Column: Scouting the Wildcats
It’s March, and anything can happen. Not one perfect bracket has been filled out this year.
It’s March, and anything can happen. Not one perfect bracket has been filled out this year.
After a two-week hiatus from match play, the No. 57 Hoosiers return to the hard court with fresh Floridian tans and an eager attitude to square off against Penn State and Ohio State this weekend.
The IU men’s and women’s track and field squads will take part in their first outdoor meet of the season when they travel to Starkville, Miss., this weekend for the Big Ten/SEC Challenge.
After months of preparation, the women’s cycling teams are set to take the track Saturday for the 2012 Little 500 Qualifications, in which the fastest 33 teams to complete four laps will advance to the Little 500 on Friday, April 20.
While some students used their spring breaks to relax and recuperate in exotic locations before the final stretch of the spring semester, the male bikers gunning for a place in the Little 500 stayed in Bloomington to work. The preparation was all for the first Little 500 event this Saturday: Qualifications.
I only knew of two things when I chose IU: the beautiful campus and the Little 500. I knew I wanted to be a part of that tradition.
IU’s 11-5 win Wednesday against Eastern Kentucky gave them their fourth win in six games. Their stop at Sembower Field was brief, as the team took a bus to State College, Pa. to open Big Ten play this weekend with a three-game series at Penn State.
Coming off a 4-0 sweep at the Hoosier Classic this past weekend, the Hoosiers (15-13) look to continue their winning ways heading into the next stage of their thus-far successful season.
Just returning from its seventh-place finish at the Lady Jaguar Classic in Augusta, Ga., the IU women’s golf team will take the road again for the MountainView Invitational in Tucson, Ariz.
As the Hoosiers travel to Springfield, Ill., on Saturday to begin their spring slate of games, taking on the Saint Louis Billikens, sophomore Nikita Kotlov, freshman Eriq Zavaleta, and the rest of their teammates will begin to rebuild a team still recovering from a loss of leadership and offensive production.
The Hoosiers dive into the meat of their Big Ten schedule this weekend, facing Penn State and No. 2 Ohio State in a pair of home matches that could potentially catapult them to new heights in the ITA rankings.
Nobody beats up Jordan Hulls like Jordan Hulls.
The Hoosiers kicked off Big Ten play in style Wednesday, pounding Purdue on the road for the seventh-consecutive triumph in the rivalry.
Coming off last season’s 18th-place finish at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, led by then-sophomore Eric Ress’ two runner-up finishes in both the 100- and 200-yard backstroke, the IU men’s swimming and diving team will have to look elsewhere this year to earn points.
Professional basketball, baseball and now football have each seen one of its top athletes, all undisputed franchise players, become free agents and ignite a sport-wide media frenzy bordering on obsession.
Behind sophomore third baseman Dustin DeMuth’s four hits, three RBI and three runs, the IU baseball team exploded for 11 runs in the first six innings to win its home opener against Eastern Kentucky, 11-5.
After starting the year with 20 consecutive road games — including a stretch of 12 games in 10 days — the IU baseball team will play its first home game of the season at Sembower Field on Wednesday against Eastern Kentucky.
Returning to familiar ground for its second event of the season, the IU men’s golf team finished fifth at the Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla., at the Callaway Collegiate Match Play.
The right decision isn’t always the easiest. It almost never is. Thankfully, Athletics Director Fred Glass was able to make the right decision in the case of the women’s basketball program.
Despite surrendering early unearned runs, freshman left fielder Chris Sujka and junior short stop Michael Basil combined for four hits, a home run, three RBIs and three runs to rally the IU baseball team past Eastern Kentucky, 6-4.