In Indiana’s tough loss to the Buckeyes on Friday night, freshman Justin Smith scored 16 points. Smith has now scored in double figures in each of Indiana’s last four contests and like the team as a whole, has showed marked ...
Thoughts on an 80-78 loss to the Buckeyes: Indiana scrapped and clawed and scrapped and clawed some more, all the way through a brutal 50 minutes of action featuring two overtimes on senior night inside Assembly Hall. It was a ...
In its loss to the Cornhuskers on Tuesday night, turnovers sunk the Hoosiers. Nebraska was able to exploit those Indiana miscues into 26 of their 66 points. We’ll take at what went wrong at crucial times for the Hoosiers in ...
Thoughts on a 66-57 loss to the Cornhuskers: Despite a sloppy, ugly, lackadaisical night for the Hoosiers, they remained in striking distance of Nebraska in the final minutes. But down five with 3:22 to go in the contest, Josh Newkirk ...
Collin Hartman didn’t score a single point during Indiana’s win against Iowa on Saturday afternoon. But the veteran fifth-year senior, playing with a brace on his knee and a bandage on his thumb, still made his presence felt in a ...
Thoughts on an 84-82 win over the Hawkeyes: Robert Johnson was today’s star. His nine 3-pointers — which tied an Indiana single-game record — saved the Hoosiers on a day their Big Ten best defense allowed 1.23 points per possession to ...
In Indiana’s win against Illinois on Wednesday evening, a 13-2 advantage on fast break points in the first half helped the Hoosiers carry a 10-point lead into the break. Indiana hasn’t been known as a transition team this season, but ...
Thoughts on a 78-68 win against the Illini: All the passing beauty from Indiana’s Friday night win against Minnesota washed away in this one. It was a gunked up, ugly affair filled with fouls … and fouls … and more ...
In its blowout win against Minnesota on Friday night, Indiana’s passing led the charge on offense. The Hoosiers continued to find the open man again and again, assisting on 21 of their 30 made baskets. In the second half, the ...
Thoughts on a 80-56 win against Minnesota: The bricks Indiana’s laid this season from the 3-point and free throw line have ushered in a brutalist movement during Archie Miller’s first season. But tonight was a welcomed reprieve from the oftentimes ugliness ...
In Indiana’s win against Rutgers on Monday night, the Hoosiers used a stout defense to hold the Scarlet Knights to just .67 points per possession. Devonte Green also jumped into the starting lineup and continues to mature and impress. We’ll take ...
Thoughts on a 65-43 win over the Scarlet Knights: So often this season, Indiana has clanged shots from distance. But a hot start from beyond the arc lifted the Hoosiers to a double-digit lead early in this one and it was ...
In Indiana’s close loss to Michigan State on Saturday night, the Hoosiers were great on the offensive boards, leading to 14-0 advantage in second chance points. With so many misses, the Hoosiers had ample opportunity to outwork the Spartans for ...
Thoughts on a 63-60 loss to the Spartans: Indiana couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. When the Hoosiers weren’t clanging shots, Michigan State’s length racked up block after block in the paint and made the Hoosiers trepidatious at ...
Indiana’s first half struggles against Ohio State sunk them in Columbus on Tuesday night. Fatigue appeared to have caught up with the Hoosiers as they fumbled along to just .70 points per possession and an effective field goal percentage of ...
Thoughts on a 71-56 loss to the Buckeyes: There’s no rest for this Indiana team. Tonight marked its fifth contest in 12 days. Just a day sat inbetween an emotional contest against Purdue, the best team in conference, and another ...