Thoughts on a 102-90 loss to the Wildcats: The road ends here in Atlanta, the Hoosiers running out of gas against a matured and supremely talented Kentucky squad that was just too much. But what a way to finish, what ...
Thoughts on a 63-61 win against VCU: Caught your breath yet? What a finish. What a win. What survival. Things did not look good in the second half for the Hoosiers. VCU’s half-court trapping was eating them alive. The Rams’ ...
Thoughts on a 79-66 win against the Aggies: This season has been a series of tests for the Hoosiers. An upset of No. 1 Kentucky had people intrigued. But doubts lingered. Could they win on the road in the Big ...
Thoughts on a 79-71 loss to the Badgers: That was a tough, frustrating one. Time and again in the second half, Indiana seemed on the verge of overtaking the Badgers — getting it to within a one-point deficit on three separate occasions — and ...
Thoughts on a 75-58 win against the Nittany Lions: About what we expected, right? Sure, Penn State kept it close in the first half thanks to 19 points from Tim Frazier. And despite Indiana being hot from beyond the arc ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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; ...
Thoughts on a 68-56 loss to the Wolverines: Things did not start well in Ann Arbor this evening. Indiana missed shots. It turned the ball over and allowed Michigan to have its way on offense. The Wolverines frustrated Cody Zeller ...
Thoughts on a 103-89 win against the Hawkeyes: There was Thursday’s slow-paced, every-possession-counts loss to the Badgers. But tonight inside Assembly Hall? Decidely different. Blink and you missed a bucket. Indiana’s relentless scoring early in the shot clock was reminiscent of the ...
Thoughts on a 57-50 loss to the Badgers: Look above. Verdell Jones has been through it all, seen it all in the Tom Crean era. And so his hot start in his last trip to the Kohl Center was perhaps ...