Indiana continues to struggle with defense in Big Ten play, as it gave up 1.15 points per possession to the Gophers on Thursday inside Assembly Hall. A look at some of the Hoosiers’ breakdowns in both man-to-man and 2-3 zone ...
Thoughts on a 77-74 loss to the Golden Gophers: It all caught up with the Hoosiers tonight. The defense that’s been slumping? Minnesota exposed it tonight, its guards finding lanes to the hole, penetrating from the perimeter past Indiana’s olé’ing defense to ...
Penn State’s Tim Frazier shot an inefficient 7-of-23 (21 points) in Indiana’s win against the Nittany Lions on Sunday. But when he wasn’t shooting jumpers taken on account of the Hoosiers sagging off of him, he was flat-out deadly around ...
In Indiana’s win against Michigan, Cody Zeller and Christian Watford combined for 43 of the team’s 73 points. A look at four plays involving both players in the latest edition of Film Session: NO. 1) WATFORD DRIVE AND DISH TO ZELLER: ...
Thoughts on a 88-82 win against Penn State: It rained threes inside the Bryce Jordan Center this afternoon. Seven from Jordan Hulls on nine attempts. Five from Matt Roth on six attempts. Sixteen in total on 24 attempts (66.7%) for ...
Thoughts on a 73-71 win over the Wolverines: Christian Watford wagged his head from side to side, his eyes peering to the left before he put his arms around a smiling Verdell Jones. His body language said it all: “We ...
In Saturday’s win over the Buckeyes, Ohio State point guard Aaron Craft turned the ball over six times. Such a mark was a season-high, and tied his career-high. (He had six just once before in a loss to Purdue in ...
Thoughts on a 74-70 win over the Buckeyes: For about the first 30 minutes tonight, this game was devoid of flow. Whistles dominated. And key players found themselves in foul trouble. The Buckeyes’ top three scorers — Jared Sullinger, Deshaun ...
After Indiana took a nine-point lead at the 11:07 mark in the second half, Michigan State ripped off a 20-0 run and was suddenly up 11 with 5:11 to go. That was about all the Spartans needed, as Indiana only ...
Thoughts on Indiana’s 80-65 loss to Michigan State: Welcome to life on the road in the Big Ten against a strong defense. What has come so easy for the Hoosiers on offense this season crumbled for long stretches up in ...
Twelve non-conference games in the books. And twelve victories for Indiana. With an assist from KenPom, here’s a look at where the Hoosiers’ strong start stacks up with their conference foes as the Big Ten season kicks off this evening: ...
Thoughts on a 89-47 win over the Retrievers: Indiana was getting good outside shots in the first half. The Hoosiers just weren’t hitting them against UMBC’s zone, as they only made 2-of-14 from 3-point range. Still, they were able to carry ...
As noted in Monday’s TMA, Indiana’s offensive performance (1.45 points per possession) against Howard was the most efficient of the Tom Crean era. So how was it done? Start and end here: 30 out of the Hoosiers’ 35 field goals ...
Indiana only shot 34.4 percent from the field in the first half against Notre Dame. But thanks to 14 first-half points (6-of-10 shooting) and an assist from Cody Zeller, the Hoosiers were able to take a 26-20 lead into the ...
Thoughts on a 107-50 win over the Bison: Jordan Hulls hits a flailing left-handed three as the shot clock expires, and it’s just that kind of the night for the Hoosiers — one where eveything seemed to be going in the bucket. ...
Thoughts on a 69-58 win over the Fighting Irish: This was not Indiana’s finest performance. After all the Kentucky game’s emotion and what followed during the off week — the endless stream of celebration videos, the national media interviews, the ...