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 ...
Thoughts on a 73-54 win against the Nittany Lions: Sometimes, you just need to make things easy for yourself. And then it all opens up. After a grind-it-out first half where Indiana found itself trailing at intermission, an early Jordan ...
Thoughts on a 70-69 loss to the Cornhuskers: Where to begin in a game so ripe for criticism? Start here: Up 11 points with six minutes to go (63-52), Indiana appeared to be in control. The Hoosiers had an opportunity to step ...
Thoughts on a 80-63 loss against the Buckeyes: Few, save for Jared Fogle, predicted a victory against the Buckeyes this late afternoon in Columbus. They were out for revenge against an Indiana squad that defeated them on New Year’s Eve; ...
Thoughts on a 77-74 loss to the Golden Gophers: It all caught up with the Hoosiers tonight. The defense that’s been slumping? Minnesota exposed it tonight, its guards finding lanes to the hole, penetrating from the perimeter past Indiana’s olé’ing defense to ...
Thoughts on a 88-82 win against Penn State: It rained threes inside the Bryce Jordan Center this afternoon. Seven from Jordan Hulls on nine attempts. Five from Matt Roth on six attempts. Sixteen in total on 24 attempts (66.7%) for ...
Thoughts on a 73-71 win over the Wolverines: Christian Watford wagged his head from side to side, his eyes peering to the left before he put his arms around a smiling Verdell Jones. His body language said it all: “We ...
Thoughts on a 74-70 win over the Buckeyes: For about the first 30 minutes tonight, this game was devoid of flow. Whistles dominated. And key players found themselves in foul trouble. The Buckeyes’ top three scorers — Jared Sullinger, Deshaun ...