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One more lesson

“Heartbreaking” would be an appropriate adjective. So would “gut-wrenching.” But like anything else the Hoosiers do this season that doesn’t involve sleep or food, this two-point loss presents a great lesson: Every single possession counts.

Reshaping women’s basketball

Most coaches hate road games. However, IU women’s basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack said she doesn’t mind them.

A columnist’s notebook for you

The IU men’s basketball team heads up to Northwestern tonight, and while I’d love to regale you with witty repartee that would surely cut you all to the collective quick, well, frankly, I’m just not that good.

Sampson appeals NCAA punishment

Kelvin Sampson wants to return to college basketball in the next five years. That much is apparent from the Indianapolis Star’s report that the former IU coach has appealed the punishment the NCAA levied on him two months ago.

Crean: I’m not discouraged with team

In all his years of basketball, IU coach Tom Crean has never gone through a losing streak quite like the one his Hoosiers are experiencing.

Super arrivals: Cardinals and Steelers in Tampa

TAMPA, Fla.  — The pilot of their airplane stuck a team flag out the cockpit window as the Arizona Cardinals landed in a place few could have imagined. Ever.A team whose fans haven't touched ground since the start of a stunning postseason run in early January, arrived in the Super Bowl city Monday. With many players videotaping the proceedings — the walk across the tarmac, the bus ride to the team hotel, the first onslaught of media — it was clear that just being here meant something to a franchise long considered an NFL doormat.

HPER introduces slam dunk contest

Track twins celebrate academic success

To some, being a student is much more important than being an athlete.

Don’t punish the victors

Winning must not really be everything.That’s what we learned two weeks ago when two Texas high school girl’s basketball teams squared off in a game that ended with the Covenant School topping Dallas Academy 100-0.

Stepfather became part of recruit’s success

Michael Morgan has always been there for his stepson Maurice Creek. They bonded through basketball early on, whether it was Morgan doing drills with Creek out on “the hill,” watching him play at the elementary school or pitting him against older kids at the local rec center. “If it weren’t for him working me out, I wouldn’t be here right now,” Creek said in a phone interview last week.

Women's basketball drops from Big Ten's top spot with loss to Illini

The IU women's basketball team lost the Big Ten lead after a loss Sunday to Illinois, a team previously winless in conference play. IU's loss snapped The Hoosier's four-game winning and Illinois' 10-game losing streaks.

Hoosiers keep it close but get buried by Gophers

A white out couldn't erase the IU men's basketball team's losing streak, which grew to nine after a 67-63 loss Sunday to Minnesota. The Gophers led by five points or less during the final 10 minutes, but the Hoosiers were never able to take the lead. Ultimately, it was the Gophers who were the ones hunting, and the Hoosiers, the hunted.

Team cooks up cohesive recipe

IU women’s golf coach Clint Wallman and a panel of judges were treated to a taste of teamwork Friday night.In its fifth annual “Iron Chef” competition, the team was split into three groups to prepare the golfers’ best pasta dishes.Although each team stood proudly by their meals, Wallman said teamwork was the most important recipe of the night.

Hoosiers felled by Gophers, sustain 9th straight loss

A near sell-out crowd in matching T-shirts, a Verdell Jones half-court basket and an early eight-point lead weren’t enough to stop IU’s losing streak on Sunday.

Loss wasn’t so smelly

This one wasn’t so bad. Yes, it was at home. Sure, the crowd was raucous, perhaps even a bit desperate. Obviously, the Hoosiers had their chances and could have won the game had they made only half of their 10 missed free throws.

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This weekend's results in IU athletics.

T-shirts call for Hoosiers to ‘never give up’

Every fan in attendance of the men’s basketball game Sunday will receive a free T-shirt in honor of the white out when the Hoosiers (5-12, 0-5) host the Minnesota Gophers (16-3, 4-3).

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Big 1st half pushes IU past Wolverines

After an emotional win against your bitter in-state rival, you can go one of two ways: You can either use the victory as momentum for the next game, or you can have a letdown. Well, at least for Thursday night, the Hoosiers chose the former.

Tubby Smith dodging sophomore slump

After a respectable 20-14 inaugural season at Minnesota last academic year, former Kentucky coach Tubby Smith’s Golden Gophers are off to an impressive 16-3 start and look to be on their way to the NCAA tournament. Smith, along with second-year Michigan coach John Beilein and Iowa second-year man Todd Lickliter, follows a trend of vast improvement among Big Ten coaches in their second seasons.