Hoosiers keep composure in important win
On Wednesday, IU coach Tom Crean told members of the media that Penn State’s 0-5 Big Ten record and 8-9 overall season performance was “misleading.” The Nittany Lions had lost a number of close games.
On Wednesday, IU coach Tom Crean told members of the media that Penn State’s 0-5 Big Ten record and 8-9 overall season performance was “misleading.” The Nittany Lions had lost a number of close games.
The No. 12 IU women’s swimming and diving team will battle another ranked opponent in No. 22 Purdue on Saturday at Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. The Hoosiers’ match with the Boilermakers is one of only two remaining dual meets before the Big Ten and NCAA championships.
When Northwestern rallied to within two points of the lead to begin the second half, the IU women’s basketball team leaders did not flinch.
The IU men’s tennis team will play in its last tune-up competition this weekend. The Hoosiers are in Blacksburg, Va.for the Hokie Challenge, which begins at 4 p.m. today.
The Hoosiers plan to accomplish two things when they head to Ann Arbor, Mich., this Sunday: win back-to-back conference games for the first time this season and complete a season sweep of the Wolverines.
Led by a Dumes off the bench and Watford's board-crashing, the Hoosiers held off Talor Battle and the Nittany Lions, keeping Penn State winless in the Big Ten.
Halfway through the season, the Hoosiers have seen almost everything. A victory at Madison Square Garden. A loss to a nationally ranked opponent. And this past Sunday, an overtime conference win. But an away win? That’s yet to happen.
When IU fans last left the Assembly Hall stands in the 2006-07 season, a D.J. White-led team had defeated the No. 2 Wisconsin Badgers.
Unlike most other teenage basketball prospects, Capobianco was never a kid of just a few words.
Following Sunday’s 81-64 loss at No. 5 Ohio State, IU women’s basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack said her team wasn’t where it needed to be defensively.
Multimedia editor Sean Morrison talked with the Centre Daily Times' Jeff Rice about Penn State's Big Ten woes, Talor Battle and the Lions' plan of attack against the Hoosiers here.
IU coach Tom Crean said his team will look to improve its frontcourt defense against Penn State at 7 p.m. today in University Park, Pa.
IDS sports editor Ryan Winn responds to your comments and votes on the IU men's basketball team from the past week.
"My primary goal in all this is to get as many people in Assembly Hall as possible," said Athletics Director Fred Glass. "What this does for us, is the people in and around Assembly Hall, primarily students and faculty and staff, can watch pretty much the entire Colts game, and still get to our game. So hopefully that's significant. We appreciate the cooperation of the Big Ten Conference, the Big Ten Network and the University of Iowa."
Verdell Jones: “If the fans tried to do what they want, but I felt like it was a game that we didn’t need to.”
It was a familiar story line, but this go-around had a different ending for the Indianapolis Colts.This time, there was no rust. There were no timing issues. And, most importantly, there was not another early, unexpected exit for a team that has faced more controversy in the last month than any other all season.
Senior Ashley Rhoades, a high jumper on the women’s track and field team, has set lofty goals. Luckily, she’s used to leaping great heights.
Sophomore guard Verdell Jones seemed as if he prayed in a free throw to trim Minnesota’s lead to 78-74, contorting his body as the basket prolonged IU’s shot at what would eventually be an 81-78 victory.
IU senior wrestler Nate Everhart showed on Saturday why he is on the shortlist of contenders for a heavyweight national championship.
IU’s big men controlled the Gophers in its 81-78 overtime win.