Thoughts on a 75-63 loss to Georgia Tech: All those months ago, coming back from Hawaii on a high from the Kansas win, the Hoosiers stopped in Phoenix en route back to Bloomington. “We wouldn’t mind coming back here sometime,” ...
This much is true: Across three games this season, Ethan Happ dominated the Hoosiers. Happ shot an efficient 76.6 percent (23-of-30) against IU, including a 7-of-9 performance in Friday’s quarterfinal matchup of the Big Ten Tournament. We’ll take a look ...
Thoughts on a 70-60 loss to the Badgers: After back-to-back 3-pointers by Zak Showalter and D’Mitrik Trice put the Badgers up 15 with 8:14 to go, this one looked just about done. The Hoosiers had scored 90-plus points in their ...
In Indiana’s blowout victory against Iowa on Thursday night in the Big Ten Tournament, James Blackmon Jr. had one of his better all around games as a Hoosier. The junior turned it up in the second half both before and ...
Thoughts on a 95-73 win over the Hawkeyes: Don’t look now, but the Hoosiers are in the midst of a mini-run. Who knows where this team was during the doldrums of the Big Ten season. But for the here and ...
After surrendering a 14-point halftime lead and trailing the Buckeyes at 62-61 with under 10 minutes to go in the second half, Indiana seized back control in a big way thanks to strong play from Zach McRoberts, Robert Johnson, James ...
Thoughts on a 96-92 win against the Buckeyes: In a season the Hoosiers have regressed from an elite 3-point shooting squad to merely a pretty good one, the 3s were dropping like crazy early and often at Value City Arena. ...
During Indiana’s loss to Purdue on Tuesday night, the Hoosiers let Dakota Mathias go off in the first half. He scored 17 points over the first 20 minutes of the contest on 7-of-9 shooting. We’ll take a look at a ...
Thoughts on an 86-75 loss to Purdue: In front of a raucous Paint Crew on senior night with Purdue going for a share of the Big Ten title, the Hoosiers put up a fight and keep it somewhat interesting for a ...
During Indiana’s five-game losing streak, its inability to make plays down the stretch — as well as catch luck at the right time — doomed them in a number of close contests. But against Northwestern on Saturday night, the Hoosiers finally ...
In Indiana’s loss to Iowa on Tuesday night, the Hoosiers often had trouble with the full-court pressure from the Hawkeyes. Even when Indiana avoided the traps at halfcourt and looked to begin running some offense, the Hoosiers remained a little ...
Thoughts on a 96-90 loss to the Hawkeyes: Another game the Hoosiers seemingly had in control down the stretch on the road, and yet another one they threw away. Against Minnesota, some failed box outs from the Hoosiers — and ...
In Indiana’s narrow loss to the Golden Gophers on Wednesday night, the Hoosiers trailed for the first 10 minutes of the second half before taking the lead and holding onto it until the last minute of the contest. We’ll look at ...
Thoughts on a 75-74 loss to Minnesota: Tom Crean tried a new starting lineup, inserting De’Ron Davis for Juwan Morgan and Devonte Green for Robert Johnson. He had a quicker hook for players committing bad turnovers. He stomped the sidelines with a ...
Just like the first time around up in Ann Arbor, Michigan turned Indiana over and found open 3s in transition to build a lead in the first half and sink the Hoosiers. We’ll take a look at two examples of ...
Thoughts on a 75-63 loss to the Wolverines: Indiana entered Big Ten play riding high on a 26-game home winning streak — one of the longest in the country. No matter the ranking of the opponent that entered Assembly Hall, ...