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 ...
A few scattered thoughts on IU’s 89-37 win over Franklin College in their first exhibition game of the 2010-11 season: No Guy for you. After all the positive chatter surrounding Guy after Night of the Living Red, I’m sure I ...
FINAL SCORE: Northwestern 73, Indiana 58 | Box Score The ghost of Hoosier future. Derek Elston (10 points, nine boards) and Christian Watford (nine points, six boards) playing close to the double-double men they’re capable of being night in and ...
FINAL SCORE: Indiana 88, Northwestern 80, OT | Box Score This win did not come easy. When it seemed like the Hoosiers had it locked up in regulation, when if felt like this 11-game losing streak was finally — finally! ...
FINAL SCORE: 74-55 | Box score Kicking it old school tonight. THE GOOD 1) Derek Elston. Not sure if Elston got more run tonight because he limited his defensive mistakes tonight, or because well, he just deserves it. (Because I ...
FINAL SCORE: 73-57 | Box Score It’s easy to chalk this one up as uninspired effort by the Hoosiers. But this loss was somewhat different than what we’ve seen lately. Let’s break it down: SHOOTING It may not have felt ...
FINAL SCORE: 78-46 ALTERNATE TITLE: The night Tom Crean’s frustration finally got the best of him. Tom Crean had enough. The turnovers. The poor defensive rotations. The other team carving up his squad like a Thanksgiving turkey. His Hoosiers lacking ...