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Analysis: Wittman scores career high in IU win

Hoosiers close out Cornell for W

After spending their Thanksgiving week competing in Maui, the Hoosiers returned home Sunday to defeat reigning Ivy League champion Cornell 72-57. IU (4-2) stayed undefeated at home, never trailing against Cornell.BLOG: Basketblog

Personalities square off

Kenny Mayne describes himself with one word – unconventional. But Mayne’s “unconventional” mannerisms have gotten him to where he is today. His offbeat, dry sense of humor has been his trademark at ESPN for the past 13 years.

NCAA: IU on 3 years probation

On Tuesday, IU let out a collective sigh of relief when the NCAA Committee on Infractions announced it accepted IU’s self-imposed sanctions and would only penalize the school in the form of a three-year probationary period.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

Hoosiers push past Michigan to round of 8

The IU men's soccer team advanced to the round of eight after knocking off in-conference foe Michigan Saturday night.

ANALYSIS: Soccer pushes past Billikens, Michigan waiting in second round

It took the IU men’s soccer team 80 minutes Tuesday night to match their entire goal total from the Big Ten Tournament. It took nothing more to dispatch of the Saint Louis Billikens to get the Hoosiers out of the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in two years.

ANALYSIS: Men's soccer thankful for Alston’s play, defeat Saint Louis In NCAA Tournament

IU men’s soccer coach Mike Freitag is happy not to be dining with his family on Thanksgiving.Every Thanksgiving away from the family means Freitag’s team is still alive in its quest for the NCAA title, the eighth in program history.

NCAA spares IU, comes down hard on former coaches

For months, Indiana University waited in suspense and braced for the worst.On Tuesday, the school let out a collective sigh of relief when the NCAA Committee on Infractions announced it had accepted IU’s self-imposed sanctions and would only penalize the school in the form of a three-year probationary period.AUDIO: Crean reacts to NCAA ruling

Second half run dooms Hoosiers on Maui's second day

LAHAINA, HAWAII — After their second blowout loss in as many days, IU coach Tom Crean said his team is disappointed, but not discouraged.The Hoosiers (2-2) lost 80-54 to Saint Joseph’s (2-2) Tuesday in the second round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational. The two teams played tight game in the first half before the Hawks blew the game open in the second period.

OPINION: Good call, NCAA

OPINION: Greenspan navigates Hoosiers from further problems

Rick Greenspan saved his best performance for last.With just little over a month left in his tenure as IU Director of Athletics, Greenspan led the effort to prevent the men’s basketball program from additional significant penalties by the NCAA Committee on Infractions stemming from rules violations by former men’s coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff.

NCAA levies probation on IU

The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions placed IU on a probationary period starting Tuesday.The reprimand comes down after the NCAA found former men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and staff made recruiting violations, to which the University improperly monitored.    PDF: NCAA report on recruiting violations    AUDIO: Crean responds to NCAA reportThe probationary period will last three years, ending November 24, 2011.According to a report released from the committee, per the probation the University must create a "comprehensive educational program on NCAA legislation." This includes seminars and testing to instruct all athletics department personnel and University staff members "with responsibility for the certification of student-athletes for admission, retention, financial aid or competition."

NCAA to announce men's basketball decision today

The NCAA Committee on Infractions announced today that it will hand down its decision regarding the IU men’s basketball team’s case, with a 4 p.m. teleconference scheduled for today.

Deserving so much more, wanting nothing less

The faces have come, and mostly gone, for Kyle Taber.

New kids on the block

Last season, the IU football team faced a historic season and accomplished its season long-goal to “Play 13” games.

Restoring pride

The windows had been boarded up for weeks. The paint, once a vibrant crimson, had now faded and was chipping away on the exterior. The roof, deteriorated. The walls inside of the building were in equally bad shape, a combination of neglect and lack of maintenance.

Season of '69

Like so many stories, this one begins in the summer of ’69.

Hoosiers face tall tasks on the road

Fans know well the low expectations for the IU men’s basketball team in the Big Ten; most experts predict them to finish toward or at the bottom of the conference.

IU blasted by Purdue squad on Tiller’s final day as coach

WEST LAFAYETTE – On fourth down and two, Purdue running back Dan Dierking was tripped up just short of a first down by IU defenders. BLOG: Under the Rock

Basketball team to face Notre Dame in 1st round

KA’ANAPALI, Hawaii – After facing Notre Dame three times last season at Marquette, Tom Crean is well aware of the task at hand for the IU men’s basketball team Monday.AUDIO: Crean in Maui