Devan Dumes, IU’s leading scorer this season, will not play in a game against Wisconsin this weekend because of an injury, media relations director J.D. Campbell said Saturday
The IU women's basketball team missed a last-second shot to tie the game against Purdue this afternoon in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. Visit the IDS Above the Rim blog for more information on the game
Nearly seven minutes into the first half, the IU women’s basketball team had not scored a point. Then freshman Lindsay Enterline hit a 3-pointer, which was followed by an increased effort by the Hoosiers (19-9). IU came back to beat Michigan 68-50 in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday in Indianapolis.
With the close of the regular season upon us, it’s time to hand out grades. Yes, that’s right – this is perhaps the most cliche column I’ll ever write. But read it for me, will you? Have pity on a working man. Or something.
IU came back to beat Michigan 68-50 in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday in Indianapolis.
If IU can take its newfound style of play to Wisconsin on Sunday night against the Badgers, who have played that way all season, it could make for another deliberate, methodical contest. It also might give IU its best chance at pulling off an upset.
When he took over last April, Tom Crean knew “a very challenging situation” lay ahead. But no amount of preparation could have readied him for a season like this.
Tickets to the Big Ten men’s tournament games are now $25 for any current college student, according to a press release from the Big Ten.
IU made it three victories on the season against Michigan this afternoon in a 68-50 win in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. For more information about the game, go to Above the Rim
Starting today, the Hoosiers will make their closing argument to the tournament selection committee. IU starts Big Ten Tournament play against Michigan this afternoon in Indianapolis.
Taber stood on Branch McCracken Court for the last time as an IU player. He grew up in Evansville worshipping the Hoosiers, committing to the school as a walk-on after its Final Four run in 2002. He wanted to win championships. Instead, he witnessed a different kind of history.
Kyle Taber’s last game inside Assembly Hall was Bawa Muniru’s first.
Michigan State (24-5, 14-3) clinched the Big Ten regular season championship outright and dropped IU (6-23, 1-16) 64-59 on Tuesday, Kyle Taber’s Senior Night.
Follow the action on the IDS Basketblog as IU takes on No. 8 Michigan State at 7 p.m. tonight at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers (6-22, 1-15) are playing their last home game this season. After the game, the team will honor its lone senior, forward Kyle Taber
Through five years and four head coaches, Kyle Taber still doesn’t have a lot to say.
Senior Night speeches have been an IU tradition since 1973, when Bobby Knight ushered his senior class back onto the floor to deliver farewell speeches following the final home game.
There was a time not so long ago when the sound of Chuck Crabb announcing Kyle Taber’s entry into an IU basketball game cued the slow, mass exodus of fans from all corners of Assembly Hall. Such a time has passed.
All season the rallying cry for IU basketball has been “passion for the past, excitement for the future.”
Of the 11 banners hanging from the rafters of Assembly Hall, 10 belong to the accomplishments of men’s teams. Members of the women’s basketball team said IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack does not let them forget that fact, but the current senior class might reverse that trend. Legette-Jack said she wants the tradition and legacy to be about an all-around approach.
In basketball, March signifies one thing: the NCAA tournament. With no spot solidified for the Hoosiers, a win against the 10th-place team in the conference would only help their case to get in. The Hoosiers got that win Sunday, defeating Michigan 67-61 on Senior Day.
