conversely, Bemidji State coach Matt Bowen talked about preparing for the 16-hour bus ride home awaiting his team tomorrow.

IU freshman guard Daniel Moore goes up for a layup after stealing the ball from a Bemidji State player during a game Tuesday night at Assembly Hall. Moore had five points in IU's 72-54 win.

Hoosiers bailed out by bench in team’s final exhibition game

By Matt Dollinger · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 12:11 a.m.

Their regular season doesn’t begin until Saturday, but the Hoosiers have already had to grind out a win at home. With their starters off-key in the team’s final tune-up, IU needed a second-half run and a strong showing from its bench to pull away from Division II school Bemidji State, eventually winning 72-54.

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Calzaghe likely gives Jr.’s last career loss

By Bryan Payton · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 12:25 a.m.

It was round one and Joe Calzaghe was lying on the canvas. He was no stranger to this situation, as he had been here before in his recent fight against Bernard Hopkins. This time, stunned by a Roy Jones Jr. uppercut, many wondered if the rest of the script would go differently for Calzaghe than it did against Hopkins. In that fight, he went on to dominate Hopkins, one of the biggest names in boxing. Though, in round one against Jones, he looked like a slow, 36-year-old boxer with diminished skills.

Freshman forward Tom Pritchard goes up for a dunk during IU's 103-71 victory over Anderson on Saturday at Assembly Hall.

Quiet big man speaks loudly when needed

By Matt Dollinger · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 12:23 a.m.

If silence is golden, then Tom Pritchard is worth billions. The freshman forward is so quiet that IU coach Tom Crean implemented a new team rule earlier this fall. If Pritchard doesn’t yell after he dunks, everyone has to run. Everyone.

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IU club hockey sweeps Wright State in brawl-filled weekend

By Tyler James Perry · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 12:23 a.m.

The fans who packed Friday’s game picked a good night to experience IU hockey. The biggest crowd of the season witnessed the most intense fighting of the fall, including a near bench-clearing brawl at the end of regulation. Tension between the two teams escalated the entire night, finally coming to a head late in the third period. With the Hoosiers leading 3-2 a few minutes before the end of regulation, an interference penalty was called on IU, putting them at a disadvantage. Wright State managed a game-tying goal on a power play, sending the contest into overtime. As the buzzer blared at Frank Southern Ice Arena to summon the end of regulation, a nasty fight broke out between the two teams. The officials were unable to break it up for several minutes. Then the goalies came in.

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Exhibitions don’t offer much more a than back-slap

By Zachary Osterman · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 12:22 a.m.

I was sitting in Jimmy John’s some weeks ago when my Blackberry buzzed to let me know I had an e-mail. Upon opening said electronic message, I read that IU would take on Bemidji State in men’s basketball during the exhibition season, and I quite literally thought, “Seriously? That doesn’t sound like a real school.” And yet, as often happens when I know I’m right, I was wrong.

Tom Pritchard, left, and Daniel Moore wait to enter the game during IU's 103-71 win over Anderson on Friday at Assembly Hall.

IU looking to tame the Beavers

By Tom Kirby · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 12:20 a.m.

The IU men’s basketball team will play one last exhibition game tonight before its first regular-season game Saturday. The Hoosiers play host to Division II Bemidji State at 7 p.m. and hope to improve in all areas from their first exhibition victory on Friday against Anderson. Bemidji State, led by coach and IU alumnus Matt Bowen, struggled last season, finishing 6-21 and just 1-11 on the road. The last time the Beavers competed against a Big Ten opponent was in 2006, when they were drubbed by Minnesota 88-32 in an exhibition game. Despite the 103-71 blowout win against Anderson, IU coach Tom Crean insists his team can, and needs to, progress in many aspects before the regular season. One area Crean is looking for improvement in is the young team’s communication on both ends of the floor. “We’ve still got to learn that talking – the communication on both ends – is absolutely paramount on both ends,” Crean said.

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IU women's tennis team strong in home invitational

By Lauren Savitskas · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:43 a.m.

The IU women’s tennis team concluded play for the fall with its second home tournament this year Sunday. The Indiana Invitational brought DePaul, Western Michigan and Wisconsin to the IU Tennis Center to showcase their skills. IU coach Lin Loring said his team had been working on movement during the past two weeks, which seemed to pay off in the results of the tournament. The first day of competition started Friday with singles matches against Wisconsin. IU senior Sigrid Fischer had the most exciting match of the tournament when she faced Angela Chupa of Wisconsin. Fischer lost the first set 4-6, won the second 6-2 and won the tiebreaker 13-11.

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Nothing but a one-half wonder

By Dave Leno · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:41 a.m.

