Wisconsin crushes IU, 83-55
With senior guard Devan Dumes home with the flu, the Hoosiers were expecting points to be at a premium against one of the Big Ten's best defenses. But the way things went Saturday, no one could have saved IU.
With senior guard Devan Dumes home with the flu, the Hoosiers were expecting points to be at a premium against one of the Big Ten's best defenses. But the way things went Saturday, no one could have saved IU.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The show went on — with grief and a closing glitch. The Olympics' opening ceremonies unfolded in a mostly jubilant atmosphere, with an upbeat crowd filling BC Place Stadium only hours after a luger from the country of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, was killed in a horrific training-run crash at Whistler.
IU recently lost its fifth consecutive game but now embarks on a stretch tougher than any other this season. It starts with a 2 p.m. game against the No. 11 Badgers on Saturday in Madison, Wis. Competition within the Big Ten so far has shaken up the young team IU coach Tom Crean called “fragile” Wednesday night.
The Hoosiers’ unblemished record in February and 21 offensive rebounds fell into Iowa’s hands. The Hawkeyes pulled down 53 total boards to the Hoosiers’ 29, downing IU 71-67 Thursday at Assembly Hall.
In IU coach Michelle Gardner’s first season, the softball team went 10-39. But this season looks to be an improvement with the addition of a youthful lineup.
The Hoosiers enter this weekend as the undisputed Big Ten kings, but the team’s throne is about to be challenged.
The Badgers beat the Hoosiers by eight points when they played at Assembly Hall in January.
At the Tyson Invitational, several members of the IU track-and-field team will preview what the NCAA Indoor Championships could be like.
Besides senior night, the IU wrestling team will have its sights set on taking care of a Michigan team that has yet to register a Big Ten win.
Friday night will be the last time the Hoosier faithful will see Angel Escobedo get the Hoosiers off to an early lead at 125 pounds, the last time they will see Matt Coughlin compete in a grind-it-out match at 149 pounds, the last time fans can get on their feet for a Trevor Perry pin at 175 pounds, and the last time they will get a chance to witness Nate Everhart secure a Hoosier victory at heavyweight.
IU football offensive-line coach Bobby Johnson is leaving his position to take a job as assistant offensive line coach with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, a source close to the situation confirmed.
Basketball isn’t known as a contact sport, and the more passive team lost in IU’s 69-52 faltering against Ohio State on Wednesday. Similar to the first contest on Jan. 6 in Columbus, Ohio, IU struggled against the larger, more physical Buckeyes.
The Hoosiers (13-10, 6-6) will try to do something only three other Big Ten teams have managed to do against the Hawkeyes (12-11, 5-7) today: stay undefeated in February.
The NBA All-Star Game 2010 Weekend won’t begin until Friday, but Wednesday’s IU and Ohio State game at Assembly Hall had the looks of it. There was plenty of dunking – alley-oops, two-handed flushes and a near-perfect windmill attempt by Ohio State’s William Buford. There were a fair amount of 3-pointers shot.
Trumped by the Buckeyes by 25 points Jan. 6, IU lost another one to their Big Ten rivals in meager fashion, 69-52 at Assembly Hall.
FORT WAYNE — A judge has made a preliminary not guilty plea for a former Indiana University basketball player charged in connection with an ex-business partner’s multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.
Tom Pritchard had four fouls against Northwestern on Sunday. But at least he didn’t have five.
IU coach Clint Wallman and the IU women’s golf team opened up the 2010 spring season tournament schedule with a 14th-place finish in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic. Despite playing in one of the toughest fields in the nation, the Hoosiers got off to a hot start with a 304 in round one, putting them in sixth place. A second-round 316 total dropped IU to 13th out of the 16-team field. The Hoosiers closed the tournament with a 321 on Tuesday in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Before every home game, he is there. On the same court where he shot 9-of-11 and scored 29 points against Ohio State. On the same court where he lost 10 games and won five. On the same court where this season he hoped to help the Hoosiers return to national prominence. He is in the same huddle, among the same candy-striped wearing teammates he played with, some for a whole season, some for only two games.