Thoughts on a 59-50 loss to the Scarlet Knights: Now three road games into the Big Ten season, the Hoosiers have been downright abysmal away from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Wisconsin dusted them up bad. The Hoosiers trailed by as ...
After Indiana’s win against Ohio State on Saturday afternoon, Archie Miller had praise for Jerome Hunter. “Jerome Hunter played the best game of his college career and he gave the best minutes all season long at that wing position that ...
Thoughts on a 66-54 win against the Buckeyes: For a game, hope is restored. Indiana looked like a completely different group in this one. After all the questions marks hanging over this team in recent weeks — was the record ...
After finding themselves down 10 points with 11:59 to go in the second half, the Hoosiers turned up their intensity and energy and were able to pull off the comeback victory against Northwestern on Wednesday night. As the Wildcats came ...
Thoughts on a 66-62 win against the Wildcats: Tonight’s performance from Indiana didn’t instill much confidence things are going to turn around. While the Hoosiers knocked down their first two 3-pointers of the night, they’d only go 1-of-12 the rest ...
Beyond their shooting woes — both from distance and at the line — the Hoosiers also struggled with turnovers in their loss to Maryland on Saturday afternoon. Indiana turned it over on 20.2 percent of their possessions. Maryland capitalized in ...
Thoughts on a 75-59 loss to the Terrapins: The last few weeks haven’t been a disaster for the Hoosiers. But the cracks in the foundation have started to show. Devoid of the astronomical free throw rate Indiana racked up inside ...
Indiana lost its fourth and final marquee non-conference game of the season, falling to Arkansas 71-64 in Bloomington on Sunday night. The Hoosiers carried a nine-point lead at the 8:08 mark in the second half. But from there on out, ...
Armaan Franklin scored a career-high 17 points against Notre Dame on Saturday. In a freshman season he’s so far struggled to connect from distance, the Cathedral product’s 4-of-5 shooting from 3-point range was key in Indiana’s narrow victory. Franklin moved ...
Thoughts on a 62-60 win against Notre Dame: Notre Dame clanged 3-pointer after 3-pointer and threw a soft zone at Indiana, one where the Hoosiers found ample opportunities in the middle. The Fighting Irish were out of sorts and playing ...
Fred Hoiberg and Nebraska threw a 5-out, spread style offense at the Hoosiers on Friday night. It was a highly effective counter against the Hoosiers’ packline defense and almost helped the Cornhuksers pull off the upset. Nebraska got into its ...
Thoughts on a 96-90 win against the Cornhuskers: Other teams have sagged off the Hoosiers on the perimeter, goading Indiana into becoming a jump-shooting, stagnant 3-point taking team. It’s been an effective counter to IU’s offense predicated on getting the ...
After not playing since Nov. 20 against Princeton due to injury, Rob Phinisee made his return to the lineup in Tuesday evening’s win against Connecticut. Phinisee didn’t start and only played 13 minutes of action. But he made his presence ...
Thoughts on a 57-54 win against the Huskies: Well, this much is for sure: No one’s walking out of Madison Square Garden down 9th Ave. and dropping this game off at the Whitney Museum. This was not art, two teams ...
The Badgers carved the Hoosiers up for 1.51 points per possession in the first half during their win on Saturday. After a together, communicating defense full of energy and effort on Tuesday against Florida State, Indiana’s defense was a step ...
Thoughts on an 84-64 loss to the Badgers: After a rough shooting stretch for Wisconsin heading into this one, we were prepared for the Badgers to regress to the mean and start hitting 3-point shots at a higher clip. And ...