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Competitors don't bother senior

Senior Jenn Cristy, IU's most-decorated swimmer, will start her last Big Ten Championship today with the 50-yard freestyle.

Work ethic prepares sophomore for Big Ten meet

Anne Williams does not believe in setting goals for herself. Her hard work takes the place of goals.

Men's Tennis: Hoosiers to face rowdy crowd

"Noisemakers" was the common response when members of the men's tennis team were asked about their last trip to Ball State.

Wrestling: Freshman confident about being All-American

Redshirt freshman wrestler Coyte Cooper doesn't use words like "maybe", "possibly" or "hopefully" when he discusses his individual aspirations at IU.

Men's Basketball: Freshman holds his own off bench

As the last man on IU's depth chart, freshman forward Mike Roberts knows he'll only see action in blow-out games. Knowing Northwestern has won one game in the conference in the last two years, he was hoping the regulars would give him a chance to get off the bench and into last night's game.

Women\'s Basketball: Hoosiers looking to upset No. 7 Purdue

The women's basketball team heads to No. 7 Purdue tonight riding a two-game winning streak. This streak includes the Hoosiers first victory against a ranked team, then-No. 20 Wisconsin.

Jeffries, Haston to stay put

Interim head coach Mike Davis said forwards Kirk Haston and Jared Jeffries will not enter the NBA draft following this season. NBA draft expert Chris Monter said it's for the better. "They're not going anywhere," Davis said. "They're both having good seasons and when you have good seasons like they're having, things tend to fly around like that." Jeffries, a freshman, said Sunday after IU's 72-59 victory against Michigan that he was considering a jump to the NBA.

Coach turning team around

Dorsey Tierney seems organized. Emphasis on the word "seems." For the most part, the women's swimming coach likely is -- she's rebuilt IU's women's swimming program, radiates a hard-working persona and receives praise from her swimmers. But she's a tad disheveled in a few departments. Take her four gold medals, for instance. Most people would put the death grip on those treasures, place them in an air-tight case and put them on display for every Tom, Dick and Harry who happens to stroll by.

Young sprinters lead team's indoor season

During this men's indoor track season, school records have been shattered and vast improvements have been made by some unexpected surprises.

Professor, ratings guru help Mavericks owner

Professor Wayne Winston attended a Dallas Mavericks game during a trip to Dallas last spring break and bumped into a former student. It turned out the student was Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban. Cuban casually approached Winston. The owner told his former professor that if he had any ideas to make the Mavericks better, Winston should let Cuban know.

Wildcats whimper into Bloomington

Northwestern coach Bill Carmody was blunt, honest and somewhere between despair and hope at this year's Big Ten media day in Chicago. After four years as head coach at Princeton, where he guided the Tigers to the postseason every year, Carmody took the head coaching job with one of the worst teams in the Big Ten. And he knew it.

Volleyball: Junior goes up against the best

Laurie Gardner said she felt a little intimidated. Playing alongside 13 All-Americans will do that. So will the prospect of earning a spot on the USA Women's National A-2 team, a summer squad composed of college volleyball players who have remaining eligibility.

Swimming for the home crowd

The talk last week wasn't about turns and technique for the women's swimming team, which is preparing for this weekend's Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. Days before the biggest meet of the year, the women were thinking about which music would echo through Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center before each event.

Sports Commentary: All-Star lineup disappoints

Saturday night at the NBA All-Star Game was disappointing. And that's putting it mildly. Usually a fun night, with lots of excitement, Saturday was a dud. The crowd was about as a excited as if it was going to the dentist's office. The players and participants of the events were better, but not much.

Women\'s Basketball: Hoosier center named Big Ten Player of Week

Junior center Jill Chapman could get used to this. For the third time this season, the Big Ten Conference has selected Chapman as its women's basketball Big Ten Player of the Week. The latest honor, announced Monday, will be shared with Iowa guard Lindsey Meder.

Sports Commentary: Notre Dame win streak not luck

Don't call it the luck of the Irish. Notre Dame's seven-game Big East win streak has been anything but that. With their 69-66 win in West Virginia Sunday, the Irish upped their overall record to 16-5 and moved their conference mark to 8-2.

Hoosiers bounce No. 20 Badgers

Leaders of the pack

It's safe to say IU would have lost to Michigan if junior forward Kirk Haston or freshman forward Jared Jeffries didn't play like an all-star. Interim head coach Mike Davis did. "If we don't have Kirk Haston and Jared Jeffries tonight, we're in serious trouble," Davis said. Haston and Jeffries combined for 56 of IU's 72 points. Michigan scored 59. For the second consecutive game, Haston topped his previous career high, scoring 30 points and adding eight rebounds. After the game, Davis compared him to former IU guard A.J. Guyton, last year's Big Ten Player of the Year.

Seniors say goodbye to IU crowd

Seniors Gabe Cook, Kevin Stanley and Mike Dixon received a warm send-off as an audience of about 150 gathered Sunday at the University Gym to celebrate Senior Day for the wrestling squad. The convincing victory against Northwestern represented the last time the Hoosier trio would wrestle in front of its home crowd. "I'm going to miss the fans; it's a great crowd here," Cook said. "Indiana's a great place to wrestle."

Wrestling falls to Michigan, beats Northwestern

Friday, the wrestling team faced its fourth consecutive top-10-ranked conference opponent. Sunday, they faced the only unranked conference team. The dual results were true to the rankings. The No. 23 Hoosiers dropped their fourth consecutive conference dual to No. 5 Michigan Friday night 24-14. Sunday, the team ended the losing skid with a 38-6 thrashing of struggling Northwestern. The weekend split leaves the Hoosiers 14-5 overall and 2-4 in the Big Ten.