Notes on an 85-67 loss to The Ohio State University: Peeking at the numbers, it sounds a little silly to say Indiana brought it this evening. After all, the Hoosiers allowed Ohio State to shoot a blistering 60.5 percent from ...
Thoughts on a 69-60 loss to Penn State: Things have gone from bad to worse, my friends. Another game Indiana was favored to win, another loss. In the Big Ten, you need defense, and you need someone to step up ...
Thoughts on a 78-69 loss to Colorado: Here’s what I think happened in Las Vegas. The Hoosiers came in thinking they could win this tournament. No reason for them not to. There were some more talented teams than they’d been ...
Thoughts on a 67-61 loss to Northern Iowa: Defense, experience and execution. UNI, a Sweet 16 team last season, brought all three to the table tonight, and it was all just a little too much for the Hoosiers to handle. ...
Notes on a 102-60 win against the Hey Bulldogs: Another home non-conference game, another dominant performance. We know the drill by now. Sure, it wasn’t a complete cakewalk. South Carolina State came out with more intensity than the Hoosiers. Indiana ...
Thoughts on a 88-54 win over SIU-Edwardsville: When you win by 30-plus and your opponent doesn’t hit a field goal until the 7:05 mark in the first half — which, yeesh — sometimes there’s not much to say. A dominant ...
Thoughts on a 81-62 loss at Rupp Arena: Oh, what could have been. For 30 minutes or so, the Hoosiers were not just in this thing — they were primed for an upset. Tom Crean paced the sidelines with a fervor we’ve ...
Notes on a 79-57 win over Savannah State: Tucked in between IU’s two non-conference road games was Saturday night’s meeting with one of Division I’s worst teams, Savannah State. The Tigers, an independent in the midst of a transition to ...
Notes on an 88-76 loss to the Eagles: Well, despite the double-digit loss, there were at least some positives tonight, eh? Sure, the Hoosiers came out flat in the first half — running their Verdell Jones-only offense we’ve seen from ...
Notes on a 100-66 win over Northwestern State: At first, Northwestern State’s pressure defense, strong rebounding and ability to match IU’s energy brought some worry. Would this be the the team’s first loss of 2010-11? But as we’ve seen a ...
Notes on a 72-56 win over North Carolina Central: The Hoosiers came into tonight’s matchup against North Carolina Central sporting an effective field-goal percentage of 56.7 percent — good for 31st in the country. (How bout that, eh?) But in ...
Thoughts on a 67-54 win over the Evansville Purple Aces: Can the Hoosiers put it together for a full 40 minutes? That’s the challenge heading forward. After a first half thick with turnovers (12), fouls (three each for Bobby Capobianco, ...
Notes on a 71-54 win over Mississippi Valley State: There was trepidation among the ITH faithful before this one. We worried Sean Woods, a Rick Pitino disciple, would have his Delta Devils — about as fantastic a team nickname as ...
Notes on a 67-44 Sunday night win over Wright State inside Assembly Hall: First 10. Wright State took away the 3-pointer from the Hoosiers. Couple that with its impressive ability to draw charges — and IU’s penchant for silly turnovers ...
Musing on a 88-60 IU win over Florida Gulf Coast: Them threes is back. As I wrote after IU’s first exhibition game, there’s enough 3-point shooters on this team to really do some damage. But as we saw against Ferris ...
Notes on a 78-65 overtime win against Ferris State: Vic does it again. On a night when IU shot the ball poorly and were without last year’s go-to crunchtime player in Verdell Jones — he again sat due to his ankle ...