Team faces Big Ten talent this weekend
Few top players will participate – junior Lachlan Ferguson and sophomore Maxime Armengaud will not – but IU’s younger players will get their first look at conference players.
Few top players will participate – junior Lachlan Ferguson and sophomore Maxime Armengaud will not – but IU’s younger players will get their first look at conference players.
The Hoosiers (14-10, 3-7) start the final stretch with rematches at home against No. 6 Illinois (16-3, 8-2) at 7 p.m. Friday and Northwestern (11-11, 2-8) at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Indiana couldn't get a break this offseason. After missing the NCAA tournament, three starters graduated. This fall, sophomore forward Lindsay Enterline tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. Now, coach Felisha Legette-Jack and the Hoosiers are back in Bloomington, plotting more fun.
The Hoosiers are ready to come out of their summer hibernation and open up the 2009-10 season this weekend.
The reigning national champions had to fight for their spot in the regional tournament, and now the team is looking to put together the perfect set of games. IU (7-3-2) has the benefit of hosting the regional tournament that gets underway Saturday at Karst Park near 10th and the Bypass.
It will be a battle of school colors this weekend at The Frank Southern Center as the men’s hockey team plays yet another top-25 team.
IU prepares for its last game against Michigan at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Evan Williams Club Sports Field near the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation.
The Hawkeyes (8-0) are led by a veteran defense that is among the nation’s best. This season, Iowa is top-20 in the country for total defense, passing defense, scoring defense and turnovers gained. It also leads Bowl Championship Series teams in interceptions with 15 on the year.
Despite the four-game lead Iowa has on IU, the teams are almost statistical reflections of one another. Other than Iowa’s daunting defensive statistics, the teams would appear to be on equal footing.
Iowa has an 8-0 record, a No. 7 Associated Press ranking and a No. 4 Bowl Championship Series ranking, but the Hawkeyes have trailed in all but one of their games this season.
With both teams tied in the Big Ten at 2-2, every minute of play is crucial. The Hoosiers will end their season at home with two conference matchups.
IU coach Tom Crean was at the North End Zone facility Thursday for a tip-off pep rally. Six hundred and fifty Varsity Club donors, season ticket holders and other fans came to hear him speak and meet the 2009-2010 men’s basketball team. It was the fourth-annual pep rally, but the first in the North End Zone.
As the men’s cross country team looks ahead to a championship season, they can attribute their success not only to a strenuous workout regimen, but to strong team camaraderie and mutual leadership.
As Sunday morning quickly approaches, the IU men’s and women’s cross country teams prepare to put their season training to the test as they travel to University Park, Pa., to compete in the 2009 Big Ten Championships.
Strong leadership is hard to come by on a young team, but IU women’s cross country doesn’t have to look any further than junior Sarah Pease.
It’s official: Bob Knight will not attend the ceremony inducting him into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame. The University confirmed Knight’s planned absence in a press release today.
IU athletics director Fred Glass said Tuesday that he will honor Lynch’s contract, which runs through the 2011 season.
Alex Bozich has been covering the IU men’s basketball team as the editor and co-founder of insidethehall.com since 2007. He’s reported on the tail end of the Kelvin Sampson era and the beginning of the Tom Crean era.
Bob Kravitz, a columnist for the Indianapolis Star, answered questions about former IU men’s basketball coach Bob Knight’s decision to decline IU’s invitation for the IU Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame reception on Nov. 6.
IU Athletics Director Fred Glass’ attempt to reach out to former IU men’s basketball coach Bob Knight appears to have been unsuccessful.