In Saturday’s win against Penn State, the Hoosiers executed on both sides of the ball down the stretch to emerge victorious for the first time in Big Ten play. A look at two big scores and some defensive stops in ...
Thoughts on a 79-76 win in Happy Valley: The candy stripes never left Jeremy Hollowell’s body. Jeff Howard and Austin Etherington played crucial minutes during crunch time. Indiana has its first Big Ten victory, and Tom Crean’s message is clear: ...
As noted in Monday’s Five Takeaways, both Tom Crean and Will Sheehey spoke on Noah Vonleh’s role in IU’s offense after Saturday’s loss to Michigan State. Crean called for him to become more demanding, while Sheehey said he needs to ...
Thoughts on a 73-56 loss to the Spartans: Seniors Keith Appling and Adreian Payne sat on the bench near the end of the first half, saddled with two fouls a piece. It mattered little. This Michigan State team defended well ...
When freshman Stanford Robinson entered Tuesday afternoon’s loss to the Illini at the 11:19 mark, he quickly turned the ball over with a travel. His stint lasted less than two minutes, as was subbed out at the 9:36 mark. But ...
Thoughts on an 83-80 overtime loss to the Illini: Illinois, a team knocking on the door of the Top 25, provided the Hoosiers plenty of chances to pull out a victory in their first Big Ten contest of the season. But ...
The non-conference portion of IU’s schedule is complete and the Hoosiers are 10-3 heading into Tuesday’s Big Ten opener in Champaign. Here’s a player-by-player look at how each Hoosier performed in the non-conference portion of IU’s schedule: Yogi Ferrell Tom ...
Over the weekend, the Hoosiers posted high turnover rates in wins against Nicholls State (28.3%) and Kennesaw State (26.3%) and now stand 309th in the country in turnover percentage, per KenPom. A supercut of all of their miscues from Friday ...
Thoughts on a 90-66 win over the Owls: This was a little more like it. Following up Friday’s uninspired victory over Nicholls State, the Hoosiers grabbed the bull by the horns in this one. Save for a defensive lapse in ...
Thoughts on a 79-66 win against the Colonels: A long layoff after a disappointing loss, practice, finals, a later-arriving crowd, the holiday season. It all collided in this last week for the Hoosiers. So Friday night’s affair amounted to a ...
Entering Sunday’s matchup against the Fighting Irish, the Hoosiers ranked ninth in the nation in terms of adjusted defensive efficiency. But after giving up 1.16 points per possession, the Hoosiers fell to 16th. Noah Vonleh gave little resistance in the ...
Thoughts on a 79-72 loss to Notre Dame: Try as they might, the Hoosiers just couldn’t get over the hump in Indianapolis today. It was a game IU never led, despite threatening to take the lead on several occasions. The ...
After picking up his second foul, Yogi Ferrell exited Tuesday night’s win over Oakland at the 15:45 mark of the first half. Evan Gordon entered in his place and went on a tear. The fifth-year senior scored 12 of Indiana’s ...
Thoughts on a 81-54 win against the Golden Grizzlies: As Yogi Ferrell sat on the bench with two fouls in the first half, Evan Gordon found an offense groove. He kept the needle on it all night, eventually garnering “Ev-an ...
Indiana found some life from beyond the arc early in its Saturday evening win against North Florida as the Hoosiers dropped in 5-of-9 from distance before halftime. A look at three early makes from beyond the arc as well as ...
Thoughts on a 89-68 win over the Ospreys: Beyond bouncing back to form after the Syracuse second half debacle, two things stood out in this one. The first is the Hoosiers started hot from beyond arc. Austin Etherington stopped passing ...