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A 'grand' weekend for IU coach

By Ryan Cost and Ryan J. Cost · Monday, March 31,2003 12:17 a.m.

After a home loss and a postponed game on Friday, IU baseball coach Bob Morgan finally snatched his elusive 1,000th career victory this weekend becoming the 12th active coach and just the 26th in Division I history to reach the 1,000 win plateau.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, March 28,2003 12:57 a.m.

Qualifications for the 53rd Little 500 begin Saturday with 42 men's teams and 31 women's teams taking part. The men's field will be narrowed to fit the 33 available spots while all the women's teams are guaranteed entry in the race.

Butler is not a Cinderella team

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, March 28,2003 12:54 a.m.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson has seen enough to know Butler is no underdog.

Searching for one more win

By Ryan Cost and Ryan J. Cost · Friday, March 28,2003 12:54 a.m.

The IU baseball team begins conference play this weekend fresh off a disappointing home loss to Wright State that denied coach Bob Morgan his 1,000th career victory. The Hoosiers (14-3) are headed west to take on the Fighting Illini of Illinois in a four-game series that begins today at 4:05 p.m. Aside from Wednesday's back-and-forth 7-6 shortcoming, IU has been nothing short of spectacular in the early going. Morgan's club is batting a solid .281 as a team and posts a league-best 2.64 earned run average, just a hair better than their weekend opponents who come in with an ERA of 2.65. Sophomore Corby Heckman heads to Champagne, Ill., with the league's fifth-best average, batting .418, and junior pitcher Chris Behrens (2-0) comes into the game with the Big Ten's lowest ERA at 0.92.

UConn star left Texas for greener basketball pastures

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, March 28,2003 12:53 a.m.

SAN ANTONIO -- If only Texas had recruited Emeka Okafor, he could have stayed much closer to home.

Luck of Irish runs out

By Alyson Brodsy and Beth Harris · Friday, March 28,2003 12:52 a.m.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Arizona took all the drama out of this one early. After beating Gonzaga by one point in a double-overtime classic, the top-seeded Wildcats rolled right over Notre Dame 88-71 Thursday night to advance to the West Regional final.

Top seed Kentucky moves on

By Alyson Brodsy and Rick Gano · Friday, March 28,2003 12:52 a.m.

MINNEAPOLIS -- With Keith Bogans watching helplessly from the bench in the second half, Kentucky turned to the power of Marquis Estill to ward off Wisconsin.

Focus needed during conference weekend

By Alex Witteveld · Friday, March 28,2003 12:51 a.m.

The IU women's water polo team continues play this weekend after a long seven game road trip in California.

Hoosiers head to Kentucky

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, March 28,2003 12:50 a.m.

With a two-week break under their belts, the men's golf team looks to continue from their strong finish at the El Diablo Invitational March 16.

Teams in action this weekend

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, March 28,2003 12:49 a.m.

The men's tennis team returns home for the first time in over a month when they host two Big Ten conference matches this weekend.

Crew season gets underway

By Cory Steger · Friday, March 28,2003 12:48 a.m.

After enduring a strenuous off-season, the women's rowing team gets its chance to make an early statement in the squad's first race of the season in West Lafayette this Sunday.

Big Ten season begins

By Dan Patrick · Friday, March 28,2003 12:48 a.m.

Coming off of two straight extra-inning wins, including a 15-9 eighth inning rout of the Indiana State Sycamores, the IU softball team is poised for the start of the Big Ten season.

Outdoor season starts

By Steve Hinson · Friday, March 28,2003 12:47 a.m.

This weekend the men's track and field team scatters as part of the team will travel to Gainesville, Fla., for the Florida Relays and others will meet in an open meet at Purdue to begin their outdoor season.

Optimism high as spring season training begins

By Natalie A. Trout · Friday, March 28,2003 12:46 a.m.

Spring football practice opens Saturday with 69 healthy players to work with. After last year's record of 3-9, 1-7 in the Big Ten, the team is looking to make some serious changes this spring that will effect their play in the fall.

James shines in McDonald's game

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:49 a.m.

CLEVELAND -- LeBron James was content to simply be a high school All-Star Wednesday night. The 18-year-old high school senior, an almost-certain No. 1 pick in this summer's NBA draft, scored 27 points in leading the East to a 122-107 victory over the West in the 26th annual McDonald's All-American high school basketball game.

No change in overtime; playoff expansion tabled

By Alyson Brodsy and Dave Goldberg · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:48 a.m.

PHOENIX -- NFL owners changed nothing. The league closed its annual spring meeting Wednesday by voting down a proposal to give both teams a shot at the ball in overtime. And it tabled a proposal to expand the playoffs from 12 teams to 14.

Senior player sets example for team

By Alex Witteveld · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:47 a.m.

As a utility player, senior Sarah Butler plays exactly like her position describes: doing anything the team needs to win.

Team heads into Big Ten on a roll

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:46 a.m.

For the first time in a month, the Hoosiers are .500 as they stole both games in the softball doubleheader Wednesday by beating Indiana State 6-4 in nine innings in game one and 15-9 in eight innings in game two. In the first game of the twin bill, junior Kristine Dugan's two-run home run in the top of the ninth powered the Hoosiers over Indiana State 6-4, moving the squad one game closer to the .500 mark.

NCAAs to kick off in Texas

By Mark Carlson · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:42 a.m.

Two members of the men's swimming and diving team will be representing IU at the NCAA Championships, starting today. The national title meet unfolds today through March 29 in Austin, Texas. Juniors Marc Carlton and Claes Andersson will be competing at the tournament. Junior Matt Leach and sophomore Murph Halasz were selected as alternates but did not travel to the competition.

Just short

By John Rodgers · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:39 a.m.

Coach Bob Morgan's bid for his 1,000 victory fell as fast as the setting sun as Wright State's two-run eighth inning rally propelled the Raiders to a 7-6 victory over IU. Sophomore Ty Brown's grounder to second took a bad hop on sophomore Jay Brant, and Raider runners senior Kofi Gyimah and freshman Justin Wilson came around to score to provide the winning margin.

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