PORTLAND, Ore. — Midway through the first half against New Mexico State on Thursday night, Derek Elston found a wide open Cody Zeller under the basket. Before Zeller had even dunked the ball, Elston turned around and trotted the other ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Hoosiers know they have a daunting task ahead of them when they play No. 13 seed New Mexico State at 9:45 pm. today. But they also understand how special an opportunity it is to be in ...
It’s hard not to feel sorry for Verdell Jones. After four years of hard work and sacrifice, the senior guard won’t get to play when Indiana opens the NCAA Tournament against New Mexico State on Thursday night. It’s not fair. ...
Record: 26-9 (10-4 WAC) Against the NCAA tournament field: 1-3 (1-1 vs. New Mexico, 0-2 vs. Southern Miss) Last time in field: 2009-10, lost in first round How they got here: Won the WAC tournament championship by beating Louisiana Tech, ...
Verdell Jones had waited four years for this moment. As Indiana was about to be selected to its first NCAA tournament in the Tom Crean era, Jones was all smiles. The senior guard sat in the front row of chairs ...
Coach Tom Crean met with the media this evening to discuss Indiana’s draw in the NCAA Tournament — Thursday against No. 13 seed New Mexico State in Portland, Ore. — and more. Watch the video in the embedded media player below: ...
Cody Zeller, Christian Watford and Remy Abell met with the media this evening to discuss Indiana’s draw in the NCAA Tournament — Thursday against No. 13 seed New Mexico State in Portland, Ore. — and more. Watch the videos in the ...
Indiana’s scouting report featured a lot of Jordan Taylor and plenty of Jared Berggren. There wasn’t as much on there about Rob Wilson. “We knew he could shoot the ball,” said Indiana forward Christian Watford. But how well could he ...
Verdell Jones has worked for four years to help Indiana get back to the NCAA tournament. Just as the Hoosiers are about to do so, it appears Jones may not be part of it. The Indiana senior went down with ...
Indiana athletic director Fred Glass didn’t hire Tom Crean, but he always supported him. Even as Crean struggled through three of the most miserable years in the history of the program, Glass always believed Crean would turn it around. Glass ...
During Tom Crean’s first three years in Bloomington, the Big Ten Tournament was the Hoosiers’ last-ditch effort to make the postseason. They had the mid-major mindset. Make a run through the conference tournament, surprise everyone, and make the tournament. Don’t, ...
The regular season is complete and three co-champions have been crowned. But the Big Ten power rankings don’t always agree with the conference standings. There’s a shakeup at the top this week and seven teams saw movement in the pecking ...
At times in the first half, it seemed like the Hoosiers were incapable of missing. Christian Watford hit a 3-pointer from the wing. Victor Oladipo threw down an emphatic dunk. Matt Roth hit a 3 from the left corner, then ...
Indiana handled Purdue in the teams’ first meeting this season. The Hoosiers won that game at 78-61 on Feb. 4 at Mackey Arena, the first time the current Indiana seniors had beaten their in-state rival. Since that game, though, the ...
Tom Pritchard started strong. As a freshman in Tom Crean’s first year as coach (2008-09), he recorded a double-double in the team’s first two contests of the season — a first ever by an Indiana freshman. By year’s end, the ...
Victor Oladipo laid underneath the basket holding his left ankle, clearly in pain. Indiana’s sophomore guard had just taken the ball hard to the basket and finished in front of multiple Michigan State defenders to extend the Hoosiers’ lead. Now, ...