Davis makes claim for marking Charlotte a win
As the IU basketball team tries to scratch its way into the NCAA Tournament, its coach is taking an adamant stand to add one more win to his team's column.
As the IU basketball team tries to scratch its way into the NCAA Tournament, its coach is taking an adamant stand to add one more win to his team's column.
The IU men's basketball team takes its show on the road this week for two Big Ten games that could prove crucial for IU's NCAA Tournament hopes. It all starts tonight when the Hoosiers travel to Columbus, Ohio, to challenge Ohio State and continues Sunday at Michigan.
Most of the IU women's track and field team traveled to Fayetteville, Ark. to compete in the Tyson Invitational, but one Hoosier athlete did not. Junior distance runner Jessica Gall left her teammates behind to pursue a shot at earning an automatic NCAA indoor qualifying time. Gall entered the 5,000-meter run at the Husky Classic held at the University of Washington.
Until this weekend the Hoosiers had never beaten California. They had never beaten Hawaii. They had never beaten two top ten opponents in the same day. Never, that is, until this weekend at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Dee Brown says it's time for the naysayers to shut up. A player on a 25-0 team can do that. "Everybody's waiting for us to lose, saying they think we're not the best team in the country," Brown said after his two late 3-pointers iced top-ranked Illinois' 70-59 win over No. 20 Wisconsin and preserved the nation's longest major-college winning streak. "Watch TV, they'll show you, they'll tell you. The No. 1 team? It's not us."
With home wins over Wake Forest and Butler University this weekend, IU's women's tennis team propelled IU coach Lin Loring to the 650 career win mark, pushing him closer to one of the more famous coaches in IU history -- Bob Knight.
Junior linebacker Paul Szczesny, the third-leading tackler on the team, has decided to leave the IU football program and transfer. Szczesny is the second player in the past month to transfer from the Hoosiers.
It was an up-and-down weekend for Indiana. The wrestlers upset Michigan State Saturday in convincing style, only to be crushed on the road by Illinois. The Hoosiers took the mat at University Gym against Michigan State wondering whether senior heavyweight Pat DeGain would be able to go against the No. 12 Spartans. DeGain, ranked fifth, missed last weekend's match versus Wisconsin as well as most of practice this week with an injured shoulder.
When sophomore center Sarah McKay drained a hook shot at the end of Sunday's game at Northwestern, she sank a season's worth of road woes along with it.
The South is supposed to be known for its hospitality. At No. 9 Virginia Saturday, and No. 57 North Carolina State on Sunday, the IU Men's Tennis team instead found itself amongst inhospitable surroundings, dropping both of the trip's matches and moving to 2-4 on the spring season. The losses came as a mixture of encouragement and disappointment for the team.
For the second straight weekend, Stephen Haas put himself atop the IU record books. Saturday evening at the Tyson Invitational, the junior from Huntersville, N.C., erased Chris Powers' 5,000-meter indoor record with a run of 13:41, breaking Powers' record by 18 seconds and Haas' own personal best by 25 seconds. His time gave him a second-place finish and another NCAA automatic-qualifying mark.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Kevin McHale shook up the struggling Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday, firing longtime friend Flip Saunders and taking over the coaching duties for the rest of the season. McHale, the team's vice president of basketball operations, called Saunders on Saturday morning to break the news.
Playing without one of its best players, the IU men's basketball team put together one of its best games. Despite leading scorer Bracey Wright being sidelined for the second-straight game, IU's bench rallied the team to a 71-56 win against Minnesota at Assembly Hall.
Bracey Wright and D.J. White account for nearly 32 points per game on average. Saturday, the pair totaled nine. IU's bench overcame the lack of production from Wright and White by outscoring Minnesota's bench 27-5 en route to a 71-56 win.
IU has a tough act to follow this weekend. The men's track team has the task of topping last weekend's performances -- four school records and two sub-four minute milers. Fresh off earning a No. 2 www.trackwire.com national ranking, the Hoosiers compete in the prestigious Tyson Invitational this Weekend in Fayetteville, Ark.
According to the Web site www.trackshark.com, all of the eyes in the college track and field world are on Randal Tyson Track Center this weekend, and that is exactly where the Hoosiers will be.
IU enters a crucial weekend with two matches against the cream of the Big Ten crop beginning Saturday. The Hoosiers will begin against No. 12 Michigan State at the University Gym. The Spartans have dominated the series, owning an overall record of 44-17-3, including the last six in a row. IU hasn't scored a victory against State in Bloomington since 1991.
For IU coach Mike Davis, three would not be enough. Saddled with a 10-10 record with seven conference games remaining before the Big Ten Tournament, Davis said Thursday that the Big Ten is not receiving enough credit around the nation for its quality basketball teams, and he's ready to put a stop to it.
The IU women's tennis team is about halfway through its trek -- a trek through one of the hardest non-conference schedules in the country. This weekend brings No. 30 Wake Forest, No. 19 Texas A&M and Butler University to the IU Varsity Tennis Center for yet another step along the road.
Finding a way to win on the road during conference play is something IU has been searching for all season. The search will continue for at least one more game as the Hoosiers fell to No. 25 Penn State 67-45 in University Park, Pa. at the Bryce Jordan Center.