Thoughts on a 96-80 win over the Illini: The free fall is over. As darkness fell on a sunny, chilly Bloomington Saturday, Indiana stepped onto Branch McCracken Court meaning business. There was no slow start. No silly turnovers. No wondering ...
Thoughts on a 75-68 loss to the Badgers: Another loss, Indiana’s third straight for this first time since March 2015, and the sky grows darker over Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Does Indiana still possess talent? Yes. Were there some positives in ...
Thoughts on a 77-62 loss to the Cardinals: This game goes down in the books as a loss. There was plenty of alarmingly bad play for the Hoosiers — particularly in the first half. Still, the feeling after this one ...
Thoughts on an 87-83 loss to Nebraska: Yikes. No room for excuses tonight because the reality is this: Nebraska outplayed Indiana. The Cornhuskers deserved the victory. This is a Nebraska team that entered the contest with the worst offense in the ...
Thoughts on a 97-62 win over the Governors: In their final cupcake contest of the season, the Hoosiers feasted on the Governors. We’ve mentioned a couple times since the weekend that after back-to-back seasons of elite 3-point shooting, Indiana’s taken a step ...
Thoughts on a 103-56 win over Delaware State: On a quick turnaround after Saturday’s loss to Butler, Indiana absolutely blew the doors off Delaware State back inside Assembly Hall. The numbers impress. According to Indiana basketball’s Twitter account, the 32 ...
Thoughts on an 83-78 loss to the Bulldogs: Why did Indiana lose this one? Let us count the ways. 1) The Hoosiers allowed 1.18 points per possession, their worst defensive performance of the season. Did Butler hit some tough shots? ...
Thoughts on a 103-61 win over the Huskies: Another guarantee game graced us with it presence on Saturday. And another Indiana blowout ensued. Just two more remain — sandwiched between next Saturday’s Butler bout and the start of conference play ...
Thoughts on a 83-55 win over the Redhawks: On its last leg of a four-games-in-eight-days stretch, Indiana slopped its way through the first half of Sunday afternoon’s contest. Over the first 20 minutes of the game, Indiana turned the ball ...
Thoughts on a 83-60 win over the Cougars: An inevitable sluggish start from the Hoosiers quickly turned. And by game’s end, Indiana had completely dismantled the Cougars, dominating the contest in impressive fashion. In terms of guarantee games, Indiana’s defensive performance tonight ...
Thoughts on a 76-67 win over the Tar Heels: It was a big night in Bloomington. The students lined up for hours on end, fighting to get inside the building. Isiah Thomas and his 1981 championship teammates were in town ...
Thoughts on a 85-52 win over the Delta Devils: This one was billed as a game the Hoosiers would have little trouble winning. The Delta Devils rank near the bottom of Division I in Ken Pomeroy’s rankings. They’ve played a brutal ...
Thoughts on a 71-68 loss to the Mastodons: Indiana’s trip to the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne read as a road game on the schedule. But from all the pre-game chatter detailing the large swath of Hoosier ...
Thoughts on an 87-48 win over the Flames: After a ho hum 100-78 win over UMass Lowell on Wednesday, it was worth watching how Indiana would come out on Saturday night against Liberty. The Hoosiers started with a different lineup ...
Thoughts on a 100-78 win over the River Hawks: After an epic, emotional win in Honolulu over Kansas, the Hoosiers returned to Bloomington for their first home game inside the newly renovated Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall to a sparse crowd. ...
Thoughts on a 103-99 win over the Jayhawks: In an exhausting, back and forth, high-level basketball game between two of the nation’s better teams, you had to ask yourself once it finally wrapped: Is it really just November 11th? Tom ...