Tyler Tachman was a writer for Inside the Hall from July 2020 through August 2022. Follow him on Twitter.

Indiana fell to Illinois 75-71 in overtime on Tuesday night and dropped to 9-8 overall and 4-6 in the Big Ten. Here are five takeaways from the loss: • A tale of two halves: The Hoosiers put together a well-oiled ...

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News and notes from Archie Miller’s radio show

  • Tyler Tachman Feb 2, 2021 3
 

“Inside IU Basketball with Archie Miller” returned Monday night with play-by-play announcer Don Fischer. Miller previewed Indiana’s upcoming top-25 matchups against Illinois and Iowa. • Miller opened by saying that “health is our biggest concern.” Over the last week, they’ve ...

Armaan Franklin’s enduring hero

  • Tyler Tachman Jan 28, 2021 3
 

The first word is love. Armaan Franklin takes a deep breath and shakes his head as he lets the memories flood back. He swivels back and forth on a chair inside his room, his eyes darting down at the carpet. ...

News and notes from Archie Miller’s radio show

  • Tyler Tachman Jan 26, 2021 3
 

“Inside IU Basketball with Archie Miller” returned Monday night with play-by-play announcer Don Fischer. Miller discussed IU’s upset win over Iowa and disappointing loss to Rutgers. “It was an extremely high and extremely low week, but that’s what this league ...

By just after 11 p.m. on Thursday night in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Indiana had pulled off one of the biggest wins in Archie Miller’s tenure. The Hoosiers were coming off a disappointing loss home to Purdue the week prior. But Indiana ...

The patient rise of Jordan Geronimo

  • Tyler Tachman Jan 22, 2021 3
 

Jordan Geronimo was ready to commit. Right then and there. This was the one. It was late-November of Geronimo’s junior season at St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire. He was icing his knees and kicking back with a friend when ...

News and notes from Archie Miller’s radio show

  • Tyler Tachman Jan 19, 2021 3
 

“Inside IU Basketball with Archie Miller” returned Monday night as Miller spoke with play-by-play announcer Don Fischer. Miller reflected on Indiana’s loss to Purdue and looked ahead to the upcoming matchups with Iowa and Rutgers. – Miller opened by saying ...

Trey Galloway wasn’t ready to return to the bus yet. The game was over, but it wasn’t time to leave. It was late February of Galloway’s senior season at Culver Academies and he’d just scored 15 points, grabbed six rebounds ...

Archie Miller has been telling his team that they have to be good to stay competitive in games, but great to win them. Recently, Indiana has been in games. Before Purdue, all of its first six Big Ten contests were ...

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News and notes from Archie Miller’s radio show

  • Tyler Tachman Jan 12, 2021 3
 

After a week off, “Inside IU Basketball with Archie Miller” returned Monday night as Miller spoke with play-by-play announcer Don Fischer. Miller reflected on Indiana’s wins over Maryland and Nebraska and double-overtime loss to Wisconsin. He also previewed the rivalry ...

Five takeaways from Indiana’s win over Nebraska

  • Tyler Tachman Jan 11, 2021 3
 

The sight in Lincoln, Nebraska on Sunday night wasn’t pretty or poetic, but in the Big Ten this year, that doesn’t matter. What’s important is that Indiana did what it needed to beat a struggling Nebraska team 84-76 and cap ...

Archie Miller slumped back in his chair and placed his hands atop his sweat-filled hair. In front of the Zoom camera, he pressed his eyelids together and bunched up his lips. The frustration was evident because this was all too ...

It hadn’t been long after the buzzer sounded when Armaan Franklin fired off the text. Florida State’s Scottie Barnes had just euro stepped through Franklin, tossing up a floater over an outstretched arm of Trayce Jackson-Davis. It was early December ...

Always poised, Al Durham delivers his response

  • Tyler Tachman Dec 31, 2020 3
 

During a workout this quarantine offseason, Al Durham was struggling. It was a rare sight at Pure Performance Basketball in Lilburn, Georgia. Durham was home from Bloomington after the COVID-19 pandemic shortened the school year and canceled the 2020 NCAA ...

News and notes from Archie Miller’s radio show

  • Tyler Tachman Dec 29, 2020 3
 

“Inside IU Basketball with Archie Miller” returned Monday night with play-by-play announcer Don Fischer. Miller discussed IU’s losses to Northwestern and Illinois, as well as previewed Wednesday’s game against Penn State. – Miller opened by saying that Northwestern “really took ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Ever since Indiana’s overtime loss to Florida State in early December, head coach Archie Miller has often talked about his team’s inability to get loose balls. It has been a legitimate concern for Miller and his staff. ...