Tamar Bates Archive

Five takeaways from Indiana’s regular season

  • Alex Bozich 03/07/2022 10:47 am  
 

Indiana concluded the 2021-22 regular season with an 18-12 record and a 9-11 mark in Big Ten play. The Hoosiers earned the No. 9 seed in this week’s Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis. Here are five takeaways from Indiana’s regular ...

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Video: Trey Galloway, Tamar Bates pre-Wisconsin media availability

  • Staff 02/14/2022 3:41 pm  
 

Trey Galloway and Tamar Bates addressed the media on Monday afternoon in advance of Indiana’s scheduled matchup against Wisconsin on Tuesday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Watch the full media availability below:

Five takeaways from Indiana’s loss at Michigan State

  • Tyler Tachman 02/12/2022 7:51 pm  
 

Indiana fell to Michigan State 76-61 on Saturday afternoon at the Breslin Center. The loss dropped the Hoosiers to 16-8 overall and 7-7 in Big Ten play. Here are five takeaways from the loss to the Spartans: Discrepancy in free ...

Indiana’s five suspended players will be available for Saturday’s game at Michigan State

  • Staff 02/10/2022 2:01 pm  
 

Indiana’s five players who were suspended for Tuesday’s game at Northwestern will be available on Saturday at Michigan State, the program announced. Here’s the full release: Indiana University men’s basketball coach Mike Woodson has announced that the five players disciplined ...

‘They broke the rules’: Suspensions plague a shorthanded Indiana in loss at Northwestern

  • Grace Ybarra 02/09/2022 7:46 am  
 

EVANSTON, Ill. – Trey Galloway found out Tuesday morning he’d be starting at point guard for Indiana’s game at Northwestern — less than 12 hours before tipoff. At the same time, he also found out the bench would only run ...

Mike Woodson suspends five IU players for Tuesday’s game at Northwestern

  • Staff 02/08/2022 9:00 pm  
 

Indiana will only have seven scholarship players available for Tuesday’s game at Northwestern due to disciplinary reasons. Prior to tipoff, Mike Woodson announced that Tamar Bates, Xavier Johnson, Michael Durr, Khristian Lander and Parker Stewart are suspended and will not ...

Evaluating where Indiana stands entering Big Ten play

  • Tyler Tachman 12/29/2021 12:35 pm  
 

There are certain ways that Mike Woodson goes about describing certain basketball terms. He often refers to his team as a “ball club.” He talks about getting his team “over the hump,” conceivably meaning to reach its full potential. On ...

Video: Mike Woodson, IU players react to win over Nebraska

  • Tyler Tachman 12/04/2021 2:40 pm  
 

Mike Woodson, Tamar Bates and Race Thompson addressed the media following Indiana’s 68-55 win over Nebraska on Saturday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Watch both postgame press conferences below:

Indiana’s win over Louisiana was a portrait of its ongoing development process

  • Tyler Tachman 11/22/2021 8:03 am  
 

Near the end of the first half in Indiana’s win over Louisiana on Sunday night, there was a frantic sequence that Mike Woodson will likely mull over with his team in the coming days. It started with the good. Freshman ...

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Video: Tamar Bates, Miller Kopp pre-Louisiana media availability

  • Staff 11/18/2021 2:29 pm  
 

Tamar Bates and Miller Kopp addressed the media in advance of Indiana’s game on Sunday evening against Louisiana at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Watch both media availabilities below:

‘He’s not scared of the moment’: Tamar Bates quickly becoming leader, spark plug for Indiana

  • Tyler Tachman 11/18/2021 8:24 am  
 

Within the final seconds of Wednesday’s game, which produced what was perhaps Tamar Bates’ least glamorous yet most important play of the night, there lies something worth noting. Indiana led by two points with 8.4 seconds left, a once 14-point ...

An enlightened night of basketball, where Indiana was everything that it wasn’t last season

  • Tyler Tachman 11/13/2021 7:35 am  
 

There were lobs, dunks and blocks, highlights from every facet of the game. But perhaps the best representation of Indiana’s brilliant night wasn’t filled with flash and grandeur. It was simple, fundamental basketball, executed to perfection. With just under 10 ...

Video: Race Thompson and Tamar Bates pre-Northern Illinois media availability

  • Staff 11/11/2021 2:26 pm  
 

Race Thompson and Tamar Bates addressed the media on Thursday afternoon in advance of Indiana’s Friday night contest against Northern Illinois at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Watch both press conferences below:

2021-2022 Player Profile: Tamar Bates

  • Grace Ybarra 10/22/2021 8:02 am  
 

With the start of college basketball season on the horizon, we’ve transitioned from our look at other Big Ten programs to our player-by-player previews of the 2021-22 Indiana roster. Today, our player profiles continue with a look at freshman Tamar ...

‘We love you Woody’: Excitement builds at Mike Woodson’s first Hoosier Hysteria

  • Tyler Tachman 10/02/2021 8:27 pm  
 

In his first act at Hoosier Hysteria as Indiana’s head coach, Mike Woodson, wearing candy stripe pants and a crimson top, strutted out to “Big Poppa” by The Notorious B.I.G. In the middle of a spotlight, he made his way ...

Video: Hoosier Hysteria interviews, dunk contest and 3-point shooting highlights

  • Tyler Tachman 10/02/2021 6:57 pm  
 

This year’s Hoosier Hysteria didn’t feature a scrimmage, but it did feature a dunk contest and a 3-point shootout along with Assembly Hall debuts for several IU newcomers. Following the event, Tamar Bates and Xavier Johnson discussed their first Hoosier ...