IU holds on, defeats Northwestern

The IU men's basketball team ended a week of controversy with a 85-82 road victory against the Northwestern Wildcats Saturday night.\nLess than 36 hours after former coach Kelvin Sampson resigned, IU interim coach Dan Dakich led the Hoosier to a hard-faught victory to move to first place in the Big Ten. IU (23-4) is in a three-way tie with Purdue and Wisconsin for first place in the Big Ten.\nAlthough Northwestern stayed winless in conference play, the Wildcats had opportunities to take the lead or tie the game in the last minute, but failed to convert - including a three pointer at the end to tie the game.\nSophomore Armon Bassett led all Hoosiers with 24 points.\nDakich and players talked about how emotional the past couple of days have been, but said they had a goal of winning a Big Ten championship and how they wanted to move forward.\nCheck the Basketblog and Monday's IDS for more coverage about the game and the Sampson resignation.