Crimson Guard brings IU home, road advantage
With the one-sided success IU has had at home, the Crimson Guard looked to bring some of the Assembly Hall magic on the road during the weekend at Ohio State.
With the one-sided success IU has had at home, the Crimson Guard looked to bring some of the Assembly Hall magic on the road during the weekend at Ohio State.
Sunday afternoon at Assembly Hall was about more than the final score or the final regular season record for the IU women’s basketball team. The game ended with another Hoosier loss, this time at the hands of Iowa, 93-79.
In a Big Ten Championship meet where the IU men’s swimming and diving team finished second — avoiding third place by just 11 points — it was the extra effort that got the team to the podium.
In a road matchup against the No. 2 squad in the country, the IU men’s basketball team needed every player clicking for a chance at an upset. This was especially true for sophomore guard Jordan Hulls, one of the most prolific shooters on the Hoosiers’ roster.
By the time some read this today, Ohio State should be the No. 1 team in the nation. And while the Buckeyes may not have played the toughest opponent or made the biggest statement this weekend, it’s a spot they deserve.
Tandon Doss was already a step behind some of his peers when he was unable to show off his skills at the Senior Bowl. Doss left IU after his junior year and was ineligible to participate in the event.
Even with a National Player of the Year candidate spending the majority of his time on the bench, Ohio State didn’t miss a beat.
After an opening weekend where IU left 26 runners on base and scored a total of five runs in 34 innings, the IU baseball team wasted no time in using its bats against Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
The IU track and field squad had top performances this weekend from its top athletes, though it wasn’t enough as the Hoosiers came up short at the Big Ten Championships.
The IU water polo team capped off a 2-1 weekend at The Rodeo in Santa Clara, Calif.
The IU softball team improved to 8-7 after going 3-2 during the weekend in the Cathedral City Classic in Palm Springs, Calif.
The No. 44 IU men’s tennis team was swept 7-0 Friday at No. 25 Vanderbilt.
The No. 37 IU women’s tennis team used wins at the bottom of its singles lineup to notch a 4-3 win at Kentucky on Saturday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio --- Freshman DeShaun Thomas scored 22 points, two points less than his career high, and No. 2 Ohio State cruised past IU 82-61 on Sunday at Value City Arena.
The road trip up to Minneapolis, Minn., for the Big Ten Championships didn’t seem to adversely affect the IU men swimmers, as they started the meet off in record-breaking fashion Wednesday.
IU coach Tom Crean said his team’s loss to No. 8 Purdue on Wednesday night was largely based on the inability to stop potential All-Americans E’Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson.
With two of the top-10 Western Conference players headed to the East, the question on everyone’s mind is: Will the league’s dynamic change with fewer stars in the West?
For the IU women’s basketball team, Sunday’s 2 p.m. game against Iowa represents the chance to end a 9-18 season on a high note. It will be the Hoosiers’ final regular season game before they travel up to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Tournament on March 3.
The Hoosiers enter the match at 9-2 and have jumped 10 spots in the latest national rankings to No. 37.
The No. 44 Hoosiers (9-3) will travel to Nashville, Tenn., to face No. 25 Vanderbilt, a team that features the nation’s No. 57 singles player, Ryan Lipman, and two top-40 doubles teams.