As they headed to the locker room for the break, the Hoosiers lead the Illini by 3, 24-21. Leading scorers are Shaun Pruitt with 8 for Illinois and DJ White and Armon Bassett of the Hoosiers with 7 apiece.
The crowd? Mostly orange. However, the IU contingent is definitely heard. The Hoosiers could play much, much better still. And AJ Ratliff may have injured his hand. It seems OK for now, but we'll hear about that after the game.
Erin Andrews report: She has left the building. Tear.
on to the 2nd half on espn+!
Friday, March 9, 2007
15:55 left
Just to recap, our Big Ten winners so far today include Ohio State and Purdue. Right now, 2-seed Wisconsin leads 36-28 over Michigan State, who has started a small comeback. We'll see what happens there. Go Michigan State, i think.
As for, of course, the important game today, the Hoosiers are expected to start Armon Bassett, Earl Calloway, Roderick Wilmont, Mike White and DJ White. It seems Kelvin wants to come out with a very strong inside presence to get the 3-point shot open for Wilmont and AJ Ratliff. The Hoosiers need a strong, smart effort from the two players down low becaue foul trouble has been a huge hinderence for IU this year.
Right now, Wisconsin has the overwhelming fan support here, although a few Michigan State fans are coming out of the woodwork as the Spartans stage their modest comeback here. Unfortunetly, a large number of Illinois shirts are starting to appear...
See you at halftime, hopefully. Wisconsin leads 38-33 with 13:41 to go.
welcome to the big show (well, kinda)
I come to you now live from the United Center in Chicago courtside for the 207 Big Ten Tournament. Yeah, i'm excited.
Right now, Ohio State and Michigan ar battling it out early in the 2nd half, and I am yet to see how Ohio State can ever be ranked number one in the country. They lead by 8 over a terrible Michigan team. Well, maybe not terrible but they are pretty damn bad.
On to more important things. The apartment here is splendiferous and the Erin Andrews is 12 times that. Maybe 13.
We had Rock Bottom for dinner last night, because, well, it was right next to the apartment.
Ending this post, OSU is up 46-39 with 12:47 to play. Go wolverines.
more updates whenver.
Right now, Ohio State and Michigan ar battling it out early in the 2nd half, and I am yet to see how Ohio State can ever be ranked number one in the country. They lead by 8 over a terrible Michigan team. Well, maybe not terrible but they are pretty damn bad.
On to more important things. The apartment here is splendiferous and the Erin Andrews is 12 times that. Maybe 13.
We had Rock Bottom for dinner last night, because, well, it was right next to the apartment.
Ending this post, OSU is up 46-39 with 12:47 to play. Go wolverines.
more updates whenver.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
weekend happenins'
As IU heads into Spring Break on Friday (Thursday at 11am for me!), here's a quick idea of what's going to be showcased on rough clarity in the next few days.
1) IU Men's Big Ten Basketball Coverage live from the United Center. The Hoosiers tip off at 9pm in Chicago as the 3rd seed in the 2007 Men's Big Ten Basketball Tournament. Look for me on ESPN+ and possible game updates here at half time.
2) The NASCAR Nextel Cup Series returns to action this weekend in Las Vegas. After a week hiatus to let the Busch guys and Buschwackers dance around in Mexico, they return to action at the newly configured LVMS. That means we'll have the race preview, race recap, and race rewind all in the next few days.
3)Chicago. Being in town for the Big Ten Tourney, I'll likely post a little bit about my adventures around the windy city, and recaps of other games. I expect to have some good eatins this weekend.
over and out.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
out of left field: caught with his pants down
This week's edition of left field comes at us again with a similar topic -- people getting get caught with drugs in awkward situations. That leads me to believe that there is a strong possibility that getting caught with drugs generally comes at awkward moments, likely due to the offenders trying to hide them.
But I digress. This week's left field offender comes at us from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Quite frankly, I'm impressed the someone can write Sheboygan in the date line (that little phrase at the start of the story that tells where it is set) and not truly laugh about it. Can anyone take these Sheboygan folks seriously? I thought "sheboygans!" was some kind of term used by the people who find it inappropriate to ever cuss. Apparently, I'm wrong, because someone named a town after it.
Anyways, our offender had a little mishap today and managed to get his car stuck in a ditch. When the police arrived, our fellow, only known as a 22-year-old Sheboygan man, had his jeans unzipped. One police officer -- with obvious wandering eyes -- noticed this and questioned the man on whether he had anything illegal on him. Maybe it went something like "Sir, what's the bulge in your underwear?". Who knows? That just had to be awkward. As it turned out, the Sheboygan man had a small amount of marijuana and a pipe on him, causing police to make the bust.
