Both track teams dominate weekend's Hoosier Relay meet
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.
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.
Jeff Sagarin is unconventional. While most mathematicians use C++ and Microsoft Excel to work with algorithms, the Bloomington resident still uses Fortran, an MS-DOS based computer program he first learned in the fall of 1966 as an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But don't let the ancient computer program fool you -- what Sagarin creates within it is on the cutting edge of math in the sports world. "Real old guys like me -- we like Fortran and we're not going to change," said Sagarin, whose love for sports statistics started when he was a kid growing up in New York.
Coming off a tough road loss at Michigan State last weekend, the IU women's basketball team will wrap up its two-game road trip tonight against a Wisconsin team that has had its own share of struggles in its Big Ten schedule. The Hoosiers led much of the game Sunday in East Lansing, clinging to a lead as late as 6:10 left in the second half. But IU had difficulty dealing with a tenacious Michigan State press that limited the Hoosiers to just one field goal over a span of seven minutes as the Hoosiers succumbed 65-59. IU coach Sharon Versyp is looking for her team to focus more in the closing moments.
It was a lineup change that made IU look a little more like its usual self in last night's 72-63 win over Northwestern at Assembly Hall Wednesday night. The No. 21 Hoosiers (13-5, 5-3 Big Ten) got a total of 20 points from both of their leading scorers -- senior forward Marco Killingsworth and sophomore guard Robert Vaden -- but were still able to win, shooting the familiar numbers of 51 percent from the field and 39 percent from 3-point range. After two lackluster performances on the road last week, IU coach Mike Davis made the decision to rework his starting rotation. "We really didn't shake it up," Davis said. "We just played the guys that were going to give us a chance to win the basketball game."
MADISON, Wis. -- For every other Big Ten team, Wisconsin's Kohl Center isn't the place to go for a little peace and quiet.
For the second straight weekend, the IU hockey team was unable to hold on to a third period lead, as it blew a 5-3 advantage in the second game of its weekend set. The Hoosiers settled for a tie after winning 5-2 Friday night against the defending Division II American Collegiate Hockey Association National Champions Michigan State Spartans in Bloomington.
For many IU students, high school marks the end of serious, organized athletic competition. Unless one possesses the athletic ability of James Hardy or the heart of Errek Suhr, most likely, their playing days as an athlete are minimal. However, through the IU's division of Recreational Sports, students are provided the opportunity to further their glory days as a competitor and experience the emotion and adrenaline rush of "March Madness."
The Hoosiers added two true point guards to their roster this offseason, but this week IU coach Mike Davis decided to subtract them from the starting lineup.
IU has struggled on the boards all season long, but the biggest rebound of the season won't come from a box out. The season's most crucial rebound could come tonight against Northwestern (10-8, 3-4 Big Ten) in Assembly Hall, where the No. 21 Hoosiers will try to bounce back from two straight road losses.