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Making sense of the madness

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Hopefully those of us making predictions for this weekend’s Final Four matchups will fare a little better than we have up to this point. According to ESPN, roughly 200 out of 4.8 million brackets in the network’s bracket challenge correctly selected all four teams playing this weekend. Keeping our fingers crossed, let’s take a look at the games slated for Saturday.


Baseball

IU faces rematch with No. 8 Louisville

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Coming off an undefeated home stand and with Big Ten conference play right around the corner, the Hoosiers (12-10) will get another shot to take down one of the best teams in college baseball as they face No. 8 Louisville (20-3) at 3:05 p.m. today at Sembower Field.


Cutters, Kappa Kappa Gamma take Little 500 poles

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The Cutters had a far-from-perfect qualifying day Saturday. But far from perfect was more than enough for the team that has won the last three Little 500s.


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Around sports

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Women's golf finishes 5th, women's tennis grabs a Big Ten win, water polo rolls through the weekend, track and field begins the outdoor season and men's tennis wins 1 out of 2 on the road.




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Butler celebrates 1st Final Four

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The school that never celebrates midnight madness to kick off the basketball season finally held a late-night campus party. Sunday morning’s March Madness bash was even better.


Baseball

Dickerson powers IU to perfect weekend

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Not a game goes by where sophomore outfielder Alex Dickerson doesn’t silence those questioning his impressive freshman campaign and puts to rest the talk of a possible “sophomore slump” in 2010.



NCAA Butler Kansas St Basketball

Butler did it, beats KSU 63-56 to make Final Four

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The boys from Butler did it — defeating Kansas State 63-56 in the West Regional final Saturday to make their trip back home something much bigger than that.The fifth-seeded Bulldogs, the team that plays in the fieldhouse where "Hoosiers" was filmed, are writing their own underdog story, even if they can't really be called underdogs anymore.


NCAA Butler Syracuse Basketball

Butler rallies to beat top-seeded Syracuse 63-59

Now, after reaching the regional finals for the first time in school history, Butler is one win from going home to Indianapolis for the Final Four. The Bulldogs next play second-seeded Kansas State, which beat Xavier 101-96 in double overtime.



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Abraham commits to Georgetown

Moses Abraham, an IU basketball recruiting prospect from Maryland, committed to Georgetown University on Thursday after returning home from a two-day visit at IU.


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Around sports

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Women's tennis travels to Wisconsin, the rowing team faces stiff competition and track and field goes outdoors.


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2011 commit Carlino reopens recruitment

Bloomington High School South junior Matt Carlino, who committed to play basketball for IU in August 2008, decided to reopen his recruitment Thursday, according to reports from Mike Pegram of Inside Indiana, IU’s affiliate for Rivals.com.




Little 500

Is pole the goal?

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With a glance at recent qualifications results, it might appear the Teter women’s team makes it a primary goal to take the pole position, which it has done the past three years.


tennis

Hoosiers bring outdoor dominance to Big Ten

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Most college tennis teams in the Midwest get used to the fact that with inclement winter weather they have to be inside nearly five months of the year. For that reason, they feel more comfortable and play better indoors. The IU men’s tennis team is an exception to this rule.