This situation was obviously a little weird for all parties involved, I'd assumed. Not only would the officer have to head home and tell the "so guess where I found mary-jane TODAY!" over the dinner table, but the arrestee certainly will have some interesting explaining to do to that judge.
Moral of the story? Keep the "barn door" closed. Especially if you've got illicit activities going on down there.
Saturday, March 3, 2007
gameday at iu: senior night
the iu basketball preview makes a return tonight, the last game of the regular season for the indiana hoosiers. the northwestern preview was missing because -- well -- i think about 13.97 people actually cared about the game. if iu would have lost, it would have been a different story. is penn state at home any different? not really, but it is senior night.
tonight the hoosiers will effectively graduate four seniors from assembly hall -- errek suhr, earl calloway and roderick wilmont. each have had their impact on the program, mostly this year, in quite different ways.
suhr? the walk-on-who-got-a-scholarship-face-of-iu-who-the-crowd-loves guard from bloomington will decidedly get the most cheer tonight. he's been a "sparkplug" for the hoosiers this year, in the words of Coach K at Duke. the numbers? not too great. but he's a scrappy player who gives iu fans flashbacks of teams and players past.
calloway? he's had a tough end to the regular season with the painful separated shoulder injury suffered at purdue, but it seems as if he's ready to get back in the swing of things again after playing a little bit at northwestern. his career at iu has been decent since transferring from georgia perimeter college after his sophomore year. he averaged just 10 points a game this season, but made his deeper impact with court presence and ability to fly the ball up the court.
wilmont? roderick earned an iu record on wednesday against norhtwestern by connecting on 9 3-pointers en route to 31 points for the contest. wilmont has been at iu for five years and is a red shirt senior after sitting out his freshman season. this year he's averaged over 12 points a game and was 66-161 from 3-point range.
all of these guys will be missed next year, but in all reality, the team is in good shape. armon bassett fill in calloway's role, lance stemler and aj ratliff will be a heavy outside presence and dj white should be back. throw in eric gordon and a stellar recruiting class and the hoosiers will looks to be pretty stout in 2007-2008.
but for now, the focus lies on keeping an undefeated record at home against penn state tonight and advancing in the big ten tournament. all the nay-sayers who say iu isn't a lock in the tournament are dead wrong. the 3rd best team in the conference will get in. and it wouldn't shock this reporter to see the hoosiers playing on sunday in the big ten tournament -- they are the type of team that can and will shock some teams (wisconsin and ohio state) at a neutral venue.
tonight? the hoosiers roll. sampson lays down some pretty nice comments and a few jabs too. i can't be there, but i'll excited to see how it plays out.
give iu the nod. 82-62.
tonight the hoosiers will effectively graduate four seniors from assembly hall -- errek suhr, earl calloway and roderick wilmont. each have had their impact on the program, mostly this year, in quite different ways.
suhr? the walk-on-who-got-a-scholarship-face-of-iu-who-the-crowd-loves guard from bloomington will decidedly get the most cheer tonight. he's been a "sparkplug" for the hoosiers this year, in the words of Coach K at Duke. the numbers? not too great. but he's a scrappy player who gives iu fans flashbacks of teams and players past.
calloway? he's had a tough end to the regular season with the painful separated shoulder injury suffered at purdue, but it seems as if he's ready to get back in the swing of things again after playing a little bit at northwestern. his career at iu has been decent since transferring from georgia perimeter college after his sophomore year. he averaged just 10 points a game this season, but made his deeper impact with court presence and ability to fly the ball up the court.
wilmont? roderick earned an iu record on wednesday against norhtwestern by connecting on 9 3-pointers en route to 31 points for the contest. wilmont has been at iu for five years and is a red shirt senior after sitting out his freshman season. this year he's averaged over 12 points a game and was 66-161 from 3-point range.
all of these guys will be missed next year, but in all reality, the team is in good shape. armon bassett fill in calloway's role, lance stemler and aj ratliff will be a heavy outside presence and dj white should be back. throw in eric gordon and a stellar recruiting class and the hoosiers will looks to be pretty stout in 2007-2008.
but for now, the focus lies on keeping an undefeated record at home against penn state tonight and advancing in the big ten tournament. all the nay-sayers who say iu isn't a lock in the tournament are dead wrong. the 3rd best team in the conference will get in. and it wouldn't shock this reporter to see the hoosiers playing on sunday in the big ten tournament -- they are the type of team that can and will shock some teams (wisconsin and ohio state) at a neutral venue.
tonight? the hoosiers roll. sampson lays down some pretty nice comments and a few jabs too. i can't be there, but i'll excited to see how it plays out.
give iu the nod. 82-62.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
hearst photo contest.
i thought i'd just do a little self-promotion for a little bit, because well, this is my blog.
i shot the World's Toughest Rodeo in january at conseco fieldhouse in indy, and i entered a photo story about the event into a hearst photojournalism contest.
check out the entry at the indiana daily student website by clicking multimedia and then world's toughest rodeo.
thanks for enjoying.
i shot the World's Toughest Rodeo in january at conseco fieldhouse in indy, and i entered a photo story about the event into a hearst photojournalism contest.
check out the entry at the indiana daily student website by clicking multimedia and then world's toughest rodeo.
thanks for enjoying.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
out of left field: class coke.
