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'76 ring worth more than cash

By DeAntae Prince · Sunday, Dec. 10,2006 11:56 p.m.

The recent selling of the Hoosiers' 1976 basketball championship ring has provoked many evaluations of the item itself. But what was lost among all the hoopla is the man behind the ring. The first 1976 championship ring sold on eBay for $50,100 on Dec. 3. But this price does not capture the value put on the ring by its late owner Harold Andreas, former player Kent Benson said.

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D.J.'s Big day

By Eamonn Brennan · Sunday, Dec. 10,2006 11:49 p.m.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- After IU's loss to No. 7 Duke on Nov. 28, IU coach Kelvin Sampson said D.J. White, his talented but demure forward who had scored just seven points in the close loss, needed to develop a "swagger."

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UPDATE Hoosiers fall to Kentucky, 59-54

Saturday, Dec. 9,2006 4:07 p.m.

LEXINGTON, KY. -- The IU men's basketball team fell to 5-3 on the season after losing 59-54 to the University of Kentucky Saturday at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. The Hoosiers and Wildcats battled through 14 lead changes in the contest, 10 of which came in the first half.

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Hoosiers fall to Kentucky, 59-54

Saturday, Dec. 9,2006 4:06 p.m.

LEXINGTON, K.y. -- The IU men's basketball team fell to 5-3 on the season after losing 59-54 to the University of Kentucky Saturday at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky.

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Taking sides

By Matt Mattucci · Friday, Dec. 8,2006 1:11 p.m.

On Saturday afternoon, the Hoosiers will face the Kentucky Wildcats for the 50th time in the history of the border states' rivalry. That's 50 games pitting two of college basketball's most storied programs against one another. In the balance of the previous 49 games, the two teams have traveled to neutral sites, competed for heart-wrenching finishes and suffered heart-breaking blowouts.

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Old friends, new rivals

By Eamonn Brennan · Friday, Dec. 8,2006 12:16 a.m.

Compared to their personal relationship, IU men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and Kentucky coach Tubby Smith don't have much of a coaching history together. Despite the success both coaches have had at Division I programs, the duo's teams have only met once -- 12 years ago, in Sampson's first season at the University of Oklahoma. Sampson's Sooners beat Smith's University of Tulsa squad 76-61. Their next meeting, finally, will be noon Saturday at Rupp Arena, as Sampson looks for his second win over Smith in their series together. It is a pairing devoid of many basketball games but filled with respect, friendship and warmth, Sampson said. "There's not a lot of people who, if something happened to you, you would want them to raise your children," Sampson said. "That's the way I feel about Tubby." For their second meeting, Sampson is in his first year in the IU program. And this time, the two friends' squads are bitter enemies with a 50-game, 82-year-old rivalry. The Hoosiers (5-2), though still developing and learning their new coach's system, are coming off a 52-point rout of Western Illinois University on Wednesday. The Hoosiers' two losses have come against now-ranked opponents Butler (No. 15) and Duke (No. 7).

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Irish QB Quinn beats out Smith for Maxwell Award

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 7,2006 11:43 p.m.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn won the Maxwell Award as the player of the year Thursday night, beating out Heisman Trophy favorite Troy Smith at the College Football Awards show.

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Track and field coach, director leaves program

By IDS staff · Thursday, Dec. 7,2006 11:34 p.m.

Less than a month before the track and field season starts, IU coach Randy Heisler resigned as IU's director of track and field and head coach of the men's and women's program Dec. 2.

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Hot Rod

By Matt Mattucci · Thursday, Dec. 7,2006 12:47 a.m.

On Tuesday afternoon, his back pressed against an Assembly Hall corridor wall, Rod Wilmont was asked if he was in a slump. The senior guard began laughing. He knew better. Wilmont -- who scored just four points total in IU's previous two games -- tallied 20 points and 10 rebounds in the Hoosiers' 92-40 victory against Western Illinois University on Wednesday night in Bloomington. The double-double marked the first of Wilmont's career and helped the Hoosiers improve to 5-2 overall on the season. Wilmont said after the game that he and IU coach Kelvin Sampson took a unique approach to getting the senior guard's offense back on track. "Coach emphasized in practice for me to start getting back in the gym, like I was doing at the beginning of the season, and I went two nights in a row," Wilmont said. "Then me and Coach, before the game today, played Horse."

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3 finalists selected for Heisman Trophy

By Alyson Brodsy and Ralph D. Russo · Thursday, Dec. 7,2006 12:07 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Ohio State's Troy Smith and Notre Dame's Brady Quinn were selected Wednesday as finalists for the Heisman Trophy, along with University of Arkansas running back Darren McFadden. Smith is the heavy favorite to win the award when it is presented Saturday night in New York. The senior quarterback entered the season with plenty of Heisman hype and then backed it up with brilliant play for the unbeaten Buckeyes. Smith is fourth in the nation in passer rating (167.9) and has thrown for 2,507 yards and 30 touchdowns with only five interceptions, leading Ohio State to the national title game against Florida on Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz. Against IU, Smith completed 15 of 23 passes for 220 yards and four touchdowns. The Buckeyes beat the Hoosiers 44-3 on Oct. 21. Quinn, the senior quarterback, was fourth in Heisman voting last season and has thrown 35 touchdown passes in 2006. McFadden, a sophomore, scored 16 touchdowns and led Arkansas to the Southeastern Conference title game. Smith grabbed the lead in the Heisman race early this season. In Ohio State's first No. 1 vs. No. 2 game of the season, he threw for 269 yards and two scores against Texas in September. He was even better in the Buckeyes' second 1-2 game, throwing for 316 yards and four touchdowns in the regular-season finale against Michigan.

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