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IU hoping to make run at Big Ten championship

By DeAntae Prince · Friday, March 2,2007 12 a.m.

After a loss at Wisconsin to end the regular season, the IU wrestling team is ready to get back on the mat and chase history. The Hoosiers haven’t won a Big Ten title as a team since 1943, and are looking to add to their 13 Big Ten championships March 3-4 at the 2007 Big Ten championships at Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich.

Hoosiers defeat Iowa, advance in Big Ten tournament

By John Wustrow · Friday, March 2,2007 12 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – This time around, the IU women’s basketball team would not allow Iowa’s 3-point shot to beat them. The Hawkeyes attempted 19, but only connected on four in a 67-53 Hoosier win in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament.

Super Seniors

By Aaron Beard · Friday, March 2,2007 12 a.m.

On Saturday night, when the Hoosiers take on Penn State at 8 p.m. in Assembly Hall, three members of the IU men’s basketball team will step onto Branch McCracken Court for the final time in their careers as Hoosiers. Senior guards Rod Wilmont, Errek Suhr and Earl Calloway have had different experiences during their times at IU. But each player has created his own identity and used it on the basketball court.

Hoosiers head to Memphis for 2nd road tourney

By Tim O Brien · Friday, March 2,2007 12 a.m.

The opening day butterflies are gone. After finishing its season-opening tournament 1-2, the IU baseball team hits the road this weekend for the second of four straight weekend tournaments to start the season.

Qualifiers head to South Bend for meet

By Ryan Gregg · Friday, March 2,2007 12 a.m.

After a brilliant performance in the women’s Big Ten championships, freshman pole vaulter Vera Neuenswander was named Big Ten freshman of the year. Neuenswander set a Big Ten record with a vault of 4.11 meters. The jump not only set a personal best for Neuenswander, but also broke a school record of 3.91 meters set by Emily Tharp in 2002.

Women's basketball falls to Ohio State 72-60

By Lee Hurwitz · Friday, March 2,2007 12 a.m.

A storybook ending just wasn’t in the cards. Playing the night after a convincing victory over Iowa in the Big Ten tournament, the IU women’s basketball team fell to Ohio State 72-60, Friday night.

Hoosiers searching for their ‘attack mentality’

By Joel Sanders and Joel Sansers · Friday, March 2,2007 12 a.m.

As her team prepares for an upcoming tournament, IU softball coach Stacey Phillips wants her players to establish a certain mind-set. She wants the Hoosiers to start playing with a purpose. “I want the team to come away with the mind-set we can attack and get after things,” Phillips said. “I don’t want our team to be tentative. I want them to be mean and kind of nasty. It’s a matter of playing with a purpose, not going through the motions.”

IU divers look to qualify for NCAA meet

By Brian Buckey · Friday, March 2,2007 12 a.m.

At the Big Ten championships two weeks ago, the IU men’s diving squad struggled on the 1-meter board, failing to qualify anyone in the finals. However, with a renewed attention to detail and mental preparation, diving coach Jeff Huber believes the Hoosiers are ready to return to their winning ways at the NCAA Zone C Diving meet.

IU kicks off Big Ten season with Wisconsin

By Kevin Kane · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

The IU women’s tennis team had a successful run through its nonconference schedule, tallying a 9-3 record and a No. 30 national ranking. But the Hoosiers’ season really begins Saturday at 10 a.m. at the IU Tennis Center when they face the Wisconsin Badgers to start Big Ten play.