Hoosiers miss the mark against Illini
After a first half which ended with a 41-28 Hoosiers lead, constant fouls broke IU’s offensive rhythm and stopped the clock to allow Illinois time for a comeback.
After a first half which ended with a 41-28 Hoosiers lead, constant fouls broke IU’s offensive rhythm and stopped the clock to allow Illinois time for a comeback.
IU coach Tom Crean said there were two teams fighting after IU played Illinois to a 66-60 loss Saturday night.
Saturday might have marked the Hoosiers’ third game already in conference play, but IU coach Tom Crean’s squad received a good taste of what it will be facing during the rest of the season.
On Wednesday, IU track and field coach Ron Helmer asked his team for its best effort.
The No. 12 IU women’s swimming and diving team opened 2010 “right” with a 130-113 win against No. 16 Michigan.
The loss of Sasha Chaplin’s average of 10 points, 12 rebounds and 1 block per game proved to be the breaking point for the Hoosiers in their overtime loss to Penn State.
Still, even with everything the Hoosiers went through, they competed with some of the best teams in the nation at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Spring Invitational this weekend.
The Hoosiers led Illinois by 13 at half, but the Illini, led by center Mike Tisdale's 27 points and 9 rebounds, took the game.
The Hoosiers will face the Illini in a Big Ten contest tonight at 8 p.m. in Assembly Hall.
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After a 67-day hiatus following freshman Josh MacTaggart’s Big Ten Singles Championship, the IU men’s tennis team returns to the court today as it prepares for the spring season.
After the way IU played against Ohio State on Wednesday, it had to feel good to return home.
After IU’s 79-54 loss against Ohio State, IU coach Tom Crean called it “a learning development.”
Ohio State coach Thad Matta took a timeout 47 seconds in the first half, after junior guard Jeremiah Rivers’ dunk.The 30-second speech worked.The Buckeyes went on an early 29-6 run and IU shot 30 percent from the field in the first half. In the end, the Hoosiers fell 79-54 in their Big Ten road opener.
Simply put, the IU men’s basketball team’s first Big Ten road game couldn’t have gone any worse. Aside from a 14-for-17 effort from the free throw line and a game-high 22 points from sophomore guard Verdell Jones, it’s hard to pinpoint anything else that went right for the Hoosiers.
Crean: “We were not aggressive enough on either end of the court, and we played like a team in its first road game and that’s disappointing.”
There were plenty of questions surrounding the health of Ohio State guard Evan Turner, but they were all for naught. He wasn’t needed.Turner began the game with a one-handed dunk, but the score was one of the only 3 points he scored in nine minutes of play in a first half that ended 38-20.More intriguing were the road struggles of IU. They had 14 first half turnovers and shot 6-of-20 from the field.
The Hoosiers face the Buckeyes for their first road Big Ten game this season. Follow live by clicking here.

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