Hoosiers close road schedule against Hawkeyes
The last time IU was preparing to face Iowa, it had started Feb. undefeated. Now that the team is getting ready to face the Hawkeyes again, it’s quite a different story.
The last time IU was preparing to face Iowa, it had started Feb. undefeated. Now that the team is getting ready to face the Hawkeyes again, it’s quite a different story.
No one has ever condemned Wisconsin for playing too fast. The most methodical of any team in the conference, the Badgers make the extra pass, avoid mistakes and rebound the ball well.
With all the players added this season and progress made earlier in the year, IU has the same problems it had in 2008-09. In fact, it is coming dangerously close to the longest losing streak of last season within conference.
The Hoosiers are getting another addition — but not to the roster. The IU board of trustees announced Friday that Assembly Hall will get a new roof.
Plagued by injuries and other issues, the IU women’s basketball team had to endure a stretch of two weeks with just seven active players.
Herb Magee has always put comfort over style.
The IU Athletics Department received a major financial boost on Sunday when IU President Michael McRobbie and Athletics Director Fred Glass announced the largest single gift in the department’s history.
Only a coach could look at IU’s 81-58 loss and find something positive to take into the next game.
Despite the many things the Hoosiers (9-17, 3-11) did wrong Saturday night, the team managed to keep its turnovers down to nine, below its average of 15.2.
Love him or hate him, Dumes has grown and is showing that with his recent ability to drive.
The IU women’s basketball team tried to win two battles Sunday: one against breast cancer and one against Minnesota.
The Hoosiers extended their losing streak to eight games in Minneapolis, as the Gophers took a 19-point lead into the half and never looked back.
The Hoosier team that squeaked by the Gophers a month ago will not be the one traveling to Minneapolis this weekend. Back in January, the Hoosiers had gone through a three-game winning streak — two of those on the road — before the Gophers came to town. And it had been about two and a half weeks since IU beat Michigan on New Year’s Eve in the Big Ten opener.
IU coach Tom Crean stopped mid-sentence when talking about Michigan State point guard Kalin Lucas’ level of competitiveness. “There’s no question he’s a next-level player — All-American, the whole thing,” Crean said after taking a deep breath to start the declaration.
The IU women’s basketball team entered Thursday’s game at Northwestern focusing not on stopping center Amy Jaeschke, but instead stopping her teammates. In a high-scoring, overtime-spanning thriller, the team could not accomplish that goal.
Tom, Derek, Bobby — it’s time to step up.
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 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.