Hoosiers squeak by LIU Brooklyn 73-72
IU Coach Tom Crean said Tuesday night’s battle with LIU Brooklyn, a No. 16 seed in last year’s NCAA Tournament, wasn’t a game where “we get on a yellow school bus and we’re supposed to win by 30 ‘cause it’s us.”
IU Coach Tom Crean said Tuesday night’s battle with LIU Brooklyn, a No. 16 seed in last year’s NCAA Tournament, wasn’t a game where “we get on a yellow school bus and we’re supposed to win by 30 ‘cause it’s us.”
The first road game of the season proved to be a challenging one for the Hoosiers, but IU escaped with an 85-80 victory over the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Mastadons.
IU isn’t supposed to struggle to put away a team such as LIU Brooklyn in the second game of the regular season.
Brickman would miss a 3-point heave at the buzzer, and IU would hold on to win 73-72 Tuesday night at Assembly Hall.
Starting with Wednesday’s matchup against Michigan, the Hoosiers (6-11-1, 2-4) will attempt to put behind them a regular season that saw a program-high 11 losses and the first losing record in the program’s 40 years.
After a woeful shooting start in the first half – just 11-for-40 from the field – the IU men’s basketball team managed a charge in the second half, led by the reformed 3-point shooting of senior forward Will Sheehey to narrowly escape with a 73-72 win over LIU Brooklyn at Assembly Hall.
The Hoosiers will play DePaul in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. It will be IU’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2007.
IU men’s basketball freshman forward Noah Vonleh was named the first 2013-14 Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday after his debut double-double against Chicago State Friday.
Most people understand that younger players need to get toughened up, but this is not toughening up. This is bullying.
IU travels to Fort Wayne on Tuesday to play IPFW (0-1).
The IU men’s soccer teamw swept Big Ten Player of the Week honors this week, with senior midfielder Nikita Kotlov named Offensive Player of the Week and freshman Colin Webb the Defensive Player of the Week.
Tuesday evening, IU Coach Tom Crean’s squad will play its second game of seven in the span of 19 days.
After running for a career high 215 yards on 15 carries and tallying two touchdowns Saturday against Illinois, sophomore running back Tevin Coleman was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week.
In IU’s 52-35 win Saturday at Memorial Stadium against Illinois, the Hoosiers piled up 371 rushing yards and 279 passing yards.
There couldn’t have been a more blatant discrepancy between IU’s final exhibition win against Hillsdale and the Hoosiers’ 100-72 season-opening victory against Chicago State Friday evening at Assembly Hall.
The IU cross country team played host to its last meet of the regular season at the IU Championships Cross Country course during the weekend.
Four IU wrestlers made their way to their respective finals Saturday at the Michigan State Open, where two Hoosiers took first place.
When asked how she felt about her team’s performance over the weekend, IU volleyball Coach Sherry Dunbar was very straightforward.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Three unanswered goals in the second half put an end to the IU women’s soccer team’s Big Ten Tournament Championship hopes Friday.The Hoosiers fell to Nebraska 3-1 in Champaign, Ill.
The IU women’s basketball team found itself in the record books after Saturday’s 85-55 victory against Oakland at Assembly Hall in the team’s season-opener.