The No. 18/20 Hoosiers go for their third straight victory tonight at home against the Northwestern Wildcats. Follow along and share your opinion here.
For IU basketball fans, the past four years have been filled with restless anticipation of a return to the NCAA Tournament.These four years of watching the tournament from home pales in comparison to the Northwestern Wildcats’ 73 years of never hearing their name called on Selection Sunday.
When the IU men’s basketball team takes on Northwestern at 6:30 p.m. today at Assembly Hall, it will be squaring off with the Big Ten’s top-scoring duo.
Now is the time of year in which both winter and spring sports are in action. Wrestling and basketball are coming to an end while baseball and softball are just starting up. Here’s a rundown of all sports currently playing, sans men’s basketball.
After months of preparation through daily workouts and meets against top-tier competition, Indiana’s women’s swimming and diving team is about to be put to the ultimate test.
I have a better chance of landing a date with a Third Street sorority girl than Northwestern does of winning this game. The ninth-place Wildcats continue their descent into the Big Ten’s basement and another likely absence at the NCAA Tournament as they roll into Bloomington.
The IU women’s golf team opened its 2011–12 season with a victory at the IU Fall Kickoff but fell short throughout the rest of the fall. The squad’s only other top-five finish of the fall was at the IU Fall Invitational at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind.
The Hoosiers won all three of their dual meets Sunday when they traveled to North Carolina, improving their record to 11-7.
It’s not easy to tell somebody how you feel about them. Love, lust or aggravation — sometimes the right gift can communicate everything you want to say. On the brink of IU’s most successful regular season record in four years, I thought it fitting to give a few Hoosiers Valentine’s presents.
Humility is not commonly found in high-profile athletes, but junior pole vaulter Kelsie Ahbe contradicts that notion. Ahbe recently broke the indoor school record in the pole vault, previously set by alumna Vera Neuenswander.
The No. 9 Hoosiers trailed No. 17 Maryland by two goals entering the final quarter of the Triton Invitational on Sunday. Due to a five-goal performance in the final stanza, however, the Hoosiers defeated the Terrapins and claimed fifth place in the tournament in La Jolla, Calif., with an 11-10 victory.
The Hoosiers (19-6, 7-6) have improved in the college basketball rankings today.
Home runs were not a rare sight in this weekend’s opening tournament for the Hoosiers. Sophomore Jenna Abraham’s two home runs Friday and junior Amanda Wagner’s two home runs Saturday helped lead the Hoosier softball team to split its four opening weekend games.
The Hoosiers increased their winning streak to seven Saturday with wins against Miami University (Ohio) and Ball State University.
The Indiana women’s basketball team fell 61-60 to Illinois (10-16, 4-9) on a last-second lay-in by the Fighting Illini’s Lydia McCully Sunday. But on “THINK PINK” day at Assembly Hall, IU Coach Felisha Legette-Jack said she had the bigger picture in mind.
The goal of match play is to defeat your opponent, which junior Corey Ziedonis said is essentially down to a strategy of bringing the pressure.
Since being ranked in the top 10 in the preseason poll, the Hoosiers have continued to earn their ranking, entering the weekend as No. 9.
The IU men’s and women’s track squads took another step in preparation for the Big Ten Indoor Championships by splitting up for two meets during the weekend. Sprinters and field event athletes traveled to the SPIRE NCAA DI Invitational in Geneva, Ohio, while the distance runners remained in Bloomington for the Hoosier Hills Invitational.
For the Hoosiers, the third road match in a month against a top-20 opponent proved almost as insurmountable as the first two.
The noon softball game in El Paso, Texas, between the Indiana Hoosiers and the University of Texas at El Paso was cancelled today due to high winds and cold temperatures.
