Thoughts on a 104-59 win against the Cougars: A sloppy, sluggish start from the Hoosiers eventually gave way to a 45-point blowout win, another easy victory for Indiana to conclude its two-game exhibition season. What we saw from Indiana’s star ...
Thoughts on a 78-42 win against the Knights: The prognosticators liked Indiana to win the league this year based upon how the team looked on paper. With so much of the scoring core back, plenty of experience from key players ...
Thoughts on an 82-53 loss to the Gaels: This was an absolute drubbing. A clinic. A cut-up. A mauling. A whooping. A clock-cleaning. An epic fail. It was also Indiana’s worst NCAA tournament loss in its history. And so the ...
Thoughts on a 66-58 win against the Cowboys: After a Big Ten tournament featuring high-level play from Indiana across its last two and half games, this one was far more ugly. It was not Indiana’s “A” game. The Hoosiers didn’t ...
Thoughts on an 80-77 loss to the Hawkeyes: Indiana held Iowa’s high-powered offense in check for the first half, allowing just .90 points per possession. It was another strong defensive performance for this team in the Big Ten tournament. As ...
Thoughts on a 65-63 win against the Illini: No second-half miraculous comebacks this time around. Nope, just a locked-in defensive performance against the conference co-champion, the No. 1 seed in this year’s Big Ten tournament. Indiana never let the Illini ...
Thoughts on a 74-69 win against the Wolverines: The stories were already writing themselves. Here the Hoosiers were once again, faltering against Michigan’s length and talent. Here the Hoosiers were once again, flaming out in the Big Ten tournament with ...
Thoughts on a 69-67 loss to the Boilermakers: Mackey Arena roared, antagonizing an Indiana team fighting for its NCAA tournament life. The atmosphere appeared to be getting to the Hoosiers during a stretch in the first half where Purdue built ...
Thoughts on a 66-63 loss to the Scarlet Knights: Trayce Jackson-Davis had his way down low early, dominating Rutgers from the tip. Indiana’s junior ended the first half with 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting. The Hoosiers took a seven-point lead ...
Thoughts on an 84-79 win against the Golden Gophers: Yes, Indiana’s finish in this one wasn’t good. The Hoosiers let a 27-point lead slide in a big way, as the Gloden Gophers roared back and made things way too interesting ...
Thoughts on a 74-64 win against Maryland: No down-the-strech collapse or middling late offense from the Hoosiers tonight. In a winnable game it absolutely needed, Indiana shut the door in the closing minutes, making sure Maryland didn’t have a shot at ...
Thoughts on an 80-69 loss to the Buckeyes: Another game the Hoosiers had in their hands. Another one they let slip through their fingers. And so the February slide continues, as Indiana has now lost five straight. It’s a sixth ...
Thoughts on a 74-69 loss to the Badgers: Indiana had an ever-important Quad 1 win its is crosshairs. From the 15:30 mark onwards in the second half, the Hoosiers held the lead. They played well enough to win. That was, ...
Thoughts on a 76-61 loss to Michigan State: Indiana tried something different. Out went Parker Stewart from the starting lineup. In came Trey Galloway. Instead of two spot-up shooters (Stewart and Miller Kopp) in the starting lineup, Indiana now had ...
Thoughts on a 59-51 loss to Northwestern: No Xavier Johnson. No Parker Stewart. No Michael Durr, Tamar Bates or Khristian Lander, either. All suspended by Mike Woodson for tonight’s game, and maybe more. “They broke rules and they were punished ...
Despite some good, often wide-open looks, the Illini missed their first six 3-point attempts of the second half. Two of them were air balls. Such a performance allowed the Hoosiers, who weren’t able to get much going offensively themselves, to ...