Hoosiers lacking inside options
Tom, Derek, Bobby — it’s time to step up.
Tom, Derek, Bobby — it’s time to step up.
The IU baseball team will be tested quickly on how well it has restocked and reloaded for the 2010 season Friday. The Hoosiers open play a long way from home with a four-game series at the University of San Diego. The schedule has the Hoosiers playing one game Friday, a doubleheader Saturday and closing out the series with a single game on Sunday, all at USD’s Cunningham Stadium.
Most collegiate coaches would consider themselves in a rebuilding stage after losing 11 letterwinners from the previous year, but not IU coach Tracy Smith. As the Hoosiers get ready to fly west to battle No. 23 San Diego for its opening weekend matchup, Smith must decide between now and conference play who’s going to fill the void left by six starting position players and two of his three starting pitchers from 2009.
As the Hoosiers get ready to fly west to battle No. 23 San Diego for its opening weekend matchup, Smith must decide between now and conference play who’s going to fill the void left by six starting position players and two of his three starting pitchers from 2009.
The IU baseball team will be tested quickly on how well it has restocked and reloaded for the 2010 season Friday.
There is one certainty amongst the rumors of Big Ten expansion across the nation and, in particular, the blog-o-sphere — while very few officials are willing to talk about the possibility, many are willing to listen.
Saturday will mark the first time IU has had nine healthy players since a Dec. 22 matchup with Toledo. The Hoosiers have gone 5-8 in that time span.
Nothing remarkable happened Tuesday night in Assembly Hall. IU hit its free throws, handled the ball decently and lost 72-58 to a better, more experienced team in its seventh-straight loss.
The IU women’s swimming and diving coaches gave each swimmer a T-shirt with a target on the back during this week’s practice. This is exactly what the No. 14 Hoosiers will have when they step foot in West Lafayette to defend their Big Ten title.
The IU women’s swimming and diving coaches gave each swimmer a T-shirt with a target on the back during this week’s practice. This is exactly what the No. 14 Hoosiers will have when they step foot in West Lafayette to defend their Big Ten title.
IU freshman Josh MacTaggart doesn’t overpower anyone on the tennis court. His serve is of average velocity compared to his Hoosier teammates, and he rarely surprises anyone with his strength. At first glance, he looks more like a runner or a swimmer than a tennis player.
The scoreboard might not have shown it — and it was the team’s seventh loss in as many games — but IU took some baby steps in the right direction Tuesday.
Michigan State celebrated Mardi Gras at Assembly Hall with a 72-58 win, further cementing its No. 1 spot in the Big Ten.
The Big Ten was expected to be one of the best conferences this year, and it has lived up to its billing. The Hoosiers, however, aren't helping its prestige.
Most of the teams in the Big Ten have had a losing streak this season, but none have had it as bad as IU. As the Hoosiers enter tonight’s contest against the No. 11 Michigan State Spartans — No. 1 in the conference — they will be looking to end a six-game losing streak.
For all that is good, honorable and still respectable in today’s college game, hallelujah, an undefeated season is no longer possible for John Calipari’s southern sideshow in Kentucky.
When IU lost to No. 11 Michigan State last March, it was the team’s eighth-straight loss and the 19th in 20 games. Yet after the way the Hoosiers performed against the eventual NCAA Tournament runner-up Spartans this year, there wasn’t much with which to be disappointed.
IU coach Tom Crean is still teaching. Instead of letting his team pack it in during games such as IU’s 83-55 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday, Crean has pushed the team through the losses.
One of IU coach Tom Crean’s favorite lines explains the unprecedented circumstances he incurred when coming to Bloomington. It’s a true statement. No IU men’s basketball coach has ever had to assemble a team from scratch the way Crean has in the past two seasons. But different faces on media guides aren’t the only new thing to hit campus.
Junior guard Jeremiah Rivers drove down the lane, and the whistle sounded. He had begun the game with a travel again, and IU started another contest on the wrong foot.