Thoughts on an 81-69 win against the Hawkeyes: It’s been a long week for Indiana basketball. The home loss to Purdue last Thursday had fans upset, some cascading towards apathy for this season … and the program. The vacuum created ...
Beyond its overall hot 3-point shooting and 22 points from Trevion Williams, the Boilermakers also had success on baseline out of bounds plays against the Hoosiers. “I thought we had some real breakdowns on our underneath out of bounds defense,” ...
Thoughts on an 81-69 loss to the Boilermakers: The Purdue Problem continues. The Hoosiers are now losers of 11 of their last 12 against the Boilermakers, including eight straight. Tonight’s loss also draws Archie Miller’s IU record against the Boilermakers ...
In its loss to the Hoosiers on Sunday night, Nebraska had a defensive plan for Trayce Jackson-Davis. The Cornhuskers chose to throw extra attention at the sophomore, often hard double-teaming him. Jackson-Davis took just eight field-goal attempts, tying a season-low. ...
Thoughts on an 84-76 win against the Cornhuskers: At this point in the Big Ten season, Nebraska finds itself as the clear cellar-dweller in the conference. Fred Hoiberg has failed to find any roster continuity in his second season in ...
During Indiana’s 80-73 double overtime loss to the Badgers on Thursday night, Anthony Leal played his best game as a Hoosier. The freshman held his own on defense in 34 minutes of action and scored a career-high nine points on ...
Thoughts on an 80-73 loss in double OT to the Badgers: Indiana, playing without its best perimeter scorer in Armaan Franklin, gave Wisconsin absolutely everything it could handle tonight in Madison. This game was there to be had. At the ...
After a first half spent missing 3-pointers and often failing to gain an advantage on offense, the Hoosiers flipped the script in the second half against Maryland. It led to a much more efficient outcome (.67 vs. 1.29 points per ...
Thoughts on a 63-55 win against Maryland: As Aaron Wiggins splashed home a 3-pointer with 15:14 to go in the contest, Indiana found itself down 10 points and in trouble. The first 25 minutes of action had been an abysmal, ...
Indiana struggled to contain Penn State’s offense on Wednesday night, especially in the second half. With the Nittany Lions a strong threat to score from deep and playing more of a 5-out offensive style, the Hoosiers were more spread out ...
Thoughts on an 87-85 overtime win against the Nittany Lions: Rob Phinisee and Al Durham have disappointed of late. Both were called out by their coach on his radio program Monday evening and Phinisee lost his starting spot to freshman ...
Armaan Franklin put on a show against the Illini on Saturday, posting a career-high 23 points (8-of-12 shooting, 5-of-6 from deep). While Ayo Dosunmu was scoring buckets down the stretch for Illinois to carry his team to victory, the Hoosiers ...
Thoughts on a 69-60 loss to the Illini: The day after Christmas hangover was in full effect this afternoon at the State Farm Center. Both teams started off cold from the field, shots clanking from the perimeter and in the ...
For the first time this season, Indiana’s defensive foundation crumbled on Wednesday night. After holding their first seven opponents to under a point per possession, the Hoosiers allowed 1.11 to Northwestern. The Wildcats were also the first team to score ...
Thoughts on a 74-67 loss to the Wildcats: Fresh off an upset win against Michigan State, the Wildcats proved tonight inside Assembly Hall that victory was no fluke. This team can flat out play. Couple that fact with a Chris ...
Three and a half minutes into the second half on Saturday, Indiana still trailed Butler by four with the score at 40-36. But a block by Trayce Jackson-Davis at the 16:29 mark ignited a string of defense-into-offense transition segments for ...