coming in. The coach will probably downplay it, but you know he wants to win it badly and the team wants to win it for him. After today's debacle, they should want this game badly. We only play Louisville once this year. Last year we swept them, winning three games on separate dates. The forecast is for light afternoon rain with a game start time of 6:05.
Big nonconference game for IU and Coach Lemonis Tuesday with Lousville..
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Debacle is putting it mildly...
We are very lucky to have escaped with a split. Early 4-0 lead in game one turned into a 12 inning nailbiter that easily could have gone the other way several times. Then to kick away a 7-0 lead to a team that will almost certainly finish at the bottom of the league is unfathomable. 24 hours later, I still can't believe what I heard.
This game with the Cards will go a long way toward telling what these guys are made of. I can see us coming out ripping and win big or coming out whimping and lose big. Sure hope it's the former. At this point, I'll take a win anyway they can get it.
We are very lucky to have escaped with a split. Early 4-0 lead in game one turned into a 12 inning nailbiter that easily could have gone the other way several times. Then to kick away a 7-0 lead to a team that will almost certainly finish at the bottom of the league is unfathomable. 24 hours later, I still can't believe what I heard.
This game with the Cards will go a long way toward telling what these guys are made of. I can see us coming out ripping and win big or coming out whimping and lose big. Sure hope it's the former. At this point, I'll take a win anyway they can get it.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- No. 19 Indiana, winners of 12 of its last 13 games, hosts No. 7 Louisville at Bart Kaufman Field on Tuesday, March 24, at 5:05 p.m. ET.
IU is 15-5 overall and saw a 12-game winning streak snapped on Sunday at Penn State. IU's streak was the longest current winning spurt in the country and was tied for the fifth-longest in school history.
SHOWDOWN IN B-TOWN
••• IU and UofL will meet for the only time in 2015 on Tuesday after going head-to-head three times in 2014.
••• IU leads the all-time series, 25-21, in 46 meetings dating back to 1937.
••• The Hoosiers have won the last four meetings and six of the last seven vs. UofL, including all three meetings in 2014.
••• IU first-year head coach Chris Lemonis spent the last eight seasons at Louisville, helping the Cardinals to three CWS appearances (2008, 2013 & 2014) and a 359-159 record.
••• IU assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Kyle Cheesebrough also spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Louisville and was part of two CWS teams. Cheesebrough played for the Cardinals in 2008 and 2009 and graduated from Louisville with a degree in education in 2010.
••• Louisville: Twitter
BACK AT BART KAUFMAN FIELD
••• The Hoosiers are 44-8 (.846) at Bart Kaufman Field since the facility opened in 2013, including a perfect 6-0 this season.Indiana won its first seven games at the ballpark in 2013 and the first five in 2014.
••• Single-game and season tickets are available: CLICK HERE
••• For a look at Indiana's new concession items and promotions in 2015: CLICK HERE
WHERE INDIANA STANDS
••• Four of the five polls recognized by the NCAA have the Hoosiers ranked, while IU is also receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
••• Indiana has achieved its highest ranking of the season, tabbed 19th by D1Baseball. Below are IU's current rankings:
D1Baseball: 19 | Collegiate Baseball: 24 | Baseball America: 24 | USA Today Coaches' Poll: 29 | NCBWA: 30
••• Since 2013, Indiana has been ranked in at least one poll in 35 of 45 possible weeks. IU has been a Top 25 team on 35 occasions, a Top 20 team in 29 weeks, a Top 15 team 16 times and has reached the Top 10 nine times.
A LOOK AT THE HOOSIERS
••• In the Big Ten, IU ranks first with nine triples, second in walks allowed (31), third in batting average (.286), team ERA (2.60) and strikeouts (172), tied for third in home runs (12), and fourth in runs scored (120), RBI (112) and total bases (286).
••• Fourteen of Indiana's 20 games have been decided by three runs or less, including seven by one run. IU is 6-2 in one-run games and has won five straight. In three-run games, IU is 10-4 and winners of its last seven such contests.
••• Casey Rodrigue leads Indiana with 42 total bases and 17 RBI. Craig Dedelow leads IU with a .359 batting average and 28 hits. Three Hoosiers have at least seven extra-base hits, led by nine from Rodrigue and Austin Cangelosi.
