Coming off of its first home loss of the season last weekend, the No. 38 men's tennis team will hit the road Saturday to seek success elsewhere.
Another weekend means another tournament on the road for the softball squad. This time the Hoosiers travel to Kentucky for five games in three days.
Freshman golfer Mike Castleforte wore a stocking cap and a turtleneck while practicing by himself Wednesday afternoon at the IU Golf Course.
All eyes will be on the defending champion and host University of Arkansas who have dominated opponents racking up four straight National titles and 15 of the last 16 championships. Nine Razorbacks and the distance medley team qualified for the Friday and Saturday competition.
After they crossed the finish line 0.01 of a second apart, Big Ten champion Lorraine Dunlop gave a high-five to runner-up and teammate Rachelle Boone.
A lawyer for former men's basketball coach Bob Knight sent a letter to IU last week saying Knight intends to sue IU President Myles Brand and the IU board of trustees. In the letter, Knight lawyer Russell Yates cites damages of more than $7 million. The notice of intent to sue, obtained today from the University, cites slander, libel, defamation and tortious interference with contracts, stemming from "wrongful termination." It also cites violations of Indiana's Open Door laws and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Yates said a lawsuit will be filed if the University won't negotiate. "I still hope we can resolve it, but (Brand) seems to be dragging his feet in talking to us," Yates said. "We got tired of waiting, and we didn't want to run up against the deadline."
Interim head coach Mike Davis said the Hoosiers could earn a No. 6 seed in the NCAA tournament. Not long ago, he worried about just getting into the tournament. A few weeks before that, he questioned whether he was cut out to coach the Hoosiers. And before that, IU made six field goals in 20 minutes of play. To Davis and the Hoosiers, those events might seem as if they happened centuries ago. The "new" Hoosiers are a confident bunch peaking at just the right time. "They feel they can beat anybody right now," Davis said. "And I feel that way, too."
For about five games, the baseball team's final scores were starting to look like real baseball scores -- six runs, four runs, three runs. But the Hoosiers must like awkward-looking scores. After all, they've been beaten 24-10, won 19-12 and tied 4-4. Wednesday at Sembower Field, IU went back to old tricks, lighting up the scoreboard -- and allowing the opponent to do the same -- in a 13-8 win against Wright State at Sembower Field.
It's out of their hands. After 29 games, the Indiana women's basketball team rested its case for a NCAA tournament spot Friday with a loss to Iowa in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament. The Hoosiers (19-10, 9-7 Big Ten) can now only wait and see if they are one of the 34 lucky teams chosen to fill the field Sunday.
After 36 holes of golf, the IU women's golf team is atop 18 teams participating in the "Mo"morial tournament at Texas A & M.
Standing at 6-foot-4 and 214 pounds, men's tennis player Rahman Smiley would be an intimidating tight end. Just imagine stepping on the tennis court against him. And if the junior's size failed to frighten an opponent, a tennis ball flying his way at about 130 mph surely would.
The baseball team just wants spring break to get here so it can play in Florida for a week. Tuesday's game against Xavier was canceled because of cold weather and even with a slight warm-up forecasted for today's game with Wright State, it will still be cold. Today's game will be the last one before the Hoosiers head south to Florida to play seven games in eight days during spring break.
If three athletes had thrown farther than senior shot putter Jenn Brown this season, she would have missed a trip to the NCAA indoor track and field championships for the first time in four years. Instead, Brown hovers near the bottom of the list of shot put qualifiers with the 14th best throw. Only 16 women qualified for the event, but Brown said she doesn't mind where she stands.
The know-it-alls of men's basketball -- coaches and select media -- put their numbers and notes together this weekend and came up with the Big Ten's elite men's basketball players. Near the top of the list was freshman forward Jared Jeffries, who was unanimously chosen Big Ten Freshman of the Year. With a tattoo that reads, "King of the Court" and the best numbers of any freshman in the Big Ten, there was little doubt of Jeffries' confidence or talent. But if IU interim head coach Mike Davis had the last word, there's no question junior center Kirk Haston would've been named Player of the Year, an honor that went to Illinois sophomore guard Frank Williams.
IU is looking to move it's record above .500 for the first time this year when it plays Xavier 3 p.m. today at Sembower field for the third of what might be a six-game home stand.
IU started off a three-game weekend series under the lights Friday night at Missouri.
One of football coach Cam Cameron's 22 recruits was arrested Saturday and charged with driving while intoxicated. Willie L. Northern, 21, a resident of 1101 N. Fee Lane, was booked into Monroe County Correctional Center at 12:17 a.m. Saturday. He was released on $500 cash bond and $1,000 surety. Northern would not comment on the arrest.
WEST LAFAYETTE -- The Purdue media guide claims its fans are the best in the country. But many of them headed for the exits with seven minutes remaining Saturday with IU on its way to a 74-58 victory against Purdue. For the first time since the 1992-93 season, the Hoosiers (19-11, 10-6 Big Ten) swept the two-game series with its arch-nemesis. Junior center Kirk Haston relished the moment. "It's something that I haven't been a part of since I've been here," Haston said. "It was definitely something I wanted. Any time you play against Purdue, it is never easy."
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Junior forward Erin McGinnis had a career-high 27 points Friday in a Big Ten tournament quarterfinal match-up with Iowa. McGinnis led the Hoosiers with six second-half field goals. But the Hoosiers only had six second-half field goals. After its most productive first half of the season, IU collapsed in the second 20 minutes, falling to No. 23 and second-seeded Iowa 81-76.
Saturday against Butler at the Southern Illinois tournament, IU mustered only one hit. But because of Alison Cooke's strong outing, the Hoosiers were able to beat the Bulldogs, 1-0. Cooke, a junior, pitched another complete game and surrendered three hits. Junior shortstop Lisa Mattke scored the lone Hoosier run in the bottom of the first inning off a Butler error. Cooke, who upped her record to 3-4, took care of the rest.
