“The Lord guided me. No other way to explain it,” said Al Durham after pouring in a career high 37 points to lead Indiana to an improbable 91-66 runaway win over #3 seed Maryland. Durham’s previous career high was 22 points against St. Francis (PA) in last year’s NIT. Against Maryland, Durham quite literally could […]
March Madness roared into Indy last night as Indiana completed the most unlikely comeback in Big 10 Tournament history, beating Penn State 74-73. With four minutes left, Indiana trailed by 18 points. It looked like the Hoosiers’ tourney run might end, and its tenuous place on Joe Lunardi’s bubble quite insecure. The typical malaise infused basketball that IU has […]
Indiana lost to Wisconsin today at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, so the Hoosiers will be the 11-seed in next week’s Big 10 Tournament. Without a win or two in Indianapolis next week, they may be relegated to a second straight bid in the NIT. IU coach Archie Miller knows it, and he took a swing at the […]
So it all comes down to this. Indiana hosts Minnesota tonight at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall with a trip to the NCAA Tournament on the line. If Indiana wins, they will continue to be listed as a team inside the bubble for selection. Lose, and the path may close. Indiana under Archie Miller has had […]
Indiana fans are a kooky bunch. Despite almost 20 years of disappointing fans, Indiana University Basketball still engages alums and Hoosiers at an extreme level. More Ken Pomeroy subscribers claim IU as their favorite team than any other program. More Ken Pomeroy subscribers claim IU as their favorite team than Penn State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Rutgers, […]
Indiana lost 57-49 to Purdue last night, so fans are again ready for John Beilein to take the reins of the basketball program from Archie Miller. Prior to last night, fans had calmed themselves as IU had won three out of four and earned the commitment of five-star recruit Khristian Lander from Evansville Reitz. They […]
The life of a coach isn’t about navigating high and low tides – it’s about surviving tsunamis and droughts. The highs are stratospheric and the lows are seemingly bottomless abysses. On February 8th, Indiana was reeling after losing their fourth straight, a 12-point loss to Purdue at Assembly Hall. Bob Knight returned that day along with […]
The Indiana Basketball roller coaster is fun again. Up and down it has rolled through solid wins against Florida State and Penn State and miserable losses to Purdue and Maryland (2X). Devonte Green has been a one-man thrill ride with made threes and ill-conceived lob passes with equal enthusiasm. Coach Archie Miller was intractable in defending screen […]
Indiana won last night. In 49 other states, that would be enough. But this is Indiana. Throughout last night’s 89-77 win against #19 Iowa, Indiana fans were thrilled or frustrated by each possession regardless of the score because that’s what we do. For years we were taught that basketball is a possession by possession quest for […]
“At some point, you have to draw the line. If you don’t want to be a part of winning, you’re not going to be a part of what we’re doing,” Archie Miller on his radio show, Monday, February 10, 2020. That line needed to be drawn in December when Indiana’s flaws and disconnectedness were obvious […]
