No. 22 Butler beats Texas Tech to take Great Alaska Shootout championship
Mike Green and Butler rode the 3-point shot all the way to a championship in the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout.
Mike Green and Butler rode the 3-point shot all the way to a championship in the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout.
Rebuilding. Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis started the season by vowing never to use the word. Now he will spend the next nine months trying to accomplish it after the Fighting Irish (3-9) went from earning consecutive Bowl Championship Series berths to becoming the target of late-night talk show jokes.
LeBron James had his fourth triple-double of the season, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Indiana Pacers 111-106 Sunday for their third straight win. James, the league’s leading scorer, finished with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. It was the 14th triple-double of his career.
The IU wrestling team continued its hot start to the season by going undefeated at the Hoosier Duals this weekend. Extending their record to 6-0, the Hoosiers dominated the competition at Assembly Hall on Saturday by posting dual match team victories of at least 23 points in each match.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – Poor shooting, sloppy play and foul trouble plagued the IU men’s basketball team during its 80-65 loss against Xavier in the championship of the Chicago Invitational Challenge on Saturday night.
The IU women’s basketball team fell to Wake Forest on Thanksgiving 55-53 in the first game of the Paradise Jam Tournament, held in the Virgin Islands. The loss is their first of the season.
IU downs Illinois State 70-57 to move to the finals of the Chicago Invitational Challenge.
For the first four minutes of Tuesday’s game, the No. 8 IU men’s basketball team looked like it would be in for a battle against the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.
The IU men’s soccer team was awarded the fourth seed Monday as the NCAA released the bracket for this season’s tournament. Boston College was awarded the one-seed.
Somewhere, Terry Hoeppner is smiling. Whether he saw the game will forever be unknown, but what happened at Memorial Stadium on Saturday night vindicated a program that has not gone to a bowl game since 1993. A 27-24 victory over Purdue (7-5, 3-5) to win the Old Oaken Bucket and most likely take IU to a bowl game did more than just satisfy the Hoosier football team.
In a town synonymous with basketball, Bloomington became a football town – if only for a night.
The IU women’s soccer team will be heading to the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament after advancing past rival and sectional host Purdue 4-3 on penalty kicks Nov. 18.
The hard part is over. The Hoosiers’ triumph over rival Purdue virtually guarantees the team its goal of playing a 13th game. IU now must do something it hasn’t had the privilege of doing in 14 years: wait to see if it gets the 13th game, and if so, find out where it is and who it’s against.
The IU men’s basketball team was supposed to have a potent offensive attack. But it was the staunch defense that impressed coach Kelvin Sampson during No. 8 IU’s 100-49 win against Longwood on Sunday at home.
Nov. 17 marked the final home game for three seniors on the IU volleyball team, as outside hitter Gabrielle Allison, right side Lauren Ditteon and middle blocker Annie Moddrell played their final match at the University Gym. But it was a bittersweet night, as the Hoosiers were defeated by Michigan 3-0 (30-21, 30-23, 30-24).
The IU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams wrapped up the three-day Hoosierland Open on Nov. 17 in Bloomington with several good performances from both teams.
The IU women’s basketball team found itself down by as many as 16 points on Nov. 17 at Ball State, but clawed its way back for a 76-71 win.
The Indianapolis Colts’ high-flying offense stayed low to the ground Sunday, but came alive when it counted to defeat the visiting Kansas City Chiefs.
The 100-49 victory on Nov. 17 over Longwood put the No. 8 IU men’s basketball team one step closer to claiming its first hardware of the season in the Chicago Invitational Challenge.
IU refused to let another bowl chance slip away Saturday, and certainly not against its archrival Purdue for the second straight year. Kellen Lewis ran for two touchdowns, and IU held off a frantic rally when Austin Starr made a 49-yard field goal with 30 seconds left to give the Hoosiers a 27-24 victory.