Thoughts on a 72-48 spanking at the hands of the Illini: Beatdown in Champaign today, kids. The Illini, when they play this well, are just too much for a team like Indiana. They have more size on the interior. They ...
Thoughts on a 77-67 loss to the Badgers: Hats off to the Hoosiers. On senior night, they played with the maturity of a team with more than just one in the lineup. In fact, it was a similar style to ...
Thoughts on a 82-61 blowout at the hands of the Buckeyes: Unwatchable. For maybe the first time all season, that’s what Indiana became this afternoon in Columbus. This was a game that even with limited production from Jared Sullinger (0 ...
Thoughts on a 72-61 loss to Purdue: Open thread tonight. Have at it, kids. We’ll link the box when it’s live.
(Photo credit: Jamie Owens, J. Scott Photography) Thoughts on a 70-64 loss to the Wildcats: So much for that full week of preparation. Indiana came out flat in this one. And just when it looked like the Hoosiers might finally ...
Thoughts on a 73-69 loss to Michigan: Well that got interesting. After Indiana found itself down by as many as 22 in the second half and just about dead on the afternoon, it mounted an aggressive 25-7 run over the last ...
Thoughts on a 67-53 loss to Purdue: Tonight’s performance reminded us a bit of the Hoosiers of old. Missed shots — 22-of-62 from the field for 35.5 percent, 2-of-13 from three for 15.4 percent. Blocked shots — eight swats for ...
Thoughts on a 64-63 loss to the Hawkeyes: Iowa did it again. It marched into Assembly Hall — where the Hoosiers have been playing inspired basketball of late — and punched home their second win in as many seasons in ...
Thoughts on a 60-57 win over the Gophers: As it turns out, there’s life after Christian Watford after all. This win came in the form of Tom Pritchard, who became Blake Griffin tonight. It came in the form of a ...
Thoughts on an 84-83 overtime loss to Michigan State: There were two schools of thought heading into this one: A) Indiana, riding an emotional high after Thursday night’s big win, would carry it over and give a reeling Michigan State ...
Thoughts on a 52-49 win over the Illini: These kids have been criticized for their lack of mental toughness. Lambasted for sagging energy and effort. Their coach occasionally derided for his substitution patterns and schemes. But on this snowy late January evening, ...
Thoughts on a 91-77 loss at Iowa: Indiana, coming off a hard-fought loss Thursday night at Wisconsion, walked into Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday afternoon without the services of both Maurice Creek and Verdell Jones. Creek, who suffered a season-ending knee ...
Thoughts on a 69-60 loss to the Badgers: When you head up to the Kohl Center, a place Bo Ryan’s Badgers were a staggeringly good 146-11 and had won 31 of 32 heading into this one, you best bring your ...
Notes on an 80-61 victory over Michigan. Photo by Jamie Owens. This team badly needed a strong defensive performance. Tonight inside Assembly Hall, they brought just that — and more. From the onset, the Hoosiers displayed intensity, emotion and aggression ...
Thoughts on a 93-81 loss at Welsh-Ryan Arena: Don’t be fooled by the final score, ladies and gents: This game was not that close. And in many ways, it may have been the worst effort the Hoosiers have given all ...
Notes on a 67-63 loss to the Gophers: This was one the Hoosiers had right in their hands. A chance to get over the hump. A shot at erasing a four-game losing streak in a tough road environment against a ...