It's 7:30 a.m. on a Thursday morning. It's quiet, still dark outside and the fluorescent lights shining on the Steve 'Coach' Cady Arena at the Goggin Ice Center seem brighter during the early morning.
Men's basketball lost their regular season finale 69-55 on Friday evening to Ohio University. The loss put them as the twelfth seed in the Mid-American Conference, and today the RedHawks face the Western Michigan Broncos in the first round of the playoffs.
The Miami University women's basketball team won its final game of the regular season on Saturday afternoon as the squad defeated Bowling Green State University 75-65 on the road.
Men's basketball staged a 15-point comeback at the University of Akron on Tuesday evening. It was the second to last game of the season for both teams and it is the RedHawks' first win on the road and only Akron's second loss at home.
Men's basketball lost 70-54 to Bowling Green State University on Saturday afternoon. It was the last home game of the season and the RedHawks were unable to come back from an early deficit.
The Miami University women's basketball team fell to Ohio University by a score of 77-63 on Saturday. With the loss, the RedHawks fall to 10-19 (4-12 MAC) while the Bobcats improve to 19-8 (10-6 MAC).
The men's hockey team took on No. 2 University of Minnesota Duluth in Duluth, Minn. for a two-game series. The RedHawks lost the series opener on Thursday. They tied second game on Friday and will pick up an extra point in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference standings for scoring in overtime.
This week the NFL descends on Indianopolis, IN for what has been dubbed the "Underwear Olympics." Athletes will run through a gauntlet of events including the 40-yard dash, bench press, broad jump, 20-yard shuttle, Wonderlic test, positional drills and then interviews. Coaches and GMs will be watching the attendees' every move both on and off the field. The top prospects will be eager to impress in drills, tests and interviews. Reactions and overreactions will run rampant.
It's that wonderful time of the year again. The telltale signs of spring have begun to peek through the cracks of a relatively short winter. Trap music is blaring in the streets of Oxford, "Sun's out, Guns out" posts have replaced pictures of bundled up couples on Instagram, and, yes Reds fans, Homer Bailey is already injured.
It was another long series for Miami baseball as the University of South Florida swept a four game series by scores of 5-1, 7-2, 3-2 and 11-2. The RedHawks concluded the season-opening seven game road trip with the four loses.
It was an opening series letdown for the baseball team. The University of Arkansas swept the series by scores of 7-0, 5-1 and 11-1 in Fayetteville, AR.
The Miami University women's basketball team outlasted the University of Akron on Wednesday night, securing a hard fought 66-62 victory.
Men's basketball lost 79-62 to instate and Mid-American Conference rival, Ohio University on Tuesday evening. The teams traded runs throughout the contest and Miami came up 17 short.
The Miami University women's basketball team lost a tightly contested matchup against Bowling Green State University at home on Saturday afternoon by a score of 61-59.
Nineteen people gathered in room 123 of Phillips Hall, 13 women and six men. Three faculty members and 16 students. Several sat next to each other, some thumbed through their phones and a couple decided to introduce themselves and chat quietly until the meeting began. Callie Maddox began to talk. The room got quiet but the enthusiasm level got louder.
Miami men's hockey was swept at home by the University of Denver Pioneers this weekend. The losses are their third and fourth in a row.
Miami men's basketball dropped both their Tuesday contest against the Kent State Flashes and their Saturday game against the University of Buffalo Bulls. Both games were away and Miami continues to struggle to find victory on the road and victory against Mid-American Conference opponents.
Upon the end of a busy academic week, each student decompresses in their own way (some legal, others not). For many, weekends in October to March are for one thing: hockey. Fans make their way to Goggin in droves to watch our beloved RedHawks, ready to scream their heads off cheering. Students and locals pack into the arena, and are led in cheers by the one and only Band of the Brotherhood -- Miami's Pep Band.
Despite a strong second half surge, the Miami University women's basketball team was unable to overcome an early deficit, falling 63-61 to Northern Illinois University at Millett Hall on Wednesday night.
It's a dynamic world that we live in. So many things come and go that we often forget what even happened. When it is the main frame, however, everyone wants to claim a part of it to themselves.