Indiana was not good tonight in their 75-68 loss to Wisconsin at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The defense was lacking, and so Wisconsin made a bunch of shots, including 10 of 20 three-point attempts. Offensive execution was lacking, so the Hoosiers turned the ball over 13 times while Wisconsin gave the ball to the Hoosiers […]
Another Big 10 Tournament, another weekend off. That’s the way March has begun for the Hoosiers through the majority of these damnable events. Indiana has never won this tournament, and only advanced to the finals once – 15 years ago. Three times, including yesterday, Indiana has been eliminated because of a buzzer beater. In 2002 […]
Indiana clinch a Big Ten championship two nights ago by beating Iowa, and two Hoosiers were instrumental in helping IU to that win. Max Bielfeldt and Nick Zeisloft combined to hit five-of-seven three-pointers to shoot the Hoosiers to an 81-78 win. Both are graduate transfers. The grad transfer rule allows athletes who have earned an […]
Indiana got it done last night. They had chances to turn that 14-point lead into a loss, but finished Iowa to clinch the regular season Big Ten Championship. That’s a hell of an accomplishment for a team that spent the last three seasons failing to meet the expectations they promoted to fans and media. With a […]
Tonight, the journey begins for the Indiana Hoosiers. A deep and talented backcourt coupled with a refurbished group of bigs have fans in Bloomington excited about basketball again this year – just like last year and the year before that. Tweet
by Kent Sterling When the NCAA decided to allow a graduate to transfer without being forced to sit out a year, I wondered how long it would be before the rule was rescinded because it allowed a measure of freedom for players. So I wasn’t surprised at all to read over the weekend that the […]
by Kent Sterling There are a million sayings about the importance of defense in basketball. One of the most concise and on-point is “Defense travels.” Better than any other, that axiom explains why Indiana was unable to beat Northwestern with so much on the line last night in Evanston. Tom Crean discussed ad nauseum during […]
by Kent Sterling Some guys just know where to be on the floor. They move at a leisurely and efficient manner from one correct spot on the floor to the other, and whether or not they have the ball, they generally do the right things in the right way. James Blackmon Jr. is one of […]