••• Christian Morris (2-0) has pitched a team-high 30.1 innings, Thomas Belcher leads IU with 23 strikeouts while Ryan Halstead has four saves.
••• IU players have been honored five times this season by the Big Ten, the most selections in the league, with Nick Ramos (Feb. 16) and Austin Cangelosi (March 16) earning Big Ten Player of the Week and Logan Sowers (March 2 and 9) and Brian Hobbie (March 16) picking up Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors.
••• Indiana has recorded 10 or more hits in 13 of its last 16 games and has struck out 10+ batters in four of the last five.
Go Hoosiers!
Links notes projected starter and coverage:
per Varsity Club
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- No. 19 Indiana, winners of 12 of its last 13 games, hosts No. 7 Louisville at Bart Kaufman Field on Tuesday, March 24, at 5:05 p.m. ET.
IU is 15-5 overall and saw a 12-game winning streak snapped on Sunday at Penn State. IU's streak was the longest current winning spurt in the country and was tied for the fifth-longest in school history.
SHOWDOWN IN B-TOWN
••• IU and UofL will meet for the only time in 2015 on Tuesday after going head-to-head three times in 2014.
••• IU leads the all-time series, 25-21, in 46 meetings dating back to 1937.
••• The Hoosiers have won the last four meetings and six of the last seven vs. UofL, including all three meetings in 2014.
••• IU first-year head coach Chris Lemonis spent the last eight seasons at Louisville, helping the Cardinals to three CWS appearances (2008, 2013 & 2014) and a 359-159 record.
••• IU assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Kyle Cheesebrough also spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Louisville and was part of two CWS teams. Cheesebrough played for the Cardinals in 2008 and 2009 and graduated from Louisville with a degree in education in 2010.
••• Louisville: Twitter
BACK AT BART KAUFMAN FIELD
••• The Hoosiers are 44-8 (.846) at Bart Kaufman Field since the facility opened in 2013, including a perfect 6-0 this season.Indiana won its first seven games at the ballpark in 2013 and the first five in 2014.
••• Single-game and season tickets are available: CLICK HERE
••• For a look at Indiana's new concession items and promotions in 2015: CLICK HERE
WHERE INDIANA STANDS
••• Four of the five polls recognized by the NCAA have the Hoosiers ranked, while IU is also receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
••• Indiana has achieved its highest ranking of the season, tabbed 19th by D1Baseball. Below are IU's current rankings:
D1Baseball: 19 | Collegiate Baseball: 24 | Baseball America: 24 | USA Today Coaches' Poll: 29 | NCBWA: 30
••• Since 2013, Indiana has been ranked in at least one poll in 35 of 45 possible weeks. IU has been a Top 25 team on 35 occasions, a Top 20 team in 29 weeks, a Top 15 team 16 times and has reached the Top 10 nine times.
A LOOK AT THE HOOSIERS
••• In the Big Ten, IU ranks first with nine triples, second in walks allowed (31), third in batting average (.286), team ERA (2.60) and strikeouts (172), tied for third in home runs (12), and fourth in runs scored (120), RBI (112) and total bases (286).
••• Fourteen of Indiana's 20 games have been decided by three runs or less, including seven by one run. IU is 6-2 in one-run games and has won five straight. In three-run games, IU is 10-4 and winners of its last seven such contests.
••• Casey Rodrigue leads Indiana with 42 total bases and 17 RBI. Craig Dedelow leads IU with a .359 batting average and 28 hits. Three Hoosiers have at least seven extra-base hits, led by nine from Rodrigue and Austin Cangelosi.
••• Christian Morris (2-0) has pitched a team-high 30.1 innings, Thomas Belcher leads IU with 23 strikeouts while Ryan Halstead has four saves.
••• IU players have been honored five times this season by the Big Ten, the most selections in the league, with Nick Ramos (Feb. 16) and Austin Cangelosi (March 16) earning Big Ten Player of the Week and Logan Sowers (March 2 and 9) and Brian Hobbie (March 16) picking up Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors.
••• Indiana has recorded 10 or more hits in 13 of its last 16 games and has struck out 10+ batters in four of the last five.
Go Hoosiers!
Links notes projected starter and coverage:
per Varsity Club
