The Indiana University men’s swimming and diving program finished in 3rd place overall at the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis, good for their best finish in 43 years. On the individual level, Ian Finnerty won national titles in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke, and Michael Hixon won the national title in the 1-meter dive competition. Additionally, the 400 medley relay team of Gabriel Fantoni, Ian Finnerty, Vini Lanza and Blake Pieroni won the national title. You can read our original preview and daily updates below. DAILY UPDATES (NCAA CHAMPIONS IN BOLD) Saturday Here are the final team standings at the NCAA…
Author: Mike Schumann
After an early end to a disappointing 2017-18 season, it is the biggest Indiana University men’s basketball story going. With an announcement not expected until mid to late April, the anticipation and excitement regarding the college choice of New Albany, Indiana product and IU recruiting target Romeo Langford is reaching mass (Hoosier) hysteria. Langford is dealing with his own disappointment, as the New Albany Bulldogs lost in the semi-state round of the Indiana boys high school basketball tournament to Warren Central, ending their pursuit of a second title in 3 years. For Langford, it was the end to an electrifying…
We couldn’t help but notice something strange when the Women’s NCAA Tournament Committee released its “last 8 under consideration” a couple weeks ago. Despite sweeping the home and home series with Purdue, and having a higher RPI and strength of schedule than the Boilers, Indiana was left out of the “last 8” while Purdue was included. For two teams that clearly had similar NCAA tournament profiles, the season sweep should have been enough to put the Hoosiers ahead of Purdue. Indiana controlled both games and was clearly the better of the two teams this year. The NCAA oversight felt like…
The Indiana Hoosiers (19-14) host the Purdue Boilermaker (20-13) on Thursday night in the Sweet 16 round of the Women’s NIT. The game will tip-off at 7:00 PM EST at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. You can view the official WNIT bracket here. The Hoosiers and Boilermakers will play for the third time this season. For the first time since 1984-85, IU swept the season series with wins on January 6 in Bloomington (72-54) and February 12 at West Lafayette (52-44). Indiana will have a chance to do something it has never done before — complete a three game…
It has been a long and winding journey for Ryan Taylor. From Crown Point High School to Michigan City High School to St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy to Ohio University to the University of Evansville. That was just over the last 6 years — and the adventure is about to take a new turn as Taylor has announced his intent to transfer from Evansville. Evansville’s media guide lists the 6-6, 195 lb Taylor’s hometown as Gary, Indiana. We’d suggest that perhaps Taylor is still searching for a place to call home. Like everyone playing high level college basketball, Taylor is plotting…
The Indiana University women’s basketball team won their 2nd round NIT contest against Milwaukee by a score of 74-54 and will now face arch-rival Purdue for the third time this season in the Sweet 16 round. The Hoosiers used an explosive 2nd quarter that included a 17-0 run to run out to a 42-24 halftime lead. The game was never really in doubt after that. Indiana improved to 19-14 on the season and they have now won 11 out of their last 13 games. IU got a balanced attack on the day with five different players in double figures. Senior…
It is mid-March and the Indiana University men’s basketball team has been in offseason mode for two weeks now. Okay, technically only a week, since they officially learned that they did not receive an invite to the NIT last Sunday night. But unofficially we all knew that the Hoosiers were done. At the risk of sounding disingenuous, it was probably just as well that the season mercifully came to end. At best, the Hoosiers were going to the NIT. At the very best, they might have been able to secure a home game or two in the NIT with a…
The magical high school basketball career of Indiana University basketball recruiting target Romeo Langford has come to an end, and along with it the 22 game winning streak of the New Albany Bulldogs. Warren Central’s David Bell hit a runner at the buzzer over Langford to give the Warriors a 64-62 victory and a ticket to the state championship game next weekend. Here is the game winner by Bell: I’ve watched a lot of great Indiana high school basketball in person, and this moment definitely ranks as one of the most exciting I’ve seen. Congrats @WarriorNation_1 and @TheRealDBell_ ! See…
The 2018 NCAA women’s swimming and diving championships concluded on Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio. Indiana finished in 8th place overall with 169 points, marking the program’s third straight top 10 finish at the NCAA Championships. Lilly King won two NCAA titles (100 and 200 breast) at the meet, giving her six career NCAA titles, the most ever in Big Ten history. You can watch King’s post-competition comments after days 3 and 4 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxc7swzuWxU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waLU5IJW-wQ -NOTABLE DAILY UPDATES- Wednesday: IU finishes 16th in the 800 freestyle relay with a time of 7:02.37. The team of Kennedy Goss, Delaney Barnard, Maria…
Collin Hartman has been a Hoosier for a long time. The Indiana fan favorite committed to play for IU back in 2010 when he was a sophomore at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis. Even before then he had visions of wearing the candy stripes to live out the dreams of his family. It’s been a roller coaster ride since then, with declining recruiting rankings, injuries, stellar sophomore and junior seasons, injuries, and more injuries. Did we mention the injuries? Ever since Hartman’s eye opening sophomore year, when Indiana fans were first able to get to know and appreciate Collin the person…