Hoosiers battle in-state rival Purdue
IU senior swimmer Christie Fuchs has a clear goal in mind when her team travels to West Lafayette this weekend to face Purdue.
IU senior swimmer Christie Fuchs has a clear goal in mind when her team travels to West Lafayette this weekend to face Purdue.
In college sports, most athletes specialize in a sport or an event within a sport. For IU sophomore Matt Schmitz, this is not the case.
Not far from their practice facility in Assembly Hall, IU coach Duane Goldman and sophomore Angel Escobedo found themselves in an entirely different world, standing at midcourt during halftime of the men’s basketball game Wednesday night against Iowa.
Now the season can really begin.
With the 2008 Little 500 season quickly approaching, over 200 men’s and women’s riders packed into the Kelley School of Business last night for a riders’ meeting.
It’s been a big week and a half for the IU women’s basketball team. In the last 10 days, they’ve won three straight Big Ten games – two on the road and another in double-overtime – defeated rival Purdue and had junior forward Whitney Thomas named Big Ten Player of the Week for her three double-doubles over the winning streak.
The No. 7 Hoosiers (16-1, 5-0) will host Johnson and the improving Hawkeyes (9-10, 2-4) at 9 p.m today.
IU recruit Terrell Holloway, who signed his letter of intent Nov. 14, will provide something IU has sorely lacked during the Sampson era: a pure point guard.olloway, the 100th-ranked prospect in the class of 2008 according to Rivals.com, was ranked the No. 14 fifth-year player in the country by Hoop Scoop Online in September.
The IU hockey team was 8-2-1 after a weekend series sweep against Southern Illinois in early November. Two-and-a-half months and 10 games later, the win column still stands at eight victories.
A few locations come to mind when thinking of basketball towns: Chapel Hill, Durham and of course, Bloomington.
Jim Caldwell is the perfect transitional figure.
For the first time since 1999, former IU All-American Steve Alford won’t lead the Iowa Hawkeyes into Assembly Hall to face the IU men’s basketball team.
Penn State’s recipe for sticking with the Hoosiers? Don’t give them anything for free.
Thirty years. Sixteen Big Ten Championships. One national title team. On Sunday afternoon, IU coach Lin Loring added another number to his long list of achievements: 700 wins.
The IU men’s tennis team started its spring season in impressive fashion Monday, winning both of its home matches.
It might have been freezing cold outside the fieldhouse, but inside it was red hot.
Going into its first home meet since Thanksgiving weekend, the IU men’s wrestling team was hungry. And much like they did during the Nov. 24 Hoosier Duals, the Hoosiers feasted on the inferior competition.
It was a top-10 showdown in Knoxville this weekend, where two powerhouses brought their expectations and intensity to the meet.
With the regular season almost complete, the IU women’s swimming and diving team is beginning to peak at the right time.
Four IU players scored in double figures Sunday afternoon as the IU women’s basketball team (12-7, 5-2) earned its third straight win in a 70-56 victory over Michigan State (11-9, 3-5) in East Lansing.