In Indiana’s loss to Maryland in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament on Friday night, Emmitt Holt made a number of key plays in the second half to keep the Hoosiers within striking distance. Holt finished the contest with 12 ...
Thoughts on a 75-69 loss to the Terrapins: CHICAGO — Indiana didn’t lose this one because it failed to defend with effort or play with energy or crash the boards. No, the Hoosiers dropped their second game of the Big ...
Indiana got to work on the defensive end early and often against the Wildcats in its win on Thursday evening. It helped lead to a 16-0 run during the middle stretch of the first half which saw the Hoosiers take ...
Thoughts on a 71-56 win over the Wildcats: CHICAGO — After IU’s loss to Michigan State on Saturday, a dejected James Blackmon Jr. sat at the press table saying he didn’t get it going soon enough. Tonight, as Blackmon Jr. and ...
Indiana’s failure to secure the boards and put up enough resistance on the defensive end — no matter how it was set up — was its undoing on Saturday afternoon against Michigan State. We’ll take a look at the rebounding ...
Thoughts on a 74-72 loss to the Spartans: After a Yogi Ferrell turnover with 3:42 to play, the Hoosiers looked sunk as they entered the under-4 media timeout. Their zone allowed too many good, open looks — both in the paint ...
In its 14-point loss to Iowa on Tuesday night, Indiana’s offense hit a cold spell, as it made just two fields goals over the final 10:16 of the first half. Several players also had rough shooting nights, such as Troy ...
Thoughts on a 77-63 loss to the Hawkeyes: Just get through the first half of the Big Ten season alive, they said. It was supposed to be all downhill from there. The Hoosiers did more than that. They exceeded what ...
While Indiana’s 10:06 scoring drought was the lead storyline from its loss to Northwestern on Wednesday evening, its atrocious defense wasn’t far behind. It was especially bad in the first half, as the Hoosiers allowed the Wildcats — who entered ...
Thoughts on a 72-65 loss to the Wildcats: EVANSTON, Ill. – The 3-pointers stopped falling. Indiana’s energy started to sag. And when Vic Law and Yogi Ferrell got tied up at the 13:53 mark in the second half and exchanged ...
Indiana started the second half of its victory against Rutgers on a 9-0 run to push the lead out to 19 points on its way to a blowout win. We’ll take a look at what the Hoosiers did on both ...
Thoughts on a 84-54 win against the Scarlet Knights: The mental makeup of this Indiana squad has proven to be pretty resilient this season. And so any lingering effects from the Purdue loss simply didn’t manifest at The RAC on ...
In IU’s 67-63 loss to the Boilermakers on Thursday evening, A.J. Hammons was a force on both ends of the court. He disrupted Indiana’s shots at the rim and racked up 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the floor. We’ll ...
Thoughts on a 67-63 loss to the Boilermakers: Most teams entering Assembly Hall this season left feeling the wrath of Indiana’s explosive offense. The pace and space, the 3-balls, the extra passes and great ball movement. But not the Boilermakers. They ...
The story of Indiana’s win over Minnesota on Sunday evening was its 18 3-pointers, both a school and conference record. But Indiana also crashed the boards well, only allowing the Golden Gophers to rebound 16.7 percent of their misses. It ...
Thoughts on a 90-71 win over the Golden Gophers: Minnesota’s press had the Hoosiers a little skittish to start the contest. The Golden Gophers got out to the early lead and they held an advantage over the Hoosiers as late as ...