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At the Buzzer: Indiana 100, UMass Lowell 78

  • Alex Bozich Nov 16, 2016  
 
At the Buzzer: Indiana 100, UMass Lowell 78

Quick thoughts on Indiana’s 100-78 win over UMass Lowell: How it happened: After a poor start defensively, Indiana used a 10-0 run midway through the first half to open a 31-20 lead on the River Hawks, who came out strong ...

Indiana focused on improvement, not rankings, in preparation for home opener

After moving up to No. 5 in this week’s Associated Press top 25 poll and No. 6 in the USA Today coaches poll, Indiana’s national profile is on the rise. The Hoosiers passed their first test on the national stage ...

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What to Expect: UMass Lowell

  • Alex Bozich Nov 16, 2016 3
 
What to Expect: UMass Lowell

Following a season-opening 103-99 win over Kansas in the Armed Forces Classic, Indiana returns to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall tonight for its regular season home opener against UMass Lowell. The River Hawks are 1-1 and are coming off a 87-76 home ...

Video: Crean, IU players preview UMass Lowell

  • Josh Margolis Nov 15, 2016 3
 
Video: Crean, IU players preview UMass Lowell

Tom Crean, De’Ron Davis and Robert Johnson met with the media on Tuesday evening to preview Indiana’s game on Wednesday against UMass Lowell at Simon Skojodt Assembly Hall. Watch both press conferences below:

Blackmon Jr., Bryant named to Wooden Award preseason top 50

Indiana junior guard James Blackmon Jr. and sophomore forward Thomas Bryant have been named to the John R. Wooden Award preseason top 50 list, the national advisory board for the award announced on Tuesday. A total of 10 Big Ten ...

News and notes from Tom Crean’s radio show

  • Alex Bozich Nov 15, 2016 3
 
News and notes from Tom Crean’s radio show

Inside IU basketball with Tom Crean was live on Monday evening from the Holiday Inn in Bloomington as the Hoosiers prepare for games this week in Bloomington with UMass Lowell and Liberty. Freshman Curtis Jones was this week’s player guest. Below ...

Indiana-Kansas draws highest viewership in Armed Forces Classic history

Indiana’s primetime win over No. 3 Kansas on Friday night drew a record viewing audience for the Armed Forces Classic, ESPN announced on Monday. According to ESPN, the live viewing audience for Indiana-Kansas was 1,592,000, which includes television and streaming. ...

Indiana rises in both polls following Kansas win

Indiana’s win over No. 3 Kansas on Friday in Honolulu caught the attention of voters in the Associated Press and USA Today coaches top 25 polls. The Hoosiers, who were ranked No. 11 in the preseason AP Poll and No. ...

POTB 150: What IU’s win over Kansas means moving forward

Podcast on the Brink is back for a new episode with host Jerod Morris of The Assembly Call. The show is now available weekly. In this week’s edition of the show, Morris and Inside the Hall editor Alex Bozich recap Indiana’s 103-99 overtime win ...

Film Session: Kansas

  • Ryan Corazza Nov 14, 2016 3
 
Film Session: Kansas

In Indiana’s win over Kansas on Friday night in Honolulu, Thomas Bryant led the way offensively in the first half with 16 points. Bryant’s offensive game last year was mostly a steady diet of highly efficient shots in the paint. ...

Around the Hall: National reaction to IU’s win over Kansas

Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall staff. Eamonn Brennan of ESPN.com writes that Indiana and Kansas helped open the college hoops season in style: It was particularly fun for the Hoosiers. For Tom Crean’s team, ...

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Notebook: Blackmon Jr. leads Hoosiers in win over No. 3 Kansas

Last season when Indiana made the trip to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational, it didn’t end very well. This year was a different story. James Blackmon Jr. led the Hoosiers with 26 points to help No. 11 IU upset No. ...

Five takeaways from Indiana’s win over Kansas

  • Alex Bozich Nov 12, 2016 3
 
Five takeaways from Indiana’s win over Kansas

Indiana won a thriller on Friday night. The Hoosiers beat Kansas, 103-99 in overtime, in a back-and-forth classic to tip off the 2016-17 season in Honolulu. It was a win that should serve as a springboard and confidence builder for ...

The Minute After: Kansas

  • Ryan Corazza Nov 12, 2016 3
 
The Minute After: Kansas

Thoughts on a 103-99 win over the Jayhawks: In an exhausting, back and forth, high-level basketball game between two of the nation’s better teams, you had to ask yourself once it finally wrapped: Is it really just November 11th? Tom ...

At the Buzzer: Indiana 103, Kansas 99

  • Alex Bozich Nov 12, 2016 3
 
At the Buzzer: Indiana 103, Kansas 99

Quick thoughts on Indiana’s 103-99 overtime win over Kansas in the Armed Forces Classic: How it happened: For early November standards, it’s hard to ask for a better game than what just took place in the Stan Sheriff Center in ...

What to Expect: Kansas

  • Alex Bozich Nov 11, 2016 3
 
What to Expect: Kansas

Indiana opens the 2016-17 regular season tonight in Honolulu, Hawaii against Kansas in the Armed Forces Classic. The Jayhawks are ranked No. 3 in the preseason Associated Press top 25 poll. The game will be broadcast at approximately 9:30 p.m. ...