Chaplin returns from knee injury
On Tuesday, IU women’s basketball had its annual media day to discuss the upcoming season. The Bloomington media had the opportunity to talk with any player or coach a part of the team.
On Tuesday, IU women’s basketball had its annual media day to discuss the upcoming season. The Bloomington media had the opportunity to talk with any player or coach a part of the team.
Growing up in the small town of Eminence, Ind., allowed Aulani Sinclair to grow into not only a successful basketball player, but also one of the captains for this year’s Hoosiers.
IU Coach Felisha Legette-Jack did her best to hype up the women’s basketball team before the men’s team took over at Hoosier Hysteria. The first 30 minutes of the event were dedicated to the introductions, drills, and scrimmage for the women’s team.
IU Athletics Director Fred Glass announced in July that the women’s basketball head coach agreed to a contract extension for an additional two seasons.
Summer and the true off-season for IU women’s basketball are approaching their final hours as the team prepares for a new year. The past few months provided the Hoosiers time to rest and recover before the hard work of a new season begins.
IU women’s basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack agreed to a two year contract extension that will keep her patrolling the sidelines of Assembly Hall through the 2014-15 season, Athletic Director Fred Glass announced Tuesday.
Even though it’s the off-season, the women’s basketball program is making big moves. On June 27, IU acquired former University of Tulsa head coach Charlene Thomas-Swinson. She will serve under IU women’s basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack as assistant coach. She will take office on July 1.
The IU women’s basketball team is looking at some warm weather midway through its 2011-12 season.
IU senior Jori Davis will continue to play basketball in Indiana after college. Davis was drafted by the Indiana Fever with the 33rd pick in the third round of the WNBA Draft on Monday in Bristol, Conn.
Following IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack’s worst record in Bloomington, Athletic Director Fred Glass said the five-year coach will return next season. Jack’s current contract is good through June 30, 2013.
Seniors Jori Davis, Andrea McGuirt and Whitney Lindsay represented half of Coach Felisha Legette-Jack’s first recruiting class and were the only ones from that inaugural year to stay at IU for all four years. During their junior year, they were joined by Hope Elam. Now all four seniors prepare to leave the IU basketball program.
The stage was set for an upset. The 10th-seeded Hoosiers were facing seventh-seeded archrival Purdue. IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack’s first recruiting class was fighting to keep its season alive. But this script did not conclude with an ideal ending for the Hoosiers.
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The start of the Big Ten Tournament is the beginning of a new opportunity for the IU women’s basketball team. It is the players’ final chance to prove that their overall season record does not reflect the strength of their team.
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.
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.
Sometimes the final score doesn’t tell the whole story.
With one week left in the season, the IU women’s basketball team has two more opportunities to prepare for the Big Ten Tournament and the Hoosiers said they’re ready.
The fight. The heart. The effort. They were all there for the Hoosiers at the Wednesday game against Michigan, but it wasn’t enough, as IU fell on the road 88-76.
IU (9-16, 3-10) will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., to take on the University of Michigan (14-10, 7-5).