A road less traveled to Tempe
Before earning the right to play one another in the Valley of the Sun, both IU and Oklahoma State had to weather some dark clouds hovering over their programs.
Before earning the right to play one another in the Valley of the Sun, both IU and Oklahoma State had to weather some dark clouds hovering over their programs.
In its last contest before Big Ten Conference play, the IU men’s basketball team defeated Chicago State 97-59 Saturday night at Assembly Hall.
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The IU men’s basketball team used a 20-4 run to start the second half Saturday afternoon en route to a 73-46 victory over Coppin State.
A.J. Ratliff is eligible to play this semester, but he is not expected to be on the court Saturday after injuring his ankle, men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson said Thursday during his weekly press conference.
As rain poured outside Assembly Hall Saturday night, Eric Gordon poured 3-pointers into the bucket. The freshman scored five 3-pointers in the beginning of the first half to set the course for a 100-52 victory over Western Carolina. At the end of the game, coach Kelvin Sampson gave a special shout-out to fans for braving the elements to cheer on his team.
With the match tied 3-3 against Iowa last weekend at the Varsity Tennis Courts, IU No. 3 singles player Brianna Williams tried not to think of her match against Milica Veselinovic as the one that would separate the winners from the losers. However, both teams were rallying around their lone remaining players, and the fact was hard to ignore.
Lin Loring looks tired. Sitting behind the desk of his Assembly Hall office, the all-time winningest coach in collegiate women's tennis rubbed the sleep from his eyes and spoke in the deep baritone that has commanded the attention of collegiate tennis players for more than three decades. "There doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day," he said. Even his dark thick eyebrows sag a bit. Sleep, however, is the last thing on Loring's mind. In his 29th season as the IU women's tennis coach, Loring, 55, is one win shy of his 300th Big Ten win -- a level of coaching success only achieved at IU by the legendary Bob Knight and recently-retired baseball coach Bob Morgan.
Fans cheer. Coaches yell. Players chatter. Few can resist the electrifying atmosphere that encompasses Assembly Hall. One man on the home team’s bench, however, sits quietly. He follows the action on the court intently but hardly raises a finger to the action of the game.
Coach Lynch, James Hardy and Kellen Lewis talk about the team's preparation for the Insight Bowl. VIDEO: Team prepares for Insight Bowl (12/07/2007)
With two starting Hoosier guards on the bench and his brother Joe defending him, freshman guard Jordan Crawford put the IU men’s basketball team on his back and carried it to a 70-51 win against rival Kentucky on Saturday. IU vs. UK photo gallery (12/08/2007)
BEIJING – Rights groups have called on New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the International Olympic Committee to confront the organizers of the Beijing 2008 Summer Games over China’s media restrictions and human rights record.
See the Monday, Dec. 10, edition of the IDS for a wrap of fall sports at IU.
The IU women’s basketball team fell to Kansas (7-1) 69-61 at historic Allen Fieldhouse on Sunday in the last game before finals week. The loss drops IU to 4-5 and is the team’s fourth loss in the last five games.
Fans on both sides of the Ohio River might have guessed the IU men’s basketball team was ripe for an upset once they heard that freshman guard Eric Gordon and sophomore guard Armon Bassett would sit out of Saturday’s game against Kentucky.
Despite not playing with its starting backcourt, the No. 15 IU men’s basketball team defeated border rival Kentucky 70-51 Saturday at Assembly Hall.
It’s been 17 years since Big Blue met Big Red on 17th Street. Kentucky (4-2) will meet the No.-15 IU men’s basketball team (7-1) at 4 p.m. Saturday in Assembly Hall in the 51st game of their rivalry.
Jose Guillen and Jay Gibbons were suspended Thursday for the first 15 days of next season for violating baseball’s drug policy, an indication how the sport might treat any players named in the Mitchell steroids investigation.
The IU women’s basketball team (4-4) will be back on the road Sunday for the second time this week when it takes on the Kansas Jayhawks (5-1) at 3 p.m. in Lawrence, Kan.