Thoughts on an 85-78 win over the Hawkeyes: Students lined up hours before tip, eventually wrapping down the whole south side of Assembly Hall in anticipation of this marquee matchup. The stage was set early for an electric atmosphere and ...
We know Indiana’s offense struggled in its loss to Penn State in Happy Valley. But over the final 10 minutes of action, the Hoosiers also made a number of miscues on defense and the Nittany Lions capitalized to emerge victorious. It ...
Thoughts on a 68-63 loss to the Nittany Lions: No 25-0 runs in this one. No dominating road win. Just a bad loss in Happy Valley. It started poorly. Turnovers. Overdribbling. Lack of energy. But we’ve been here before. The ...
While Indiana certainly got hot and pumped in the points during its 25-0 run to end the first half against Michigan, its defense was equally impressive. The Hoosiers got steals, blocks and deflections. They kept their hands up and challenged shots. ...
Thoughts on a 80-67 win in Ann Arbor: Tom Crean was angry. Yogi Ferrell had just frozen in the lane instead of following Derrick Walton out to the left corner. Walton drilled a 3-pointer in front of the IU bench ...
In the second half of its win against Minnesota on Saturday, Indiana had some defensive issues. The Hoosiers allowed Minnesota to score 30 of its 41 points in the paint and also allowed 16 fast break points. We’ll take a ...
Thoughts on a 74-68 survival against the Golden Gophers: After falling in the hole 7-0 out the gate, Indiana crawled out of it and led by 12 at half (39-27). The Hoosiers have been brilliant at home so far in ...
In Indiana’s overtime loss to Wisconsin on Tuesday night, there was no shortage of storylines. Indiana turned it over too much. Yogi Ferrell shined. Nigel Hayes got to the line over and over again. Thomas Bryant and Ethan Happ battled. ...
Thoughts on an 82-79 overtime loss to the Badgers: Yogi Ferrell did all he could. With the Hoosiers struggling on offense, their senior leader was an absolute stud — especially down the stretch. He nailed a 3-pointer to give Indiana ...
In its blowout 89-57 win against Northwestern on Saturday, Indiana continued its hot hand from distance by making 46.4 percent (13-of-28) of its looks. While Indiana got a couple to go down in transition, the Hoosiers got the majority of ...
Thoughts on an 89-57 win over the Wildcats: What is left to say? At this point, the Hoosiers are playing so well so often we’re running out of ways to heap praise on this group. It’s another blowout win at ...
While we’ve broken down plenty of scores from Indiana’s free-flowing weave on offense so far this season, its rout of Illinois proved the Hoosiers are more than a one-trick pony with the ball. Indiana ran some nice sets out of ...
Thoughts on a 103-69 win over the Illini: It was one of those special nights under the Assembly Hall lights. We’ve been here before with a second half where Indiana’s offense seemingly could do no wrong. But it’ll be one to ...
Yogi Ferrell’s second half performance ensured Indiana escaped Minnesota with its fifth straight conference victory on Saturday afternoon. In 19 of the half’s 20 minutes, Ferrell had 12 points, four assists, two steals and zero turnovers — making a number of ...
Thoughts on a 70-63 win at the Barn: The numbers said Minnesota was no good. They implied Indiana was primed to march up to the Barn and come away with a comfortable victory over a struggling squad. But that quickly ...
Troy Williams broke out of his slump in a big way during Indiana’s 25-point win over Ohio State on Sunday afternoon. The junior tied a career high in points with 23, dished out two assists and turned the ball over ...