Tents banned for campers at Assembly Hall
Any attempt to occupy Assembly Hall in anticipation of No. 1 Kentucky heading to Bloomington on Saturday has ended due to an IU campus policy.
Any attempt to occupy Assembly Hall in anticipation of No. 1 Kentucky heading to Bloomington on Saturday has ended due to an IU campus policy.
There is a certain buzz in the Bloomington air this week. It has been absent for what feels like an eternity, and Hoosier fans are ecstatic about its return.
So, just to get this straight: IU Athletics advocated something that was against its own university’s law.
“IUPD informed us that it is an IU policy not to allow tents/camping on IU property. IUPD will notify the ‘campers’ that they are welcome to stand or sit in line for the next four days but the use of tents is prohibited," according to IU Athletics.
The runt of a freshman class that included three-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week Cody Zeller and Indiana high school sharpshooter Austin Etherington, Remy Abell committed to the Hoosiers in April — five months after Zeller and nearly 21 months after Etherington.
Returning to Bloomington to celebrate the 25-year anniversary of IU’s fifth National Championship, the former players spoke with the current Hoosier squad prior to watching Indiana’s 84-50 victory against Stetson.
IU (8-0) outscored Stetson by 30 points in the second half to close out the Hatters (4-4) for an 84-50 win Sunday at Assembly Hall.
Daryl Thomas stood alongside his teammates during halftime of IU’s 84-50 victory against Stetson on Sunday in a line at half court without their curmudgeon of a head coach. The cheers during that 25th anniversary ceremony were the loudest of the game up to that point.
After a sluggish first 20 minutes, IU (8-0) broke open a four-point halftime lead to beat Stetson (4-4), 84-50, on Sunday afternoon.
The IDS basketball writers will be live chatting with other members of the media during IU's game against Stetson here. The game tips off at 4:30 p.m. and the chat will begin at 4:15 p.m.
In its last meet of the 2011 portion of the season, the IU swimming and diving team will travel to Athens, Ga., this weekend as the Hoosiers participate in the Georgia Invitational, one of the toughest meets in the nation this early in the season.
Off to its best start since 2002, the 7-0 IU men’s basketball team welcomes Stetson to Bloomington for a 4:30 p.m. tip on Sunday.
Much like the Savannah State or Gardner-Webb games, I expect IU to steamroll the Hatters.
With the Hoosiers down 63-56, an official television timeout was taken, and IU showed something that hasn’t been in Bloomington for the last three seasons: poise, composure and the ability and confidence to come from behind and win.
After North Carolina State (5-2) went on a 5-0 run to the cut the lead to 76-75 with 2:12 remaining, Hulls’ three-pointer from the left wing pushed the lead to four and gave Indiana (7-0) the cushion it needed for a 86-75 win in Raleigh, N.C.
Cody Zeller's parents missed their youngest son closing the door on N.C. State to win 86-75, marking the first time in the Tom Crean era that the Hoosiers won in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
The IU men’s basketball team stayed undefeated on Wednesday night, beating NC State 86-75 in Raleigh, NC.
Join the IDS basketball writers in the live chat starting at 7:00 p.m. here. The Hoosiers are scheduled to tip off against NC State at 7:15 p.m. on ESPN 2.
When the Hoosiers (6-0) travel to Raleigh, N.C., to take on North Carolina State (5-1) in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge at 7:15 p.m. tonight, they’ll see even more red shirts, but they won’t be the same ones they saw in Evansville.
The Wolfpack will give IU its biggest challenge yet, and you better believe an unfriendly sea of red will await the Hoosiers in Raleigh.