Thoughts on an 89-77 win against the Hawkeyes: With their season sliding downhill, the Hoosiers regained some footing tonight inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Indiana’s 3-point shooting, so often a weakness, was a strength in this one. Devonte Green was ...
Thoughts on a 74-62 loss to the Boilermakers: As the stars of IU’s past, and the biggest figure in Indiana basketball history graced the floor at halftime, the program’s present continued to unravel around them. The Hoosiers are now losers ...
Thoughts on a 68-59 loss to the Buckeyes: It’s been a rough week for Indiana. The Hoosiers just weren’t able to find anything easy, anything to hang their hats on over the last two road contests — losses to Penn ...
Thoughts on a 64-49 loss to the Nittany Lions: As January’s Big Ten slate comes to a close, one thing appears clear for these Hoosiers: They’re horrendous on the road. Sure, it’s not easy to win away from home in ...
Thoughts on a 77-76 loss to the Terrapins: What an absolute gut punch. Oof. The Terrapins started the contest with a shooting barrage, scoring as high as 1.90 points per possession at one point in the first half. It helped ...
Thoughts on a 67-63 win against the Spartans: Unlike other Indiana foes this season, Tom Izzo and the Michigan Spartans decided not to be so egregious with their defense on Indiana’s bigs. There were no constant, strong double and triple ...
Thoughts on an 82-74 win against the Cornhuskers: Oh, what a difference made baskets make. Wednesday evening’s loss at Rutgers saw the Hoosiers shoot just 4-of-36 on shots that weren’t layups. Against Nebraska in Lincoln tonight, De’Ron Davis and Joey ...
Thoughts on a 59-50 loss to the Scarlet Knights: Now three road games into the Big Ten season, the Hoosiers have been downright abysmal away from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Wisconsin dusted them up bad. The Hoosiers trailed by as ...
Thoughts on a 66-54 win against the Buckeyes: For a game, hope is restored. Indiana looked like a completely different group in this one. After all the questions marks hanging over this team in recent weeks — was the record ...
Thoughts on a 66-62 win against the Wildcats: Tonight’s performance from Indiana didn’t instill much confidence things are going to turn around. While the Hoosiers knocked down their first two 3-pointers of the night, they’d only go 1-of-12 the rest ...
Thoughts on a 75-59 loss to the Terrapins: The last few weeks haven’t been a disaster for the Hoosiers. But the cracks in the foundation have started to show. Devoid of the astronomical free throw rate Indiana racked up inside ...
Thoughts on a 71-64 loss against Arkansas: An eventful evening inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall was full of moments that hurt Indiana’s chances of completing a perfect 11-0 nonconference record. First was the pregame announcement that redshirt freshman Jerome Hunter ...
Thoughts on a 62-60 win against Notre Dame: Notre Dame clanged 3-pointer after 3-pointer and threw a soft zone at Indiana, one where the Hoosiers found ample opportunities in the middle. The Fighting Irish were out of sorts and playing ...
Thoughts on a 96-90 win against the Cornhuskers: Other teams have sagged off the Hoosiers on the perimeter, goading Indiana into becoming a jump-shooting, stagnant 3-point taking team. It’s been an effective counter to IU’s offense predicated on getting the ...
Thoughts on a 57-54 win against the Huskies: Well, this much is for sure: No one’s walking out of Madison Square Garden down 9th Ave. and dropping this game off at the Whitney Museum. This was not art, two teams ...
Thoughts on an 84-64 loss to the Badgers: After a rough shooting stretch for Wisconsin heading into this one, we were prepared for the Badgers to regress to the mean and start hitting 3-point shots at a higher clip. And ...