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One goal for IU: Get backpacks

The IU softball team starts its season this weekend in McKinney, Texas, with one thing on its mind -- backpacks. The Hoosiers are not thinking about the run-of-the-mill North Face backpacks seen around campus, but special backpacks reserved for the participants of the Big Ten Tournament -- something the Cream and Crimson have not competed in since 1997.

Wrestling squad faces final tests

After an 11-0 start, the second best in Duane Goldman's 14 seasons as the Hoosiers head coach, the IU wrestling team hit a string of four top 10 opponents in a row. On all four of those occasions, the Hoosiers came away on the losing end, with their latest fall being last Friday's 27-8 loss to No. 8 Penn State.

'Other Miami coach' trying to resurrect baseball program

Across Indiana's eastern border, in the quaint college town of Oxford, Ohio, lies Miami University -- home to rich daddy's girls, birthplace of fraternities and former stomping grounds of mediocre Boston Celtics forward Wally Szczerbiak. It's a cute little place.

White, Vaden may both leave IU after Davis' resignation

Two Hoosier stars made it clear they would not return to the team during a press conference Thursday to announce IU basketball coach Mike Davis' retirement. Sophomore forward D.J. White and sophomore guard Robert Vaden both implied that wherever Davis ended up, they would follow.

Davis era to end

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. ‑ A speculative week has seemingly climaxed as multiple media outlets reported Wednesday evening that IU men's basketball coach Mike Davis has resigned. According to the reports, Davis will remain with the team for the rest of the season, but an official resignation announcement could come from the University as early as today. A Sports Illustrated story cites an unnamed source within the athletic department. "If I say something, I'll say the wrong thing," Davis said after Wednesday night's game. "Trust me, I've been on TV the last three days, so I just need to keep my mouth quiet and focus on our basketball team."

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Reports: Davis has resigned

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Road woes continue for IU

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Somewhere amid all of the resignation-rumor mayhem Wednesday night, a basketball game was played. But it certainly didn't offer IU too much of a bright side. The Hoosiers (13-9, 5-6 Big Ten) fell 71-68 to conference bottom-dweller Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center, putting them into a position where they would likely have to win four out of their last five games to make the NCAA Tournament. "We've just got to win four games now," IU coach Mike Davis said. "The magic number for us is to try to get to 17 wins."

Hoosiers set for title run

For the 12th year in a row the Hoosier hockey squad will vie for its first-ever national championship, starting Friday against the University of Pittsburgh Panthers.

IU Equestrian Team wins first regional team title

Megan Gaare and Liz Atkins have ridden in horse shows all their lives. So when the IU juniors realized they needed to step up and give fellow team members lessons and coach them during competition in addition to their own training, they saddled up for challenge. It paid off.

In The Paint

Forget the records. Forget the statistics. Forget the over-thought analysis. This game is about who wants it more. The Hoosiers are reeling.

Knight picks walk-on for team in reality show

NEW YORK -- Bob Knight's reality show will be rated PG.

Hoosiers hope to end 3-year drought without championship

The No. 16 IU women's swimming and diving team begins competition today in Columbus, Ohio, in hopes of ending its three-year drought without a Big Ten Championship. The Hoosiers last won the conference title in 2003.

After flu, Davis returns to sidelines

For about a week, some fans might have been searching for Mike Davis. He didn't coach Saturday against Iowa because of a flu-like illness. His practices have been uncharacteristically closed to the media. And he left assistants Kerry Rupp and Donnie Marsh to do his radio show Monday night.

Leveling the playing field

"Women need not apply." It was those four words that convinced former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh to change America. They say behind every powerful man is a great woman and Bayh, an IU School of Law alumnus and Indiana native, knows this to be true. His wife, Marvella, had been like his campaign manager. Marvella, the daughter of a wheat farmer, already had a list of achievements when she met Birch in December of 1951. In Oklahoma, she was a straight "A" student, the first female president of her student body, governor of Oklahoma Girls' State, president of Girls' Nation and had met President Truman. "It was love at first sight," said Bayh, now 78.

Davis criticizes detractors

As Hoosier coach Mike Davis continues to try to fulfill his job description and coach basketball, he finds himself continually answering questions about his job -- not his team. For the second day in a row, Davis' comments made national headlines as he addressed the media during a Big Ten teleconference. "It doesn't make any sense," he said. "I've been under fire for the past weeks by not just the fans, but the media. And we were one game out of first place during that time. We were ranked in the top 20 during that time." Davis compared recent circumstances to Orlando Magic star Steve Francis under achieving amid trade rumors, or a family being nervous about a company downsizing.

Bush honors White Sox as Series champs

WASHINGTON -- With much of the team absent and its colorful and quotable manager on a family vacation, the 2005 World Series Champion Chicago White Sox paid a visit Monday to the White House to be honored by President George W. Bush. Bush, a former co-owner of the Texas Rangers, showered the team with praise, thanked Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf for helping him get into baseball ownership years ago and saluted manager Ozzie Guillen for his skill and becoming a U.S. citizen.

Davis criticizes detractors

As Hoosier coach Mike Davis continues to try to fulfill his job description and coach basketball, he finds himself continually answering questions about his job -- not his team. For the second day in a row, Davis' comments made national headlines as he addressed the media during a Big Ten teleconference. "It doesn't make any sense," he said. "I've been under fire for the past weeks by not just the fans, but the media. And we were one game out of first place during that time. We were ranked in the top 20 during that time."

Athletics department funds $1.5 million facility

Following its most successful season in school history, the IU field hockey team will be rewarded with a "state of the art" outdoor facility set to open this fall. On Feb. 3, the IU board of trustees approved a $1.5 million plan to build a field hockey field with a synthetic playing surface and an adjacent soccer practice field with a natural grass surface. The fields will be located between the IU outdoor swimming pool and St. Paul's Catholic Center. The plan includes fencing, a scoreboard, safety nets and an irrigation and drainage system for the soccer field.

IU drops 4th straight meet

The first seven times the IU wrestling team faced Penn State, it came out on the losing end. Number eight didn't turn out to be the lucky number for the No. 15-ranked Hoosiers, who dropped their fourth straight match Friday with a 27-8 loss to the No. 8-ranked Nittany Lions.