Column: A few cracks in IU’s foundation
Well, that’s it. IU’s season is over. Maybe mercifully and maybe for the best. The 2010-11 IU basketball season has faded into oblivion.
Well, that’s it. IU’s season is over. Maybe mercifully and maybe for the best. The 2010-11 IU basketball season has faded into oblivion.
IU running back Darius Willis will not be suspended by the University for an alleged domestic assault, a source close to Willis said Thursday. The woman involved in the case filed a protective order against Willis on Jan. 14.
INDIANAPOLIS — As time expired in the first half of IU’s Big Ten Tournament matchup with Penn State, Nittany Lions forward Jeff Brooks symbolized how the rest of the game would go.
The Hoosiers will take on in-state rival Purdue at noon Saturday in both teams’ Big Ten opener.
The IU water polo team’s five-game winning streak is predicated largely on defense, as the Hoosiers have allowed 4.8 goals per game in their past five matches. They look to take their strong defense into this weekend’s Aztec Invitational in San Diego.
This weekend, the divers travel to Columbus, Ohio, to continue their season at the Zone Diving Meet.
The IU softball team will look to continue its winning ways when it travels to Norman, Okla., to play in the Oklahoma Spring Festival.
Going into the NCAA Indoor Championships Friday in Texas, IU brings three students who recently earned Great Lakes Athlete of the Year honors, in addition to Helmer, who was named Great Lakes Coach of the Year by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
IU will send four wrestlers to Philadelphia for the NCAA Championships on March 17-19.
The IU women’s tennis team has signed five players to land the No. 6 recruiting class in 2011, according to the Tennis Recruiting Network.
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IU running back Darius Willis will not be suspended by the University for an alleged domestic assault, a source close to Willis said Thursday. The woman filed a protective order against Willis on Jan. 14.
IU sophomore forward Christian Watford wanted to make one thing clear: Not one player on the roster believes the season will end after Thursday night’s matchup against Penn State in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
Seniors Jori Davis, Andrea McGuirt and Whitney Lindsay represented half of Coach Felisha Legette-Jack’s first recruiting class and were the only ones from that inaugural year to stay at IU for all four years. During their junior year, they were joined by Hope Elam. Now all four seniors prepare to leave the IU basketball program.
TERRE HAUTE — The IU baseball team’s offense put it together Wednesday. The Hoosiers followed up 10 hits with solid base running — including a steal home in a two-run sixth inning — to earn a 6-4 victory against Indiana State at Bob Warn Field.
Eric Young hasn’t broken a single IU Student Foundation rule. But his involvement with a pro team is starting to raise questions about his amateur status.
For the riders, spring break debaucheries like excessive calories, lounging around during the NCAA Tournament and festivities on St. Patrick’s Day are polar-opposite routines of what they will go through during what we tab as vacation.
IU track and field athletes will already have a head start at national recognition when they attempt to hoist up national championship trophies Friday at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
One of the early bright spots for the Hoosiers’ offense has been senior outfielder Wes Wilson.
Kenny Eagle is already finding a way to put his knowledge from his Intermediate Financial and Accounting class into action.