Tied at 57 with 3:49 to go in the contest, Indiana couldn’t muster enough scores combined with stops to pull out the win against Purdue on Thursday night. We’ll take a look at three key plays from the final minutes ...
Thoughts on a 69-64 loss to Purdue: The Hoosiers came to play. They competed. They hustled. But despite the strong effort, the high energy, the collective will to win, it simply wasn’t enough. The reality twelve games into conference play? ...
After the Hoosiers went down 22-10 at the 8:34 mark in the first half in Sunday’s loss at Wisconsin, they turned it up on offense with an immediate 8-0 run. The scoring burst was a part of a 14-5 run ...
Thoughts on a 65-60 loss to the Badgers: Wisconsin shut down Indiana’s perimeter weave. The Hoosiers couldn’t drop in a 3-pointer. Turnovers were rampant. It was the kind of start that should have absolutely doomed the Hoosiers at the Kohl Center. ...
Indiana used strong offensive rebounding in the first half to build its lead against Penn State on Wednesday night inside Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers have been a great offensive rebounding team all season and currently rank 10th best in the ...
Thoughts on a 110-102 win over the Nittany Lions: It was at times a hot mess, a dark comedy full of schadenfreude and calamity. But after three overtimes, the first ever for Indiana in Bloomington, it’s now finally … officially ...
During the middle of the first half in Indiana’s loss to Northwestern on Sunday night, the Hoosiers had a stretch of seven turnovers in just 3:23 of game clock. It was the point in the game where Northwestern grabbed a hold and ...
Thoughts on a 68-55 loss to Northwestern: EVANSTON, Ill. — After its embarrassing loss to Michigan earlier in the week, Indiana started this one much better. The Hoosiers locked in on both ends and jumped out to a 10-1 advantage. But ...
Indiana’s defense had its worst performance of the season — and one of the worst performances by a major conference team in league play in the last decade — in its 30-point blowout loss to the Wolverines on Thursday night. ...
Thoughts on a 90-60 loss to the Wolverines: For as much good will as the Hoosiers built up over their three-game winning streak leading into this one, the reality remained clear: This team is still prone to wide variances in ...
After a Kenny Goins dunk pulled Michigan State within four with 5:03 to go in Saturday’s contest, the Hoosiers needed buckets and stops to maintain the lead and emerge victorious. They got ’em, as Indiana received contributions from a number of players ...
Thoughts on a 82-75 win against the Spartans: Without OG Anunoby and Juwan Morgan, the Hoosiers stepped onto Branch McCracken Court with a sense of purpose this afternoon. The defense, spurned on by first-time starter Zach McRoberts, was stout. James ...
While Zach McRoberts didn’t score a point in Indiana’s dramatic win over the Nittany Lions on Wednesday night, his presence was felt. McRoberts made a number of smart, hustle plays on both ends of the court to ensure extra points ...
Thoughts on a 78-75 win over the Nittany Lions: With the season hanging in the balance, Tom Crean stalked the court earlier than usual. It was an indicative sign of the moment: Indiana needed this one in the worst way, ...
In Indiana’s win over Rutgers on Sunday afternoon, the Hoosiers racked up a season-high 14 steals. While they came in a variety of ways, there was a consistent theme of jumping Rutgers’ wing handoffs with strength to steal the ball. ...
Thoughts on a 76-57 win over Rutgers: Indiana’s defense has been a large factor in it failing to live up to expectations so far this Big Ten season. But in its win this afternoon against Rutgers, it was a strength. Did ...