Underclassmen lead team in Senior Day loss to Boilermakers
Saturday was Senior Day, but as IU fought to a 33-25 loss to rival Purdue, it was largely the team’s underclassmen playing in their first Bucket Game that kept the Hoosiers in contention.
Saturday was Senior Day, but as IU fought to a 33-25 loss to rival Purdue, it was largely the team’s underclassmen playing in their first Bucket Game that kept the Hoosiers in contention.
The 20 players not returning next season, along with the rest of the Hoosiers, didn’t win the Bucket on Saturday, allowing the Boilermakers (6-6, 4-4) 508 yards of total offense and a chance at a bowl game.
But it was all too much, as the Hoosiers dropped the game 1-0 in overtime, and the Tar Heels knocked Indiana out of the third round of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years.
Facing its toughest test to date, the IU men’s basketball team (6-0) withstood numerous punches from the Butler Bulldogs (3-3) Sunday in a 75-59 victory at Assembly Hall.
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While IU (5-0) and Butler (3-2) have had different paths in the past two years, their paths will collide at 7 p.m. on Sunday night at Assembly Hall in the Hoosier Invitational finale.
Four of Butler’s five opponents this season have also played IU, with far different results. While the Hoosiers steamrolled over Evansville, Chattanooga, Savannah State and Gardner-Webb, Brad Stevens’ squad fell to the Purple Aces in a controversial overtime loss and recently escaped the Runnin’ Bulldogs by just two.
In the 87th battle between IU and Purdue for the Old Oaken Bucket, the old rivals stayed close for most of the game, but in the end, the Boilermakers reclaimed the Bucket with a 33-25 victory.
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IU women's basketball fell at home to the Toledo Rockets on Friday night by a score of 69-58.
In addition to the traditional trappings that come with IU’s annual contest against Purdue, Saturday’s game will mark the end for 20 players—the end of their careers and the end of the first season under the Kevin Wilson regime.
Since the trophy was first awarded in 1925, Purdue leads the series with a 56-27- 3 record, but the Hoosiers (1-10, 0-7) have won two of the last four Bucket games, including last season. If they were to beat the Boilermakers Saturday, it would be the first back-to-back Hoosier victories since 1993-1994.
This season, after both teams won their second-round matches, they find themselves matched up again, as No. 16 seeded Indiana will travel to Chapel Hill once again, hoping to revenge their loss and will another step in their way to an eighth national title.
The jovial atmosphere and team chemistry surrounding the IU basketball program right now is evident on the court, as well as off it.
IU forward Derek Elston ignited the IU offense on Monday night with ten points and nine rebounds.
As the IU men’s basketball team heads into a five-day break from competition, the streak of consecutive minutes without trailing keeps growing.
The IU men’s basketball team cruised to a 73-49 win against Gardner-Webb on Monday night at Assembly Hall, led by sophomore Will Sheehey who scored 15 points.
On Saturday, Big Al Carpenter will take his 1979 Holiday Bowl ring out of its box in his dresser drawer and don it on the sidelines of the Old Oaken Bucket game.
Nikita Kotlov scored two goals to lead the 16th-seed IU men’s soccer team (13-3-5) to a 3-0 victory against Old Dominion in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.
The Old Oaken Bucket is given annually to the winner of the IU-Purdue game. The Hoosiers (1-10, 0-7), who won the Bucket game last season, now look to bounce back.