Hoosiers run away with 1st exhibition game
The Felisha Legette-Jack era at IU officially began Friday with the Hoosiers' shellacking of the University of Indianapolis at Assembly Hall.
The Felisha Legette-Jack era at IU officially began Friday with the Hoosiers' shellacking of the University of Indianapolis at Assembly Hall.
MINNEAPOLIS -- IU coach Terry Hoeppner did not know how to describe his team's defensive performance following Saturday's 63-26 loss at Minnesota. His Hoosiers gave up 541 yards of total offense and eight touchdowns, leaving Hoeppner speechless.
MINNEAPOLIS -- The IU football team had its season-long goal of bowl eligibility within its grasp Saturday. But rather than clinching their first bowl game berth since 1993, the Hoosiers suffered one of their worst defeats of the season, a 63-26 loss on the road to Minnesota.
The No. 7-seed Michigan State Spartans defeated the No. 2-seed Hoosiers in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday, 3-1. This is the second time in two weeks the Spartans (8-11, 2-5 Big Ten) have upset the No. 12 Hoosiers (14-5, 4-2 Big Ten). The first loss came Oct. 21 in East Lansing, Mich., in a 1-0 contest.
For the IU women's soccer team, history needs to be enough in the eyes of the NCAA. The Hoosiers (9-7-4, 5-4-1 Big Ten), who compiled a 13-game unbeaten streak from Sept. 1 through Oct. 13, finished their season Thursday night with a 2-1 loss to Michigan in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. The 13-game unbeaten streak was one short of the program record of 14, but after the streak, IU ended its season with a five-game losing streak.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The IU men's soccer team won its 11th Big Ten Tournament title by defeating Ohio State 1-0 Sunday afternoon.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Before the season started, IU men's soccer coach Mike Freitag challenged his team to accomplish four things.
No one told Rod Wilmont that Sunday's game was supposed to be an exhibition. In the first game under his new coach, Wilmont was his old self -- jumping at steals, flying into the stands, even careening into Kelvin Sampson as he raced down the sideline in hot pursuit of a loose ball.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The IU men's soccer team advanced to the Big Ten tournament final by defeating Penn State 1-0 Friday night.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The IU men's soccer team won its 11th Big Ten tournament title by defeating Ohio State 1-0 Sunday afternoon.
MINNEAPOLIS -- With a chance to become bowl eligible with a win Saturday, the IU football team fell 63-26 at Minnesota.
Before the Hoosiers began their quest for their 11th Big Ten Tournament title, six members of the team were honored at the Big Ten soccer awards banquet on Thursday.
With his team just one win away from clinching its first bowl game berth in 13 years, junior fullback Josiah Sears knows IU's focus has changed. "If it hasn't, I think there's something wrong with us," Sears said. "Because we have (a bowl game) within our grasp. We're going to have to screw up to not go now."
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Peyton Manning versus Tom Brady. The unbeaten Indianapolis Colts versus the New England Patriots, who have only one loss. The hype versus the reality. There are plenty of subplots to Sunday night's game between two of the NFL's best teams -- Adam Vinatieri's first against the team for which he kicked two Super-Bowl-winning field goals, Manning's struggles against the Patriots and Brady's growing comfort with his new receivers.
The IU men's swimming and diving team will travel this weekend to Austin, Texas, to challenge No. 4 University of Texas and No. 6 University of California in a dual meet. The Hoosiers, coming off a weekend during which they split meets against Northwestern and Arizona State, are looking to build on their 2-1 record.
The IU women's swimming and diving team has gotten off to a hot start, racing out to a 3-0 record. The No. 17 Hoosiers will put their unblemished record on the line as they travel to Austin, Texas, to face No. 11 Texas Saturday. The Longhorns are 1-1, with a loss to No. 6 Stanford University Oct. 27 and a win against the University of Nebraska Oct. 12. Texas finished second in the Big 12 Relays Oct. 13.
Three second-place finishes in a row leave the Hoosiers hungry for a first. The No. 12 Hoosiers (14-4, Big Ten 4-2) finished second in the regular season and the Big Ten Tournament last season.
The IU men's soccer team will look to win its 11th Big Ten Tournament title in program history this weekend when the Hoosiers travel to Columbus, Ohio.
This is the most important game of the season, period. It is so important that I had to emphasize the period ... period.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Adam Vinatieri is ready for anything he might encounter Sunday night in New England -- cheers, jeers, chants and taunts, even a last-second kick. He's content with it.