So yesterday was Sunday. My last day of winter break before I dove head first into recreating my class website, updating my class materials, and creating new projects for crucial learning. So I decided I would stay home which meant, missing one of the IU WBB games. I felt bad but knew that I would be attending all of them in January and February.  By resting on Sunday would allow me to bring new cheering power to future games. 

So glad I stayed home. I rested. And it was good. 

Oh YES! my wrong my wonderful Hoosier Women WON!!!! And they won BIG!! Just read about it here: No. 8 Indiana women’s basketball defeats No. 6 Maryland 70-63 in overtime. Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Woooo stand up and cheer!!!!!  GO IU! See, they beat Maryland which is a team I have great animosity towards due to the behavior of the players and the head coach. So going would have upped my blood pressure to no end.

No I don't keep track of who IU WBB plays before a game. I find out when I get there. The spirit moved me to rest, relax, and then ACHIEVE A SECOND OF SPIRITUAL BLISS WHEN I READ IU BEAT MARYLAND! So yesterday was a very good day. 

Keep going, IU WBB. My self care and rest has rejuvenated me. See you in person soon. 

Well what can I say. Last year COVID kept fans away from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Yet the IU Women became Elite 8 in the NCAA. It was good!

This year the IU Women started off with a bang! Team is ranked 10th in the nation and Mackenzie Holmes joined the 1,000 points club at IU. 

I am so enjoying this year. It is good to be back with other fans and to see our players on the court. They are leaner, meaner, and they bring joy when watching them. 

Come on down to the Hall and cheer on the Hoosiers. Or watch them over media! If you look at the schedule, every game shows where you can watch or hear the game live. 

Go IU! Go Hoosiers! 

This week the IU Board of Trustees congratulated the Women's Basketball team and the Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving teams for outstanding achievements, i.e., victories this season! Read the wonderful article here and well done IU!!!!
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Go Hoosiers!

Check out this EXCELLENT commemorative WNIT 2018 IU Victory Site!!!  I am so pleased that this is up and out in the world. Our Hoosier Women deserve the accolade. 

Oh and as you can see there were times in the game I got nervous. 

Well done Hoosier Women WELL DONE!! So proud of you all. 

Hello All! I have made site updates to Behind the Bench Bunch because new year means new fun! New team members and new ways to win. Go IU Women's Basketball.
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Our Hoosier Women can hold their heads high! They earned Elite 8 status in the WNIT for the 2016-2017 season! The BtBB was there to cheer them on and we are so proud of their accomplishment. You can see some of us - including myself - in the pictures below. A kind friend sent these pictures to me.

Go Hoosiers!  #GoIU @IndianaWBB

Here are the numbers for some new IU women:

Uniform numbers for ‪#‎iuwbb‬ freshmen in 2014-15:
Tyra Buss - 3
Amanda Cahill - 33
Maura Muensterman - 31
Jess Walter - 2


Glad to have you with us, Hoosier Women!

How much do we love our IUWBB? Well look at our wonderful team and coach below Chillin4Charity. So thrilled to have such wonderful people at IU!

So much to report and celebrate here for our wonderful IU athletes! Let's get started.

Hoosier Baseball Men Beat Ohio State
Well done gentlemen!! You beat Ohio State in three games this weekend. Oh well done!!! Plus your 42 base knocks are the most in a series since Indiana accumulated 46 at Iowa late last March. Huzzah! Read more about it here: Hoosiers Roll In Series Sweep at Ohio State.

Hoosiers Make a Clean Sweep of Michigan
Rivals No. 14 Indiana and No. 17 Michigan battled it out on Saturday, March 29 with IU taking home the victory. Keep going, ladies!

Hoosier Men 10th in NCAA Swimming
Well done! A pair of second-place finishes and a third top-eight showing propelled the Indiana Men's Swimming and Diving team to a 10th-place finish at the 2014 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. Very happy for you gentlemen!

