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Hoosiers clash with Hawkeyes for first time this season

The two will play their first of a pair of meetings this year when Iowa (11-10, 3-5) heads to Bloomington for a 6 p.m. Sunday tipoff at Assembly Hall against the No. 16/17 Hoosiers (16-5, 4-5).
 

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No. 16/17 Hoosiers fall to No. 25 Wisconsin

For the 11th straight time, the IU men’s basketball team came to the Kohl Center and lost.

articleSTORY: Column: Where do we go from here?

articleSTORY: Leading scorers fail to make impacts Thursday

 

Men's Basketball

Leading scorers fail to make impacts Thursday

On a night when Wisconsin’s All-American senior guard Jordan Taylor was kept in check by the IU defense, it was the role players of the Badgers who made the difference Thursday evening.

articleSTORY: No. 16/17 Hoosiers fall to No. 25 Wisconsin

 

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IU looks for rare road win against Wisconsin

The No. 16/17 Hoosiers (16-4, 4-4) will take on No. 25 Wisconsin (16-5, 5-3) at 9 p.m. tonight in Madison.

articleSTORY: Column: Scouting the Badgers

 

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Second-half surge powers Hoosiers’ win against Penn State

In the midst of a three-game losing streak and coming off  of the fewest points scored in a half at home all season, the IU basketball team showed the fortitude it needed following intermission Sunday afternoon.

articleSTORY: Oladipo, Hoosiers spur defensive change after recent struggles

 

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Oladipo, Hoosiers spur defensive change after recent struggles

The IU men’s basketball team gave up 82 points at Penn State two weeks ago. The Hoosiers won the game but still had their worst defensive performance of the season. Sunday afternoon was a different story.

articleSTORY: Second-half surge powers Hoosiers’ win against Penn State

articleSTORY: Welcome back, Jordan Hulls

 

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Hoosiers look to end slide at home against Penn State

Following IU’s home loss to Minnesota on Jan. 12, IU Coach Tom Crean said he wasn’t sure if his players knew how to handle success.

articleSTORY: Hoosiers lose late lead at Nebraska for third straight loss

 

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The Good and the Bad: IU's loss at Nebraska

IDS basketball reporter Kevin Bowen breaks down the high and low points of the Hoosier's loss to Nebraska Wednesday.
 

Men's Basketball

Hoosiers lose late lead at Nebraska for third straight loss

The Hoosiers (15-4, 3-4) dropped their third straight game Wednesday, this time a 70-69 loss at Nebraska (10-8, 2-5) after IU carried an 11-point lead with 6:38 to play.

articleSTORY: Hoosiers look to end slide at home against Penn State

 

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Nebraska visit marks a first for Hoosiers

For the first time in 70 years, the No. 11/13 IU basketball team will travel to Lincoln, Neb., in the inaugural conference meeting between the Hoosiers and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
 

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Turnovers, poor shooting result in 80-63 IU loss to Ohio State

With revenge on its minds and playing in front of a sold-out Value City Arena, No. 5 Ohio State (16-3, 4-2) used stifling defense and a career effort from an unsung hero to defeat No. 7/8 Indiana on Sunday, 80-63.

articleSTORY: Column: A match made in heaven

articleSTORY: Hoosiers drop game to Buckeyes

articleSTORY: Live Chat: No. 8/7 IU vs No. 5 OSU

 

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OSU’s Smith torches Hoosiers for career high in IU loss

Ohio State had four starters that were ranked in the top 100 in CBSSports.com’s Preseason Top 100 College Players. Lenzelle Smith, Jr. was not one of them.
 

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Column: Scouting the Golden Gophers

The Golden Gophers almost had me fooled. Sporting a 12-1 record entering Big Ten season, Minnesota seemed like it could actually be a contender.

articleSTORY: Hoosiers look to stomp Gophers in Assembly Hall

 

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Column: National forecast helps Hoosiers

The Hoosiers are lucky their magic carpet ride has been caught in this nationwide updraft.

In the past week, eight ranked teams, including four in the then-top 10, suffered upset defeats.
 

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This scar will heal

It was inevitable. A loss.

Those will happen when IU is playing without a sophomore who averaged 10.7 points a game in Will Sheehey.  It will happen when the opposition is 38-5 at home in the past three seasons, dating back to the 2009-2010 campaign.

articleSTORY: Game of runs hands IU first loss

articleSTORY: Final: IU 65, MSU 80

articleSTORY: Halftime wrap: MSU up 36-29 against IU

 

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Column: Where it stops, nobody knows

Just as they did with Kentucky, the Hoosiers proved that no one really knows what this team’s limit is after a 74-70 victory against No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday in Assembly Hall.

articleSTORY: Hoosiers defeat OSU

 

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Column: New year’s resolutions for the Hoosiers

IU should make these new year's resolutions to continue to improve its performance.

articleSTORY: Hoosiers take down Wolverines, remain undefeated at home

 

Column: Where do we go from here?

IU fought and battled till the end, but at the final buzzer it was clear that the Hoosiers’ best, in the face of a road environment and the officiating that comes with it, wasn’t enough.
 

articleSTORY: No. 16/17 Hoosiers fall to No. 25 Wisconsin

 

Column: Scouting the Badgers

Just because Wisconsin Coach Bo Ryan sticks to the same philosophy every year doesn’t mean it has become any easier to stop or any less effective.
 

articleSTORY: IU looks for rare road win against Wisconsin

 

Column: Avi’s five-eighths season review

Men's basketball columnist Avi Zaleon shares his thoughts on players that have exceeded his expectations, and those who haven't so much.
 
 

Welcome back, Jordan Hulls

Indiana got its general back. No, not The General, but the Hoosiers’ floor general made his return Sunday. Junior guard Jordan Hulls had been marred by mistakes in IU’s three consecutive losses prior to the 73-54 victory against Penn State.
 

articleSTORY: Oladipo, Hoosiers spur defensive change after recent struggles

 

Column: Fix this now

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Only mere weeks after being one of the big kids on the playground, IU is again reduced to getting its lunch money stolen.
 
 

Column: Scouting the Cornhuskers

After scraping by the Big Ten’s worst team, Penn State, on the road, IU now has the chance to capture a more convincing victory against the conference’s second-weakest team in Lincoln.
 

articleSTORY: 3-point shot key to Big Ten success

 

Column: A match made in heaven

After beating No. 13 Michigan at home Jan. 5 to advance to 14-1, the date was all but set to wed IU to a top-10 ranking — an estranged relationship reunited after four years of separation.
 
 

Column: Mental game will make the difference for Hoosiers

Nothing about this loss makes sense.

IU doesn’t lose at home. It didn’t when then-No.1 Kentucky or then-No.2 Ohio State came to Bloomington en route to a perfect 11-0 record in Assembly Hall.
 

articleSTORY: Gophers hand Hoosiers first home loss of 2011-12 season

articleSTORY: Sheehey's return not enough as IU falls at home

 

Column: Scouting the Buckeyes

After upsetting the Buckeyes 74-70 on Dec. 31 in Bloomington, IU will face a much tougher task facing Ohio State on the road.
 

articleSTORY: How Zeller's freshman campaign measures up to previous honoree

 

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