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Men's tennis wins easily, women's tennis struggles against top competition and more.
Men's tennis wins easily, women's tennis struggles against top competition and more.
A group of four freshmen — and one sophomore — propelled IU to an 88-80 overtime victory against Northwestern.
The Big Ten Championships did not go the way the Hoosiers envisioned this weekend in Ann Arbor, Mich. An eighth-place finish was an improvement from last year’s ninth-place result, but it was not the strong finish to the season many had predicted.
Despite IU junior Jerrud Sabourin making the biggest impact in the 2010 season for the Hoosiers with his bat, the innings he pitched Sunday against Vanderbilt were a big reason the Hoosiers took the ranked Commodores to extra innings.
Injuries and a lack of depth in pitching left both teams playing in the finale of this weekend’s Music City Classic a bit out of tune — but that didn’t stop them from going to extra innings.
IU men’s basketball coach Tom Crean informed assistant coach Roshown McLeod on Sunday that his contract would not be renewed for next year and he will no longer be with the team effective immediately.
It took an overtime period in their last regular season game, but the Hoosiers finally broke their losing streak and avoided the worst slide in IU history against the Wildcats.
Third time’s not the charm.The IU women’s basketball team won both games against Illinois in the regular season but lost when it mattered most.
Women's tennis takes on the best, men's tennis returns home after rough road stretch and the track team returns from a strong Big Tens performance.
IU fans might not be interested in hearing it, but Tom Crean eyed something possessed by Purdue on Wednesday. It’s called stability.
When the Hoosiers walk into Assembly Hall on Saturday, they will enter as the Big Ten’s last-place team and with one of the worst records in IU history.
When I stepped onto campus Aug. 23, 2006, I joined a number of first-year students at IU that included basketball players Armon Bassett and Xavier Keeling.
Forty-seven nationally ranked wrestlers, eight teams in the top 25, and 21 out of the last 30 National Championship teams are just a few reasons why the Big Ten is the best wrestling conference in the country.
The Hoosiers will travel to Nashville, Tenn., this weekend for the Music City Classic after taking one out of three games at the Big Ten/Big East Challenge. IU (2-5) will face Illinois State (4-3) and Kent State (4-2) before rounding out the weekend with Vanderbilt (7-1) on Sunday.
Regardless of the odds it faced in the past two seasons, this Hoosier squad never seemed intimidated. That changed during the first trip to Mackey Arena in the Tom Crean’s era as IU coach in a 74-55 loss Wednesday.
If it’s any consolation to IU fans, it will all be over soon. In its last road game, the Hoosiers were easily defeated by rival Purdue, 74-55.
As the IU women’s basketball team journeys to Conseco Fieldhouse for the 2010 Big Ten Tournament’s opening round, it will be facing a familiar and previously-defeated opponent.
They yell, berate officials, cheer for every player and sit in floor seats for every basketball game. And while they aren’t exactly Spike Lee, they still spark both the players and the Assembly Hall crowd. To the media, these fans are lovingly referred to as Superfan and Ponytail
With a 74-55 loss at Purdue on Wednesday night, IU set an historic low with its 11th-straight conference defeat, longest in school history. And just as the final score resembled those of last year with another double-digit deficit, the play up to the final horn prompted flashbacks.
Wing It riders use what they call the “anti-boredom machine.” Also known as Tacx, the new-age bike allows riders trek around the world without leaving Bloomington.