Thoughts on an 87-48 win over the Flames: After a ho hum 100-78 win over UMass Lowell on Wednesday, it was worth watching how Indiana would come out on Saturday night against Liberty. The Hoosiers started with a different lineup ...
Thoughts on a 100-78 win over the River Hawks: After an epic, emotional win in Honolulu over Kansas, the Hoosiers returned to Bloomington for their first home game inside the newly renovated Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall to a sparse crowd. ...
Thoughts on a 103-99 win over the Jayhawks: In an exhausting, back and forth, high-level basketball game between two of the nation’s better teams, you had to ask yourself once it finally wrapped: Is it really just November 11th? Tom ...
Thoughts on a 73-49 win over the Knights: After struggling to take care of the ball against Hope College earlier this week, Indiana did a much better job in its rout of Bellarmine on Saturday night — turning the ball ...
Thoughts on a 98-65 win over the Flying Dutchmen: Tom Crean constantly subbed. He tinkered with a number of different lineups. Juwan Morgan played point. A walk-on (Zach McRoberts) started. Indiana’s biggest players, De’Ron Davis and Thomas Bryant, shared the floor ...
Thoughts on a 101-86 loss to the Hoosiers: North Carolina couldn’t shoot, and yet here was Marcus Paige dropping three … after three .. after three … after three. The Tar Heels were hot from distance from the start and it ...
Thoughts on a 73-67 victory over the Wildcats: Kentucky had the answers for Indiana. The Wildcats’ length and athleticism made the Hoosiers uncomfortable on offense. They brilliantly denied Yogi Ferrell the ball on inbounds passes and let Troy Williams dribble as much ...
Thoughts on a 99-74 win over the Mocs: Save for some dumb passes and allowing a little too much penetration at times, the Hoosiers played a solid enough first half in Des Moines against the Mocs. Was it their best ...
Thoughts on a 72-69 loss to the Wolverines: Survive and advance. It’s March. It’s the name of the game as the Hoosiers enter the postseason. They learned that the hard way on Friday against No. 8 seed Michigan in their Big Ten ...
Thoughts on an 80-62 win over the Terrapins: An electric senior day atmosphere shocked the Hoosiers to start. They were frantic and giddy and Maryland capitalized by jumping out to a 12-4 lead. But once the Hoosiers came into their being, ...
Thoughts on an 81-78 win in Iowa City: Up three with just over a minute to go in the first half, and here was Indiana’s lineup: four freshman (Harrison Niego, OG Anunoby, Juwan Morgan, Thomas Bryant) and a redshirt senior ...
Thoughts on a 74-47 win over the Illini: The first half at the State Farm Center was one to forget. Not only did the Illini assert their gameplan on Indiana and bust out to a 14-4 lead as the Hoosiers ...
Thoughts on a 77-73 win over Purdue: Bloomington buzzed on an unseasonable warm February afternoon. The student GA line kept going and going and going. And once the game tipped, the Hoosiers did what they usually do: Take out a ranked ...
Thoughts on an 80-64 victory over the Cornhuskers: Our recent podcast guest Jon Crispin hit the nail on the head at half. “I think this Indiana team needs to find a way to find rhythm early,” he said. “Play 40 minutes ...
Thoughts on a 88-69 loss to the Spartans: Out of the gate, Indiana went toe-to-toe with the Spartans as both offenses fired on all cylinders. The Max Bielfeldt (15 points, 10 rebounds) insertion into the starting lineup for matchup purposes ...
Thoughts on an 85-78 win over the Hawkeyes: Students lined up hours before tip, eventually wrapping down the whole south side of Assembly Hall in anticipation of this marquee matchup. The stage was set early for an electric atmosphere and ...