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 ...
Thoughts on a 68-63 loss to the Nittany Lions: No 25-0 runs in this one. No dominating road win. Just a bad loss in Happy Valley. It started poorly. Turnovers. Overdribbling. Lack of energy. But we’ve been here before. The ...
Thoughts on a 80-67 win in Ann Arbor: Tom Crean was angry. Yogi Ferrell had just frozen in the lane instead of following Derrick Walton out to the left corner. Walton drilled a 3-pointer in front of the IU bench ...
Thoughts on a 74-68 survival against the Golden Gophers: After falling in the hole 7-0 out the gate, Indiana crawled out of it and led by 12 at half (39-27). The Hoosiers have been brilliant at home so far in ...
Thoughts on an 82-79 overtime loss to the Badgers: Yogi Ferrell did all he could. With the Hoosiers struggling on offense, their senior leader was an absolute stud — especially down the stretch. He nailed a 3-pointer to give Indiana ...
Thoughts on an 89-57 win over the Wildcats: What is left to say? At this point, the Hoosiers are playing so well so often we’re running out of ways to heap praise on this group. It’s another blowout win at ...
Thoughts on a 103-69 win over the Illini: It was one of those special nights under the Assembly Hall lights. We’ve been here before with a second half where Indiana’s offense seemingly could do no wrong. But it’ll be one to ...
Thoughts on a 70-63 win at the Barn: The numbers said Minnesota was no good. They implied Indiana was primed to march up to the Barn and come away with a comfortable victory over a struggling squad. But that quickly ...
Thoughts on a 85-60 win over the Buckeyes: This was supposed to be a test. A young team on the rise, the Buckeyes came to Bloomington winners of seven straight sporting a top 20 defense. They left embarrassed. The Hoosiers demolished ...
Thoughts on a 59-58 win against the Badgers: Not every game flows. Not every one pretty. Sometimes you just have to hang on and gut out an ugly one. The Hoosiers did just that tonight en route to a 3-0 start ...
Thoughts on a 79-69 win over the Cornhuskers: Indiana continued to be careless with the ball in the first half (23 TO%). The Cornhuskers made them pay. Nearly a third of Nebraska’s first half points came off Indiana’s miscues (12 ...