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What to expect: Iowa

  • Alex Bozich Feb 6, 2019 3
 

Following Saturday’s 79-75 overtime win in East Lansing, Indiana returns home on Thursday to take on Iowa at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hawkeyes are 17-5 overall and 6-5 in Big Ten play. The game will be broadcast at 9 ...

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We’re just past the midway point of Big Ten play and there is a clear top tier at the top of the league with Purdue, Michigan State and Michigan. The middle of the pack, meanwhile, remains a jumbled mess as ...

At the buzzer: Indiana 79, Michigan State 75

  • Alex Bozich Feb 2, 2019 3
 

Quick thoughts on a 79-75 overtime win at Michigan State: How it happened: Indiana’s seven-game losing streak is over. The Hoosiers, down Juwan Morgan for most of the night, went into the Breslin Center and went toe-to-toe with one of ...

What to expect: Michigan State

  • Alex Bozich Feb 1, 2019 3
 

Indiana hasn’t won a game since January 3 and the Hoosiers will travel to one of the Big Ten’s toughest venues on Saturday, the Breslin Center. Michigan State is 18-3 overall, 9-1 in the Big Ten and legitimately in the ...

At the buzzer: Rutgers 66, Indiana 58

  • Alex Bozich Jan 30, 2019 3
 

Quick thoughts on a 66-58 loss at Rutgers: How it happened: A month that began with promise is now over for Indiana. And it couldn’t have gone any worse. The latest setback came Wednesday night in Piscataway as Rutgers used ...

Not four weeks ago, the current state of these Indiana Hoosiers would have been inconceivable. IU was at the crest of a seven-game win streak – its longest in exactly three years – and a top-25 team in the country. ...

What to expect: Rutgers

  • Alex Bozich Jan 29, 2019 3
 

Indiana will look to avoid a seven-game losing streak on Wednesday as it travels to Piscataway to take on Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights are 10-9 overall and 3-6 in Big Ten play.  The game will be broadcast at 7 p.m. ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Purdue makes a push

  • Ben Ladner Jan 28, 2019 3
 

As the Big Ten schedule wears on, it becomes increasingly easy to identify qualitative differences between teams and separate them into tiers. Where there were once four teams at the bottom, a large middle class, and two title contenders, the ...

At the buzzer: Michigan 69, Indiana 46

  • Alex Bozich Jan 25, 2019 3
 

Quick thoughts on a 69-46 loss to Michigan: How it happened: Given the circumstances, this was one of the worst performances from an IU basketball team in recent history. The Hoosiers entered Friday’s game against No.5 Michigan on a five-game ...

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What to expect: Michigan

  • Alex Bozich Jan 25, 2019 3
 

Indiana will look to snap a five-game losing streak tonight when it hosts Michigan at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Wolverines are 18-1 overall and 7-1 in Big Ten play. The game will be broadcast on FS1 at 6:30 p.m. ...

At the buzzer: Northwestern 73, Indiana 66

  • Alex Bozich Jan 22, 2019 3
 

EVANSTON, Ill. – Quick thoughts on a 73-66 loss at Northwestern: How it happened: Things went from bad to worse for Indiana on Wednesday night at the newly renovated Welsh-Ryan Arena. Playing in a less-than-hostile road environment with plenty of ...

The Big Ten has clearly established itself as one of, if not the top conference in college basketball. But while the pecking order has been difficult to peg, each passing week brings more clarity as to how the teams stack ...

What to expect: Northwestern

  • Alex Bozich Jan 21, 2019 3
 

Indiana will look to snap its four-game losing streak on Tuesday when it travels to Evanston to take on Northwestern. The Wildcats are 11-7 overall and 2-5 in Big Ten play. Indiana won the first meeting between the two teams ...

At the buzzer: Purdue 70, Indiana 55

  • Alex Bozich Jan 19, 2019 3
 

Quick thoughts on a 70-55 loss at Purdue: How it happened: After an embarrassing 66-51 home loss to Nebraska on Monday, the question entering Saturday’s road trip was simple. Would Indiana put up a competitive fight on the road against ...

What to expect: Purdue

  • Alex Bozich Jan 18, 2019 3
 

Indiana will look to snap a three-game losing streak as it travels to West Lafayette on Saturday afternoon to take on Purdue. The Boilermakers are 11-6 overall and 4-2 in Big Ten play. The game will be on Fox at ...

At the buzzer: Nebraska 66, Indiana 51

  • Alex Bozich Jan 14, 2019 3
 

Quick thoughts on a 66-51 loss to Nebraska: How it happened: Indiana’s winning streak at home this season is over. On a night where the Hoosiers were never able to get things together, Nebraska stormed into Bloomington and left with ...