Welcome to the newest and snazziest part of rough clarity. No, it's not a baseball feature. It doesn't have anything to do with a weekly writeup from my liberal point of view. And it certainly has nothing to do with my left hand. However, any of these things may become a part of left field at any time.
Left field is going to be a weekly shout-out to stupid, funny, crazy or ignorant. It's gonna be stories I hope you haven't heard that are going to make you say "haha!" or "no way!" or something similar. I hope you enjoy.
Today's illustrious human being comes to us from the 11th state to enter the union, New York. Nah, it's not some crazy protestor in Manhattan or a tourist at Niagara Falls. This person comes from the beautiful (or not so, I've never been there) Lewiston, New York, a city near Niagara Falls.
Joan Donatelli is a 59-year-old former first grade teacher that now apparently substitutes for fourth grade classes. And apparently, the woman has some ingenuity.
Last week as First Coast News reports, Donatelli was told on by a pair of girls in one of the classes. Apparently, Mrs. Donatelli had some white powder on her nose and the girls were worried. Who wouldn't be? Teacher could have anthrax!
Anyways, someone finally determinded this white powder was found to be cocaine. Straight Columbian blow. Mrs. Donatelli was gettin' high!
The police later reached Donatelli at home where she admitted to using the cocaine -- in front of the class. She gave up a small bag of blow and two pen caps. Yes, two pen caps.
Keep reading, this is where you'll laugh.
Apparently, Donatelli was taking the cocaine, laying it on the desk next to the apple and pencil sharpener, and then dipping the pen caps into the powder, and finally inhaling via shoving the pen cap up her nose.
Can't you imagine that situation?
"Hey class, we're having reading time, and I'm telling the whole story without a book! It's got President Bush, the Easter bunny, some cocoa puffs and rainbow world of pandas!"
According the Donatelli, "she had a problem, that she has an addiction, something she's been struggling with." Hmmm, getting high while teaching fourth graders, it's gotta happen more than you'd think.
The principal of this school later informed us that Mrs. Donatelli used to teach a very intensive drug-prevention program at the school for her first graders. Which leaves one question.
Was she the example?
Left field is going to be a weekly shout-out to stupid, funny, crazy or ignorant. It's gonna be stories I hope you haven't heard that are going to make you say "haha!" or "no way!" or something similar. I hope you enjoy.
Today's illustrious human being comes to us from the 11th state to enter the union, New York. Nah, it's not some crazy protestor in Manhattan or a tourist at Niagara Falls. This person comes from the beautiful (or not so, I've never been there) Lewiston, New York, a city near Niagara Falls.
Joan Donatelli is a 59-year-old former first grade teacher that now apparently substitutes for fourth grade classes. And apparently, the woman has some ingenuity.
Last week as First Coast News reports, Donatelli was told on by a pair of girls in one of the classes. Apparently, Mrs. Donatelli had some white powder on her nose and the girls were worried. Who wouldn't be? Teacher could have anthrax!
Anyways, someone finally determinded this white powder was found to be cocaine. Straight Columbian blow. Mrs. Donatelli was gettin' high!
The police later reached Donatelli at home where she admitted to using the cocaine -- in front of the class. She gave up a small bag of blow and two pen caps. Yes, two pen caps.
Keep reading, this is where you'll laugh.
Apparently, Donatelli was taking the cocaine, laying it on the desk next to the apple and pencil sharpener, and then dipping the pen caps into the powder, and finally inhaling via shoving the pen cap up her nose.
Can't you imagine that situation?
"Hey class, we're having reading time, and I'm telling the whole story without a book! It's got President Bush, the Easter bunny, some cocoa puffs and rainbow world of pandas!"
According the Donatelli, "she had a problem, that she has an addiction, something she's been struggling with." Hmmm, getting high while teaching fourth graders, it's gotta happen more than you'd think.
The principal of this school later informed us that Mrs. Donatelli used to teach a very intensive drug-prevention program at the school for her first graders. Which leaves one question.
Was she the example?
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