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Iowa's selection raises questions

By Matt Glenesk · Sunday, March 13,2005 10:43 p.m.

Selection Sunday came and went, and the IU basketball squad was among the teams waiting, watching and praying its name would be revealed as a NCAA Tournament team. However, with a 15-13 record, the Hoosiers' hopes for an at- large bid went by the wayside with Friday's embarrassing display against Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament.

Bubble busted?

By John Rodgers · Friday, March 11,2005 8:19 p.m.

CHICAGO - IU coach Mike Davis and the Hoosiers came into the Big Ten Tournament with its NCAA hopes likely hanging in the balance Friday against Minnesota.

Shaved heads can't save IU's season

By Josh Weinfuss · Friday, March 11,2005 7:21 p.m.

CHICAGO -- Headbands were the fashion of choice to start the season, but two near losses nixed that idea. Then IU went to the traditional headdress of basketball players -- nothing -- and that worked, giving them a fourth seed in this weekends Big Ten tournament.

IU, Minnesota hold on to tourney hopes with today's bubble-busting game

By John Rodgers · Friday, March 11,2005 1:07 a.m.

While the IU men's basketball team currently sits atop the NCAA Tournament's bubble, many Hoosier fans and some college basketball analysts predict that a win against Minnesota would get the Hoosiers into the Tournament.

Squad to beat the heat in the pool

By Steve Brennan · Friday, March 11,2005 1:07 a.m.

The IU water polo team will begin its spring break by heading to warmer weather this weekend. The players will spend hours in the pool under the hot Tempe, Ariz., sun. However, their experience will be anything but a vacation.

'Small but mighty' squad travels to Purdue's pool for NCAA Championships

By Doug Klausen · Friday, March 11,2005 1:05 a.m.

Of the 22 women on the roster, five swimmers and four divers will carry this year's team motto of "small but mighty" to the NCAA Championships in West Lafayette. The Hoosiers will bring to the stage junior Kristen Bradley, junior Doherty Colgin, sophomore Annica Lofstedt, senior Erin Smith, sophomore Leila Vaziri and four divers yet to be determined.

Hoosiers lose in close match to No. 20 Texas Christian

By Andy Romey · Friday, March 11,2005 1:03 a.m.

The final score was 5-2 in favor of No. 20 Texas Christian University Thursday afternoon at the IU Varsity Tennis Center, but scores don't always tell the whole story. This was the case for the No. 27 Hoosiers.

Trying to find the spirit in St. Louis

By Andrew Petersen · Friday, March 11,2005 1:01 a.m.

Beginning Thursday, fifth-year senior Pat DeGain will step out into the circle, his fiancée and family watching from the stands, and try to outlast the toughest heavyweight competition in the country. Once the NCAA Championships for wrestling are all over, he will become just another student on campus.

Rubber match

By John Rodgers · Friday, March 11,2005 12:58 a.m.

IU coach Mike Davis and Minnesota coach Dan Monson are the managers. Bracey Wright and Vincent Grier are the teams' aces. D.J. White and Jeff Hagan are the big clean-up batters. Minnesota has beaten IU once. IU has beaten Minnesota once.

IU students bring 'Madness' to the Web

By John Wustrow · Friday, March 11,2005 12:58 a.m.

The NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket will be announced Sunday, and teams across the country will be crossing their fingers. Millions of Americans submitting their brackets into various pools will inevitably follow this Monday.

Wilson leads fleet of 5 Hoosiers to NCAAs

By Rob DeWitte and Rob eWitte · Friday, March 11,2005 12:56 a.m.

Typically, an NCAA title is won by a team with a large number of athletes entered in various events, including relays. Every once in awhile, a team comes along with the potential to win on the strength of just a few athletes. This year, the Hoosiers are that team. With just five athletes entered, IU is one of four teams with a chance to take this year's team title.

Team grabs its blades, ready for Clemson opener

By Bill Meehan · Friday, March 11,2005 12:26 a.m.

IU crew was cheerfully afloat when the fall season ended. A win against Notre Dame, Michigan and Northwestern while sharing a bronze medal with Purdue in October was IU's best-ever performance. The Hoosiers, still buoyant and full of muscular enthusiasm, are raring to go this spring. They said they know they are faster, stronger and smarter.

10-run lead not enough to ensure IU win

By Andrew Shaffer · Friday, March 11,2005 12:25 a.m.

At the end of the fifth inning, the Hoosiers had a 10-run lead over the Butler Bulldogs. Three innings and 11 unanswered runs later, IU found itself down by one to its instate rival. That is how the score remained as the Bulldogs, with a nine-run sixth inning, came back and defeated IU Thursday at Sembower Field.

IU looks to shut down top offenses, heads out west

By Kevin Dwire · Friday, March 11,2005 12:24 a.m.

The IU softball team will see some of its toughest action of the season as the team heads to California for a week-long trip that will match the Hoosiers against some of the nation's top teams.

Hoosiers optimistic for tournament debut

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Friday, March 11,2005 12:23 a.m.

Despite a slow start to the spring campaign, the Hoosiers will head west to Las Vegas to make their University of Nevada-Las Vegas Spring Invitational debut with not only their golf clubs, but also a positive attitude and optimistic outlook for the tournament.

All-American senior leads team to nationals

By Evan Harris · Friday, March 11,2005 12:20 a.m.

While awaiting a contingent of IU divers for the NCAA Championships, the other half of the 13th best team in the country might be the biggest cheerleaders this weekend. No squad in the nation understands the importance of its springboard counterparts than the IU swimmers.

Gall stands tall as IU's lone women's track competitor

By John Fischer · Friday, March 11,2005 12:15 a.m.

If one is the loneliest number, then Jessica Gall is the loneliest athlete. The junior distance runner will be IU's only representative at the 2005 edition of the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships today at the University of Arkansas. And she's pumped.

Ryan 'n' Ryan weigh in on the rest of the country

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, March 10,2005 12:21 a.m.

I know the No. 2 Tar Heels should be the obvious pick here, but I like the No. 3 Demon Deacons' chances. Wake Forest will be without their star point guard Chris Paul today, while he serves his one game suspension for punching N.C. State's Julius Hodge in the groin Sunday.

Conference celebrates 100th birthday

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Thursday, March 10,2005 12:16 a.m.

Everett Dean, say thank you. Mike Davis, say thank you, too. Branch McCracken, say thanks. Oh, and Bob Knight, you too. Say thank you to Amos Alonzo Stagg for bringing basketball to the Big Ten. The same Stagg who is better known for his excellence in football at the University of Chicago and started that school playing basketball in 1894 -- 11 years before the Big Ten conference began its basketball league.

Hoosiers try sloppy Sembower -- again

By Andrew Shaffer · Thursday, March 10,2005 12:16 a.m.

It has been more than a week since IU was scheduled to face Butler. That game, along with Tuesday's versus Xavier, was cancelled because of inclement weather.

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