Pardon the Hoosiers for being a little short on commentary after Tuesday's practice. They've got bigger things to worry about than interviews.
Before the Hoosiers' starting lineup is announced, amid a slowly filling Assembly Hall crowd, even before public address announcer Chuck Crabb's voice can greet spectators, a different sound takes control. "Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time to ball now," the voice says. "You're in the Hall now." Finally, as the men's basketball team charges onto Branch McCracken Court, the voice leaves one more reminder -- "Get in the Game."
• On Sunday night, Pittsburgh's Antwaan Randle El became the first receiver to throw a touchdown pass in a Super Bowl game. • But it wasn't too long ago that he was throwing into the end zone for a Chicago area high school. • In the mid '90s, Randle El attended Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Ill.
NEW YORK -- The Pittsburgh Steelers' victory against the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl was watched in an average of 45.85 million homes, the second-highest total in television history behind the final episode of "M-A-S-H" in 1983. Pittsburgh's 21-10 victory Sunday got a 41.6 preliminary national rating, Nielsen Media Service said Monday, up slightly from the 41.1 rating last year. The share remained the same at 62. The game was watched by an estimated 141.4 million people in the United States, ABC said, the second-highest total to view a program behind the 144.4 million who tuned to New England's victory over Carolina in the 2004 Super Bowl. That number estimates the total amount of people to watch the game at any point.
First-year IU baseball coach Tracy Smith knows how to build a program up from the bottom of a conference. Smith hopes part of that equation includes the addition of two star transfers, the team announced Monday: Tad Reida, a redshirt sophomore from Wichita State University, and Brett Sager, a redshirt freshman from Lousiana State University. "Tad is a 'baseball rat,' and I mean it in a good way," Smith said in a statement. "Brett adds a quality glove for us in the infield."
DETROIT -- Mick Jagger moved up and down the field at halftime more easily than the Pittsburgh offense did for most of the game. In the end, though, Jerome Bettis, the Steelers and their thousands of rowdy fans wound up the big winners on Super Bowl Sunday. function openWin(URL){ var theNewWindow = window.open(URL,"thewindow", "toolbars=no, width=700, height=570" ); theNewWindow.focus(); }
Assembly Hall cleared from another loss to another top-ranked team. In the somber student section, a red-caped gorilla comforted his banana friend whose stem had long since wilted to the left.
The No. 11 IU men's swimming and diving team defeated arch rival No. 14 Purdue on senior day with a 134-108 victory at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center in Bloomington. Prior to the meet, the Hoosiers honored their eight seniors.
The IU men's and women's track and field teams refused to curb their appetites for success at this weekend's Hoosier Relay, following a strong finish at the Jan. 27 and 28 Indiana Open.
Coming into this weekend, the IU wrestling team was determined to rebound from two tough losses at home last weekend. The No. 1- ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers proved to be too much for the No. 15 Hoosiers, who dropped their third straight dual meet 25-13 Sunday. The loss dropped IU to 2-3 on the Big Ten season and 11-3 overall.
The IU women's basketball team's struggles with ranked Big Ten opponents continued Sunday in a disappointing 61-45 loss to No. 7 Ohio State. All five of IU's conference losses have been to ranked opponents.
Junior guard Earl Calloway left the doghouse to become top dog in IU's 80-88 loss to Connecticut Saturday.
DETROIT -- Jerome Bettis returned for one more chance to make a run at a championship. Against long odds, he got it.
Alvin Trisler slowly shuffles his way to an old friend and pulls him closer as he shakes his hand. Clad in a red vest and tie, Trisler struggles to share a story amid the Assembly Hall madness.
#1 priority for UCONN: canceling out the crowd at assembly hall. #1 priority for IU: A win against a top team. Tonight, they get 1 more shot.
After suffering its first two losses of the season last weekend, the IU wrestling team hopes that this weekend it will find its way back into the win column. To do that it will need to get by Minnesota -- the No. 1 team in the nation.
NEW YORK -- Epiphanny Prince was instructed to maintain her intensity on the court, despite the less-than-stellar opponent and apparent lack of a challenge.
With No. 7 Ohio State on the horizon, the IU women's basketball team won a 71-64 thriller Thursday night in Madison, Wisc., against the Badgers. The Hoosiers trailed by as many as 10 points in the second half, but fought back and held off a tenacious Badgers team.
After finishing last season with a 24-10 (7-0) record, the IU women's water polo team opens its season ranked No. 11. The Hoosiers started last season with the same ranking and topped last season at No. 6, but dropped to No. 10 after losing to Michigan 7-6.
The No. 11 IU men's swimming and diving team will honor eight seniors Saturday when it plays host to archrival No. 14 Purdue in its last tune-up before the Big Ten Championships. Those being honored include Hank Baldwin, Thomas Clavier, Ryan Fagan, Sergiy Fesenko, Mike Jones, Brian Mariano, Jesse Rappaport and Kevin Swander.
