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Freshman guard Verdell Jones goes for a baket as Michigan's DeShawn Sims attempts a block Wednesday at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers face Illinois on the road this Saturday.

Weber: ‘Indiana will suck’

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Last time IU traveled to Champaign to take on Illinois, the game was one of the most highly anticipated matches of the year.  Led by then-coach Kelvin Sampson and freshman star Eric Gordon, the Hoosiers played in front of a volatile Illini crowd. When IU won, it boosted its record to 19-3 while Illinois dropped to 2-9 in conference play.  Just 11 months later, things have dramatically changed, but the bitterness across the border remains. Although Sampson has been exiled from college basketball and Gordon has moved on to the NBA, Illinois coach Bruce Weber continues to add fuel to the rivalry between IU and U of I.


Dusting off the chart:

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Wednesday’s overtime loss to Michigan left a bitter taste in the mouths of even the mildest of Hoosier fans. Imagine how Tom Crean felt.


IU assistant coach Todd Yeagley scans the sidelines shortly before halftime of IU's 4-2 win against Butler late Tuesday afternoon.  Todd played on the IU men's team from 1991-1994 under his father, legendary coach Jerry Yeagley.

7 Sports Headlines You Might Have Missed

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A lot happened during winter break, both on and off campus. The same is true for IU's sports teams. Here's a rundown of what you might have missed while school was not in session.


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Hoosiers open play in Florida

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With cloudy skies and snow on the ground on campus, the men’s tennis team is enjoying the crashing of waves during its Florida Gulf Coast Tournament.


Freshman guard Ashlee Mells goes for a reverse layup as Iowa's Hannah Draxten attempts to block her Sunday at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers face Penn State on the road this Sunday.

Gophers thwart Hoosiers’ bid for 10-straight wins

The IU women’s basketball team couldn’t keep its winning ways rolling as it fell to Minnesota 70-62 on Thursday in Minneapolis. The loss is the first for the Hoosiers since the third game of the season.



Top left: Freshman cornerback Cortez Smith. Top right: Freshman offensive linemanDennis Zeigler. Bottom left: Freshman safety Jarrell Drane. Bottom right: Freshman linebacker Darius Johnson.

3 freshmen IU football players named in probable cause affidavit

Three IU football players were named in a probable cause affidavit stemming from a robbery Dec. 17, resulting in IU freshman cornerback Cortez Smith's arrest. Freshman IU football players Dennis Zeigler, Darius Johnson and Jarrell Drane were all named in the probable cause affidavit filed Dec. 19.


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Certain of nothing: Hoosiers felled by Northeastern

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In their first five minutes, these new members of the IU men’s basketball team looked like their bygone brethren, putting the hatchet to a lesser opponent with Christmas 72 hours away. Any resemblance thereafter was purely coincidental.


IU senior forward Amber Jackson puts up a shot over Northwestern center Amy Jaeschke during the second half of IU's 81-57 win on Saturday, Dec. 20 at Assembly Hall. Jackson led the team with 20 points.

IU women's basketball topples Northwestern

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The Hoosiers (8-2, 1-0) handed Northwestern its ninth consecutive loss against the Hoosiers with an 81-57 throttling of the Wildcats in their Big Ten opener. SLIDESHOW: IU-Northwestern




IU assistant coach Todd Yeagley scans the sidelines shortly before halftime of IU's 4-2 win against Butler on Oct. 24, 2006. Yeagley accepted the head coaching position at Wisconsin on Dec. 18.

Yeagley seeks head job at Wisconsin

IU men’s soccer assistant coach Todd Yeagley is interviewing for the head coaching job at Wisconsin, IU coach Mike Freitag confirmed today.


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Colts barely edge lowly Lions

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INDIANAPOLIS – Whew. That was almost embarrassing. The Colts squeaked past the hapless Lions 31-21 in a game closer than the score indicated. Maybe the Colts forgot just because the Lions were 0-13 doesn’t mean they don’t get paid to play, too.


IU guard Andrea McGuirt directs the offense during IU's 63-41 win over Butler on Tuesday night at Assembly Hall. IU defeated West Virgina on Saturday, the team's sixth-straight victory. The Hoosiers will go for seven straight when they host Northwestern on Dec. 20.

Hoosiers win 6th game in a row

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Senior guard Kim Roberson only played 22 minutes due to foul trouble, but she made them count, scoring 15 points and pulling down six rebounds to help IU (7-2) beat the West Virginia Mountaineers (7-2) on the road on Dec. 13, 77-73. 



Kentucky's Perry Stevenson dunks on IU's Verdell Jones III and Tom Pritchard during IU's 72-54 loss to Kentucky on Saturday in Lexington, Ky.

Kentucky E(Rupp)tion

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LEXINGTON, Ky – IU coach Tom Crean can prepare his young Hoosiers to the best of his abilities and have them ready for anything. But as IU has found out this season, you can’t prepare for height. Or athleticism. Kentucky jumped out to a 32-6 run and never looked back, crushing the Hoosiers 72-54. IU, now 5-5, never brought the game to single digits after Kentucky’s, now 7-3, initial spurt and could only muster 13 first-half points – its fewest total since its second-round NCAA Tournament loss to UCLA in 2007.


IU guard Devan Dumes dives for a loose ball during IU's 72-54 loss to Kentucky on Saturday in Lexington, Ky.

Loss in border battle burns deep

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Devan Dumes knows “hate” is a strong word, which is why he chose his words carefully.The Hoosiers’ most experienced player was down. One of IU’s most bitter rivals had just finished torching the Hoosiers for 40 minutes, and the fire inside Dumes still had a few embers aglow.SLIDESHOW: Kentucky 72, IU 54


Junior guard Devan Dumes dives to get possession of the ball in the first half of the Hoosiers' game against Kentucky Saturday in Lexington, Ky. The Hoosiers fell to the Wildcats 72-54.

Hoosiers tossed out of Rupp by Wildcats, lose 72-54

LEXINGTON, KY — Kentucky started the game on a 22-4 run and never looked back, crushing the IU men's basketball team 72-54. As they have all season long, IU grappled with turnovers. In all, the Hoosiers turned the ball over 15 times in the first half and were unable to recover from the run Kentucky generated from the mistakes.IU  never brought the Wildcats' lead within single digits after their initial run.The rout is IU's second in as many road games this season. The Hoosiers lost to then-No. 15 Wake Forest 83-58 on Dec. 3 in Winston-Salem, N.C.


Junior guard Devan Dumes celebrates after scoring a basket and drawing a foul Wednesday against TCU at Assembly Hall

IU crosses border for 1st rivalry game of season

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The times, they have a-changed for the Hoosiers. Aside from candy-striped pants and Branch McCracken Court, almost everything is different about the men’s basketball team since it last played its border rival, Kentucky.