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Column: Why I couldn’t care less about the NBA this year

By Max McCombs · Wednesday, Jan. 11,2012 10:49 p.m.

Most years, I eagerly anticipate the start of the NBA season. This year, though, thanks to the lockout, early November came and went with no NBA action, and I hardly noticed or cared. The lockout brought out the worst in a lot of people. Empty threats were bandied about by two sides, both already wealthy, squabbling about money.

Column: Scouting the Golden Gophers

By Avi Zaleon · Wednesday, Jan. 11,2012 10:46 p.m.

The Golden Gophers almost had me fooled. Sporting a 12-1 record entering Big Ten season, Minnesota seemed like it could actually be a contender.

A look at who will be missing from the diamond this spring

By Micah McVicker · Wednesday, Jan. 11,2012 12:18 a.m.

The 2011 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team lost eight players from last season. Two were selected in June’s 2011 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.

Women forget past, focus on future skills

By Nathan Brown · Tuesday, Jan. 10,2012 11:35 p.m.

Thursday night, IU Coach Felisha Legette-Jack and her players will travel to East Lansing, Mich., to try to end their conference losing streak against the team that started it.

Column: Men's basketball not the only bright spot for Hoosier fans in 2012

By Caitlin Ursini · Tuesday, Jan. 10,2012 11:32 p.m.

This new year brings the opportunity to discover the other sports IU has to offer. It’s time to bring back the tradition of winning at IU.

IU excels at its Indiana home, falters on road

By Nathan Brown · Monday, Jan. 9,2012 11:13 p.m.

After a loss Sunday at home to conference foe Northwestern, the IU women’s basketball team now stands at 5-12, including a 0-4 start in the Big Ten. But even with only two wins thus far in Assembly Hall, the Hoosiers do seem to show an advantage when playing on Branch McCracken Court. They’ve won by almost six more points when in Bloomington, and their losses have been much closer as they lose by seven points fewer on average. Here’s a look at the IU women’s basketball team’s home court advantage so far in the 2011-12 campaign.

Latest AP poll ranks IU No. 7 after solid victories

By Connor O'Gara · Monday, Jan. 9,2012 11:08 p.m.

The latest Associated Press poll has IU at No. 7, marking the first time the Hoosiers have cracked the top 10 since Jan. 21, 2008. While the rest of the season has yet to be determined, recent history has not been on IU’s side. Here’s a look at how IU has fared in post-Bob Knight seasons in which they’ve cracked the AP top 10.

Littrell happy to be a Hoosier

By Alex McCarthy · Monday, Jan. 9,2012 11:06 p.m.

As 2011 came to an end, the IU football team lost one of its co-offensive coordinators when Rod Smith left to coach at Arizona. On Jan. 3, IU Coach Kevin Wilson named Seth Littrell, coincidentally the former co-offensive coordinator at Arizona, to the post of offensive coordinator.

Hoosiers move to top ten

Monday, Jan. 9,2012 12:59 p.m.

The polls are out, and IU men's basketball team has made it to the top ten.

Roth ignites second-half attack at Penn State

By Connor O'Gara · Sunday, Jan. 8,2012 11:54 p.m.

Penn State held IU junior guard Jordan Hulls to just one 3-pointer in the final 19 minutes of the game after he had already knocked down six. Unfortunately for Penn State, the team forgot about Matt Roth.

Victory comes from behind the arc for Hoosiers

By Kevin Bowen · Sunday, Jan. 8,2012 11:51 p.m.

Hulls and Roth combined to go 12-of-15 with 3-pointers Sunday against Penn State (9-8, 1-3) as No. 12 IU (15-1, 3-1) notched its third road win of the season in beating the Nittany Lions 88-82.

Wrestlers fall as Powless rises on all-time wins list

By Kate Wickwire · Sunday, Jan. 8,2012 11:36 p.m.

The IU wrestling team suffered a defeat this past Friday at the hands of No. 2-ranked Iowa. Despite the 12-26 loss, the Hoosiers did gain some individual victories.

2nd-half rally comes up short for Hoosiers against Wildcats

By Trent Stutzman · Sunday, Jan. 8,2012 11:35 p.m.

After trailing by 17 points to Northwestern with just more than nine minutes remaining in its second Big Ten home game of the year, the IU women’s basketball team went on a surge for the next eight minutes of play to close the gap to three points.

IU runs over competition for individual, team wins

By Connor Killoren · Sunday, Jan. 8,2012 11:33 p.m.

The IU men’s and women’s track and field teams rang in the new year by winning a combined 10 events at Saturday’s Indiana Open

Hoosiers pile up wins in Orlando matches

By Ben Simmons · Sunday, Jan. 8,2012 11:32 p.m.

The Hoosiers, who debuted at No. 29 — one spot above last year’s final standing — in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association national team rankings released Tuesday, have gone 21-8 thus far at the event, with wins against opponents representing Louisville, Radford and Alabama.

Hoosiers fall in meet at Michigan

By Jordan Littman · Sunday, Jan. 8,2012 11:30 p.m.

In their meet in Ann Arbor, Mich., this season and their first meet in more than a month, both IU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams fell to Michigan on Saturday, with the men losing 166-130, and the women getting edged 151.5-148.5.

Freshman McCurty continues to develop her game

By Nathan Brown · Sunday, Jan. 8,2012 11:28 p.m.

After winning last week’s Big Ten Freshman of the Week award, IU freshman center Quaneisha McCurty saw only nine minutes of action during IU’s (5-12, 0-4) Sunday loss to Northwestern (11-5, 1-2) at Assembly Hall 69-61.

Final: IU 88, PSU 82

By Connor O'Gara · Sunday, Jan. 8,2012 11:53 a.m.

The IU men’s basketball team came into Sunday as the nation’s leader in three-point field goal percentage at 45.6 percent.

While you were out

By Kevin Bowen · Friday, Jan. 6,2012 12:56 a.m.

The IU men's basketball team played five games during winter break. The team went 4-1 during that stretch.

Hoosiers still winless in Big Ten play

By Trent Stutzman · Friday, Jan. 6,2012 12:53 a.m.

In its first meeting as fellow Big Ten opponents, the Indiana women’s basketball team fell to No. 19 Nebraska on Thursday night 62-48. The loss for IU gives it a three-game losing streak to begin Big Ten play and drops its overall record to 5-11. Its 11 losses tie the team with Wisconsin for the most in the conference.

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