No. 63 Hoosiers set for match with DePaul
Last Thursday, the IU men’s tennis team (8-2) came into its match at No. 33 Kentucky hoping for a big win. It left without one.
Last Thursday, the IU men’s tennis team (8-2) came into its match at No. 33 Kentucky hoping for a big win. It left without one.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Sharks acquired forward Bill Guerin from the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday, adding another veteran to their young club hours before the NHL trading deadline.
Although Woodlawn Field is locked up for the winter, several students across campus have found a way to continue playing their favorite outdoor sport.
NEW YORK – The Hall of Fame pitched another shutout. Ron Santo, Jim Kaat, Marvin Miller and all the other candidates were left out Tuesday when the Veterans Committee admitted no new members for the third straight election.
The IU club baseball team opened its season with a rain-shortened series sweep against the Clemson Tiger club team last weekend, winning two games Saturday.
During the Big Ten coaches’ teleconference Monday, IU coach Kelvin Sampson and Northwestern coach Bill Carmody were each asked what they thought the Big Ten’s representation should be in this year’s NCAA Tournament. Both coaches offered short, vague responses.
Kelvin Sampson will see his first senior night as the Hoosiers’ coach Saturday when IU hosts Penn State, but the most important senior in Sampson’s life beat the Hoosiers to the punch. Oklahoma senior guard Kellen Sampson – Kelvin’s son – celebrated his senior night last night in Norman, Okla., with his father in attendance.
INDIANAPOLIS – Affidavits by a police officer who arrested Indianapolis Colts running back Dominic Rhodes can be used in the drunken-driving case against him, a judge ruled Monday. Rhodes’ attorney, Jim Voyles, argued during a hearing that there were inconsistencies between the affidavit the officer wrote soon after arresting Rhodes on Feb. 20 and a supplemental report filed later.
The environment inside IU’s Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse had all the ingredients of a high-powered action movie as it hosted the men’s Big Ten indoor championships, complete with gunshots, foot-races and a lot of screaming.
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Whether or not the IU men’s basketball team believes in superstition, the number 13 proved to be unlucky for the Hoosiers on Saturday night. For the 13th straight time, the IU men’s basketball team lost at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich. This time, however, the Hoosiers led the Spartans by 13 points shortly after halftime, only to surrender 46 second-half points to Michigan State en route to a 66-58 defeat Saturday night.
After losing its first two games of the season this weekend, the IU baseball team claimed its first win under some odd circumstances late Saturday night. Playing an unexpected double-header that started Saturday, the IU baseball team earned its first win of the 2007 season with a 5-1 score over Georgia Southern in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
EAST LANSING, Mich. – In his weekly press conference Friday, and again Saturday after his team lost its fifth straight Big Ten road game 66-58, IU coach Kelvin Sampson had the same message for the media: it’s the home court advantage, stupid. Sampson may not have been as blunt as the old political adage, but he was no less sure when discussing his team’s road difficulties.
It’s been the telltale sign of how the IU women’s basketball team fared this year. When it comes to field-goal shooting, the number 40 has dictated the Hoosiers’ record throughout the course of the year. On days when IU shot better than 40 percent from the field, the team secured a record of 14-1. When the Hoosiers shot under 40 percent, however, that record falls to 3-10.
With its 7-0 loss at No. 23 Tennessee, the IU women’s tennis team demonstrated the importance of home-court advantage this season. The No. 29 Hoosiers (9-3) won their first eight games of the season for the first time since 2002, but after losing three of the last four – with each loss being on the road against higher-ranked teams – the team has proven that playing at home really
Despite some strong individual performances, the IU women’s golf team placed a disappointing 11th in a 16-team field in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in San Juan, Puerto Rico this weekend.
The IU club baseball team opens its season this weekend in Clemson, S.C., with a three-game series against the Clemson club team.
Get the peanuts and Cracker Jack ready, and keep the game program handy. The IU baseball team is back and ready to open the season.
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IU Hoosiers (17-8, 8-5) Floor Leader: Earl Calloway The Hoosiers’ senior guard has been sidelined the past two games after sustaining a shoulder injury against Purdue on Feb. 15.
On senior night, Sarah McKay lived up to the billing. Playing in her final home game alongside senior guard Leah Enterline, McKay, a senior center, carried the Hoosiers to their 17th victory of the year, defeating Northwestern (8-21, 2-14) 83-59 on Thursday night at Assembly Hall.