Men's basketball coach Mike Davis will hire an assistant from among five candidates Tuesday morning to fill the final spot in his coaching staff. Davis will also name an administrative assistant.
The men's soccer team found itself deadlocked in two exhibition games last weekend at IU-Purdue University at Fort Wayne's Soccer Showcase. The Hoosiers matched up with No. 17 University of South Carolina on Friday. The first of four yellow cards was handed out 14 minutes into the game, setting the tone for the match. The teams combined for a mere eight shots and both were held scoreless for all 90 minutes.
The IU Department of Athletics announced the appointment of Jason Lewis as chief financial officer and executive associate athletics director and Lauren Rochet as assistant athletics director for personnel and administration.
INDIANAPOLIS - The blue brace on Peyton Manning's right knee was not a pretty picture Sunday at the Indianapolis Colts practice. But it was a welcome relief. "I was pretty fortunate," Manning said. "That is the type of play where you can be hurt pretty seriously. The thing that I thought saved me was that, when I followed through, I was on my toe instead of being planted. If I'd have been firmly planted, it might have been worse."
The women's volleyball team tuned up for the season with an intrasquad scrimmage Saturday. The rain didn't stop the Hoosiers' as they warmed up for their first scrimmage in University Gym. The scrimmage had the two teams cheering each other on with screams, high fives and encouraging advice. "We are really starting to gel as a team," head coach Katie Weismiller said. "The team chemistry is great and they didn't have any trouble playing against each other. They all remained friends."
The women's cross country team sat and waited last season for a phone call. That call never came. The team was on the bubble for the NCAA national meet in Ames, Iowa. The Hoosiers finished fourth in their regional with the top two teams automatically qualifying. The women's team did not get the at-large bid for which it had hoped. This year, the Hoosiers aren't worrying about an at-large bid. They plan to qualify at regionals. "We definitely want to make it to nationals. I think that it is very possible. We're going to be a very solid team," junior Allyson Hammond said.
Field hockey team begins 2nd season The IU field hockey team begins its second season with a scrimmage against DePauw Friday and the season opener against Miami of Ohio Sunday. Both contests are at home in the Mellencamp Pavilion with the scrimmage at 7 p.m. and the season opener at noon.
Nine underclassmen are not going to keep the 2001 volleyball team from being successful and having great chemistry. "This year is actually like a repeat of last year with so many underclassmen, but we are more experienced," Coach Katie Weismiller said. "We have five of six returning starters, and when you look at us on the court, we look like we've aged. We truly look much more mature than we were a year ago." Weismiller also believes the team is much more physical.
Not many programs in college sports are as successful as IU men's soccer. Head coach Jerry Yeagley has taken the Hoosiers to the College Cup 14 times in 28 seasons and has led them to five national championships. They consistently rank in the top five in the country and have produced some of the most talented athletes in the sport.
Six offense players, four defenders and one head coach showed up for IU football media day last week. One could argue the 11 flashed more grins, showed more teeth and cracked more jokes than any other team attempting to bounce back from a disappointing 3-8 season and four consecutive campaigns of less than four wins. But optimism isn't hard to come by around IU's camp. And while expectations hinge on whether or not Tommy Jones can step in at quarterback, how well the defense can stop opposing attacks and how dangerous Antwaan Randle El will be at receiver, Cameron insists the door to a winning season can easily be flung open. "This is the best leadership we've had," Cameron said a day before his troops departed for training camp in Marshall, Ind. "We're close. We're piecing things together."
With Antwaan Randle El slated to spend about 75 percent of the snaps as a wide receiver this season, IU's running game will receive a huge makeover. The backs will be taking mostly handoffs on isolations from drop-back passer Tommy Jones, rather than option pitches that became a vital component of the Randle El-led offense of the past three years, according to offensive coordinator Hal Hunter. While the backs did have their moments running between the tackles in the 2000 season, the main part of their success was caused by the massive attention towards stopping Antwaan Randle El -- who was on pace to be college football's all-time leading rusher for a quarterback -- on the triple and speed option.
Every single freshman class in the 28 years of the IU men's soccer team has been to the Final Four. Five times the Hoosiers have come back to Bloomington with the national title. Since the soccer program began, IU has played more than 600 games, winning 85 percent of them. It's all happened with head coach Jerry Yeagley patrolling the sidelines. Yeagley sat down for an interview to talk about the past success of the Hoosiers and the success he feels is to come. But he said it all starts with the right attitude.
First off, Detroit is not a pretty city by any means. I'm sure they have good people and nice attractions, but the last thought in my mind as I drove into the city was, "Boy, this looks like a nice place to raise some kids." The suburbs may be a different story, but my adventure didn't sidetrack out into that part of the city. No, my excursion was simply focused on the new home for the Detroit Tigers -- Comerica Park. On the way to the park my friends and I passed the old Tiger stadium and wondered what might have been visiting that historic park, but we made our way a couple miles north up I-75 to see one of the newest meccas for the national pastime. From the outside of the stadium, it's a beautiful park. The outside design of the stadium is remarkably detailed with concrete Tigers heads with baseballs in their mouths protruding from the walls, and the huge Tigers greeting you as you make your way inside. Once you make it inside the park, you're greeted with a flurry of activity, ranging from hot dog/beer/souvenir vendors and e-mail stations to a carrousel and a Ferris wheel. My friend Matt said this park is a social activity surrounded by a baseball game. He saw this as a positive attribute, but I did not. All of the rides and activities should come secondary to the baseball game, but at Comerica, they forgot that people SHOULD come to see the Tigers play, not the Ferris wheel -- which 50 people got stuck on a few weeks ago, might I add. I guess when your team is so bad, you'll do anything to bring them into the stands.
During the 1985-86 men's basketball season, then-head coach Bob Knight gave author John Feinstein a unique look into a season of the storied basketball program. Feinstein got an all-access look into the workings of the Hoosiers season as they struggled to avoid a losing season. Feinstein put his experiences with Knight at IU down on paper and released the best--selling "A Season on the Brink: A year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers."
Sports often times is a magical, fairy tale place where you see the old, aging superstar hit that one last home run or make that one last shot to win the game and ride off into the sunset as a winner. Sometimes the best material for movies are taken from and made about sports. Yet, in this day and age, any good happy story comes with people thinking that there is a hidden storyline going on underneath what we see, a conspiracy if you would.
Panaggio heads to Portland Trailblazers Star guard coming to IU in fall 2002 Haston signs with Charlotte Hornets
Seems that these days, every baseball team is getting a new ballpark. In fact, I heard the Hoosiers are getting a brand new stadium with a retractable roof and all the creature comforts you could want. OK, so the Hoosiers really aren't, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear that any day now, with the rates stadiums are going up. In Major League Baseball, two new parks opened up this year, PNC Park in Pittsburgh and Miller Park up in Milwaukee. While I have not been to Pittsburgh, if it's half as nice as Milwaukee's, the fans in "the burgh" have something to go see a game for, since their team gives them no reason.
The IU athletic department handed out its end-of-the-year awards Wednesday, honoring former men's basketball player Kirk Haston and senior women's swimmer Jenn Cristy as the male and female athletes of the year.
A few days ago, Ray Bourque announced his retirement from the Colorado Avalanche and the game of hockey. This coming shortly after Bourque and his fellow Colorado Avalanche came from behind to win the Stanley Cup in seven games against the New Jersey Devils (as this columnist so correctly predicted). I would just like to commend Bourque on his decision to ride off into the sunset with the Stanley Cup riding shotgun in his car.
Sprinter sixth at championship Hoosiers set for challenge New banners hung in hall