Thirty minutes of hard-nosed, gut-wrenching football simply doesn’t cut it. Not against a non-conference opponent, not against a Big Ten enemy and certainly not on the FBS stage. Since Michigan State’s week four shellacking of the Hoosiers, IU coach Bill Lynch has often repeated the Hoosiers “need to play two halves of football.” Fast-forward six weeks to Wisconsin’s 55-20 manhandling and Lynch’s order remains MIA. “(After halftime) it was such a turn of events,” safety Brandon Mosley said following his team’s fifth conference loss, this one on senior day. “We’ve made a lot of mental mistakes. And as you can tell, mental mistakes can cost you the game.”

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IU volleyball team suffers costly loss to Michigan State

By Ari Shifron · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:40 a.m.

What appeared to be a winnable match in the IU volleyball team’s quest to make the NCAA Tournament turned out to be anything but Saturday. On paper, Michigan State appeared to be one of the easier matches the Hoosiers had left, as the Spartans came in with a 4-9 Big Ten record and losers of seven of their last eight games. The Hoosiers, meanwhile, came in as winners of four out of their five previous matches, putting themselves back into postseason contention.

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No. 23 IU men's soccer upsets No. 8 Northwestern

By Zina Kumok · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:39 a.m.

Like Jordan and  Pippen, Montana and Rice, sophomore forward/midfielder Andy Adlard and freshman forward Will Bruin make a good couple. Bruin’s header off Adlard’s corner kick in the 26th minute gave IU a 1-0 lead in Friday’s match. Together the duo has scored 10 out of the 26 total team goals for the season. They have also notched a combined total of five game-winning goals.   Later in the game, Adlard notched another assist when senior midfielder John Mellencamp put the ball near the right post after Adlard’s miss in the 38th minute for a 2-0 advantage.

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Transition game will be key this year

By Zachary Osterman · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:37 a.m.

For Hoosier nation, Friday night was something akin to a baby’s first flu shot – scary, but in the end, really not that bad. Oh, there was dread. For weeks, there hung over Assembly Hall like a Big Ten championship banner lingering questions: “Can these Hoosiers even beat Anderson? Are they really that bad?” No.

IU sophomore quarterback Ben Chappell lies face down on the field after being injuried during IU's 55-20 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Chappell did not return to the game after the play.

Hoosiers bowl hopes blown away by Wisconsin

By Lee Hurwitz · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:35 a.m.

Ben Chappell saw daylight and sprinted toward the end zone. Preparing to slide at the Wisconsin 4-yard line, he hoped to put IU in position to take a 27-21 halftime lead. For a brief moment, it seemed as if the collective fan base thought maybe, just maybe, this Hoosier team could pull out a win and keep its bowl hopes alive. Only Wisconsin defensive back Jay Valai popped Chappell near the neck, sending the sophomore quarterback out of the game, the ball tumbling into the Badgers’ possession and effectively starting the rout that resulted in a 55-20 Wisconsin win. “We lost our players,” said IU coach Bill Lynch. “I think the turning point of the game was it’s 21-20, we recover a fumble and our quarterback, who’s playing awfully well, runs the ball, gets hit and loses the ball. We lost our quarterback, we lost the ball.”

IU coach Tom Crean instructs from the sideline during IU's 103-71 win over Division III Anderson on Saturday at Assembly Hall.

IU wins Crean’s coaching debut

By Tom Kirby · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:33 a.m.

The IU men’s basketball team went on an 11-0 run to start the game and never looked back, easily defeating Division III Anderson 103-71 in Tom Crean’s coaching debut. Pacing the Hoosiers were junior guard Devan Dumes and freshman forward Tom Pritchard. Dumes scored 22 points, while Pritchard added a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds. “It’s good to have a game that they played against somebody else,” Crean said. “And now they really feel like the season’s here.” The exhibition game marked not only Crean’s coaching debut, but also the first time the new-look Hoosiers competed against another team. IU overwhelmed the Ravens, scoring 35 points off turnovers while committing just 10 turnovers themselves. For what is likely to be one of the few times this season, IU had a size advantage over Anderson, which resulted in the Hoosiers taking just 11 3-point attempts and outscoring the Ravens 50-28 in the paint. Freshman guard Verdell Jones said part of IU’s game plan was to to exploit Anderson’s lack of size down low. “They were sort of an undersized team compared to us,” Jones said. “I think Tom (Pritchard) and Tijan (Jobe) and Nick (Williams) and those guys did a great job of getting the ball down low and making plays. That was pretty much our game plan.”

Freshman guard Verdell Jones goes in for a layup during IU's 103-71 win over Division III Anderson on Friday at Assembly Hall. Jones had 18 points in the win.

Crean era off and running in 103-71 win

By Tom Kirby · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:26 a.m.

The differences between last season and this season for IU men’s basketball are endless. But perhaps this became most apparent on Friday night, when the new-look Hoosiers took the floor against an opponent for the first time.     PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

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