Hoosiers set to square off against Louisville today
For IU Coach Randy Bloemendaal and No. 23 Indiana (14-4), motivation for success in today’s nonconference home wrangle with Louisville will be in ample supply.
For IU Coach Randy Bloemendaal and No. 23 Indiana (14-4), motivation for success in today’s nonconference home wrangle with Louisville will be in ample supply.
Best friends. That’s how IU baseball Coach Tracy Smith described his relationship with Xavier Coach Scott Googins on Tuesday after Xavier defeated the Hoosiers 11-3.
A prominent member of the men’s track team is returning for IU Coach Ron Helmer and the Hoosiers, as 2011 National Field Athlete of the Year high jumper Derek Drouin will be competing in the event for the first time this season at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas.
With the Little 500 season getting into full swing, tonight will mark the recognition of this year’s elite riders.
We came to qualify, and we did. After faulting twice and having to wait for a third attempt at the end of the day, my team played it safe and just aimed to qualify.
There is no Eric Young. There is no Caitlin Van Kooten. This year’s Little 500 is about the team, and that is how the race is supposed to be.
Despite jumping out to an early three-run lead, the IU baseball team allowed the Xavier Musketeers’ offense to score 11 unanswered runs en route to a 11-3 loss at Sembower Field.
The list of accolades continues for freshman forward Cody Zeller. He earned an honorable mention Associated Press All-America honor on Monday. He is the 42nd Hoosier to share All-American honors and is just the second freshman in school history to earn that honor. Eric Gordon was the first in 2008.
After giving up a lead in the final 500 meters against Clemson last week, the first Varsity 8 stayed ahead of Notre Dame to capture first place at the Indiana Invitational at Eagle Creek Reservoir in Indianapolis.
The IU men’s soccer team opened its spring stretch of games in similar fashion to the 2011 fall season, notching a 3-2 win against the Saint Louis Billikens on Saturday at Glenwood High School Soccer Stadium in Springfield, Ill.
A trio of home matches produced wins against Penn State and IUPUI but failed to provide the victory they coveted, an upset of No. 2 Ohio State.
The Hoosiers take on the Xavier Musketeers today in their second home game at Sembower Field.
The Forest all-rookie men’s team makes up its own practice techniques. They don’t take them from anybody. “It’s a pride thing,” junior Zack Clark says. They’ve never done this before, never trained, never competed. Four of the six team members have never even seen the race — they’ll watch a tape of the 2004 race to prepare.
Beta Sigma Psi’s qualification run didn’t just start at 8:20 a.m. Saturday. It started with last year’s qualifications when the team placed 34th, missing the opportunity to ride in the 2011 Little 500 race by 0.06 seconds.
The officials listings from the men's and women's Little 500 Qualifications
It just wasn’t the same. The Bloomington Police Department cars were there, the crowds were there, the cream and crimson shirts were there, but it just wasn’t the same.
After returning just 32 points to the roster four years ago, IU will bring back all five starters and 85 percent of its starting lineup next season. Based off those numbers, the answer to this question would seem like a pretty obvious “No.” However, IU Coach Tom Crean is bringing in a top-five recruiting class with multiple players ranked in the top 50 by various news organizations.
Though the IU men’s basketball season came to a close in Friday night’s loss to No. 1 Kentucky in the Sweet 16, the Hoosiers’ success was greater than tournament teams of some recent years past.
Here are five key statistics that IU improved on from this past season.
The No. 11 water polo team dominated its opponents in impressive fashion during the weekend.