Sports

Boilermakers look for repeat

Two years ago, Purdue cut down the nets as the nation\'s top team. It's easy to forget that -- in part, because of all of the changes in West Lafayette.

Basketball all in the family

New women's basketball coach Kathi Bennett spent her early birthdays in musty, humid gymnasiums across scenic Wisconsin.

Hoosiers outmuscle Finnish team

Coach Kathi Bennett's stingy defense showed some signs of arriving Friday as IU forced 32 turnovers in overpowering Finnish traveling team, Tapiolan Honka, 87-39.

Big Red roll over Marathon

Junior forward Kirk Haston called it the "Noblesville bounce" that sealed the game. Freshman forward/center George Leach said he was praying as the ball hit the rim. And junior guard Dane Fife called it "the Big Red roll."

Men\'s soccer loses to Ohio State in second round of Big Ten tourney

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Hoosiers shot the ball more, possessed the ball more and earned more corner kicks than Ohio State Friday in the second round of the Big Ten men\'s soccer tournament.

Men tune up with Marathon Oil

Coach Mike Davis is concentrating on Tuesday's game, even though IU plays Marathon Oil tonight. But that's understandable. Marathon Oil is simply a tuneup for Pepperdine, IU's first opponent of the regular season.

Senior pair primed to play last home football game

Every college football player realizes one day he will step foot on his home turf for the final time.

Recovering Wisconsin sets sights on Hoosiers

Barry Alvarez isn't afraid to say it. He won't try to fool his team or the press by lying to them. The naked truth is, the Wisconsin coach is terrified of Hoosier junior quarterback Antwaan Randle El.

Defense still focus as women begin season

The groundwork has been laid. Now, the waiting begins. Coach Kathi Bennett's vision of an aggressive defense has been drilled into her new team.

Junior transfer adjusts to new role

As Josh Rife played soccer at Bill Armstrong Stadium on a Friday night, his friends from Texas Christian University lined the stands with a banner that read "TCU is Pro-Rife." Rife, a junior, transferred from TCU to IU after his sophomore year, leaving behind a mediocre soccer program for a national powerhouse.

Big Ten soccer tourney begins

Two losses last weekend in California dropped the men's soccer team from contending for a top-four seed in the NCAA tournament to contending for a seed -- period.

Volleyball faces 2 crucial matches

It's crunch time for the volleyball team as it faces Wisconsin and Northwestern at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, respectively, at the University Gym.

Team awaits Big Ten awards

Freshmen shine in debut

Kathi Bennett made her debut as women's basketball coach Tuesday night in a 74-64 preseason loss to the Lady Reebok All-Stars.

Versatile volleyball player strives for success

A weather man would likely have a better chance at predicting the extent of Laura Dewitz's playing time. A tarot-card-toting, 800-number psychic might be a more suitable prognosticator of the length of the lanky senior's stint on the volleyball court.

Football team not calling it quits

Talk of the football team qualifying for its first bowl game since 1993 started during offseason conditioning. By the start of spring practice in March, the Hoosiers were a confident team. In the summer months before the season, some people in the program were confident the Hoosiers would play in the postseason.

Senior returns for one last cross country season

Senior cross country runner Dan Billish could have taken a few credit hours this summer, been a student teacher this semester and graduated in December. He could've been done and far away from Bloomington.

Secondary hurt by inexperience

No part of the football team has struggled more than the secondary. Name a pass defense statistic and it's a good bet IU is buried at the bottom of the category. The categories in which IU ranks last in the Big Ten include:

Exhibition game first chance to play

The women's basketball team faces off against the Reebok Lady Stars at 7:30 p.m. today in Assembly Hall, kicking off its exhibition season.

No. 3 Hoosiers upset twice at Cal-Berkeley tournament

When unranked California at Berkeley upset the No. 3 men's soccer team Sunday in Berkeley, Calif., Bear fans and athletes celebrated as if they had just won the national championship, IU coach Jerry Yeagley said.