IU looks to build off emotional win in Notre Dame showdown
The No. 18-ranked Hoosiers will look to avoid a hangover when they take on Notre Dame on Saturday at 4:15 p.m. at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis in the inaugural Crossroads Classic.
The No. 18-ranked Hoosiers will look to avoid a hangover when they take on Notre Dame on Saturday at 4:15 p.m. at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis in the inaugural Crossroads Classic.
The Hoosiers did the impossible. They beat the No. 1 team in the nation. Celebration couldn’t begin to describe what took place next.
The final shot arced toward the basket, and time stopped.
This one was for the fans who didn’t put Butler blue over cream and crimson while the IU basketball program was dragged through the mud of a 28-66 (8-46) record during the past three years.
The night’s marquee event was the men’s 5000-meter race, where seven IU men attempted to qualify for nationals. All Hoosiers, however, fell short of the 13:44.06 mark for an automatic bid.
Chaplin aided IU’s (3-6) 65-64 victory against IUPUI (4-6).
IU (9-0) was able to keep the frontcourt duo to a combined 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting and came away with a 73-72 win against No. 1 Kentucky (8-1) Dec. 10, at Assembly Hall.
Students not only filled their entire 7,800 seat allotment, but they arrived loud and early Saturday evening, making their presence felt with an environment the No. 1 ranked Kentucky Wildcats hadn’t seen all season.
Down by two with 5.6 seconds remaining, senior guard Verdell Jones III penetrated the arc and kicked the ball back out to Watford on the left wing, who then hit the game-winning three-pointer as time expired, giving the Hoosiers (9-0) a 73-72 win against the No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats (8-1).
Amid the shock of Christian Watford’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer to knock off No. 1 Kentucky, many probably didn’t care much about the box score. But here are some statistics as to how and why IU was able to pull off the upset.
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A piercing shot rings out in the quiet southern Indiana morning. A doe drops. Another thunderous blast echoes off the steep hills on either side of the valley. A buck drops. Chelsea has executed her lethal job to perfection yet again.
For almost 40 years, the Office for Women’s Affairs has worked to improve the lives of female students, faculty and staff at IU.
After nearly six hours of interviews with students Dec. 9 in the Indiana Memorial Union Hoosier Room, a panel of campus leaders selected the final eight Union Board leaders for the 2012 calendar year.
A Bloomington police officer dislocated his knee and another received injuries to his face, hand and ankle late Saturday while attempting to arrest a man for trespassing.
With two-thirds of its time in office already through, the IU Student Association’s Big Six Administration is pleased with its progress, Co-Chief of Staff Megan Lillie said.
A Bloomington man reported a robbery Dec. 10 after a suspect with a semi-automatic handgun stole a laptop and a television set from his apartment.
Standing quietly alongside a sidewalk outside of the IU-Health Bloomington Hospital on Dec. 11, 20 protesters had cardboard signs reading “Died in the Bloomington Hospital ER begging for air” and “We demand answers from Bloomington Hospital.”
IU’s Board of Trustees made several decisions affecting the Bloomington campus at its meetings Dec. 8 and 9 at IU-Southeast in New Albany, Ind., including an addition to the Kelley School of Business and the approval of President Michael McRobbie’s appointment of Lauren Robel as interim provost.
As a whole, the Occupiers have made themselves clear: They don’t plan to disband anytime soon, regardless of the temperature.