Thoughts on a 85-74 win against Purdue: This started with a dominating performance from the Hoosiers. The entire first half — and for the first 10 minutes or so of the second — Indiana didn’t give Purdue any room to ...
Indiana beat Michigan State on Tuesday night by matching the Spartans’ physicality and registering several strong performances — Victor Oladipo’s penetration, offensive rebounding, free throw rate and defense. A look at an Oladipo score, a strong defensive stand against Draymond Green and ...
Thoughts on a 70-55 win against the Spartans: If the Kentucky win was about arrival, this one was about maturity. It was about Indiana meeting the challenge of Michigan State’s physicality head on, and handling the class of the conference. It ...
In Indiana’s 69-50 win against the Golden Gophers on Sunday afternoon, both Christian Watford and Jordan Hulls arose from their offensive slumber to lead the Hoosiers in scoring with 12 a piece. A look at two of Watford’s buckets and ...
Thoughts on a 69-50 win against the Golden Gophers: An easy Big Ten road win? It happened this afternoon inside The Barn. The Golden Gophers just didn’t bring much. They were listless and disinterested and it showed in a myriad of ...
Will Sheehey got off to a strong start in Wednesday night’s win against North Carolina Central, scoring eight of his 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting. The sophomore showed a litte more bounce in his step since coming back from his ...
Thoughts on a 75-56 win against North Carolina Central: What to make of this random game snuck deep into the heart of the Big Ten season? Well, things felt different. Assembly Hall lacked its fever-pitch energy. And Indiana’s play followed suit. ...
Matt Gatens hit a career-high seven 3-pointers in Iowa’s 78-66 win against Indiana on Sunday night. Gatens connected on four in a row during a crucial stretch in the second half, which put the game out of reach and extended ...
Thoughts on a 78-66 loss to Iowa: The Hoosiers pretty much got out-everything’ed at Carver Hawkeye Arena on Sunday. Iowa played with an intensity and energy Indiana was just unable to match for most of the contest. The Hawkeyes hit ...
Indiana turned up the defense and got some key scores in the final four minutes of Wednesday night’s 71-66 win against the Wildcats — outscoring Northwestern 8-3 down the stretch. A look at a strong defensive stand and two buckets ...
Thoughts on a 71-66 win against Northwestern: Let’s face it: This Northwestern team has owned, and often embarrassed Indiana in the Tom Crean era. The Wildcats had won the last three meetings before tonight (including a win in Assembly Hall ...
Lost amidst the sea of free throws and the Cody Zeller vs. Meyers Leonard matchup was a strong distributing game for Jordan Hulls. The junior from Bloomington had seven assists. Six of them came in the second half. A look at three ...
Thoughts on a 84-71 win against the Illini: Back and forth, back and forth she went. Indiana surged. D.J. Richardson responded and drained threes. Meyers Leonard shouldered Cody Zeller to the ground in the first half; Zeller countered with an ...
With Verdell Jones out of the lineup, Victor Oladipo assumed more of a ballhandling role and scored a career-high 23 points inside Mackey Area on Saturday evening. And when Oladipo wasn’t scoring, he was making smart decisions and dishing to ...
Thoughts on a 78-61 win against the Boilermakers: This was rivalry. A physical, emotional, high-energy affair inside a rocking Mackey Arena. Jordan Hulls jumping out of bounds to extend an Indiana possession; Sandi Marcius diving to the ground for a loose ball; ...
Indiana came out flat on ends of the floor against Michigan on Wednesday. And in the end, it was too much to overcome. A look a three plays near the top of the key in the first half where Michigan ...