Hoosier W. Rowing Bring Home A Win
Indiana Rowing opened the spring schedule with a sweep of Dayton and Duquesne. Well done team!!! Read more about it here: Indiana Rowing Sweeps Dayton, Duquesne.

IUWBB - Elite 8
Our Hoosier Women ended their amazing season with Elite 8 status in the 2014 WNIT. Well done, women, well done!! We are all so very very proud of you and can't wait to celebrate you at your banquet and next year. After all, It's Miller's Time!!!

Wow! I am at home now after watching and amazing victory by our #IUWBB. Wow! We won by one point at the end. This means the #IUWBB now move on to the rank of Elite 8! Huzzah Hoosier Women! And Huzzah to the great coaching staff! Huzzah also to the crowd. I am glad to see the crowds growing for the IUWBB and cheering for our Hoosier Women. It is all good.

Triple B member Suzi W. made a poster saluting Coach Miller. "It's Miller's Time!"

We all hope that the next game will be here in Bloomington on Saturday! Fingers crossed and well done Elite 8 winners!

Dear Hoosier Women: The Behind the Bench Bunch are going to root you in tonight! We are proud of you and all you have accomplished this year. Know what the sound of love is? Our cheers from behind you! Go Hoosiers go! #IUWBB, @indianawbb

For the WNIT!
The Hoosier Women - #IUWBB - won their second round in the WNIT on Saturday. Now our Hoosier Women will take on Northwestern this Thursday in the IU Assembly Hall at 7 pm. Indiana To Host Northwestern Thursday in WNIT. You bet we will be there!!

Huzzah to the Swimmers!
IU can herald another victory for IU today. Brooklyn Snodgrass won the NCAA 200 backstroke! Read more about it here: NCAA CHAMPION: Brooklynn Snodgrass Wins the 200 Backstroke.

And yes, Brooklyn is a student of mine.

Wrestling & NCAA Hardware
Taylor Walsh of the IU Wrestling team received a plaque commemorating 22 D-I pins (26 overall). Taylor Walsh Leads NCAA in Total Falls.

Check out the IU Hoosiers Website for more information about IU Athletics.

Wow! So today #IUWBB fans saw our Hoosier Women win their second WNIT game! HOORAY!! What a game! Check out the video below of the game highlights. Also check out the IUWBB Twitter feed @IndianaWBB.

Oh and I would like to salute the crowd today at Assembly Hall!! Finally we got the entire crowd standing and cheering for our Hoosier Women. They deserved it. It was good to rock the hall for them.

Such a wonderful day for IU Women's Basketball. Such a great day for IU.

What a game!! Wow! Tonight #IUWBB beat Belmont by 1 point!! Wow my heart stopped several times during the game especially at the end. Great steal Ms. Taylor which pulled the ball out of Belmont's hands at the last minute. Whew! We are now on to the second round. Come join Triple B Saturday night, 7 pm at Assembly Hall where our women take on Marquette.

The "Mother of Women's Basketball," Senda Berenson Abbot, was born on this date in 1868. While teaching physical education at Smith College, she organized and officiated the first women's basketball game ever to be played. After meeting with the inventor of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, she wrote an official rulebook for women's college basketball, and its popularity grew with hundreds of teams cropping up nationwide within a few short years. In 1985, she became the first woman to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. - Ms. Magazine, Facebook

I look forward to celebrating Ms. Abbot's legacy by watching the #IUWBB play tonight! See you soon!

OMG and Hooray!!! IU is hosting the first round of the WNIT. The IUWBB will be playing Belmont this Thursday, March 20th, starting at 7 pm, at IU Assembly Hall. Yes, many of us in Triple B have our tickets. We will be there to root in our women!!!

You can read more here: Indiana Earns WNIT Bid, Hosts Belmont Thursday.

Also enjoy the Happy Postseason video from IUWBB!

Keep your fingers crossed for the IUWBB - and cheer LOUDLY! This Thursday, Feb. 27th, Indiana Tangles With Minnesota. Since it is my birthday, I think they should win. With a 25 point lead. :) - M. Lion