Thoughts on an 86-53 win against the Bears: This one started with Indiana’s normal trappings, too many turnovers leading to a deficit. But as the Hoosiers cleaned things up as the first half went along, it became apparent that their ...
Thoughts on a 71-68 win against the Bulldogs: Have you heard this one before? The one where something isn’t working for the Hoosiers in the first half — today it was turnovers and a lack of distributed offensive production — ...
Thoughts on a 68-67 win against the Cardinals: The Cardinals showed no fear. Where others have entered Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall with trepidation, the intimidating environment holding them hostage, Louisville played free. Indiana had good looks early, but missed them. ...
Thoughts on a 64-62 win against the Nittany Lions: It was not pretty. It was often not good. But it still goes down as a W and Indiana’s first road win of the season. The Hoosiers have now extended their ...
Thoughts on a 68-66 win against the Wildcats: Indiana and Northwestern tussled back and forth all game long, neither ceding much ground. Try as they might, the Hoosiers just couldn’t break away. But when it mattered most in the game’s closing ...
Thoughts on a 90-69 loss to the Blue Devils: Duke extended its defense, the Cameron Crazies roared, Indiana sped up and turned it over. This was how it began for the Hoosiers and nothing really ever changed. It was a ...
Thoughts on a 76-62 win against the Aggies: “My back hurts, my back hurts, I got the whole team on it!” Max Bielfeldt exclaimed on the BTN Plus broadcast as Juwan Morgan splashed a 3-pointer from the left corner with ...
Thoughts on a 78-64 win against the Mavericks: Down went De’Ron Davis before the game, out with Achilles soreness. Out went Al Durham Jr. in the first half after landing hard on his back. And out went Romeo Langford late, ...
Thoughts on a 73-72 loss to the Razorbacks: The Razorbacks picked the Hoosiers up full court and set the tone. This was not Wednesday night. This was not Branch McCracken Court. It was Sunday afternoon in Fayetteville. And the Hoosiers, ...
Thoughts on a 96-73 win against the Golden Eagles: While Indiana was favored, this one was still billed as a battle of equals, two emerging, promising teams sizing each other up in this young college basketball season. But it’s the ...
Thoughts on an 80-35 win against the Cougars: Facing its second zone defense of the week, Indiana came prepared with patience, methodically passing the ball around the half court until it found space for easy scores. And so this one ...
Thoughts on a 104-55 win against the Cougars: Chicago State came into this one with little chance at victory. The Cougars left with a 49-point loss. So this one went as expected, the Hoosiers drubbing their worst on-paper opponent of the ...
Thoughts on a 96-62 win against the Screaming Eagles: The start of Indiana’s season debut played true to what Archie Miller noted before the contest: Indiana’s defense is ahead of its offense. The Hoosiers clamped down early on the Screaming ...
Thoughts on a 76-69 loss to Rutgers: New coach, fresh system and it didn’t matter. Indiana remains a program that just can’t figure out the Big Ten tournament, it’s loss to Rutgers tonight one of its most confounding of the ...
Thoughts on an 80-78 loss to the Buckeyes: Indiana scrapped and clawed and scrapped and clawed some more, all the way through a brutal 50 minutes of action featuring two overtimes on senior night inside Assembly Hall. It was a ...
Thoughts on a 66-57 loss to the Cornhuskers: Despite a sloppy, ugly, lackadaisical night for the Hoosiers, they remained in striking distance of Nebraska in the final minutes. But down five with 3:22 to go in the contest, Josh Newkirk ...