Thoughts on a 73-71 loss to the Illini: Coming into this one, the narrative went like this: Illinois fouls more than almost any team in the country, but Indiana has the worst free throw percentage in the Big Ten. If ...
With De’Ron Davis out for the season, Justin Smith has seen an uptick in minutes this month. The freshman has been impactful on the offensive end, scoring 20 points against Minnesota and 12 against Maryland in Monday night’s win. While ...
Thoughts on a 71-68 win against Maryland: The first half played clean. There was little in the way of fouling as each team dropped in buckets with relative ease. Both the Hoosiers and Terrapins shot an effective field goal percentage ...
While the Hoosiers only mustered .85 points per possession against the Spartans in their blowout loss on Friday night, Robert Johnson had a strong offensive performance. Johnson scored 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting. The senior did a nice job of ...
Thoughts on a 85-57 loss to the Spartans: Try as they might, the Hoosiers were absolutely no match for Michigan State this evening. While Indiana made some shots early to take a small lead and at least matched Michigan State ...
In Indiana’s 20-point victory against Northwestern on Sunday, a strong start to the second half from the Hoosiers put the game away for good. With Juwan Morgan back on the floor following first half foul trouble, the Hoosiers got to ...
Thoughts on a 66-46 win against the Wildcats: What a difference Juwan Morgan makes. Saddled on the bench for the final 17:46 of the first half due to two quick fouls, Morgan was no factor in the first half as ...
While Indiana shot poorly from distance in the first half, it still found success in the half court en route to a halftime lead against the Nittany Lions on Tuesday evening. How did the Hoosiers do it? A lot of ...
Thoughts on a 74-70 win against the Nittany Lions: Playing in front of its home crowd for the first time in 11 days, the Hoosiers fed off the Assembly Hall faithful early. Indiana came out with an effort, focus and ...
After going up nine in the first half, the Hoosiers found themselves down eight points five minutes into the second half and potentially entering a danger zone where Minnesota could have grabbed ahold of the game for good. But thanks ...
Thoughts on a 75-71 win over the Golden Gophers: Indiana came into this one wounded. Its loss to Wisconsin, even in a season with huge losses at home to Indiana State and Fort Wayne, was arguably its worst game of ...
In Wisconsin’s win against the Hoosiers on Tuesday night, Ethan Happ dominated. While Happ was hard to contain and led all scorers with 28 points, it was the little stuff he did with skill and precision that also aided the ...
Thoughts on a 71-61 loss to the Badgers: Another year, another trip to the Kohl Center, another lackluster performance from Indiana leading to a loss. New coach, new system and it didn’t matter — Ethan Happ remains an enormous thorn ...
After a rough first half, Indiana put its foot down against Youngstown Sate early in the second half, busting out on an 18-4 run to pretty much put the game away from good. While the Hoosiers got some scores in ...
Now in his second year in the cream and crimson, Zach McRoberts hasn’t been known as an offensive player. But he’s had a coming out party of sorts the last two games. McRoberts scored nine points on Monday night and ...
Thoughts on an 87-59 win over the Golden Eagles: This is what happens when you’re locked in from the tip, when you play with high effort, energy and intensity. You beat a team like Tennessee Tech at home with ease. And ...